Excerpt from London and Its Environs: A Handbook for Travellers The handbook for london, which was first issued in 1878 and now appears in its twentieth revised edition, has been from its outset the work of the British editors of Baedeker's Handbooks. Its chief object is to enable travellers so to employ their time; money, and energy that they may derive the greatest possible amount of pleasure and instruction from their visit. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.