The sun., 1903-02-07

tOrlan OF LONDON In the nineteenth century
He had qualifications and opportunities
which fitted him to be that. His widow
tells us In a noto attached to this volume
that he projected 'The Survey of London.
which was to be "a record OF the greatest
busiest. most wealthy, most populous city
in the whole world, as II was from century
to century, and as IL is at present. The
centuries run inevitably together, and II
is hard for the historian to cut one Of abso-
lutely. In this note We further read: This
section forms the larger portion Of the
whole work and he had practically com
pleted 1t before his death. II represents
the continuous labor Of over five years and
the active research OF half a lifetime. He
was wont to refer to it as his magnum opus,
and it was the work by which he himself
most desired to be remembered by pos
terity."
The chapters OF this book we find sep
arated under such general heads az "IIstor-
ical Notes" "The City and the Streets. y
Church and Chapel Government and
Trade Of the city ,-"Manners and Gust oms. >
Society and Amuscmcnts' and Crime,
Police, Justice. Debtors Prisons These
general subjects, We remark, run into one
another, much the same az the cent uries
do. There is repetition, we are called upon
quite abruptly TO look backward, forward
and around il is largely n diverse and die
tracing picture; there is not much helpful
expiration and mergence; the facts and
the impressions are there; 1t IL for us TO
digest them. Here, TO begin with, IL some
account of the great st orm OF 1909: AN
,f oh
down, many Of hem falling upon the houses
and wrecking them; two thousand stacks
of chimneys were thus destroyed; about
twenty houses were blown down bodily;
the lead on he roofs Of churches was simply
rolled up like skins of parchment; West
minister Abbey. among other churches,
thus lost its leaden roof: great many
turrets on churches were blown down. an
enormous number Of trees; some thirty or
forty persons were known 10 have been
killed., and 200 manned and wounded; the
suardhSuse AZ Whitehall was blown down
and nine soldiers injured, but none killed"
We are un~atisfed. even as regards the
facts. An enormous number Of trees How
many? As many trees as stacks OF chin
news? How docs an .immense" number
compare with an enormous" NUMBER II
seams TO us that il il comes ( o a matter of
facts, We have right to know. In Jack
sheppard" thore ia description Of he great
storm Of 1903 We were educated in that ,
and We fan easily back upon it, In that ,
i seems 10 us we have satisfying i'm
preston of q great storm. Here there Ia no
consideration Of the aspect Of the storm
from the point of view Of London Bridge.
4 great oversight. judging bv "Jao k Shep-
pard" and bv our own understanding OF the
upport Vuit'es Thackeray thought Jack
Sheppard n bad book. We think he was
mistaken Whet her he was or not, we do
not know where to find better account Of
the storm that "o'er pale Brit ANNA passed"
and blew down ?.COO st acks Of chimneys.
Il also blew tiles a distance of forty yards,
rs we learn here.
Regarding our War OF the Revolution
'his account says: On Sept 8. 1878 the
Peace Of Paris was signed and on the 9Th
cf October wus proclaimed in the City.
And So at las. We cosed he most discredit
able chapter IN the Whole history OF tngland
in which London was from the outset
i, Is most honorable and even a most
glorious FAC, on the side Of justice and
aud complainant House Of Commons
were on the side of tyranny and legal
oppre .-ion" But let lis pass on from he
general view To the Photographic chapters
,he chapters of detail. One Of these is
entitled THE Daily Life" Here, among
other thing.. j. the picture of an eighteenth
century tradesman-a man who kept
shop in theGp-id". He lived behind and
over hi- shop. had one apprentice; hir
Ni:e kept one maid. His daughters. after
H. aiming how 80 read, write and cipher AT
a girls school, remained at home and ill.,
,jruCtcd themselves in the more solid a,-
that is Ia say. they made
pichl.s, wine. cordals puddings and cakes.
The boys Ceaed their school studies 1t
"A and became apprentices. All day long
I he man of the house attended TO busin rs,
and his wife and daughters worked IN the
kit chen; in the evening he served his church
in his Office Of vestrymen. and twice Sun
days and once during the week he attenGed
church, his wife and daughters attending
every day. He rose betimes and entered
his shop as soon as ii was opened; his prem
tices, who sept under the counter, taking
down the shutters at the latest by 8. The
afternoon, Wnen tHt IdtleS came III tnelf
10 do their shopping, found him
dre>teL in black velvet and white stockings.
with silver butt and buckles, silver lace
Oh his hat, his wig carefully dressed, fine
lace rufles al his wrists. In this array he
- tood at the door Of his shop and invited
people TO step in. handing the ladies out Of
heir u az hes Wit h much egance and grace
lie breakfasted on cold meat and small
beer; dincd well AT /. drinking strong ale
out of silver tankard, regaled himself
with home made elder or raisin wine after
dinner, and took tea at times, supplement-
ing this with a dram 10 guard against any
i'll effects, since tea in his day lay under
suspicion, notwit hstandnR the
intrepid example offered by the great DR..
Johnson.
There are extracts here from the diary
Of one Thomas Turner, a general dealer
and storekeeper. who lived from l72s to
l7s8. OF certain Wednesday he wrote:
About p. NJ walked down to Whyly.
We played at bragg the first part ofthe
even. After 10 we went TO supper, on four
boiled chickens, four boiled ducks, minced
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