Heart of London
H. C. V. Morton
49 chapters · 5 h 19 min · English
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Travel & Geography
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An ever-muttering prisoned storm,
The heart of London beating warm.
John Davidson, "Ballads and Songs"
A collection of short essays, originally published in The Daily Express newspaper. The writer was a journalist on staff, and also a renowned travel writer.
LONDON'S GROWTH
Here Herbs did grow
And Flowers sweet
But now 'tis called
Saint George's Street., An 18th century inscription on a London tavern
When a man is tired of London he is tired of life: for there is in London all that life can afford.
Chapters
1 THE NEW ROMANCE 8 min 2 WHERE THE EAGLES SLEEP 13 min 3 ORIENTAL (Petticoat Lane) 8 min 4 SHIPS COME HOME (The Docks) 6 min 5 TREASURE TROVE (Caledonian Market) 8 min 6 CENOTAPH 6 min 7 ROMANCE ON WHEELS 8 min 8 GHOSTS OF THE FOG 6 min 9 BATTLE (Free Cancer Hospital) 6 min 10 BABIES IN THE SUN (Kensington Gardens) 6 min 11 FACES IN THE STRAND 6 min 12 WOMEN AND TEA 6 min 13 AN OPEN DOOR (St. Martin's Church in the Fields) 6 min 14 A BIT OF BAGDAD (Club Row) 6 min 15 "PRISONERS ONLY" (Bow Street) 6 min 16 BOYS ON THE BRIDGE 6 min 17 NIGHT BIRDS 6 min 18 AT THE WHEEL 7 min 19 UNDER THE DOME (St. Paul's) 7 min 20 HEARTBREAK HOUSE 8 min 21 MADONNA OF THE PAVEMENT 4 min 22 SWORD AND CROSS (Temple Church) 6 min 23 KNOCKOUT LAND 5 min 24 GHOSTS (Soane Museum) 9 min 25 ALADDIN'S CAVE 6 min 26 THAT SAD STONE (Cleopatra's Needle) 10 min 27 SUN OR SNOW 7 min 28 ROMANTIC MUTTON (Shepherd's Market) 5 min 29 LONDON LOVERS 6 min 30 IN UNCLE'S SHOP 6 min 31 HORSEY MEN 5 min 32 FROM BOW TO EALING 7 min 33 MARRIAGE 5 min 34 KINGS AND QUEENS (Westminster Abbey Waxworks) 7 min 35 LOST HEIRS (Record Office) 7 min 36 FISH (Billingsgate Market) 10 min 37 HAUNTED (Old Devonshire House) 6 min 38 ABOUT HOMES IN BONDAGE 8 min 39 ROYAL SATIN (London Museum) 6 min 40 AMONG THE FUR MEN 6 min 41 APPEAL TO CÆSAR (Privy Council) 6 min 42 TONS OF MONEY (The Royal Mint) 7 min 43 WHERE TIME STANDS STILL 6 min 44 MY LADY'S DRESS 6 min 45 ST. ANTHOLIN'S 5 min 46 NOT FOR WOMEN 6 min 47 OUR ROMAN BATH (The Strand) 4 min 48 LEFT BEHIND (Lost Property Office) 5 min 49 THE "GIRLS" (Piccadilly Circus) 5 min
