and Ashley's. At Westminster, the immense *WESTMINSTER PALACE HOTEL, much patronised by families, and a most desirable stopping-place. Farther on, in the same general neighbourhood, at the Victoria Station, the Grosvenor and the Buckingham Palace Hotels. Westward from Charing Cross, toward Regent Street, are the United Hotel in Charles Street, Piccadilly, the Continental in Waterloo Place, new and expensive. In Jermyn Street, Piccadilly, are the British Hotel, Waterloo Hotel, and Brunswick Hotel; in St James' Street, Fenton's Hotel; in New Bond Street, Long's Hotel, much frequented by sportsmen; near by, in Burlington Gardens, is the *BRISTOL HOTEL, under excellent management; and in Cork Street, the Burlington and the Queen's Hotels; in Berkeley Square is Thomas's Hotel. Near Hanover Square, Edward's Royal Cambridge Hotel, 12A George Street; in Langham Place, head of Regent Street, the Langham Hotel, expensive; not far off, in Brook Street, is Claridge's Hotel, very expensive, chiefly patronised by crowned heads and the nobility. In the neighbourhood of Piccadilly, Hatchett's Hotel, corner of Dover Street, St James's Hotel, Bath Hotel. In Dover Street, are Brown's, Cowan's, and Batt's Hotels. In Kensington, close to the Gloucester Road Station of the underground railway, is Bailey's Hotel, large, well conducted, excellent for families. Near Hyde Park corner, the Alexandra Hotel, dear. Large hotels at railway stations, not before mentioned, are the *MIDLAND GRAND HOTEL at St Pancras Station, a palatial establishment, one of the sights of London, well kept, and a most attractive stopping-place. The Euston and Victoria Hotels are at Euston

Station; the Great Northern Railway Hotel at King's Cross Station; the Great Western Hotel at the Paddington Station; Spier's and Pond's Viaduct Hotel, Holborn Viaduct Station. Eastward from Charing Cross are the Exeter Hall Hotel in the Strand; on the Thames Embankment, near Blackfriar's Bridge, Dekeyser's Hotel, well spoken of; in High Holborn, the Inns of Court Hotel. In the City are the Queen's Hotel and the Castle and Falcon Hotel, in St Martin's-le-Grand, near the General Post Office, and the new Manchester Hotel.

RESTAURANTS.

Good restaurants suitable for families are the following:-At the WEST END-The Pall Mall in Waterloo Place; St James Hall, Regent Street (table d'hôte, 3s. 6d.); The Criterion, Piccadilly Circus (table d'hôte, 3s. 6d.); The Café Royal, Regent Street; Blanchard's, Regent Street; *VERREY's (now Krehl's), Regent Street (excellent cuisine); Blanchard's, Beak Street, Regent Street (ladies not after 5 P.M.). EAST OF CHARING CROSS-The Gaiety, Strand; Simpson's, Strand; Café de Paris, Ludgate Hill; *THE HOLBORN RESTAURANT, High Holborn (table d'hôte, 3s. 6d.); The Horseshoe, Tottenham Court Road (table d'hôte, 3s. 6d.). IN THE CITY-Crosby Hall, Ship and Turtle. staurants at which gentlemen may dine well, unaccompanied by ladies, are very numerous, and our limits will not allow a detailed mention of them.

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Private Lodgings may always be had by the week in nearly every part of London. Persons desirous of living in apartments, would do well to spend a day or two after their arrival in London at an hotel, and select their apartments at their leisure. Notices of "Furnished Apartments" are almost always placed in the windows of houses where there are rooms to let. The best rooms, as well as the dearest, are in the West End of London, particularly in the streets leading out of Piccadilly, as Dover Street, Half-Moon Street, Clarges Street, and Sackville Street. In Jermyn Street the prices are more reasonable. In Somerset Street and several other good streets near Manchester Square, and in several streets leading into Cavendish Square, there are good apartments always to be had at reasonable prices. Very comfortable apartments, and at lower prices than at the West End, may be had in the neighbourhood of Bedford Square and Russell Square, Bloomsbury, near the British Museum. The weekly charge for a good sitting-room, with one or two bedrooms, is, in the West End, from £2 to £6 per week. In Bloomsbury the prices

would be at least one-fourth less. The price of apartments includes attendance in most cases. Extra charges are made for light, use of kitchen fire, and washing of bed and toilet linen, and usually for boot cleaning. Strangers should be careful to have a clear understanding as to prices, and to fix upon an arrangement which will include all extras. Lodgers

may make their own purchases of provisions, or the housekeeper will make them, rendering weekly accounts with the bill.

LONDON SHOPS.

There are no more attractive shops in the world than those of London. Everything procurable in any part of the world may be had here, and at reasonable cost. Following the example of the best guide books, we have given below a list of reliable houses, upon whose character for fair and reasonable dealing strangers may rely. With the aid of such a list intending purchasers may avoid falling into the hands of a class of dealers too numerous both in London and Paris, who impose increased prices and inferior articles on strangers.

(See also "HOTEL APPENDIX' and "SPECIALITIES OF EUROPEAN CITIES" at the beginning of this volume.)

Silks, Mourning Goods, Gloves. Messrs Jay, Oxford Circus, an old and reliable house.

Booksellers. Hatchards, 187 Piccadilly, W.

Bags, Dressing Cases, etc. Asprey & Sons, 166 Bond Street, and 22 Albemarle Street, the best house in London for fine goods.

Cornhill, see "Specialities of European Cities," ante.

Watches, etc. Barraud & Lunds, 41

Trunks and Travelling Articles. Harrow & Son, 38 Old Bond Street, W. an old and thoroughly reliable house.

signers in Porcelaine. Thos. Goode & China (Minton's), Artists and DeCo., South Audley Street, Grosvenor Square, W.

Bags, Portmanteaus, etc. Harron, 320 High Holborn.

Silverware, Plated Goods, and Jewel

lery. Lambert, 10, 11 and 12 Coventry

Street.

Money Exchange. Hands & Co., West Lodge, at the gates of the Charing Cross Railway Station, W.C.

American Exchange in Europe. 449 Strand, W.C.