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Mr. Punch's Life in London 11New London Street Directory
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Literature · Humor
Mr. Punch's Life in London 11
New London Street Directory
AnonymousEnglish
Adam Street.--Antediluvian anecdotes and traditions still linger here.
Air Street.--Doctors send their patients to this locality for change.
Aldermanbury.--Visited by numbers of bereaved relatives.
Amwell Street.--Always healthy.
Barking Alley.--To be avoided in the dog days.
Boy Court.--Not far from Child's Place.
Camomile Street.--See Wormwood Street.
Coldbath Square.--Very bracing.
Distaff Lane.--Full of spinsters.
Farm Street.--Highly sensitive to the fluctuations of the corn market.
Fashion Street.--Magnificent sight in the height of the season.
First Street.--Of immense antiquity.
Friday Street.--Great jealousy felt by all the other days of the week.
Garlick Hill.--Make a little detour.
Glasshouse Street.--Heavily insured against hailstorms.
Godliman Street.--Irreproachable.
Great Smith Street.--Which of the Smiths is this?
Grundy Street.--Named after that famous historic character--Mrs. Grundy.
Hercules Buildings.--Rich in traditions and stories of the "Labours" of the Founder.
Homer Street.--Literally classic ground. The house pointed out in connection with "the blind old bard" has long since disappeared.
Idol Lane.--Where are the Missionaries?
Ivy Lane.--This, and Lillypot Lane, and Woodpecker Lane, and Wheatsheaf Yard, and White Thorn Street, all sweetly rural. It is difficult to make a selection.
Lamb's Conduit Street.--Touching description (by the oldest inhabitant) of the young lambs coming to drink at the conduit.
Liquorpond Street.--See Philpot Lane.
Love Lane.--What sort of love? The "love of the turtle?"
Lupus Street. }
} Both dangerous.
Maddox Street.}
Milk Street.--Notice the number of pumps.
Mincing Lane.--Mincing is now mostly done elsewhere, by machinery.
Orchard Street.--The last apple was gathered here about the time that the last coursing match took place in Hare Court.
Paper Buildings.--Wonderfully substantial! Brief paper extensively used in these buildings.
Paradise Street. }
} Difficult to choose between the two.
Peerless Street. }
Poultry. }
} Crowded at Christmas.
Pudding Lane. }
Quality Court.--Most aristocratic.
Riches Court.--Not a house to be had for love or money.
Shepherdess Walk.--Ought to be near Shepherds' Bush.
Trump Street.--Noted for whist.
Type Street.--Leaves a most favourable impression.
World's End Passage.--Finis.
FASHIONABLE AND SEASONABLE.
Where to sup al fresco in the hottest weather. The "Whelkome Club"
