_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.
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[Illustration: A QUALIFIED GUIDE.--_Befogged Pedestrian._ "Could you
direct me to the river, please?" _Hatless and Dripping Stranger._
"Straight ahead. I've just come from it!"]
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[Illustration: FASHIONABLE AND SEASONABLE.