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Title: A wanderer in London
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938
Subjects: Art -- England London London (England) -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : The Macmillan company London, Methuen & co.

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ly pleasantwhile Lord Eldons peaches (at the back of No. 42), Col.Sutherlands grapes (at No. 33), and William Benthamsnectarines were the talk of all who ate them. Everyone who cares for the beautiful sensitive art ofJohn Flaxman, the friend of Blake, should penetrate tothe dome of University College, where is a fine collectionof his drawings and reliefs. The College also possesses theembalmed body of Jeremy Bentham. Other objects ofinterest in this neighbourhood are the allegorical frescoesat University Hall in Gordon Square, filled with portraitsof great Englishmen; the memorial to Christina Rossettiin Christ Church, Woburn Square; and two unexpectedand imposing pieces of architecture — St. Pancras Churchin the Euston Road, and Euston station. Euston station,seen at night or through a mist, is one of the most impressivesights in London. As Aubrey Beardsley, the marvellousyouth who perished in his decadence, used to say, Eustonstation made it unnecessary to visit Egypt. I would not
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X as /; u Ui y. H < o H AH O ^ ;5 o ■A Ed a: H A 1 BSUH — ^. -< A BLOOMSBURY ALIEN 223 add that St. Pancras Church makes it unnecessary to visitGreece; but it is a very interesting summary of Greektraditions, its main building being an adaptation of theIonic temple of the Erectheion on the Acropolis at Athens,its tower deriving from the Ilorologium or Temple of theWinds, and its dependencies, with their noble caryatides,being adaptations of the south portico of the Pandroseion,also at Athens. Bloomsbury, as I have said, gives harbourage to allcolours, and the Baboo law student is one of tlie commonestincidents of its streets. But the oddest ahen I ever sawthere was in the area of the house of a medical friend inWol)urn Square. While waiting on the steps for the bellto be answered I heard the sound of brushing, and lookingdown, I saw a small negro boy busily polishing a boot.He glanced up with a friendly smile, his eyes and teethgl

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