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East London By Sir Walter Besant Copyright 1901 Hard Cover 364 Pages
East London By Sir Walter Besant Copyright 1901 Hard Cover 364 Pages
IN my previous books on London I have found it necessary to begin with some consideration of the history and antiquities of the district concerned. For instance, my book on Westminster demanded this historical treatment, because Westminster is essentially an old historical city with its roots far down in the centuries of the past : once a Roman station ; once the market-place of the island ; once a port ; always a place of religion and unction ; for six hundred years the site of the King's House ; for five hundred years the seat of Parliament; for as many the home of our illustrious dead. But with East London there is no necessity to speak of history. This modern city, the growth of a single century,-nay, of half a century,-has no concern and no interest in the past ; its present is not affected by its past ; there are no monuments to recall the past ; its history is mostly a blank-that blank which is the history of woods and meadows, arable and pasture land, over which the centuries pass, making no more mark than the breezes of yesterday have made on the waves and waters of the ocean.
It is, however, necessary that the reader should understand exactly what I mean by East London.
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