p to complete the picture which we have tried to
paint.

All the chapters have been specially written for this work, and my most
grateful thanks are due to each of the contributors for their valuable
papers, as well as to those who have supplied photographs, old prints,
or drawings. I desire especially to thank Mr. Philip Norman for his
coloured sketches which form the pleasing frontispieces of the two
volumes; to Mr. Harold Sands for his skilfully constructed plan of the
Tower of London; and to Mr. Tavenor-Perry for his valuable drawings of
St. Bartholomew's Church, Smithfield, and the bridges that span the
Thames.

P. H. DITCHFIELD.
_Barkham Rectory,
Berks.,
August, 1908._

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

Page
London in Early Times--Celtic, Roman, Saxon, and Norman
By Rev. W. J. Loftie, B.A., F.S.A. 1

The Tower of London
By Harold Sands, F.S.A. 27

St. Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield
By J. Tavenor-Perry 66

The London Charterhouse
By Rev. A. G. B. Atkinson, M.A. 86

Glimpses of Mediaeval London
By George Clinch, F.G.S., and the Editor 106

The Temple
By Rev. H. G. Woods, D.D. (Master) 133

Holborn and the Inns of Court and Chancery
By E. Williams 149

The Guildhall
By C. Welch, F.S.A. 178

The City Companies of London
By the Editor 191

London and the Hanseatic League
By J. Tavenor-Perry 224

The Arms of the City and See of London
By J. Tavenor-Perry 233

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. I.

Old Bell Inn, Holborn, 1897 _Frontispiece_
(_From the painting by Philip Norman, LL.D._)

Page, or
Facing Page

Roof Tile (Roman) 3

Red-Glazed Pottery (Roman) 5

Roman Sa