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EBOOK MIRROR OF LITERATURE, NO. 473 ***
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THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.
VOL. XVII. No. 473.] SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1831. [PRICE 2d.
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[Illustration: THE STRAND, FROM ARUNDEL HOUSE, ANNO 1700.]
[Illustration: STRAND CROSS, COVENT GARDEN, &c. ANNO 1547.]
THE STRAND, ANCIENT AND MODERN.
(_Inscription copied from the original of the annexed Engraving_.)
THE STRAND,
In its ancient state, anno 1547.
With the Strand Cross, Convent Garden, &c.
With the Procession of Edward VI.
THE STRAND,
And its Neighbourhood, anno 1700.
Looking from Arundel House, northwards,
With the Maypole and Garland.
We have often, in our antiquarian notices of the Metropolis, touched upon
the olden topography of COVENT GARDEN and THE STRAND, and illustrated our
pages with some portion of its history. Thus, in vol. xii. p. 40, the
"regular subscriber" will find, an Engraving, and descriptive notes of Old
Covent Garden: in vol. xiii. p. 122, he will find a second notice of the
same spot; and in the same volume, p. 241, is a whole-page Engraving of
the original Somerset House, with ample details of its foundation, the
neighbouring district, &c.
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