Excerpt from Curiosities of London, Vol. 1: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of Interest in the Metropolis; With Yearly Fifth Years' Personal Recollections Woaxs BY the author or the present volume: A Picturesque Pro menade round Dorking in Surrey, 1822. The same, 2d edit, 1823. - Laconics; or, the Best Words of the Best Authors, 3 vols. 1826. - Mirror, edited, 1827-1838 (twenty-two - Signs before Death, 1828. - Cameleon Sketches, 1828. Companion to the Theatres, 1829 - Arcana of Science and Art, 1828-1838 (eleven - Wine-drinker's Manual, 1830. - Family Manual, 1831. - Know ledge for the People; or, the Plain Why and Because, 4 vols. 1831 - 2. - Popular Zoology, 1834. - Domestic Life in England, 1835. - The Instructor, Vol. 2 (written for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge), 1835. - Family Handbook, 1837.-literary World, 3 vols. 1839, 1840. - London Anecdotes, 2 vols. 1848. Illustrated Year-book, 2 vols. 1850, 1851. - Wellingtoniana, 1852.-year-book of Facts,1839-1855. (seventeen vols.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.