The Doré Gallery, 35 New Bond Street, contains a collection of large oil-paintings and drawings by the French painter, Gustave Doré (b. at Strassburg, 1832; d. 1883), and should be visited (open daily 10-6; admission 18.). Among the finest works are: 2. Christ entering Jerusalem, painted in 1875-76; *3. Christ leaving the Prætorium; 12. Massacre of the Innocents (1872); 7. Dream of Pilate's wife (1874); *4. The Brazen Serpent (1875-77); Ecce Homo; The Ascension; Gaming-table at Baden-Baden; Moses before Pharaoh; the Vale of Tears, his last work. The Doré Gallery also contains several works by Mr. Edwin Long, R.A. Hanover Square, Cavendish Square, Regent Street, see above. In Oxford Street, on the left, farther on, is the Princess's Theatre (p. 41), nearly opposite which is the Pantheon, which has successively been a concert-room, a theatre, and a bazaar, and is now the extensive wine warehouse of Messrs. Gilbey. Then on the right, in SOHO SQUARE, is the Soho Bazaar (p. 26). Oxford Street proper ends at Tottenham Court Road, which runs to the N. to Euston Road, and Charing Cross Road (p. 144), leading to the S. to Charing Cross. In the latter is the church of St. Mary the Virgin, Soho, on the site of the first Greek church in London (1677), part of which is still standing (see Greek inscription over the W. door). The church, which was afterwards occupied by a French congregation, contains some old stained glass and a good Crucifixion, in marble, by Miss Grant. The eastern prolongation of Oxford Street, extending to Holborn, and called New Oxford Street, was laid out in 1849 at a cost of 290,0001. through the 'Rookery of St. Giles', one of the most disreputable quarters of London. No. 75, to the right, belonging to Messrs. Pears, has a vestibule in the style of a Pompeian room, adorned with sculptures. On the left, at the corner of Hart Street, is Mudie's Library (p. 17). A little to the S. of New Oxford Street, in High Street, is the church of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, the third church on this site, completed in 1734. Chapman, the translator of Homer (tombstone against the exterior S. wall, erected by Inigo Jones), Shirley, the dramatist, and Andrew Marvell are buried here. To the E. in the churchyard is the square tomb of Pendrell, who helped Charles II. to safety after the battle of Worcester, with a quaint epitaph, now almost undecipherable, beginning 'Unparalleled Pendrell'. The British Museum (p. 233) lies in Great Russell Street, which runs off Tottenham Court Road, a little to the north. There are several squares at a short distance from the street, among the chief of which are, to the W. of the British Museum, BEDFORD SQUARE; to the E., BLOOMSBURY SQUARE and RUSSELL SQUARE, the one containing a statue of Charles James Fox (d. 1806), and the other one of Francis, Duke of Bedford (d. 1802), both by Westmacott. Gower Street, which leads to the N. from Bedford Square, contains University College (Pl. B, 28), founded in 1828, chiefly through the exertions of Lord Brougham, for students of every religious denomination. A long flight of steps leads to the decastyle Corinthian portico fronting the main edifice, which is 400 ft. in length and surmounted by a handsome dome. It contains numerous lecturerooms, a laboratory, and a museum with original models and drawings by Flaxman (d. 1826), the celebrated sculptor (open to visitors in the summer months, Sat. 10-4). A new wing was added in 1880-81. The subjects studied at the college comprise the exact and natural sciences, the classical and modern languages and literatures, history, law, and medicine. The building also contains a well-known school for boys. The whole is maintained without aid from Government. The number of professors is about 30, and that of students about 1600, paying nearly 30,000l. in fees. In Gower Street, opposite University College, and connected with it as a clinical establishment, stands the University College Hospital, where from 19,000 to 20,000 patients are annually treated by the medical professors of the college. Close by, in Gordon Square, is the Catholic Apostolic Church, built in 1850-54, one of the largest ecclesiastical edifices in London. The INTERIOR is a fine example of modern Gothic (Early English), though unfinished towards the W. The Choir, with its graceful triforium and diapered spandrils, is very rich. The most beautiful part of the church is, however, the English Chapel, to the E. of the chancel, with its polychrome painting, stained-glass windows, and open arcade with fine carving (particularly on the three arches to the S. of the altar). In the Morning Chapel, to the S. of the chancel, is the altar formerly used by the Rev. Edward Irving (d. 1834), the founder of the Catholic Apostolic Church. St. Pancras' Church (Pl. B, 28), to the N.E. of University College, in Euston Square, was built by the Messrs. Inwood in 1819 at a cost of 76,6791. It is an imitation of the Erechtheum at Athens; while its tower, 168 ft. in height, is a reproduction of the so-called Tower of the Winds. Old St. Pancras' Church (P1. B, 27), with its historical churchyard, is situated in Old St. Pancras Road, next to the Workhouse. A little to the W. is the Gower Street Station of the Metropolitan Railway (p. 36). To the N. is Euston Square Station, the terminus of the London and North Western Railway (p. 32), the entrance-hall of which contains a colossal statue of George Stephenson, by Baily. To the E. is the St. Pancras Station, the terminus of the Midland Railway (p. 33), with the terminus hotel, a very handsome building in an ornate Gothic style, by Sir G. G. Scott. Adjacent is the King's Cross Station, or terminus of the Great Northern Railway (p. 33). To the N. of this point lie the populous but comparatively uninteresting districts of ISLINGTON, HIGHBURY, HOLLOWAY, CAMDEN TOWN, and KENTISH Town. In Great College Street, Camden Town, is situated the Royal Veterinary College (Pl. B, 23), with a museum to which visitors are admitted daily (9 to 5 or 6) on presenting their cards. Charles Dibdin (d. 1814), the writer of nautical songs, is buried in St. Martin's Burial Ground, Pratt Street, a little to the N.W. of the Veterinary College. The Royal Agricultural Hall (p. 45) is in Liverpool Road, Islington (Pl. B, 35), and the Grand Theatre. (p. 42) is close by, in High Street. A little to the N.E., in Canonbury Square (Pl. B, 38), is Canonbury Tower, an interesting relic of the country-residence of the Priors of St. Bartholomew. The tower was probably built by Prior Bolton (p. 95), though restored at a later date, and contains a fine carved oak room. Oliver Goldsmith occupied rooms in the tower in 1762. The eastern prolongation of New Oxford Street is High Holborn (Pl. R, 32, and II; so called from the 'Hole Bourne', or Fleet Brook, which once flowed through the hollow near here), a street which survived the Great Fire, and still contains a considerable number of old houses. Milton once lived here, and it was by this route that condemned criminals used to be conducted to Tyburn. The increasing traffic indicates that we are approaching the City. On the right are several side - streets, leading to Lincoln's Inn Fields (with the Soane Museum, etc., see pp. 177-179). Red Lion Street on the left, continued by Lamb's Conduit Street and Lamb Street, leads to Guilford Street, on the N. side of which stands the Foundling Hospital (Pl. R, 32), a remarkable establishment founded by Captain Thomas Coram in 1739 for 'deserted children'. Since 1760, however, it has not been used as a foundling hospital, but as a home for illegitimate children, whose mothers are known. (Neither in London nor in any other part of England are there any foundling hospitals in the proper sense of the term, such as the 'Hospice des Enfants Trouvés' in Paris.) The number of the children is about 500, and the yearly income of the Hospital, 13,0001. In the Board Room and the Secretary's Room are a number of pictures, chiefly painted about the middle of last century. They include the following: Hogarth, March to Finchley, and Finding of Moses; portraits by Ramsay, Reynolds, and Shackleton; views of the Foundling Hospital and St. George's Hospital by Wilson; view of the Charterhouse by Gainsborough. The Board Room also contains a good portrait of Coram by Hogarth. Most of the pictures were presented to the institution by the artists themselves. (The success with which the exhibition of these pictures was attended is said to have led to the first exhibition of the Royal Academy in 1760.) The hospital also possesses Raphael's cartoon of the Massacre of the Innocents, a bust of Händel and some of his musical MSS., a collection of coins or tokens deposited with the children (1741-60), etc. The Chapel is adorned with an altarpiece by West, representing Christ blessing little children; the organ was a gift from Händel. Divine service, at which the children are led in singing by trained voices, is performed on Sundays at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. The Hospital is shown to visitors on Sundays, after morning service, and on Mondays from 10 to 4. The attendants are forbidden to accept gratuities, but a contribution to the funds of the institution is expected from the visitor on leaving or in the church-offertory. To the E. of Lincoln's Inn are Chancery Lane (p. 136) on the right (after which we are in the City), and Gray's Inn Road (p.139) on the left. Then Holborn Viaduct, Newgate, etc., see pp. 92, 93. 21. Regent's Park. Zoological Gardens. Botanic Gardens. Primrose Hill. Regent's Park (Pl. B, 15, 16, 19, 20) was laid out during the last years of the reign of George III., and derives its name from the then Prince Regent, afterwards George IV. It occupies the site of an earlier park called Marylebone Park. The name Marylebone is said to be a corruption of Mary on Tyburn (Mary-le-bourne), |