Literary London Author:Elsie M. Lang General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1907 Original Publisher: C. Scribner's sons Subjects: Authors, English English literature Literary landmarks London (England) History / General History / Europe / Great Britain Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Travel / Europe / ... more »General Travel / Europe / Great Britain Travel / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: BATH HOUSE, MAYFAIR Here Lady Ashburton used to hold her famous receptions, which were thronged by literary men -- Froude and Tennyson, Carlyle and Browning, Brookfield, and many others. Carlyle said of her that she was " the greatest lady of rank I ever saw, with the soul of a princess and captainess, had there been any career possible for her but that of a fashionable one." BATTERSEA Abraham Cowley lived for a time in "rural quiet and retirement" at Battersea. At Bolingbroke House, Battersea, Pope wrote his " Essay on Man." A portion of the west wing of this house still stands on Mill Wharf, Church Road, and is now occupied by Colonel Mayhew. Here may yet be seen the famous cedar room, overlooking the river, in which Bolingbroke and Pope often sat; and the beautiful old interior is still intact, with its alcove, Bomngbroke House, Battersca, where Pope wrote his "Essay on Man " between the mill and the churchyard. The house lies (See pp. 20, 21.) ceilings, and fine staircase, though the frescoes and carved mantelpieces have been removed. BAYHAM STREET, CAMDEN TOWN At No. 141 (formerly 16) the Dickens family rented "a small mean tenement" in 1823, and here Charles Dickens, aged eleven, made acquaintance with London for the second time. He makes this house...« less