The Project Gutenberg eBook of Twice round the clock, by George Augustus Sala

TEN O’CLOCK A.M.—THE COURT OF QUEEN’S BENCH, AND THE “BENCH” ITSELF.

ELEVEN O’CLOCK A.M.—TROOPING THE GUARD, AND A MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.

NOON.—THE JUSTICE-ROOM AT THE MANSION-HOUSE, AND THE “BAY TREE.”

ONE P.M.—DOCK LONDON AND DINING LONDON.

CONTENTS.

TWO P.M.—FROM REGENT STREET TO HIGH CHANGE.

THREE P.M.—DEBENHAM AND STORR’S AUCTION-ROOMS, AND THE PANTHEON BAZAAR.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

FOUR P.M.—TATTERSALL’S, AND THE PARK.

TWICE ROUND THE CLOCK; OR, THE HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT IN LONDON.

FIVE O’CLOCK P.M.—THE FASHIONABLE CLUB, AND THE PRISONERS’ VAN.

FOUR O’CLOCK A.M.—BILLINGSGATE MARKET.

SIX P.M.—A CHARITY DINNER, AND THE NEWSPAPER WINDOW AT THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE.

SEVEN O’CLOCK P.M.—A THEATRICAL GREEN-ROOM, AND “BEHIND THE SCENES.”

EIGHT O’CLOCK P.M.—HER MAJESTY’S THEATRE, AND A PAWNBROKER’S SHOP.

NINE O’CLOCK P.M.—HALF-PRICE IN THE NEW CUT, AND A DANCING ACADEMY.

TEN O’CLOCK P.M.—A DISCUSSION AT THE “BELVIDERE,” AND AN ORATORIO AT EXETER HALL.

ELEVEN O’CLOCK P.M.—A SCIENTIFIC CONVERSAZIONE, AND AN EVENING PARTY.

MIDNIGHT.—THE HAYMARKET, AND THE SUB-EDITOR’S ROOM.

ONE O’CLOCK A.M.—EVANS’S SUPPER-ROOMS, AND A FIRE.

TWO O’CLOCK A.M.—A LATE DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, AND THE TURNSTILE OF WATERLOO BRIDGE.

FIVE O’CLOCK A.M.—THE PUBLICATION OF THE “TIMES” NEWSPAPER.

HOUR THE TWENTY-FOURTH AND LAST—THREE A.M.—A BAL MASQUE, AND THE NIGHT CHARGES AT BOW STREET.

FOOTNOTES

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SIX O’CLOCK A.M.—COVENT GARDEN MARKET.

SEVEN O’CLOCK A.M.—A PARLIAMENTARY TRAIN.

PREFACE.

EIGHT O’CLOCK A.M.—ST. JAMES’S PARK—THE MALL.

NINE O’CLOCK A.M.—THE CLERKS AT THE BANK, AND THE BOATS ON THE RIVER.