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    October 3, 1868.J THE TOMAHA WK. 145

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    FRENCH PICTURES FOR THE EWGLrSH : By Jules Canard.

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    Letter IV.—Emptiness of London.—The Habi...

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    October 3, 1868.J The Tomaha Wk. 145

    October 3 , 1868 . J THE TOMAHA WK . 145

    French Pictures For The Ewglrsh : By Jules Canard.

    FRENCH PICTURES FOR THE EWGLrSH : By Jules Canard .

    Letter Iv.—Emptiness Of London.—The Habi...

    Letter IV . —Emptiness of London . —The Habits of the Aristocracy . — The Papers of London : their use . —A JVezes Office for the " Standard , "—• Canardys Map of London . Its % * alue to forei gners . Particulars .- —A few of the Monuitients of L 071-don . To the Editor of the " Gamin de Paris " Hotel of the Two World Sept s and . 26 St . , Cloud 1868 . , Leicester square , My dearly-beloved and very much respected Re-DACTEUR This is , — what they call the " dead season" of the year in London . Walk in the fashionable promenade of New Oxford street or even and a you " costere will scarcel mong hre meet . " Onl a " y svsl half -mob the " ( omnibuses " petit creve run " ) , this month , as nearly all the aristocracy have gone to Margate , the Biarritz of England . I was talking the other day to an " omnibus-cddd" about the population of London , and he assured dukes had me , sat on upon his the honour " knif , that -bor" not ( the more fashionable than half part -a-dozen of the vehicle ) of his omnibus during the whole of the last six weeks ! I suggested that perhaps the expense of the journey ( they mi charge ght have " tupens had , " something or four sous to do , for with the this shortest falling distances off , and he !) allowed that perhaps it might . " Be this as it may , London is very empty , so , as I have no news , I will give you a few facts . The newspapers of Great Britain are most powerful . As very little is known about them in France , I send you a descri " Th ption e Fourt of h some Estate of o f th princi e Rea lm " En because masse it , they is well are known called that nothing is shown up in a penny paper without obtaining immediate reform . When a man says that he will write to the " Times" you may know that the abuse ( the subject of his letter ever ) addresses is about to a become paper without at once doing a thing an of immense the past . amount No one of good . But here is my list : —

    " The Times : —The most consistent paper in the world . It sinc was e established its foundatio by n William has never the once Conqueror changed , and its politics or opinions . " The Saturday Review" . —I was told by an Englishman that this paper was " a journal written by old women for young women to read . " " The Tomaha-w / e . "—A paper in the pay of the Emperor of the French . " The Daily Telegraph . " —A paper which conscientiously and consistently opposes the Emperor of the French whenever an opportunity offers . " The Record "—The best and funniest comic paper in London . It was founded by a well-known divine—the Rev . Joe Miller . dard These t the are " largest the princi paper pal in " broad the world -sheets / 7 is ^ of far Eng too land big to : the be circu Stan- - lated in so small a spot as London , and this journal , therefore , will shortly be published , I hear , in a place called "Whalley ' s Head , " which being quite empty and constructed of the hardest wood for will the afford Press a cap of L ital ondon and : roomy perchance office . I may So much return to the present subject at some distant date . I find by a foot-note which appeared last week in your highly instructive pages that you have been unable to pubgreat lish my deal " of Map trouble of London and was . " drawn Now up as for this the chart convenience gave me of French travellers , I do , trust that in your next impression you will particularly supply the careful omission to be . I correct can assure in my fact that s , and I have can been conmation scientiously . Without declare further that my preface map I submit as reli i able t once as my more infor for it your at its consideration er value , trusting . You will tha find t this , all time laces you of interest will appreciate marked in it , together prop with ll athe streets , squares p , & c , for which London has such wide-spread fame . I need scarcely say it countrymen gives me infinite with satisfaction such a gift . Af to ter be they in a have position careful to l present y mastered my

    the of the details dreadfu of the l " following cabbe"' map overcharg , it will no e longer them , be or t the he power fierce " omnibus-c £ dd" to presume on their ignorance . £ & a p of % 0 n U 0 n . { For the use of Foreigners , } BY Jui , es Canard .

    scale . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 < 1 1 1 1 1 1 Yard . 1 Quart . I Acre . 0 O *>[ ( j -T ( | - £ I 12110 'n-l jo ^ c i ^ j sjuaSa * -l- cI ji -snf o 'U 5 2 pi D ? m . . rq \ T I S g 3 SERPENTINE RIVER . & eS , < _ ffi ¦ -g EDGWARE ROAD . -g * •> _ 13 ¦ SI ! I A . 1 . co ¦ 8 . E . " I w * p ^ 2 . ^ 9- ! i p : ! ! O : 4- in . I ^ a & : 5 . j * w i 12 . ! ^ - c g 6 . I > 13 . i o i b . 7 . 1 £ m . f . : > H .. - ' > . * Haymarket . ' 8 g Park Lane . w o c ^ 2 0 . ** ^ ; C . . 5 . a * . O . ! . £ j - 16 . 9 23 . 1 » o ! 17 . & \ 24 . I 1 18 . ! 25 . I l ^ M £ Q 19 . g ^ I 26 . I > I S wo M , 20 . ^ i 27 . ip 3 > ? & D . 21 . : 2 S . II . S a § - "avoH - a-avAvoaa % * I O r S RIVER THAMES . ° « 5 \ - _ - -.- .. ' 1 O , O O I P 4 Temple Bar St . Paul ' s Buckingham ; o Palace .

    Monuments of London . 2 1 . . T British hames Museum Tunnel . . 12 . Underground way . Rail-21 22 . . Mary Evans lebone ' s . 3 . Mansion Ilouse . 13 . Blue Lion Tavern . Theatre . 4 . Cremorne . 14 . " Alamode Beef . " 23 . White's Club . 5 6 . . Chelse Westminster a Bun Abbey -ouse . . 16 15 . . St Pol . ytechnic Martin ' s . Baths . 24 25 . . The Lambeth Shades Palace . . 8 7 . . Weston Penny ice ' s Music -shop . Hall 17 18 . . Kensal "Le Baron Green Nichol . - 26 27 . . The Cyder Tower Cellars . . 9 10 . . H Old yde Bailey Park . Corner . 19 . Times son . Office " . 28 . Soath Mnseiun Ken- . . in ^ t . -j « i 11 . MadameTussaud ' s . 20 . Clare Market .

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  • Tomahawk (1867-1870), Oct. 3, 1868, page 145, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/t/issues/ttw_03101868/page/9/