PREFACE 
in each direction, very fairly, the limits of the Great 
Metropolis. 
The series of singularly life-like ican which adorns 
the following pages has been drawn by my old friend 
Mr. John Duncan, of Newcastle. I am indebted to 
the proprietors of the Newcastle Weekly Chronicle for 
permission to use them here, and to them I desire to 
tender my best thanks for the favour. | 
Cuarytes Dixon 
Lonvon, 1909 
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