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without, but for London par excellence, that is 

 to say for the noisy, almost treeless City ; with 



RAVENSCOURT 

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these for 



pioneers, nature 



invades the 



Stock Exchange, 



the Court of 



Aldermen, the 



Bank, and all the railway termini, as 



if to say, Shut us out if you can* But 



with the exception of these few peculiarly 



urban species we may take it that the London 



