Memorable London Houses. By Wilmot Harrison. (Sampson Low, Marston, and
Co.)—This book appears in a third edition,
with some considerable additions. Browning, Kingsley, F.
Denison Maurice, Lord Napier, Robert Stephenson, Talfourd, Talleyrand, are among the new names added. We notice a slight error in the account of Mr. Maurice's residences. It is not the case that he went to reside in Brunswick Place "on resigning his functions at St. Peter's, Vero Street." He had, on the contrary, begun to reside at Cambridge while still incumbent of St. Peter's.
There still remain a great number of places to be added. We see, for instance, no mention of Bedford Row in the index. Yet, to mention one name only of well-known residents in this street, the famous physician Abercromby used to live in one of the houses on the east side. Lincoln's Inn Fields, again, might well furnish more names than the single obvious one of Sir Hans Seam. Lord Tennyson, for instance, had chambers once, on the south side if we remember right. (Miss Thackeray's article in Hamper's Magazine gives the number.)
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