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THE GROWTH ENTRANCE TO GREAT ST. HELEN'S The view from this point of the city on southern end of the bridge. the opposite bank of the Thames The walls with their bastions are visible and the Tower, is very fine. to which great additions are being made. ‘To the left the magnificent steeple of St. Paul’s is rising above the long ridge of the cathedral roof. beyond it the once vacant Space near Newgate is being rapidly filled by the low domestic buildK OF THE CITY 6: in 1266, or about that time, London has greatly increased since the Conquest. Not only is the number of houses greater, but the public buildings, such as churches and halls, larger. are more numerous and If we approach the city from the south side of the river, where Henry III has just dismantled the fortifications, we pass the fine Early English buildings of the canons of St. Mary Overy, approaching completion, and come to the strongly fortified gate at the
