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. ni st kösz a ös ee OE ——EE———— ak élükön — iow att szül ee ee —— set (RK me COMMERCE [71 London and County. If the handsome front of the last-named company at Knightsbridge could have been transferred here it would have adorned the whole street. Two of the new houses are fairly good. At the corner of Birchin Lane, the London quarters of the Commercial Bank of Scotland are spoilt by a mean attic storey; but the two lower storeys in polished red and gray granite are _ fine. Messrs. Lloyds’ is, like the last named, in two orders, “Tuscan - Doric and [onic, and has a good deal of dignity. In Bishopsgate Within we have on opposite sides of the street two typical examples. On the west side is one of the most gorgeous ——_— fronts in the city cOver- BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET ) ing the site of Greshams house. Gorgeous as it is, I cannot say a single word in its favour. All the ornament in Europe would not give the design dignity or proportion. On the eastern side is a very different building, the bank of Messrs. Baring, very plain, in red brick,
