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ee ot cy AS LE Is 233 The Fleet could not at the highest tide surmount the ridge, the southern end of which is still marked by the Roman bath in a lane off the Strand. When we have passed the Temple and admired a fine gateway designed by Wren, and an odd-looking old house, said to have been tenanted at one time by Cardinal Wolsey and later by Lintot, the bookseller, we reach the precinct of the Whitefriars. We have left the lawyers behind and have come to the realm of the newspapers. Some of the new offices are very handsome, especially that of the Dazly wey elegraph, which was designed by Mr. Arding, and that of the Sportsman, by Mr. A. gs oes a jár, OS SZE aaa E. Browne. The offices fait alte ZAN in Lt MESE mee. a of the Standard are not a Sead "ed far off, and extend into St. Bride’s Street, those of the Dazly News being on the south side of Fleet Street, opposite. The north side of Fleet Street is associated with some interest= HE e" + 4 s. ew ing literary names. In Gough Square there is _ a house marked with a ‘ tablet as having been the residence of Dr. Johnson. Here he finished his Dz¢ctionary. Mm He also lived in John 2H
