Stranica 301 [301]
§ THE CITY AS IT IS 279
: Royal Mail Steam
, Packet Company, a
plain, useful-look¬
ing building.
The brief survey
here attempted of
some of the great
— thoroughfares of
i the city leaves an
impression of sad¬
ness on the mind.
London has been
practically rebuilt
since the beginning
of the present reign,
yet how little is there of good architecture to be seen anywhere. Some
of the new houses would be a disgrace to any city. The designs of
costly structures,
covered with
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unworthy of a gin
palace. The great
Gothic revival is
chiefly to blame
for this melan¬
mm choly state of
: si things. Archi¬
tects know no¬