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to appropriate to himself the illustrious honour of describing this ancient hostelry , he would have at the outset anticipated all equivocal misapprehension by Avriting the name LeAvis ' s—does not the great historiographer invariably allude to Ludovicus Magnus as LeAvis ?—and thereby haA'e dismally failed in conveying the popular and archaic phrase by Avhich the estahhshment is knoAvn . It is Louey's—Louis' —tbe " Anchor " Tavern , in the City of London—at least that is the sign it is registered by in tbe records

of the licensing Aldermen , and how it has come to be popularly known by a feminine term will be readily conjectured by tbe perusers of tbe ensuing sketch . Yes , this is Avhither I resort Avhen occasionally I " go east of Temple Bar" to commission my broker to buy or to seE for me—say a quarter of a million Turks , by which I mean two hundred and fifty thousand pounds' Avorth of Ottoman scrip , and by no means intend to convey that I am tempting my worthy factor to traffic in Mussulmans' bodies .

Whenever I haA'e a few " cool thou" to spare , and resort Avhere " merchants most do congregate "for the purpose of investing those superfluous sovereigns , ! find no difficulty in resisting the temptations offered by tbe " chumps " of Dolly , and the " loins " at Bet ' s " , and the fat " points "—very different things from blue points , let me tell you—at Joe ' s , and the " kidneys ancl mashed " at Polly's—I experience no effort in resisting these carnal attractions , I say , because I desire to resort to a quiet haven where I may cogitate over my speculations in company Avith a glass of hot brown brandy and Avater , a long clay pipe , ancl a dozen other old fogies similarly endoAvecl . ; ancl so I resort to

Louey s . Ancl Avhere is Louey ' s ? you impatiently ask me . Well , as to its sign , the " Anchor , " you knoiv , there are at least a dozen estaminets bearing that title \ rithin the Avell defined circle of which Gog and Magog constitute the centre , ancl sol don't think that a reference to tbe Post Office London , or any other Directory , Avould materially assist you . No , you must ask some of your city friends to direct orbetter stillperhaps tbey

you , , , may offer to convoy you personally , to the hospitable establishment thereby knoAvn . I can only tell you that the ancient institution flourishes somewhere betAveen the Blackfriars station of the District Railway and that notorious mart where , as my Lord Chesterfield euphuistieally puts it , " they sell [ the very best of fish , and use the very worst of language . "

If unfortunately you hai'e no city acquaintance , bave I not giA'en yon a direction explicit enough' ? Tou know Billingsgate , of course ? You don't knoiv Baj'nard's Castle " . Do you knoAV the Times office at Whitefriars' ? You do ? Well ancl good . Set your back against the peristyle , under the clock of that renoAvned edifice , and look straight before you , and you shall see a huge pile of buildings many , many , stories high , generally ornamented by a rotund white sack or two swinging in mid air from a crane apparentl

y as far remoA'ed from earth as that AA'bich for centuries crowned tbe roof of Cologne Cathedral—look Avell at those horizontal ' rows of casements , ancl you contemplate the R . W . Bro . Alderman Hadley ' s granaries , and you shall behold , too , the locus in quo—the site of the palace . Avbere Gloucester , aspiring Richard , was pointed out by Avily Buckingham to the—by no means wily—Lord

Mayor" Look , where Ms Grace stands 'tween two clergymen , " m Ms Grace ' s palace , built on the site of tbe castle , " so called of Baynard , a nobleman that came in Avith William the Conqueror , " near the Crookback ' s royal mamma ' s DoAver House , the appanage of Cicely , Duchess of York , Baynard Castle , on the city shore of the Thames . " Wellif AA'ant to to ' s must start from the east side of the afore

, you go Loueyyou - mentioned granary , ancl steadily persevere in the direction of the last-mentioned point "f the compass through Thames Street , until you come to an—no , to the "Anchor" —if ever you do come to it , for you will probably' haA * e to dodge a laden van , Avhich will squeeze you betAveen an iron street post and the Avail , in a space of about nine inches broad , on the one hand , or duck ancl run to avoid being ignoniiniously overwhelmed by some swaying mass descending from a eraiievapparently direct , upon your bead , on the