How the London streets got their strange names
How people lived in these old streets and lanes
Holidays and merry-makings, games and sports
Beggars, rogues, and rascals, and their fates
Three old landmarks: the Tower, London Bridge, and Temple Bar
The part played by the early monasteries and the Church
The country square, village customs, and a day at St. Bartholomew's Fair
Education and some famous English schools
Manners and customs of the court and of the people
Feasts and ceremonial banquets
Festival attire and styles of dress
Witches, superstition, medicine, and magic
Pageants, masques, and the drama
Coffeehouses in the Augustan Age
Coaching down to London Town
Old English inns and coaching houses.
