ROMANCE OF LONDON:

STRANGE STORIES,

SCENES AND REMARKABLE PERSONS OF

THE GREAT TOWN.

BY

JOHN TIMBS, F.S. A.

AUTHOR OF 'A CENTURY OF ANECDOTE' ETC. ETC.

RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET,

PUBLISHER IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY.

LONDON

PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO.

NEW-STREET SQUARE

Two EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDES AT LONDON BRIDGE

EXTRAORDINARY ESCAPE FROM DEATH

HUMAN HEADS ON TEMPLE BAR

ADVENTURE WITH A FORGER

ECCENTRIC BENEVOLENCE

THE STORY OF HACKMAN AND MISS REAY

ATTEMPTS TO ASSASSINATE GEORGE III.

TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF GOVERNOR WALL

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CASE OF ELIZA FENNING, THE SUSPECTED POISONER

WAINWRIGHT, THE POISONER

RATCLIFFE HIGHWAY MURDERS.

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