Travels in Town 2 Volume Paperback Set: Volume SET
By the Author of Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons, etc.

Detailed, wide-ranging, and reflective, James Grant's two-volume Travels in Town (1839) describes life in early Victorian London.

James Grant (Author)

9781108009201, Cambridge University Press

Multiple-component retail product, published 18 February 2010

666 pages
25 x 32.3 x 6.7 cm, 1.17 kg

Born in 1802 in Elgin, James Grant first established himself as a reporter and then as a leading newspaper editor in Victorian London, heading the Morning Chronicle for two decades before moving on to the Christian Standard. His 1839 Travels in Town was designed as a companion piece to his earlier reflections on London, The Great Metropolis (1838) and Sketches in London (1838). This two-volume work reflects Grant's enthusiasm for 'this modern Babylon' and his lively interest in the intricacies of everyday life there. Interweaving general descriptions with specific local information, volume 1 focuses on central London, observing major streets (including Downing Street) and the British Museum, while Volume 2 describes the post office and bookselling in Paternoster Row before turning its attention to the city's various religious denominations.

Volume I: 1. The streets
2. The Park
3. Tattersall's and the turf
4. Downing Street
5. The British Museum
6. The British Museum (continued)
7. The newsmen
Volume II: 8. The post office
9. Bookselling – Paternoster Row
10. Religious denominations.

Subject Areas: Publishing industry & book trade [KNTP]