Holborn

Holborn a continuation of Oxford Street, towards the City, being situated on high ground, with good gravel soil, is very healthy; as it is midway between the West and the City, is a good part of London for strangers to stay at.

The principal Hotels are "the Inns of Court" and "the First Avenue," the latter being one of the Gordon Hotels. the Holborn Restaurant, truly one of the sights of London, should be visited as a matter of course.

It is the height of modern comfort and luxury, whether one goes for an ordinary luncheon or to the Table d'Hote in the Grand Salon in the evening, where music is rendered.

The King's Hall is certainly one of the finest of its kind in London, and with other large rooms is much used for public Dinners, Balls, etc.

The Birkbeck Bank has a new and handsome frontage in Holborn close to the old houses of Staple Inn, and nearly opposite are the immense buildings of the Prudential Insurance Company.

On one side of Holborn is the Inn of Court called Gray's Inn, whilst on the opposite side leading to the Law Courts and the Strand is Lincoln's Inn with large Hall and Grounds.

Lincoln's Inn Fields are open free to the public under the London County Council. the business houses in Holborn best known are probably Thomas Wallis & Co. , the large drapers, and the Head Depot of Chas. Baker & Co. , next door to the Inns of Court Hotel, the large tailors, clothiers and outfitters, who have also several branches in London.