Show CHARM OF LONDON GONE aONE Lament Lament of an Englishman Recently Returned from Long Sojourn Abroad London LondonI I I am sorry I ever came back said an Englishman who has Just returned after an absence of ten years in Canada The place I have thought about and dreamed of throughout my travels travels travels trav trav- els and which was so dear to me before before before be- be be be- fore I quitted England has disappeared Gone are the picturesque buildings obliterated are the historical historical historical cal associations and perished d is the peculiar charm which made London so dear to its natives In the place of it we have wide streets waiting for houses to border them we have gigantic buildings with little cla claim m to architectural beauty we have tubes in all directions directions directions for the population who love to burrow underground and we have a crowd of motor buses which make day and night alike hideous with tl their grunting their screeching and their clatter But the charm of London the London the poetry of our great city which was so indescribably fasci- fasci nati has |