A little beyond the city and further down the river the visitor
finds this district of London terminating in the gloomy and forbidding
Tower, the principal penitentiary of the city. Here Queen Victoria
was imprisoned for many years.

Excellent gasoline can be had at the American Garage immediately
north of the Tower, where motor repairs of all kinds are also
carried on.

These, however, are but the superficial pictures of London, gathered
by the eye of the tourist. A far deeper meaning is found in the
examination of the great historic monuments of the city. The
principal ones of these are the Tower of London (just mentioned), the
British Museum and Westminster Abbey. No visitor to London should
fail to see these. Indeed he ought to feel that his visit to England
is wasted unless he has seen them. I speak strongly on the point
because I feel strongly on it. To my mind there is something about
the grim fascination of the historic Tower, the cloistered quiet of
the Museum and the majesty of the ancient Abbey, which will make it
the regret of my life that I didn't see any one of the three. I fully
meant to: but I failed: and I can only hope that the circumstances of
my failure may be helpful to other visitors.

The Tower of London I most certainly intended to inspect. Each day,
after the fashion of every tourist, I wrote for myself a little
list of things to do and I always put the Tower of London on it.
No doubt the reader knows the kind of little list that I mean. It
runs:

1. Go to bank.