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London the first) Southwark and Blackfriars bridges over the Thames are seen on the left. S'Pauls with its towering dome in the distance. The large building on the right is the Custom House, Billings-gate next westward, and the London Monument beyond-The view is looking west.

EUROPEAN

HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS;

COMPRISING

ENGLAND, SCOTLAND,

WITH

HOLLAND, BELGIUM,

AND PART OF

FRANCE·

GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MOST PROMINENT AND

INTERESTING EVENTS,

WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN THE HISTORY OF THESE COUNTRIES:
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES

OF DISTINGUISHED PERSONS IN ALL RANKS OF SOCIETY, WITH
GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS

OF THE PRINCIPAL TOWNS AND PLACES OF INTEREST IN THE
SEVERAL COUNTRIES VISITED.

Illustrated by 275 Engravings ;

GIVING VIEWS OF CHIEF TOWNS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, RELICS OF ANTIQUITY,
HISTORIC LOCALITIES, NATURAL SCENERY,

&C,. &c.

Warner

BY JOHN W. BARBER,

MEMBER OF THE CONNECTICUT HISTORICAL SOCIETY-AUTHOR OF THE CONNECTICUT, MASSA-
CHUSETTS AND OTHER HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS.

C NEW HAVEN, CONN.:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN W. BARBER.

1855.

8495,30

1879.

By eveninge.

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1854,
BY JOHN W. BARBER,

In the Clerk's office of the District Court of Connecticut.

J. H. BENHAM, STEREOTYPER AND PRINTER.

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