Historic Views of London represents a selection of photographs from the collection of one man; it confines itself to the city of London & scarcely strays beyond the limits of Victorias reign. The author feels that these restrictions give to the book an inward strength & her hope is that it may prove a small tribute to a remarkable collector. Bernard Howarth-Loomes was an important collector of early photographs & particularly of stereo photography. Throughout his life he was deeply interested in photography & was especially enthralled by the stereoscopic three-dimensional process; he collected photographs of all sorts stereo-cards & photographic equipment. Through his collecting years he showed his consideration for others permitting the National Monument Record (NMR) to make copies of those which were relevant to that collection & generously granting reproduction rights. The topographical range of photographs was spread across the British Isles; those chosen for this volume have been confined to the Greater London area & in particular to the City of London & to Westminster. The NMR copied about 365 shots of the London area; we have selected almost 200 for this book. Ann Saunders has added an authoritative introductory text & captions for each image.