"The tendency of the age is towards abbreviation; therefore, instead of writing a full history of the various Pleasure Gardens of London in the past, it has been sought rather to make a feature of the several view of them as bequeathed to us by contemporary artists. " Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Views of Some of the Most Celebrated By-Gone Pleasure Gardens of London (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)