BOOK STREETS
Members of certain professions and trades in London noticeably follow the herd instinct,, and congregate in one street or streets to dispose of their services or their wares. We find solicitors in Bedford-row, jewellers in Bond-street, doctors in Harley-street, and furniture dealers in Tottenham Court-road. So it is with second-hand booksellers, who have made Charing Cross-road their special "quarter."' A* one time their headquarters were, in Holy well-street-called Booksellers'-row -wliich lay between the two island churches of the Strand, in that part of London which is now Aldwyeh. Pall Mall also at one time contained some of the bookselling fraternity. Tom Payne was in Schomberg House and Dodsley at No. 51, while in Pall Mai! East Messrs Reeves kept their shop. To-day there are very few booksellers who have remained in their quarters of yesteryear.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIII, 12 June 1929, Page 8
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