\In the year 1108 B.C., Brutus, a descendant of Æneas, who was the son
of Venus, came to England with his companions, after the taking of Troy,
and founded the City of Troynovant, which is now called London. After a
thousand years, during which the City grew and flourished exceedingly,
one Lud became its king. He built walls and towers, and, among other
things, the famous gate whose name still survives in the street called
Ludgate. King Lud was succeeded by his brother Cassivelaunus, in whose
time happened the invasion of the Romans under Julius Cæsar. Troynovant,
or London, then became a Roman city. It was newly fortified by Helena,
mother of Constantine the Great.\ Reprint of the textbook on the
history of London, from the foundation to the reign of George II,
illustrated with many pictures and maps. Originally published in 1894.