Haunted London

Haunted London By Walter Thornbury. ILLUSTRATED BY F. W. FAIRHOLT, F.S.A. Published by CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY in 1880. George Walter Thornbury was an English author. He was the son of a London solicitor, reared by his aunt and educated by her husband, Reverend Barton Bouchier.[1] A journalist by profession, he also wrote verse, novels, art criticism and popular historical and topographical sketches. He began his career in 1845 with contributions to Bristol Journal and wrote later mainly for the Athenaeum. He is said to have died in a lunatic asylum.