WESTMINSTER BRIDGE.
The view from the Surrey side, west of the graceful Westminster Bridge, is a striking one. In our picture, to the left, is seen the north end of the House of Commons and of the Terrace, with the Clock Tower. At the corner of the block of buildings in the centre is St. Stephen's Club, much frequented by Conservative legislators. The large structure in the baronial style to the right is New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, of which a nearer view appears on page 95. Westminster Bridge, built by Page in 1856-62, consists of seven iron arches on granite piers, and the arch through which the barges are passing has a span of 120 feet. It was from the bridge which-the present one superseded that Wordsworth had the view which inspired one of the most familiar of his sonnets.