THE
Holborn Restaurant,
218, HIGH HOLBORN,
ONE OF THE SIGHTS AND ONE OF THE COMFORTS OF LONDON
Attractions of the Chief Parisian Establishments, with the quiet and orderessential to English Customs.
Dinners and Luncheons from Daily Bill of Fare.
A TABLE D’HOTE, AT SEPARATE TABLES,
Every Evening, from 6 to 8.30,
3s. 6d.,
Including Two Soups, Two Kinds of Fish, Two Entrées, Joints, Sweets,Cheese (in variety), Salad, &c., with Ices and Dessert.
This favourite Dinner is accompanied by a Selection of high-class InstrumentalMusic.
COFFEE, TEA, CHESS, AND SMOKING ROOMS.
Crystal Palace Skating Rink.
PLIMPTON’S PATENT ROLLER SKATES.
The RINK, open and covered, has an area of 14,000 square feet,the surface is laid with Plimpton’s patent Pitch Pine Floor, and theSkates are in perfect condition.
ENTRANCE FROM PALACE.
By Aquarium Staircase; and from Upper Terrace by Monkey House.
| Admission | One Shilling. |
| Hire of Skates | Sixpence. |
| Spectators | Sixpence. |
OPEN DAILY (MAY to OCTOBER),
From 10 till 1, 2 till close of Palace, excepting on Tuesdays, Thursdays,and on all Firework and Fête Days, when the hours are 10 till 1,2 till 6, and 7 till 9.30, with a Band in attendance.
As a fashionable and invigorating exercise, Skating stands unrivalled. WithLadies and Children the delightful art of Skating is more easily acquired on rollerthan on ice Skates, and the newly-laid patented floor is universally considered asuperior medium to asphalte or Portland cement. The amusement afforded to onlookersrivals any of the numerous attractions of the Crystal Palace.
N.B.—The New OPEN-AIR RINK, which is in shade after 2 o’clock, commandsa fine view of the unrivalled Gardens and the Kentish Hills, and affords,perhaps, the pleasantest lounge (combined with the amusement of the Rink) withinthe precincts of the Palace.
CRYSTAL PALACE.
Myers’ Grand Hippodrome.
ACCOUNT OF THE STABLES
GREAT COURSE FOR CHARIOT RACES, STEEPLE-CHASES,
HURDLE RACES, ETC.,
All other Arrangements at the Crystal Palace,
WITH PLAN.
ANECDOTES OF JOHN COOPER’S FEATS
OF
Lion Taming & Elephant Training,
DESCRIPTION OF
ELEPHANT SWIMMING AND BATHING,
GREAT EQUESTRIAN PANTOMIME,
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD,
SCENES IN THE CIRCLE,
AND
Parades and Processions of Gorgeous Chariots.
Myers’ Grand Hippodrome.
At the Crystal Palace.
It is but natural that the greatest Hippodrome ofthe world should be quartered at the greatest pleasure-resortof the world, and the arrangements made atthe Crystal Palace for the reception and performanc