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If there is any book that can magically restore the city of London to us and at the same time give us a glimpse of the grace of British literary masters in various historical periods, it must be "London Under the Pen". University of Chicago professor Percy H. Boynton (1875-1946) deeply explored the precious spiritual heritage and literary wealth left by English culture to people. He not only provided a very valuable historical and social background, but also led people to travel through thousands of years, from under the city walls sketched by Chaucer in the Middle Ages to the metropolis of Victoria. In his writings, British literary giants such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton and Dickens suddenly become alive, as if they will step out of the book at any time and accompany us affectionately through the streets of the thousand-year-old London city. As Johnson said: When a person is tired of London, he is tired of life; because London has everything that life contains. From Alexandria to Athens, from Rome to Florence, from Paris to London and then to New York, these cities of the soul that are countless in history have given birth to countless great writers and artists. It can be said that the city is the cradle of literature. Today, New York has become a famous literary city, while Paris and London have declined, but the glory they once created still shines brightly. Percy Boynton (1875-1946), a professor at the University of Chicago, spent a book digging out historical materials, stimulating words, observing London for thousands of years, and laying out a map of the growing city.