London in My Time by Thomas Burke begins with a great party celebrating the queen in England. Burke reflects on various people, shops, war, and entertainment in England. Excerpt: “Diamond Jubilee. … Sixty Years a Queen. … The Longest Reign. … The roofs and windows of London are rippling with red-white-and-blue; even the poorest dwelling shows its three-hap'ny flag. Every street-organ is playing and every boy whistling, Leslie Stuart's Soldiers of the Queen.”
