Hampstead is not the least delightful suburb of the great city which is to the world a wonder and a mystery. There are who think that it is the most picturesque and the healthiest of all the suburbs. Hampstead as it meets the eye, as it is known to its residents, who bivouac, rather than live in it, is full of quaint beauty and surprising charm. But behind the Hampstead which is, is the Hampstead which has been. Some houses and buildings still standing have memories of famous and interesting persons and sites are known, Where the buildings have disappeared, on which scenes of human life, and action, and creation were transacted.