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[email protected] https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ The Historical Journal, 38, 3 (1gg5),pp. 535-551 Copyright 0 1995 Cambridge University Press THE POLITICS OF LONDON AIR JOHN EVELYN'S FUMIFUGIUM AND THE RESTORATION MARK JENNER Gniversig of York A BSTR A C T. Historians have commonly described John Evelyn's pamphlet about London smoke pollution, Fumifugium, as a precocious example of environmental concern, This paper argues that such an interpretation is too simple. Evelyn's proposals are shown to be closely related to political allegor_vand the panegyrics written to welcome the new[v restored Charles 11.