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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Club Life of London, Volume II (of 2) - With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of - the Metropolis During the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries - -Author: John Timbs - -Release Date: November 30, 2012 [EBook #41516] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CLUB LIFE OF LONDON, VOLUME II *** - - - - -Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 41516 ***</div> <div class="tnbox"> <p class="center"><b>Transcriber's Note:</b></p> @@ -890,7 +851,7 @@ some who delighted in novelty, drank." unwholesome, and would bring its drinkers to an untimely end. Yet, Voltaire, Fontenelle, and Fourcroy, who were great coffee-drinkers, lived to a good old age. -Laugh at Madame de Sévigné, who foretold that coffee +Laugh at Madame de Sévigné, who foretold that coffee and Racine would be forgotten together!</p> <p>A manuscript note, written by Oldys, the celebrated @@ -1235,7 +1196,7 @@ instance, the getting up of a Ball for Shipwrecked Mariners and their families; or the organization of a Dinner for the benefit of the Distressed Needlewomen of the Metropolis; they are a very quiet party, and -enjoy the privilege of their <i>séance</i>, uninterrupted by +enjoy the privilege of their <i>séance</i>, uninterrupted by visitors." <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">11</a></span></p> @@ -1429,7 +1390,7 @@ the elders. The house has long been a tavern; all the old rooms have been swept away, and a large and lofty dining-room erected in their place.</p> -<p>In a paper read to the British Archæological Association, +<p>In a paper read to the British Archæological Association, by Mr. E. B. Price, we find coffee and canary thus brought into interesting comparison, illustrated by the exhibition of one of Farr's Rainbow tokens; and @@ -2346,7 +2307,7 @@ the upper end of a narrow lane, where I met with a conjuror, engaged very warmly with a laceman who was the great support of a neighbouring conventicle. The matter in debate was whether the late French King -was most like Augustus Cæsar, or Nero. The controversy +was most like Augustus Cæsar, or Nero. The controversy was carried on with great heat on both sides, and as each of them looked upon me very frequently during the course of their debate, I was under some apprehension @@ -3031,7 +2992,7 @@ veneration for Dryden, that he persuaded some friends to take him to Will's Coffee-house, and was delighted that he could say that he had seen Dryden. Sir Charles Wogan, too, brought up Pope from the Forest of Windsor, -to dress <i>à la mode</i>, and introduce at Will's Coffee-house. +to dress <i>à la mode</i>, and introduce at Will's Coffee-house. Pope afterwards described Dryden as "a plump man with a down look, and not very conversible;" and Cibber could tell no more "but that he remembered him @@ -3347,7 +3308,7 @@ these two lines from Martial:—</p> <div class="poem"> <div class="stanza"> <p class="o1">"Cervantur magnis isti Cervicibus ungues:</p> -<p class="i1">Non nisi delictâ pascitur ille ferâ."</p> +<p class="i1">Non nisi delictâ pascitur ille ferâ."</p> </div> </div> </div> @@ -3364,7 +3325,7 @@ there employed as a letter-box by Dr. John Hill, for his waiter, Campbell, as proprietor of the tavern and lion's head, and by him the latter was retained until Nov. 8, 1804, when it was purchased by Mr. Charles Richardson, -of Richardson's Hotel, for £17. 10<i>s.</i>, who also +of Richardson's Hotel, for £17. 10<i>s.</i>, who also possessed the original sign of the Shakspeare's Head. After Mr. Richardson's death in 1827, the Lion's Head devolved to his son, of whom it was bought by the Duke @@ -3837,7 +3798,7 @@ and now occupied as the Bedford Coffee-house and Hotel. They are either the same premises, or they immediately adjoin the premises, occupied a century later as the Bedford Coffee-house. (Mr. John Bruce, -<i>Archæologia</i>, XXXV. 195.) The lease contains a minute +<i>Archæologia</i>, XXXV. 195.) The lease contains a minute specification of the landlord's fittings and customary accommodations of what were then some of the most fashionable residences in the metropolis. In the attached @@ -4106,7 +4067,7 @@ I shall that I ever received it.</p> <p class="left65">"<span class="smcap">R. B. Sheridan.</span>"</p> -<p>The Piazza façade, and interior, were of Gothic design. +<p>The Piazza façade, and interior, were of Gothic design. The house has been taken down, and in its place was built the Floral Hall, after the Crystal Palace model.</p> @@ -4830,7 +4791,7 @@ our time, namely, the <i>Percy Anecdotes</i>, "by Sholto and Reuben Percy, Brothers of the Benedictine Monastery of Mont Benger," in 44 parts, commencing in 1820. So said the title pages, but the names and the locality were -<i>supposé</i>. Reuben Percy was Thomas Byerley, who died +<i>supposé</i>. Reuben Percy was Thomas Byerley, who died in 1824; he was the brother of Sir John Byerley, and the first editor of the <i>Mirror</i>, commenced by John Limbird, in 1822. Sholto Percy was Joseph Clinton @@ -5515,7 +5476,7 @@ Boar's Head Tavern on the lid.<a name="FNanchor_29" id="FNanchor_29" href="#Foot Falstolf's benefaction to Magdalen College, Oxford. Sir John was one of the bravest generals in the French wars, under the fourth, fifth, and sixth Henries; but he is not -the Falstaff of Shakspeare. In the <i>Reliquiæ Hearnianæ</i>, +the Falstaff of Shakspeare. In the <i>Reliquiæ Hearnianæ</i>, edited by Dr. Bliss, is the following entry relative to this bequest:—</p> @@ -6089,7 +6050,7 @@ she was not conscious of anything more, until she was safe in her chamber and all danger happily over.<a name="FNanchor_31" id="FNanchor_31" href="#Footnote_31" class="fnanchor">[31]</a></p> <p>The Tavern was rebuilt after the Great Fire, and -flourished many years. It was long a depôt in the +flourished many years. It was long a depôt in the metropolis for turtle; and in the quadrangle of the Tavern might be seen scores of turtle, large and lively, in huge tanks of water; or laid upward on the stone floor, @@ -6871,7 +6832,7 @@ individual of his fraternity on record. He not only had the honour of picking the pocket of Oliver Cromwell, when Lord Protector, but he afterwards robbed King Charles II., then living in exile at Cologne, -of plate valued at £1500. Another of his feats was +of plate valued at £1500. Another of his feats was his robbing the wife of the Lord General Fairfax. "This lady," we are told, "used to go to a lecture on a weekday, to Ludgate Church, where one Mr. Jacomb preached, @@ -7025,7 +6986,7 @@ who frequented the Devil, and who left <i>Poems and Songs</i>, <p>To fight and brawl, like hectors, let none dare,</p> <p>Glasses or windows break, or hangings tear.</p> <p>Whoe'er shall publish what's here done or said</p> -<p>From our society must be banishèd;</p> +<p>From our society must be banishèd;</p> <p>Let none by drinking do or suffer harm,</p> <p>And, while we stay, let us be always warm."</p> </div> @@ -7126,7 +7087,7 @@ annoyance of many a hitherto happy <i>bon-vivant</i>."</p> <p>From bad to worse, the Devil Tavern fell into disuse, and Messrs. Child, the bankers, purchased the freehold -in 1787, for £2800. It was soon after demolished, +in 1787, for £2800. It was soon after demolished, and the site is now occupied by the houses called Child's-place.</p> @@ -8105,7 +8066,7 @@ rear of the house a laboratory. The mansion was altered, if not rebuilt, for the Earl of Orford, better known as Admiral Russell, who, in 1692, defeated Admiral de Tourville, and ruined the French fleet. The -façade of the house originally resembled the forecastle +façade of the house originally resembled the forecastle of a ship. The fine old staircase is formed of part of the vessel Admiral Russell commanded at La Hogue; it has handsomely carved anchors, ropes, and the @@ -8162,7 +8123,7 @@ latter is hung with the collection of portraits of celebrated actors and actresses, mostly of our own time, which Mr. Green has been at great pains to collect.</p> -<p>The <i>spécialité</i> of this very agreeable place is the +<p>The <i>spécialité</i> of this very agreeable place is the olden music, which is sung here with great intelligence and spirit; the visitors are of the better and more appreciative class, and often include amateurs of rank. @@ -8360,7 +8321,7 @@ crowded with a higher class of men than are to be seen in taverns of the present day. There was excellent dining up-stairs, with wines really worth drinking—all with a sort of Quakerly plainness, but solid comfort. -The fast men came to the great room, where the <i>spécialité</i> +The fast men came to the great room, where the <i>spécialité</i> was singing by amateurs upon one evening of the week; and to prevent the chorus waking the dead in their cerements in the adjoining churchyard, the coffee-room @@ -8389,7 +8350,7 @@ it was proposed to have his portrait painted—but in vain; success had ebbed away, and at length the house was closed.<a name="FNanchor_39" id="FNanchor_39" href="#Footnote_39" class="fnanchor">[39]</a></p> -<p>Offley's was sketched with a free hand, in <i>Horæ Offleanæ, +<p>Offley's was sketched with a free hand, in <i>Horæ Offleanæ, Bentley's Miscellany</i>, March, 1841.</p> <hr class="l15" /> @@ -9273,7 +9234,7 @@ by a central porch, supported by caryatides of oak, bearing Ionic scrolls. To the left was the Oak Parlour, with carved mantelpiece, of chest-like form; and caryatid jambs, supporting a slab sculptured with the story of -Diana and Actæon. The ceiling was a shield, bearing +Diana and Actæon. The ceiling was a shield, bearing J. M. in a glory, with cherubim, two heads of Roman emperors, with fish, flowers, and other figures, within wreathed borders, with bosses of acorns.</p> @@ -9986,7 +9947,7 @@ Congress found themselves in juxtaposition with Frederick Douglas and the dark gentleman who came as ambassador from Hayti. I remember one Sunday, during that strange time, seeing Mr. Disraeli, Madame Doche, the Author of <i>Vanity Fair</i>, a -privy councillor, a Sardinian attaché, the Marquis of Normanby, +privy councillor, a Sardinian attaché, the Marquis of Normanby, the late Mr. Flexmore the clown, the Editor of <i>Punch</i>, and the Wizard of the North, all pressing to enter the whilom boudoir of the Blessington.</p> @@ -10051,7 +10012,7 @@ the 'door of the dungeon of mystery,' which was studded with huge nails, and garnished with fetters in the well-known Newgate fashion. Looking towards the garden were the Alhambra Terrace and the Venetian Bridge. The back drawing-room was the -Night of Stars, or the <i>Rêverie de l'Etoile polaire</i>; the night being +Night of Stars, or the <i>Rêverie de l'Etoile polaire</i>; the night being <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_248" id="Page_248">248</a></span> represented by a cerulean ceiling painted over with fleecy clouds, and the firmament by hangings of blue gauze spangled with stars @@ -10060,7 +10021,7 @@ Jupiter Tonans, the walls covered with a salmagundi of the architecture of all nations, from the Acropolis to the Pyramids of Egypt, from Temple Bar to the Tower of Babel. The dining-room became the Hall of Jewels, or the <i>Salon des Larmes de -Danaë</i>, and the 'Shower of Gems,' with a grand arabesque perforated +Danaë</i>, and the 'Shower of Gems,' with a grand arabesque perforated ceiling, gaudy in gilding and distemper colours. Upstairs there was a room fitted up as a Chinese pagoda, another as an Italian cottage overlooking a vineyard and the Lake of Como; @@ -10079,7 +10040,7 @@ which we filled with pictures and lithographs, and flags and calico, in our own peculiar fashion. We hired a large grazing-meadow at the back of the gardens, from a worthy Kensington cowkeeper, and having fitted up another barrack at one end of it, called it -the 'Pré D'Orsay.' We memorialized the Middlesex magistrates, +the 'Pré D'Orsay.' We memorialized the Middlesex magistrates, and, after a great deal of trouble, got a licence enabling us to sell wines and spirits, and to have music and dancing if we so chose. We sprinkled tents and alcoves all over our gardens, and @@ -10330,7 +10291,7 @@ Lacy, the patentee of Drury Lane Theatre, as a sort of Winter Vauxhall. There was a Rotunda, with a Doric portico, and arcade and gallery; a Venetian pavilion in a lake, to which the company were rowed in boats; and -the grounds were planted with trees and <i>allées vertes</i>. +the grounds were planted with trees and <i>allées vertes</i>. The several buildings were designed by Capon, the eminent scene-painter. There were boxes for refreshments, and in each was a painting: in the centre was a heating @@ -10363,7 +10324,7 @@ In 1802, the Installation Ball of the Knights of the Bath <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_257" id="Page_257">257</a></span> was given here; and the Pic-nic Society gave here a breakfast to 2000 persons, when Garnerin ascended in -his balloon. After the Peace Fête, in 1803, for which +his balloon. After the Peace Fête, in 1803, for which allegorical scenes were painted by Capon, Ranelagh was deserted, and in 1804, the buildings were removed.</p> @@ -10924,17 +10885,17 @@ and prosperity of our beloved country."</p> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> -<td colspan="2">La tortue à l'Anglaise.</td> +<td colspan="2">La tortue à l'Anglaise.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> -<td colspan="2">La bisque d'écrevisses.</td> +<td colspan="2">La bisque d'écrevisses.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> -<td colspan="2">Le consommé aux quenelles de merlan.</td> +<td colspan="2">Le consommé aux quenelles de merlan.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> @@ -10953,7 +10914,7 @@ Les casseroles de green fat feront le tour de la table.</td> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> -<td colspan="2">Le poisson de St. Pierre à la crême.</td> +<td colspan="2">Le poisson de St. Pierre à la crême.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> @@ -10994,7 +10955,7 @@ Les casseroles de green fat feront le tour de la table.</td> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> -<td colspan="2">Les lamproies à la Worcester.</td> +<td colspan="2">Les lamproies à la Worcester.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> @@ -11004,7 +10965,7 @@ Les casseroles de green fat feront le tour de la table.</td> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> -<td colspan="2">Les boudins de merlans à la reine.</td> +<td colspan="2">Les boudins de merlans à la reine.</td> </tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"> @@ -11029,26 +10990,26 @@ frit.</td> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> -<td colspan="2">La truite saumonée à la Tartare.</td> +<td colspan="2">La truite saumonée à la Tartare.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> -<td colspan="2">Le whitebait: <i>id.</i> à la diable.</td> +<td colspan="2">Le whitebait: <i>id.</i> à la diable.</td> </tr> </table> <p class="center"><i>Second Service.</i></p> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poem"> -<p>Les petits poulets au cresson—le jambonneau aux épinards.</p> +<p>Les petits poulets au cresson—le jambonneau aux épinards.</p> <p>La Mayonnaise de filets de soles—les filets de merlans -à l'Arpin. +à l'Arpin. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_273" id="Page_273">273</a></span></p> -<p>Les petits pois à l'Anglaise—les artichauts à la Barigoule.</p> -<p>La gelée de Marasquin aux fraises—les pets de nonnes.</p> -<p>Les tartelettes aux cerises—les célestines à la fleur d'orange.</p> -<p>Le baba à la compôte d'abricots—le fromage Plombière.</p> +<p>Les petits pois à l'Anglaise—les artichauts à la Barigoule.</p> +<p>La gelée de Marasquin aux fraises—les pets de nonnes.</p> +<p>Les tartelettes aux cerises—les célestines à la fleur d'orange.</p> +<p>Le baba à la compôte d'abricots—le fromage Plombière.</p> </div> </div> @@ -11095,7 +11056,7 @@ wild fancy."</p> <p>Situated about the middle of the western side of Bishopsgate-street. Within, presents in its frontage a mezzanine-storey, and lofty Venetian windows, reminding -one of the old-fashioned assembly-room façade. +one of the old-fashioned assembly-room façade. The site of the present tavern was previously occupied by the White Lion Tavern, which was destroyed in an extensive fire on the 7th of November, 1765; it broke @@ -11287,38 +11248,38 @@ in this department of art:—</p> <p> "<i>Premier Service.</i></p> -<p>"<i>Potages.</i>—Printanier: à la reine: <i>turtle</i>.</p> +<p>"<i>Potages.</i>—Printanier: à la reine: <i>turtle</i>.</p> -<p>"<i>Poissons.</i>—Turbot (<i>lobster and Dutch sauces</i>): saumon à la -Tartare: rougets à la cardinal: friture de morue: <i>whitebait</i>.</p> +<p>"<i>Poissons.</i>—Turbot (<i>lobster and Dutch sauces</i>): saumon à la +Tartare: rougets à la cardinal: friture de morue: <i>whitebait</i>.</p> -<p>"<i>Relevés.</i>—Filet de bœuf à la Napolitaine: dindon à la chipolata: +<p>"<i>Relevés.</i>—Filet de bœuf à la Napolitaine: dindon à la chipolata: timballe de macaroni: <i>haunch of venison</i>.</p> -<p>"<i>Entrées.</i>—Croquettes de volaille: petits pâtés aux huîtres: -côtelettes d'agneau: purée de champignons: côtelettes d'agneau -aux points d'asperge: fricandeau de veau à l'oseille: ris de veau -piqué aux tomates: côtelettes de pigeons à la Dusselle: chartreuse -de légumes aux faisans: filets de cannetons à la Bigarrade: -boudins à la Richelieu: sauté de volaille aux truffes: pâté de -mouton monté.</p> +<p>"<i>Entrées.</i>—Croquettes de volaille: petits pâtés aux huîtres: +côtelettes d'agneau: purée de champignons: côtelettes d'agneau +aux points d'asperge: fricandeau de veau à l'oseille: ris de veau +piqué aux tomates: côtelettes de pigeons à la Dusselle: chartreuse +de légumes aux faisans: filets de cannetons à la Bigarrade: +boudins à la Richelieu: sauté de volaille aux truffes: pâté de +mouton monté.</p> -<p>"<i>Côté.</i>—Bœuf rôti: jambon: salade. +<p>"<i>Côté.</i>—Bœuf rôti: jambon: salade. <span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_280" id="Page_280">280</a></span></p> <p>"<i>Second Service.</i></p> -<p>"<i>Rôts.</i>—Chapons, quails, turkey poults, <i>green goose</i>.</p> +<p>"<i>Rôts.</i>—Chapons, quails, turkey poults, <i>green goose</i>.</p> -<p>"<i>Entremets.</i>—Asperges: haricot à la Française: mayonnaise -de homard: gelée Macédoine: aspics d'œufs de pluvier: Charlotte -Russe: gelée au Marasquin: crême marbre: corbeille de -pâtisserie: vol-au-vent de rhubarb: tourte d'abricots: corbeille -des meringues: dressed crab: salade au gélantine.—Champignons +<p>"<i>Entremets.</i>—Asperges: haricot à la Française: mayonnaise +de homard: gelée Macédoine: aspics d'œufs de pluvier: Charlotte +Russe: gelée au Marasquin: crême marbre: corbeille de +pâtisserie: vol-au-vent de rhubarb: tourte d'abricots: corbeille +des meringues: dressed crab: salade au gélantine.—Champignons aux fines herbes.</p> -<p>"<i>Relevés.</i>—Soufflé à la vanille: Nesselrode pudding: Adelaide -sandwiches: fondus. Pièces montées," etc. +<p>"<i>Relevés.</i>—Soufflé à la vanille: Nesselrode pudding: Adelaide +sandwiches: fondus. Pièces montées," etc. </p> </div> @@ -11348,7 +11309,7 @@ farewell dinner to John Philip Kemble, upon his retirement from the stage, in 1817; the public dinner, on his birthday, to James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, in 1832; Mollard, who has published an excellent <i>Art of Cookery</i>, -was many years <i>Maître d'Hôtel</i>, and proprietor of the +was many years <i>Maître d'Hôtel</i>, and proprietor of the Freemasons' Tavern.</p> <p>In the Hall meet the Madrigal Society, the Melodists' @@ -11448,7 +11409,7 @@ take place," revivifying the olden printing and book glories of Aldersgate and Little Britain.</p> <p>The <i>cuisine</i> of the Albion has long been celebrated for -its <i>recherché</i> character. Among the traditions of the tavern +its <i>recherché</i> character. Among the traditions of the tavern it is told that a dinner was once given here, under the auspices of the <i>gourmand</i> Alderman Sir William Curtis, which cost the party between thirty and forty pounds @@ -11818,7 +11779,7 @@ began with Parker, who instantly rose Archbishop of Canterbury. The refutation of this tale may be read in Strype's <i>Life of Archbishop Parker</i>, at p. 57. A view of the Nag's Head Tavern and its sign, is preserved in -La Serre's prints, Entrée de la Reyne Mère du Roy, +La Serre's prints, Entrée de la Reyne Mère du Roy, 1638, and is copied in Wilkinson's <i>Londina Illustrata</i>.</p> <p>The Roman Catholics laid the scene in the tavern: the @@ -11931,7 +11892,7 @@ favourite inn-sign.</p> <p>The Saracen's Head inn-sign originated in the age of the Crusades. By some it is thought to have been -adopted in memory of the father of St. Thomas à Becket, +adopted in memory of the father of St. Thomas à Becket, who was a Saracen. Selden thus explains it: "Do not undervalue an enemy by whom you have been worsted. When our countrymen came home from fighting with @@ -12066,7 +12027,7 @@ Company. This, we may observe, is a mistake. The name of the person who left the Bell Savage to the Cutlers' Company was Craythorne, not Savage."</p> -<p>In Flecknoe's <i>Ænigmatical Characters</i>, 1665, in +<p>In Flecknoe's <i>Ænigmatical Characters</i>, 1665, in alluding to "your fanatick reformers," he says, "as for the signs, they have pretty well begun the reformation already, changing the sign of the Salutation of the @@ -12178,7 +12139,7 @@ directly traced as follows, by Sir Edmund Head, who has communicated the same to Mr. P. Cunningham: "At Cologne, in the church of Santa Maria in Capitolio, is a flat stone on the floor, professing to be the -Grabstein der Brüder und Schwester eines ehrbaren +Grabstein der Brüder und Schwester eines ehrbaren Wein- und Fass-Ampts, Anno 1693; that is, I suppose, a vault belonging to the Wine Coopers' Company. The arms exhibit a shield with a pair of compasses, an @@ -12244,11 +12205,11 @@ sign-stone of—</p> <li>Arthur's Club, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_107">107</a>.</li> -<li>Athenæum established, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_212">212</a>.</li> +<li>Athenæum established, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_212">212</a>.</li> -<li>Athenæum Club, the, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_241">241</a>-<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_247">247</a>.</li> +<li>Athenæum Club, the, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_241">241</a>-<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_247">247</a>.</li> -<li>Athenæum Club-house described, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_242">242</a>, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_243">243</a>.</li> +<li>Athenæum Club-house described, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_242">242</a>, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_243">243</a>.</li> </ul> <ul class="none"> @@ -12460,7 +12421,7 @@ sign-stone of—</p> <li>Eccentrics, the, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_307">307</a>.</li> -<li>Economy of the Athenæum Club, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_244">244</a>, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_245">245</a>.</li> +<li>Economy of the Athenæum Club, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_244">244</a>, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_245">245</a>.</li> <li>Economy of Clubs, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_248">248</a>.</li> @@ -12583,7 +12544,7 @@ sign-stone of—</p> <li>Hood, Thomas, on Clubs, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_249">249</a>.</li> -<li>Hook, Theodore, at the Athenæum, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_245">245</a>, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_246">246</a>, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_247">247</a>.</li> +<li>Hook, Theodore, at the Athenæum, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_245">245</a>, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_246">246</a>, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_247">247</a>.</li> <li>Hook, Theodore, at Crockford's, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_286">286</a>.</li> @@ -12652,7 +12613,7 @@ sign-stone of—</p> <li>Lewis, the bookseller, Covent Garden, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_160">160</a>.</li> -<li>Library of the Athenæum, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_243">243</a>.</li> +<li>Library of the Athenæum, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_243">243</a>.</li> <li>"Life's a Fable," by Morris, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_155">155</a>.</li> @@ -12912,7 +12873,7 @@ sign-stone of—</p> <li>Tatler's Club, in Shire-lane, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_63">63</a>-<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_65">65</a>.</li> -<li>Temperance Corner at the Athenæum, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_247">247</a>.</li> +<li>Temperance Corner at the Athenæum, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_247">247</a>.</li> <li>Tennis Courts in London, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_299">299</a>.</li> @@ -12951,7 +12912,7 @@ sign-stone of—</p> </ul> <ul class="none"> -<li>Walker, Mr., his account of the Athenæum, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_243">243</a>.</li> +<li>Walker, Mr., his account of the Athenæum, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_243">243</a>.</li> <li>Ward's account of the Beef-steaks, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_126">126</a>, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_127">127</a>, <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41146/41146-h/41146-h.htm#Page_128">128</a>.</li> @@ -14000,7 +13961,7 @@ place "the Calves' Head Club" riot.—See Vol. I., p. <a href="http://www.gu <p class="footnote"><a name="Footnote_45" id="Footnote_45" href="#FNanchor_45"><span class="label">[45]</span></a> In Jermyn-street, Haymarket, was the One Tun Tavern, a haunt of Sheridan's; and, upon the site of "the Little -Theatre," is the Café de l'Europe.</p> +Theatre," is the Café de l'Europe.</p> <p class="footnote"><a name="Footnote_46" id="Footnote_46" href="#FNanchor_46"><span class="label">[46]</span></a> Canonbury Tavern was in the middle of the last century a small ale-house. It was taken by a Mr. Lane, who had been @@ -14068,7 +14029,7 @@ of London Tavern, in 1808, four hundred guests attended, and tureens of turtle are provided.</p> <p class="footnote">Turtle may be enjoyed in steaks, cutlets, or fins, and as soup, -clear and <i>purée</i>, at the Albion, London, and Freemasons', and +clear and <i>purée</i>, at the Albion, London, and Freemasons', and other large taverns. "The Ship and Turtle Tavern," Nos. 129 and 130, Leadenhall-street, is especially famous for its turtle; and from this establishment several of the West-end Club-houses @@ -14081,383 +14042,6 @@ are supplied.</p> <p class="footnote"><a name="Footnote_59" id="Footnote_59" href="#FNanchor_59"><span class="label">[59]</span></a> Communicated to the <i>Builder</i> by Mr. Rhodes.</p> </div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Club Life of London, Volume II (of 2), by -John Timbs - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CLUB LIFE OF LONDON, VOLUME II *** - -***** This file should be named 41516-h.htm or 41516-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/1/5/1/41516/ - -Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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