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Club Life of London

Club Life of London

by John Timbs

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Author
Timbs, John, 1801-1875
Title
Club Life of London, Vol. 1 (of 2) With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of the Metropolis During the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries
Credits
Produced by Melissa McDaniel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
Subject
Clubs -- England -- London
Category
Text
eBook-No.
41146
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41146
Release Date
October 23, 2012
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.CLUB LIFE OF LONDON.
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.ORIGIN OF CLUBS.
  5. 5.THE MERMAID CLUB.
  6. 6.THE APOLLO CLUB.
  7. 7.EARLY POLITICAL CLUBS.
  8. 8.THE OCTOBER CLUB.
  9. 9.THE SATURDAY, AND BROTHERS CLUBS.
  10. 10.THE SCRIBLERUS CLUB.
  11. 11.THE CALVES' HEAD CLUB.
  12. 12.THE KING'S HEAD CLUB.
  13. 13.STREET CLUBS.
  14. 14.THE MOHOCKS.
  15. 15.BLASPHEMOUS CLUBS.
  16. 16.MUG-HOUSE CLUBS.
  17. 17.THE KIT-KAT CLUB.
  18. 18.THE TATLER'S CLUB IN SHIRE-LANE.
  19. 19.THE ROYAL SOCIETY CLUB.
  20. 20.THE COCOA-TREE CLUB.
  21. 21.ALMACK'S CLUB.
  22. 22.ALMACK'S ASSEMBLY-ROOMS.
  23. 23.BROOKES'S CLUB.
  24. 24."FIGHTING FITZGERALD" AT BROOKES'S.
  25. 25.ARTHUR'S CLUB.
  26. 26.WHITE'S CLUB.
  27. 27.BOODLE'S CLUB.
  28. 28.THE BEEF-STEAK SOCIETY.
  29. 29.CAPTAIN MORRIS, THE BARD OF THE BEEF-STEAK SOCIETY.
  30. 30.BEEF-STEAK CLUBS.
  31. 31.CLUB AT TOM'S COFFEE-HOUSE.
  32. 32.THE KING OF CLUBS.
  33. 33.WATIER'S CLUB.
  34. 34.MR. CANNING AT THE CLIFFORD-STREET CLUB.
  35. 35.ECCENTRIC CLUBS.
  36. 36.JACOBITE CLUB.
  37. 37.THE WITTINAGEMOT OF THE CHAPTER COFFEE-HOUSE.
  38. 38.THE ROXBURGHE CLUB DINNERS.
  39. 39.THE SOCIETY OF PAST OVERSEERS, WESTMINSTER.
  40. 40.THE ROBIN HOOD.
  41. 41.THE BLUE-STOCKING CLUB.
  42. 42.THE IVY-LANE CLUB.
  43. 43.THE ESSEX HEAD CLUB.
  44. 44.THE LITERARY CLUB.
  45. 45.GOLDSMITH'S CLUBS.
  46. 46.THE DILETTANTI SOCIETY.
  47. 47.THE ROYAL NAVAL CLUB.
  48. 48.THE WYNDHAM CLUB.
  49. 49.THE TRAVELLERS' CLUB.
  50. 50.THE UNITED SERVICE CLUB.
  51. 51.THE ALFRED CLUB.
  52. 52.THE ORIENTAL CLUB.
  53. 53.THE ATHENÆUM CLUB.
  54. 54.THE UNIVERSITY CLUB.
  55. 55.ECONOMY OF CLUBS.
  56. 56.THE UNION CLUB.
  57. 57.THE GARRICK CLUB.
  58. 58.THE REFORM CLUB.
  59. 59.THE CARLTON CLUB.
  60. 60.THE CONSERVATIVE CLUB.
  61. 61.THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE CLUB.
  62. 62.THE GUARDS' CLUB.
  63. 63.THE ARMY AND NAVY CLUB.
  64. 64.THE JUNIOR UNITED SERVICE CLUB.
  65. 65.CROCKFORD'S CLUB.
  66. 66."KING ALLEN," "THE GOLDEN BALL," AND SCROPE DAVIES.
  67. 67.THE FOUR-IN-HAND CLUB.
  68. 68.WHIST CLUBS.
  69. 69.PRINCE'S CLUB RACQUET COURTS.
  70. 70.AN ANGLING CLUB.
  71. 71.THE RED LIONS.
  72. 72.THE COVENTRY, ERECTHEUM, AND PARTHENON CLUBS.
  73. 73.ANTIQUARIAN CLUBS,—THE NOVIOMAGIANS.
  74. 74.THE ECCENTRICS.
  75. 75.DOUGLAS JERROLD'S CLUBS.
  76. 76.CHESS CLUBS.
  77. 77.APPENDIX.
  78. 78.ALMACK'S.
  79. 79.CLUBS AT THE THATCHED HOUSE.
  80. 80.THE KIT-KAT CLUB.
  81. 81.WATIER'S CLUB.
  82. 82.CLUBS OF 1814.
  83. 83.GAMING-HOUSES KEPT BY LADIES.
  84. 84.FOOTNOTES:

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