London Clubs: Their History & Treasures

LONDON CLUBS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN OF CLUBS IN COFFEE-HOUSES AND TAVERNS

CHAPTER II CURIOUS CLUBS OF THE PAST—PRATT’S—BEEFSTEAK CLUBS, OLD AND NEW

CHAPTER III CLUBS OF ST. JAMES’S STREET—BOODLE’S, ARTHUR’S, AND WHITE’S

CHAPTER IV BROOKS’S, THE COCOA-TREE, AND THE THATCHED HOUSE

CHAPTER V CHANGES IN CLUB-LIFE AND WAYS

CHAPTER VI ELECTIONS—COMMITTEES—REGULATIONS—RULES

CHAPTER VII LATE SITTINGS—FINES—CARDS—CHARACTERS—SUPPER CLUBS

CHAPTER VIII THE TRAVELLERS’—ORIENTAL—ST. JAMES’—TURF—MARLBOROUGH —ISTHMIAN—WINDHAM—BACHELORS’—UNION—CARLTON—JUNIOR CARLTON—CONSERVATIVE—DEVONSHIRE—REFORM