London Clubs
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- Their History & Treasures
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1. LONDON CLUBS2. CHAPTER I THE ORIGIN OF CLUBS IN COFFEE-HOUSES AND TAVERNS3. CHAPTER II CURIOUS CLUBS OF THE PAST—PRATT’S—BEEFSTEAK CLUBS, OLD AND NEW4. CHAPTER III CLUBS OF ST. JAMES’S STREET—BOODLE’S, ARTHUR’S, AND WHITE’S5. CHAPTER IV BROOKS’S, THE COCOA-TREE, AND THE THATCHED HOUSE6. CHAPTER V CHANGES IN CLUB-LIFE AND WAYS7. CHAPTER VI ELECTIONS—COMMITTEES—REGULATIONS—RULES8. CHAPTER VII LATE SITTINGS—FINES—CARDS—CHARACTERS—SUPPER CLUBS9. CHAPTER VIII THE TRAVELLERS’—ORIENTAL—ST. JAMES’—TURF—MARLBOROUGH —ISTHMIAN—WINDHAM—BACHELORS’—UNION—CARLTON—JUNIOR CARLTON—CONSERVATIVE—DEVONSHIRE—REFORM10. CHAPTER IX THE NATIONAL—OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE—UNITED UNIVERSITY—NEW UNIVERSITY—NEW OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE—UNITED SERVICE—ARMY AND NAVY—NAVAL AND MILITARY—GUARDS—ROYAL NAVAL CLUB—CALEDONIAN—JUNIOR ATHENÆUM11. CHAPTER X THE DILETTANTI—THE CLUB—COSMOPOLITAN —KIT-KAT—ROYAL SOCIETIES’—BURLINGTON FINE ARTS—ATHENÆUM—ALFRED12. CHAPTER XI THE GARRICK—JOCKEY CLUB AT NEWMARKET—ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON AT COWES—CONCLUSION13. INDEX