LONDON CLUBS
Reading edition
THE ST. JAMES’ CLUB (FORMERLY COVENTRY HOUSE) From a Water-colour Drawing by W. Walcot
LONDON CLUBS
THEIR HISTORY & TREASURES
By
RALPH NEVILL
AUTHOR OF “THE MERRY PAST,” “LIGHT COME, LIGHT GO,” ETC.
LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS
MDCCCCXI
WITH NINE PLATES
All rights reserved
NOTE
The Author wishes to acknowledge the valuable assistance he has received from several Secretaries of Clubs mentioned in this volume, particularly Captain Charles Percy Smith, who supplied him with information of considerable interest.
His best thanks are also due to the Committee of the St. James’ Club for having courteously allowed him to reproduce the water-colour drawing shown in the Frontispiece.
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