Universal  use  of  coffee-houses — Their  convenience — Company — First
coffee-house — Number  of  them— Anecdote  of  Bishop  Trelawney — De-
scription of  interior — The  news — Advance  in  price — Chocolate-houses
— Famous  coffee-houses — Button's  Lion — Lloyd's — Sales  by  candle —
Jenny  Man — Don  Saltero's  collection — Taverns — Noblemen  frequent-
ing them — Drinking  own  v/ine — Purl  houses — List  of  old  taverns       .     161

CHAPTER  XIX.
CLUBS.
Origin— October  Club— Calves'  Head  Club— Kit  Cat  Club— Other  clubs
— Suggested  clubs 179

CHAPTER  XX.
SIGHT-SEEING  AND   FAIRS.
Royal  visits  to  the  City — Lord  Mayor's  show — The  lions  at  the  Tower —
The  Armoury — Tombs  at  Westminster — Bartholomew  Fair —  Descrip-
tion— Shows  —  Tight-rope  dancing  —  Natural  curiosities  —  Theatrical
performances,  etc. — Abolition — May  Fair — Lady  Mary — Pinkethman
— Shows — ^Visit  to — ^Abolition — Southwark  Fair — Its  Shows        .        .     183

CHAPTER  XXI.
OTHER  SIGHTS.  ,

The  Lincolnshire  ox — The  large  hog — ^The  whale — Monkeys  and  wild
beasts — '  The  Lest  Man  and  Hors  in  the  World ' — Performing  horse
Dwarfs  and  giants — Human  curiosities — Helen  and  Judith — Conjurers
— Posture  masters — Mr.  Clinch — Waxwork — Mrs.  Salmon,  etc. —
Westminster  Abbey  wax-figures — Powell's  puppets — Moving  pictures
— Glass-blowing — Miraculous  fountain — ^Winstanley — His  waterworks
— The  four  Indian  chiefs 201

CHAPTER  XXII.
ROUGH  SPORTS.
Bear-baiting—  Bear-gardens —  BuIl-balting —  Description —  Extraordinary
bull-bait— Cock-fighting — Cock-pits— Value  of  matches — Training     .    223


CONTENTS.
CHAPTER  XXIII.
HORSE-RACING,   HUNTING,  SHOOTING,  ETC.
