THE CLUB AND THE DRAWING-ROOM. BEING PICTURES OF MODERN LIFE: SOCIAL, POLITICAL, AND PROFESSIONAL. BY CECIL HAY, M.A. Es bildet ein Talent sich in der Stille, Sich ein Charakter in dem Strom der Welt.-GETHE: Tasso. CONTENTS OF VOL. II. Coffee-house Life not entirely superseded by Club Life-The various classes from which the frequenters of Coffee-houses are drawn - Decline of Fish Ordinaries The Old-fashioned Coffee-houses in the City - Mr. Fixity's haunt-Lunch at a City Tavern- The Coffee-house traditions of Fleet Street- - Peele's - The Mitre - The Cock At the Cheshire Cheese - Lunch - Fortuitous concurrence of journalistic atoms- Mr. Puff and the Newspaper mania - A great meeting at Dick's-Curious difficulty of quitting Fleet Street and the Strand -Mr. Delepierre's Tavern in Panton Street — General aspect and characteristics - A late lunch - Mr. Fluid |