CONTENTS

Chapter Page
Preface[13]
[I]Dickens and Inns[15]
[II]Oliver Twist[22]
[III]Nicholas Nickleby: The Saracen’s Head[32]
[IV]Nicholas Nickleby (continued)[49]
[V]Barnaby Rudge: The Maypole[72]
[VI]Barnaby Rudge (continued) and The Old Curiosity Shop[89]
[VII]Martin Chuzzlewit[105]
[VIII]Dombey and Son[132]
[IX]David Copperfield[144]
[X]Bleak House, Little Dorrit, Hard Times[169]
[XI]A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations[178]
[XII]Our Mutual Friend[191]
[XIII]Edwin Drood, and The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices[217]
[XIV]Sketches by Boz, and The Uncommercial Traveller[239]
[XV]Christmas Stories and Minor Writings[258]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

John Browdie and Fanny Squeers arrive at the Saracen’s Head. Drawn by T. Onwhyn[Frontispiece]
The Red Lion, Barnet. Photo by T. W. TyrellPage[24]
The Coach and Horses, Isleworth. Drawn by C. G. Harper"[26]
The Eight Bells, Hatfield. Drawn by F. G. Kitton"[29]
The Sign of the Saracen’s Head"[35]
The Saracen’s Head, Snow Hill. From an old print"[41]
The Peacock, Islington. From an old engraving"[50]
The George Inn, Greta Bridge. Drawn by C. G. Harper"[57]
The King’s Head, Barnard Castle. Photo by T. W. Tyrrell"[60]
The Bottom Inn, near Petersfield. Drawn by C. G. Harper"[65]
The King’s Head, Chigwell. Drawn by L. Walker"[75]
The Chester Room, King’s Head. Drawn by L. Walker"[82]
The Old Boot Inn, 1780. From an old engraving"[91]
The Red Lion, Bevis Marks. Drawn by G. M. Brimelow"[99]
The George, Amesbury. Drawn by C. G. Harper"[111]
The George Inn, Salisbury. Photo by T. W. Tyrrell"[114]
The Black Bull, Holborn. Drawn by L. Walker"[121]
The Sign of the Black Bull. Drawn by L. Walker"[129]
The Bedford Hotel, Brighton. From an old engraving"[134]
The Royal Hotel, Leamington. From a lithograph"[134]
The Plough Inn, Blunderstone. Photo by T. W. Tyrrell"[146]
The Buck Inn, Yarmouth. Photo by T. W. Tyrrell"[146]
The Duke’s Head, Yarmouth. Photo by T. W. Tyrrell"[146]
The Little Inn, Canterbury. Drawn by F. G. Kitton"[157]
Jack Straw’s Castle. Drawn by L. Walker"[163]
The London Coffee House. From an old engraving"[172]
The Old Cheshire Cheese. From a photo"[180]
The Ship and Lobster, Gravesend. Drawn by C. G. Harper"[187]
The Grapes Inn, Limehouse. Photo by T. W. Tyrrell"[194]
Limehouse Reach. Drawn by L. Walker"[199]
The Ship Hotel, Greenwich. Drawn by L. Walker"[207]
The Red Lion, Hampton. Drawn by C. G. Harper"[213]
Wood’s Hotel, Furnival’s Inn. Drawn by L. Walker"[223]
The King’s Arms, Lancaster. Drawn by L. Walker"[231]
The Eagle Tavern. From an old print"[242]
The Crispin and Crispianus. Drawn by C. G. Harper"[255]
The Mitre Inn, Chatham. From an engraving"[259]
The Lord Warden Hotel, Dover. From an engraving"[268]
The Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. From an engraving"[268]