London Souvenirs

by Charles William Heckethorn

LONDON SOUVENIRS

BY

CHARLES WILLIAM HECKETHORN

AUTHOR OF
'THE SECRET SOCIETIES OP ALL AGES,'
'LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS,' ETC.

LONDON
CHATTO & WINDUS
1899

CONTENTS

I. [GAMBLING-CLUBS AND HIGH PLAY]
II. [WITTY WOMEN AND PRETTY WOMEN]
III. [OLD LONDON COFFEE-HOUSES]
IV. [OLD M.P.S AND SOME OF THEIR SAYINGS]
V. [FAMOUS OLD ACTORS]
VI. [OLD JUDGES AND SOME OF THEIR SAYINGS]
VII. [SOME FAMOUS LONDON ACTRESSES]
VIII. [QUEER CLUBS OF FORMER DAYS]
IX. [CURIOUS STORIES OF THE STOCK EXCHANGE]
X. [WITS AND BEAUX OF OLD LONDON SOCIETY]
XI. [LONDON SEEN THROUGH FOREIGN SPECTACLES]
XII. [OLD LONDON TAVERNS AND TEA-GARDENS]
I. [THE GALLERIED TAVERNS OF OLD LONDON]
II. [OLD LONDON TEA-GARDENS]
XIII. [WILLIAM PATERSON AND THE BANK OF ENGLAND]
XIV. [THE OLD DOCTORS]
XV. [THE LOST RIVERS OF LONDON]
XVI. [ROGUES ASSORTED]
XVII. [BARS AND BARRISTERS]
XVIII. [THE SUBLIME BEEFSTEAKERS AND THE KIT-KAT AND ROTA CLUBS]
XIX. [HAMPTON COURT PALACE AND ITS MASTERS]

LONDON SOUVENIRS

I.

GAMBLING-CLUBS AND HIGH PLAY.