[7] See Walks and Talks about London, p. 246. The Mitre in Fleet-street was also the house frequented by Dr. Johnson.
[8] Quarterly Review, 1840.
[9] This was the bon-vivant Duke who had got ready for him every night, for supper, at Brookes's, a broiled blade-bone of mutton.
[10] National Review, No. 8.
[11] London Clubs, 1853, p. 51.
[12] At the sale of the curiosities belonging to Mr. Harley, the comedian, at Gower-street, in November, 1858, a silver gridiron, worn by a member of the Steaks, was sold for 1l. 3s.
[13] This and the subsequent lists have been printed by Mr. John Green.
[14] See Century of Anecdote, vol. i. p. 321.
[15] These Tureens were removed for two dishes of White Bait.
[16] Westminster. By the Rev. Mackenzie S. C. Walcott, M.A., Curate of St. Margaret's, 1849, pp. 105-107.