Cavalry Club, the, 255 Cavendish, the Hon. Henry, 272–273 Chapter Coffee-house, the, 9, 10, 11 Chatterton, 10 Chelmsford Beefsteak Club, the, 54 Cheshire Cheese, the, 4–7 Child’s, 3, 9 Churchill, Lord Randolph, 224 Cibber, Colley, 76 Cider Cellar, the, 31 City Pickwick Club, the, 20 Clarke, Chamberlain, 8 Clarke, Sir Edward, 20 Club, the first, 1; evolution of the, 2; increase in the number of clubs, 135; change in club-life, 136; opposition to improvements, 138; washed silver in change, and other customs, 145; smoking in clubs, 146; strangers visiting clubs, 147; bedrooms for members, 151; increased comfort, 151–152; clubs of to-day and their members, 156; elections and committees, 157; hall-porters, 174; porters’ boxes, 177; late sittings, 178; the Garrick the “latest” club, 183; foreign clubs taxed, 185; sporting-club-men, 191; decrease in drinking, 192; club-men and their foibles, 195–203; restaurant clubs, 205; registration of clubs, 207 Club-man, the modern, 139 Cocoa-tree, the, 1, 3, 63, 128–132 Coffee-houses, 1, 2, 3 Colenso, Bishop, 279 Committee, the club, 158 Conservative Club, the, 133, 147, 227–228 Constitutional Club, the, 236 Cooking, club, 170 Cosmopolitan Club, the, 267–268 Coventry, Lord, 215 Coventry House, 217 Crockford, Benjamin, 190, 228–232, 254 Crockford’s, 94, 185, 186, 190–191, 229–232 Croker, John Wilson, 275 Crown and Anchor Tavern, 35 Cunningham, Colonel, 13 Curtis, Sir William, 302–303 Daffy Club, the, 32 Damer, Colonel, 232 Daniel’s, 9 Davies’s “Life of Garrick” _quoted_, 76 Defoe, Daniel, 19 Devonshire Club, the, 228–232 Devil Tavern, the, 1 Dickens and the George and Vulture, 20; his chair, 278; reconciliation with Thackeray, 280 Dickens Club, the, 7 Digby, Sir Kenelm, 31 Dilettanti Society, 256, 257–263 Disraeli, Isaac, 278 Dryden, John, 24, 25, 28 Dudley, Lord, 35 Duff, Captain William, 244 Durnford, Bishop, 279 East India United Service Club, the, 254–255 Eccentric members, 198 Eclipse, the race-horse, 297–298 Edinburgh Club, the, 59 Edward VII, King, 165, 204, 205, 219 Edwards, Mr., and the introduction of coffee-houses, 18 Elections, 157 Ellice, Edward, 232 Elliot, Lettsom, 282 Essex Head, the, 8 Estcourt, Richard, 19 Etiquette at coffee-houses, 17–18 Evans’s, 31–32 “Everlasting,” the, 34 Fines, 182 Fitzgerald, George Robert, 115–118 FitzHarris, Lord, 302 Foote, Samuel, 28–29 Forrest’s, 3 Fox, Charles James, 102, 106, 111, 120, 125–127 Fox Club, the, 124, 126–127 Francis, Sir Philip, 110–111 Fraser, Sir William, 283 Gambling, French and English, 185–187 Gambling clubs, 185–188 Gardner, Mr. John, 19 Garraway’s Coffee-house, 3, 12, 21–23 Garrick, David, 28–29, 37, 265, 288–290 Garrick Club, the, 148, 183, 193, 256, 285–294 Garth, Dr. Samuel, 271 Garway, Thomas, 22 Gay, 26