HOW SHALL I GET THROUGH THIS WORLD? 54 THE CROWN COFFEE HOUSE 62 OLD NEWSPAPER ADVERTISEMENT 64 JULIEN HOUSE 65 THE SUN TAVERN 68 THE THREE DOVES 70 JOLLEY ALLEN ADVERTISEMENT 70 THE BAKERS' ARMS 75 SIGN OF BUNCH OF GRAPES 80 SIGN OF GOLDEN BALL 80 MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF COLE'S INN 88 COFFEE URN 90 MAP OF BOSTON, 1645 98 BROMFIELD HOUSE 102 FIREMAN'S TICKET 104 PORTRAIT OF GOVERNOR BELCHER 106 EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE, 1808-18 108 EXCHANGE COFFEE HOUSE, 1848 110 HATCH TAVERN 112 LAMB TAVERN 114 SUN TAVERN (DOCK SQUARE) 122 BONNERS' MAP OF BOSTON, 1722 124 OLD BOSTON TAVERNS. I. UPON THE TAVERN AS AN INSTITUTION. The famous remark of Louis XIV., "There are no longer any Pyrenees," may perhaps be open to criticism, but there are certainly no longer any taverns in New England. It is true that the statutes of the Commonwealth continue to designate such houses as the Brunswick and Vendome as taverns, and their proprietors as innkeepers; yet we must insist upon the truth of our assertion, the letter of the law to the contrary notwithstanding. No words need be wasted upon the present degradation which the name of tavern implies to polite ears. In most minds it is now associated with the slums of the city, and with that particular phase of city life only, so all may agree that, as a prominent feature of society and manners, the tavern has had its day. The situation is easily accounted for. The simple truth is, that, in moving on, the world has left the venerable institution standing in the eighteenth century; but it is equally true that, before that time, the history of any civilized people could hardly be written without making great mention of it. With the disappearance of the old signboards our streets certainly have lost a most picturesque feature, at least one avenue is closed to art, while a few very aged men mourn the loss of something endeared to them by many pleasant recollections. As an offset to the admission that the tavern has outlived its usefulness, we ought in justice to establish its actual character and standing as it was in the past. We shall then be the better able to judge how it was looked upon both from a moral and material stand-point, and can follow it on through successive stages of good or evil fortune, as we would the life of an individual.