Transcriber's Note: Note 127 does not exist in this book. Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. Words printed in italics are noted with underscores: _italics_. Words printed in bold are noted with tildes: ~bold~. PUBS A COLLECTION OF HOTEL, INN, AND TAVERN SIGNS IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, TO WHICH ARE ADDED A FEW FOREIGN CAFÉ SIGNS CLASSIFIED BY G. A. TOMLIN SPOTTISWOODE, BALLANTYNE & CO. LTD. 1 NEW-STREET SQUARE, LONDON, E. C. 4 1922 _The Compiler wishes to express his great thanks to Miss E. P. Harrison for her courtesy in allowing him to use not only the title but her large collection of names._ _He also desires to state his indebtedness to the standard work of Messrs. Larwood and Hotten for much valuable information, and further to thank the many friends who have told him of signs both odd and otherwise._ FOREWORD (_After a writer of_ A.D. 1707) I'm amused at the signs As I pass through the town, To see the odd mixtures: A Magpie and Crown, The Whale and the Crow, The Razor and Hen, The Leg, Seven Stars, The Scissors and Pen, The Axe and the Bottle, The Tun and the Lute, The Eagle and Child, The Shovel, The Boot. CONTENTS PAGE AGRICULTURAL 1 ANATOMY 3 ANIMALS AND INSECTS 7 ARMS (Selected) 11 ASTRONOMICAL 20 BIRDS 21 BOTANY 23 CLOTHING 28 COLOURS 29 COMPOUNDS--BELLS 34 COMPOUNDS--CROWNS 34 COMPOUNDS--CURIOUS 36 DWELLING PLACES 44 ECCLESIASTICAL 49 EXPRESSIONS, PHRASES, AND PROVERBS 51 FISH 54 GEOGRAPHICAL 55 GOLDEN 61 SILVER 62 HOUSE AND TABLE 62 INDUSTRY AND IMPLEMENTS 64 MILITARY 68 MUSIC 70 NATURE 72 NAUTICAL 73 NEW 77 NUMERICAL 79