The Commode -- Description of ladies' dress -- The Petticoat -- The Bodice -- A costly wardrobe -- Underlinen -- Dressing like men -- Scents -- Patches -- Patching Whig and Tory -- Masks -- The hood -- High-crowned hats -- Furs -- Umbrellas -- Pattens -- The fan -- Mobs -- Shopping -- Stuffs -- List of Indian stuffs -- Lace -- Linens -- Tallymen -- Jewellery -- Diamonds -- Plate -- Children's jewellery 123 CHAPTER XV. FOOD (SOLID). English fare -- Time of dining -- Pontack's -- Other ordinaries -- Books on cookery -- Receipts -- Pudding -- Fish -- Oysters -- Poultry -- Assize of bread -- Markets -- Vegetables -- Lambeth gardeners -- Fruit -- Dried fruit 141 CHAPTER XVI. FOOD (LIQUID). Beer -- Hard drinking -- 'Whetters' -- Wines -- List of French and Spanish wines -- Wines of other countries -- Duties on wines -- Spirits -- Liqueurs -- Homemade wines -- Prices of tea -- Adulteration -- Price of coffee -- Chocolate -- Its price -- Duty on 150 CHAPTER XVII. TOBACCO. Habit of smoking -- Women and children smoking -- Prices of tobacco -- Customs duty -- Origin of snuff-taking -- The Vigo expedition -- Snuff-rasps -- Ladies taking snuff -- Proper use of the snuff-box -- Use of a spoon -- Prices of snuffs -- List of ditto -- Duty on snuff 156 CHAPTER XVIII. COFFEE-HOUSES AND TAVERNS. Universal use of coffee-houses -- Their convenience -- Company -- First coffee-house -- Number of them -- Anecdote of Bishop Trelawney -- Description of interior -- The news -- Advance in price -- Chocolate-houses -- Famous coffee-houses -- Button's Lion -- Lloyd's -- Sales by candle -- Jenny Man -- Don Saltero's collection -- Taverns -- Noblemen frequenting them -- Drinking own wine -- Purl houses -- List of old taverns 161 CHAPTER XIX. CLUBS. Origin -- October Club -- Calves' Head Club -- Kit Cat Club -- Other clubs -- Suggested clubs 179 CHAPTER XX. SIGHT-SEEING AND FAIRS. Royal visits to the City -- Lord Mayor's show -- The lions at the Tower -- The Armoury -- Tombs at Westminster -- Bartholomew Fair -- Description -- Shows -- Tight-rope dancing -- Natural curiosities -- Theatrical performances, etc. -- Abolition -- May Fair -- Lady Mary -- Pinkethman -- Shows -- Visit to -- Abolition -- Southwark Fair -- Its Shows 185 CHAPTER XXI. OTHER SIGHTS.