Contents CHAPTER I PAGES Anthony Bek, Bishop of Durham--The Papal Legate and the Oxford Clergy--Henry III. and the Earl of Leicester--Prince Henry--The Author of _Philobiblon_--Edward III.--Thomas Hatfield--Henry VIII.--Cuthbert Tunstall--Cranmer at Durham House--Anne Boleyn--Henry VIII. and Anne of Cleves feast at Durham House--Dudley, Duke of Northumberland--Lady Jane Grey--Queen Mary--Queen Elizabeth--Philip Sidney--Sir Walter Raleigh--Elizabeth Throgmorton--Glanville _v._ Courtney--Thomas Egerton--Fire at Durham House--Raleigh and his Pipe 1-20 CHAPTER II The New Exchange--The Earl of Salisbury proprietor--Opened by James I.--Popular Allusions--The First Edition of _Othello_ published Here--Samuel Pepys a Frequent Visitor--Henry Herringman--Otway --Etherege--Wycherley--Dryden--Addison--Durham House in Decay--Acquired by the Earl of Pembroke--Various Public Offices in Durham Yard--Charles II. helps to extinguish a Fire Here--Archbishop Le Tellier--Godfrey Kneller--David Garrick, wine merchant--Dr Johnson--Voltaire--Murder in the New Exchange 21-48 CHAPTER III The Romantic Story of the White Milliner, otherwise the Beautiful Frances Jennings, Duchess of Tyrconnel--Her Youthful Escapade--Her Connection with the New Exchange the subject of a Play by Douglas Jerrold--Its Failure and the Author's Disappointment--"Nan" Clarges, afterwards Duchess of Albemarle, sells Wash-balls in the New Exchange--Her Burial in Westminster Abbey--Sir William Read, the Quack, cures "Wry Necks" in Durham Yard--Demolition of the New Exchange--A Noted Book-shop--Ambassadors reside Here 49-74 CHAPTER IV Enter the Brothers Adam--Their Marvellous Transformation of the Ruins of Durham House and Yard into the Present Adelphi--The Magnitude of the Project--Opposition of the City--Defeated by Special Act of Parliament--The Adelphi Buildings only completed by Aid of a Lottery--The Adams explain their Position--Robert Adam: His History--His Death--James Adam--Some Poor Wit, including Walpole's, at the Expense of the Architects 75-99 CHAPTER V The Society of Arts--Its Foundation--Its Removal to the Adelphi in 1774--James Barry and his Famous Paintings--Visited in John Street by Burke and Johnson--The Latter's opinion of his Genius--Description of his Pictures for the Society--The Work of the Society--"Spot" Ward, the Inventor of "Friar's Balsam"--Johnson speaks in the Great Room--Forsaken by his "Flowers of Oratory" 100-122 CHAPTER VI