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The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick"; with Some Observations on Their Other Associations, By: Bertram Waldrom Matz (1865-1925) |
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THE INNS AND TAVERNS OF "PICKWICK" WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR OTHER ASSOCIATIONS by B.W. Matz [illustration: Scene in the yard of the Bull Inn,
Whitechapel. Mr. Pickwick starts for Ipswich.
From an engraving by T. Onwhyn] CONTENTS PREFACE Chapter
I. "PICKWICK" AND THE COACHING AGE II. THE "GOLDEN CROSS," CHARING CROSS III. THE "BULL," ROCHESTER, "WRIGHT'S
NEXT HOUSE," AND THE "BLUE LION,"
MUGGLETON IV. THE "WHITE HART," BOROUGH V. "LA BELLE SAUVAGE" AND THE "MARQUIS
OF GRANBY," DORKING VI. THE "LEATHER BOTTLE," COBHAM, KENT VII. THE "TOWN ARMS," EATANSWILL, AND THE
INN OF "THE BAGMAN'S STORY" VIII. THE "ANGEL," BURY ST. EDMUNDS IX. THE "BLACK BOY," CHELMSFORD, THE
"MAGPIE AND STUMP," AND THE "BULL,"
WHITECHAPEL X. THE "GREAT WHITE HORSE," IPSWICH XI. THE "GEORGE AND VULTURE" XII. THE "BLUE BOAR," LEADENHALL MARKET,
"GARRAWAY'S" AND THE "WHITE HORSE CELLAR" XIII. FOUR BATH INNS AND THE "BUSH," BRISTOL XIV. THE "FOX UNDER THE HILL," OTHER
LONDON TAVERNS, AND "THE
SPANIARDS," HAMPSTEAD XV. THE "BELL," BERKELEY HEATH, THE
"HOP POLE," TEWKESBURY, AND THE
"OLD ROYAL," BIRMINGHAM XVI. COVENTRY, DUNCHURCH, AND DAVENTRY
INNS, AND THE "SARACEN'S HEAD,"
TOWCESTER XVII. "OSBORNE'S," ADELPHI, AND TONY
WELLER'S PUBLIC HOUSE ON SHOOTER'S HILL XVIII PICKWICK AND THE GEORGE INN
PREFACE It is not claimed for this book that it supplies a long felt want,
or that it is at all necessary to the better understanding of the
immortal work which inspired it. Nor does the author offer any
apology for adding yet another volume to the long list of books,
already existing, which deal in some way or other with England's
classic book of humour, because it isn't so much his
fault as might appear on the surface. A year or two ago he contributed to an American paper a series of
twenty articles on some of the prominent inns mentioned in the
works of Dickens, and before the series was completed he received
many overtures to publish them in volume form. To do so would
have resulted in producing an entirely inadequate and incomplete
book, whose sins of omission would have far outrun its virtues,
whatever they might have been. As an alternative, he set himself the task of dealing with the inns
and taverns mentioned in The Pickwick Papers alone, grafting certain
of those articles into their proper place in the scheme of the book,
and leaving, perhaps, for a future volume, should such be warranted,
the inns mentioned in other books of the novelist. If the reading
of this volume affords half the pleasure and interest the writer has
derived from compiling it, the overtures would then seem to have been
justified, and the book's existence proved legitimate. Needless to say, numerous works of reference have been consulted for
facts, and the writer's indebtedness to them is hereby acknowledged. He also desires to record his grateful thanks to Mr. Charles G.
Harper for permission to reproduce several of his drawings from
his invaluable book on The Old Inns of Old England; to the
proprietors of The Christian Science Monitor for allowing him to
reproduce some of the pictures drawn by Mr. L. Walker for the series
of articles which appeared in that paper; to Mr. T. W. Tyrrell, Mr.
Anthony J. Smith, and Mr. T. Fisher Unwin for the loan of photographs
and pictures of which they own the copyright.
THE INNS AND TAVERNS OF "PICKWICK"
CHAPTER I "PICKWICK" AND THE COACHING AGE Dickens, like all great authors, had a tendency to underestimate the
value of his most popular book. At any rate, it is certainly on
record that he thought considerably more of some of his other works
than he did of the immortal Pickwick. But The Pickwick Papers has
maintained its place through generations, and retains it to day, as
the most popular book in our language a book unexampled in our
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