Fifty years ago . clubs, and so fortli. Of the now extinct clubs may be mentioned tlieAlfred and the Clarence, which were hterary Clarence was founded by Campbell on the ashes ofthe extinct Literary Club, which had been dissolved inconsequence of internal dissensions. The Athenaeum had 1 The following is the complete list of clubs, taken from the New MonthlyMagazine of the year :—Albion, Alfred, Arthurs, Athenaeum, Boodles,Brookess, Oarlton, Clarence, Cocoa-tree, Crockfords, Garrick, Grahams,Guards, Oriental, Oxford and Cambridge, Portland, Eoyal Naval, Travellers,Union, United
Fifty years ago . clubs, and so fortli. Of the now extinct clubs may be mentioned tlieAlfred and the Clarence, which were hterary Clarence was founded by Campbell on the ashes ofthe extinct Literary Club, which had been dissolved inconsequence of internal dissensions. The Athenaeum had 1 The following is the complete list of clubs, taken from the New MonthlyMagazine of the year :—Albion, Alfred, Arthurs, Athenaeum, Boodles,Brookess, Oarlton, Clarence, Cocoa-tree, Crockfords, Garrick, Grahams,Guards, Oriental, Oxford and Cambridge, Portland, Eoyal Naval, Travellers,Union, United Service, Junior United Service, University, West Indian,Whites, Windham. 176 FIFTY YEARS AGO 1 the character which it still preserves ; one of the fewthings in this club complained of by the members of1837 was the use of gas in the dining-room, which pro-duced an atmosphere wherein, it was said, no animalsungifted with copper lungs could long exist. The Gar-rick Club was exclusively theatrical. The Oriental was,. OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE CLUB, PALL MALL of course, famous for curry and Madeira, the Unionhad a sprinkling of City men in it, the United Universitywas famous for its iced punch, and the Windham wasthe first club which allowed strangers to dine within itswalls. Speaking generally, no City men at all, nor anywho were connected in any way with trade, were ad- IN CLUB- AND CARD-LAND 177 mitted into the clubs of London. A barrister, a phy-sician, or a clergyman might be elected, and, of course,all men in the Services ; but a merchant, an attorney, asurgeon, an architect, might knock in vain. The club subscription was generally six guineas ayear, and if we may judge by the fact that you coulddine off tlie joint at the Carlton for a shilhng, the clubswere much cheaper than they are now. They were
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