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THE INNS AND TAVERNS OF "PICKWICK" WITH SOMEOBSERVATIONS 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]
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Title: The Inns and Taverns of "Pickwick" With Some Observations on their Other Associations Author: B.W. Matz Release Date: March, 2004 [EBook #5204] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on June 5, 2002] Edition: 10 Language: English
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CONTENTS PREFACE Chapter I. "PICKWICK" AND THECOACHINGAGE II. THE"GOLDEN CROSS," CHARINGCROSS III.THEBULL,"ROCHESTER,"WRIGHT'SNEXTHOUSE,"ANDTHE"BLUELION,"MUGGLETON " IV. THE"WHITEHART," BOROUGH V. LA BELLESAUVAGE" AND THE"MARQUIS OFGRANBY," DORKING "
IV.HTE"LEATHERBOTTLE,"COBHAM,KENT
VII. THE"TOWN ARMS," EATANSWILL, AND THEINN OF"THEBAGMAN'S STORY"
VIII. THE"ANGEL," BURYST. EDMUNDS
IX. THE"BLACK BOY," CHELMSFORD, THE"MAGPIEAND STUMP," AND THE"BULL," WHITECHAPEL
X. THE"GREAT WHITEHORSE," IPSWICH
XI. THE"GEORGEAND VULTURE"
XII. THE"BLUEBOAR," LEADENHALL MARKET, "GARRAWAY'S" AND THE"WHITEHORSECELLAR"
XIII. FOUR BATH INNS AND THE"BUSH," BRISTOL
XIV. THE"FOX UNDER THEHILL," OTHER LONDON TAVERNS, AND "THESPANIARDS," HAMPSTEAD
XV. THE"BELL," BERKELEYHEATH, THE"HOP POLE," TEWKESBURY, AND THE"OLD ROYAL," BIRMINGHAM
XVII. "OSBORNE'S," ADELPHI, AND TONYWELLER'S PUBLIC-HOUSEON SHOOTER'S HILL
XVIII PICKWICK AND THEGEORGEINN
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.