The Literary History of the Adelphi and its Neighbourhood by Austin Brereton; Anthony Treherne & Co., Ltd.

, 12 York Buildings, Adelphi, W.C., 1907

CHAPTER I 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. 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. 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. 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. 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." CHAPTER VI David Garrick - His Residence in the Adelphi - Founds the Drury Lane Fund - His Last Appearance on the Stage - Honoured by Parliament - The Friendship of Mr and Mrs Garrick for Hannah More -

Their Correspondence - Garrick helps the Production of Percy - Presents his Buckles to Hannah More - The Production of Percy - Garrick's Prologue gives Offence - Garrick brings Hannah More's Dinner from the Adelphi to the "Turk's Head" - The Literary Club - His Last Illness and Death. CHAPTER VII Garrick's Funeral from the Adelphi - Johnson's Opinion of Garrick: "A Liberal Man" - His Death "Eclipsed the Gaiety of Nations" - Topham Beauclerk and Johnson -Mrs Garrick's famous Dinner Party - Johnson and other Celebrities Present - Described by Hannah More and Boswell - Johnson's Morning Visit to Adelphi Terrace - Hannah More's Life Here - Another Dinner Party - Death of Mrs Garrick - Shakespeare's Gloves sent to Mrs Siddons from the Adelphi - Goldsmith writes from a Sponging-House to Garrick in the Adelphi - Becket, the Bookseller. CHAPTER VIII The celebrated Quack, Dr Graham - His Temple of Health in the Adelphi - Satirised by Colman and Bannister - "Vestina, the Rosy Goddess of Health" - Emma Lyon, Lady Hamilton - Osborn's Hotel The King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands - Their Death in the Adelphi - Isaac D'Israeli - The Earl of Beaconsfield - Thomas Hill, the Original of Paul Pry - Thomas Hood and Charles Dickens - David Copperfield and Pickwick - Ivy Lane - The Fox-under-the-Hill - The Adelphi "Dark Arches." CHAPTER IX The First Bankers - Middleton & Campbell, predecessors of Coutts & Co., "at The Three Crowns in the Strand" - Patrick and John Coutts - Patrick and Thomas Coutts in London - Death of James Coutts Enter Thomas Coutts - Letter by Him - His Stern Character - Married to Harriot Mellon - Susan Starkie and "The Three Graces" - Sir Francis Burdett - Angela Georgina Burdett - The Duchess of St Albans - Anecdotes of Thomas Coutts - His Personal Appearance - Interior of the Bank - The Chinese Wall-Paper - The Adelphi Chapel - Illustrious Customers of Messrs Coutts - Partners in the Firm The Wills of Thomas Coutts and the Duchess of St Albans - The Savage Club - Thomas Hardy - E. L. Blanchard. CHAPTER X York House - Francis Bacon - The Great Seal taken from Him - Lord Keeper Egerton - The Duke of Buckingham - King James' "Steenie" - Magnificence of his Entertainments - Contemporary Descriptions - Bishop Goodman's Praise - The Second Duke - Dryden's Revenge - The "Superstitious Pictures" of York House - Buckingham's Marriage - Spanish, Russian, and French Ambassadors Here - Visits by Pepys and Evelyn - Duke of Buckingham sells York House - His Curious Condition of Sale - The Duke's Litany. CHAPTER XI The York Water-Gate - Inigo Jones' Beautiful Work - Built for the Duke of Buckingham - The Proposal for its Removal - Satires on the Subject - The Gate Neglected - Its Restoration - The Water Tower - The West-end supplied with Water from Here - The Steam Engine - Samuel Pepys resides in Buckingham Street - William Etty and Clarkson Stanfield - Peter the Great Lodges Here - His Love of Strong Drink - The Witty Earl of Dorset - David Hume and Jean Jacques Rousseau - Moore writes to his Publisher Here - The Father of Modern Geology - A Great Actor dies Here - The Original of Smollett's Hugh Strap - David Copperfield's Chambers - Evelyn lives in Villiers Street - Sir Richard Steele - Zara acted Here - Mrs Cibber - Misstatement by "Anthony Pasquin." CHAPTER XII The Strand in 1353 - St Mary Rounceval - Northampton House - Earl of Surrey, the Poet - Suffolk House - Suckling's Ballade upon a Wedding - Algernon Percy, Earl of Northumberland - The Restoration planned at Northumberland House - Lady Elizabeth Percy - Her Romantic Marriages Murder of Tom of Ten Thousand" - The "Proud" Duke of Somerset - Edwin and Angelina Goldsmith at Northumberland House - Fire Here - Dr Percy's Library saved - The Famous Lion Demolition of the House - The Duke's Lament - Northumberland Avenue - Craven Street - Benjamin Franklin - Sir Joshua Reynolds - Heinrich Heine - The Author of Rejected Addresses - J. S. Clark