The Pub in Literature: England's Altered State, by Steven Earnshaw
Sketches by Boz (1836-7)
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Mentioned in passing: Goat and Boots; Blue Lion and Stomach Warmer; Red House (Battersea); Freemasons' Tavern (extant - in chapter on public dinners); the Eagle Tavern (renowned in 'Pop Goes the Weasel' ('in and out the Eagle')), City Road, in chapter on John Dounce; The Rainbow and Coffee House; Offley's, Covent Garden (defunct); The Albion, Little Russell Street; The Flower Pot, Bishopsgate Street; The Swan, Stamford. The Bull, Rochester, is 'no doubt ... the original of the "Winglebury Arms" in "The Great Winglebury Duel" in Sketches by Boz' (Matz, Pickwick, p.33) It appears in Pickwick Papers under its own name, and in Great Expectations is The Blue Boar.
Sketches includes a piece on the Gin Shop. (Picture - Cruikshank; 62K)
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