skua<p>In sheer happenstance, I have just sighted a volume that Mr Holmes may have been deeply familar with.</p><p>Club Life of London:<br>With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of the Metropoplis, During the 17th, 18th and19th Centuries</p><p>by John Timbs F.S.A.</p><p>In Two Volumes</p><p>Published 1866 by Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SherlockHolmes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SherlockHolmes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VictorianLondon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VictorianLondon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheGreatWhen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TheGreatWhen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JohnTimbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JohnTimbs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RichardBentley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichardBentley</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EighteenSixtySix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EighteenSixtySix</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ia600102.us.archive.org/2/items/clublifeoflondon02timb/clublifeoflondon02timb.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ia600102.us.archive.org/2/item</span><span class="invisible">s/clublifeoflondon02timb/clublifeoflondon02timb.pdf</span></a></p>