CLUB

is a peculiarly English institution, which can hardly be said to have taken root in any other country except America. The coffee houses of the 17th ana 18th centuries best represent the modem club. The Kit-cat Club, one of the earliest of the London clubs, was formed in Queen Anne’s reign, and another was the Beefsteak Club. Eventually the former became a Whig and the latter a Tory club. The most celebrated of the last century clubs was probably The Club, to which Dr. Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Oliver Goldsmith, Edward Gibbon, and others belonged. The most important London clubs are The Carlton (Conservative) and The Reform (Liberal). The Club des Jacobins, Club dcs FeniUants, Club des Cordeliers, and Club do Montronge were famous at the time of the first French Revolution.