Temples of Luxury

VOLUME I HOTELS

List of Figures xi

Acknowledgments xii

Introduction 1

1 Nerot's Hotel 9

1.1 [Advertisement] (1775) 11

1.2 'Lord Nelson' (1800) 12

1.3 'Nerot's Hotel and Bath' (1805) 13

1.4 'Burnand vs. Nerot' (1830) 14

RICHARD BLIGH

2 Grillion's Hotel 21

2.1 'Grillon's' (1815) 23

2.2 A Visit to Grillion's in 1814 (1905) 24

FRANCES BURNEY

2.3 Grillion's Club From Its Origin in 1812 to

Its Fiftieth Anniversary (1880) 28

P. G. E.

3 'Riot at Birmingham' (1791) 31

4 Walks Through Bath (1819) 35

PIERCE EGAN

5 Reminiscences of Captain Gronow (1862) 39

REES HOWELL GRONOW

6 Arrivals 43

6.1 'Arrivals in London' (1825) 45

6.2 'Fashionable Arrivals' (1833) 48

7 Licensing Hotels 51

7.1 'Hotel Licenses' (1828) 53

7.2 'Licensing Hotels' (1828) 56

8 Celebrating the Opening of a New Hotel 59

8.1 'Birkenhead New Hotel' (1820) 61

8.2 'St. Leonard's' (1829) 62

8.3 'Hastings, Oct. 30' (1829) 63

9 New Guide to the Royal Leamington Spa, the Neighbouring

Towns, and Surrounding Country (1839) 65

10 The Spas of England, and Principal Sea-Bathing Places:

Northern Spas (1841) 71

A . B . G R A N V I L L E

11 Brighton 79

11.1 The Spas of England, and Principal Sea-Bathing Places:

Southern Spas (1841) 81

A . B . G R A N V I L L E

11.2 'The Grand Hotel at Brighton' (1864) 85

12 'Temperance Coffee-Houses' (1842) 89

13 Sketches from the Diary of a Commercial Traveller (1847) 93

THRONE CRICK

14 'English and Foreign Hotels' (1847) 101

15 'Mivart's Hotel: House of Call for Ex-Emperors, Ex-Kings,

and Ex-Royalty in General' (1848) 109

16 'Chester and Holyhead Line' (1848) 113

17 The 1853 Hotel Charges Debate in The Times 117

17.1 'English Hotels. To the Editor of The Times' (1853) 119

A YOUNG MAN

17.2 'Hotel Charges. To the Editor of The Times' (1853) 121

A V I C T I M

17.3 'Hotel Charges. To the Editor of The Times' (1853) 123

A N A M E R I C A N T R AV E L L E R

17.4 'To the Editor of The Times' (1853) 125

A C O M M E R C I A L T R AV E L L E R

17.5 'To the Editor of The Times' (1853) 126

AN HOTELKEEPER

17.6 'The Hotel-Keepers and the "Times". To the Editor of the

Daily News' (1853) 128

JUSTUS

18 'Out of Town' (1855) 131

CHARLES DICKENS

19 The English Hotel Nuisance (1855) 137

ALBERT SMITH

20 George Augustus Sala and the Great Hotel Question 149

20.1 'The Great Hotel Question' (1856) 151

[GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA]

20.2 'English Hotels' (1856) 155

[GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA]

21 'The Grosvenor Hotel' (1860) 161

22 'Expenses in Scotland' (1861) 167

THOMAS COOK

23 Handbook for Travellers in North Wales (1861) 173

24 'The Modern Gigantic Hotel System. (Written Expressly

for "The Era")' (1863) 179

25 'Mammoth Hotels' (1863) 185

26 The Langham Hotel 197

26.1 'The Langham Hotel' (1865) 199

26.2 'The Kitchen of the Langham Hotel' (1865) 202

26.3 'Ouida' (1870) 204

CELIA LOGAN KELLOGG

26.4 'Our Monthly Gossip' (1870) 205

27 'Opening Dinner of the Salisbury Hotel' (1865) 207

28 'Some Big Hotels' (1865) 215

29 'Hotel Management' (1866) 223

30 'Letters to Joseph, No. II - On the Wing. Part I' (1866) 229

EDMUND YATES

31 Clunyhill Hydropathic Establishment 233

31.1 Morayshire Described (1868) 235

J. & W. WATSON

31.2 'Cluny Hill Hydropathic Establishment, Forres' (1870) 237

32 The Taxing of Hotel Waiters 243

32.1 'The Taxing of Hotel Waiters' (1871) 245

32.2 'Taxation of Hotel Waiters' (1871) 247

33 'English Hotel Life' (1872) 249

F. A.

34 'The Midland Railway and Its Hotels' (1875) 259

HENRY LAKE

35 Hotel Keepers and Their Guests 269

35.1 'Important Action Against a Brighton Hotel Keeper'

(1877) 271

35.2 'The Liabilities of Innkeepers. - "Spice v. Bacon"'

(1877) 275

35.3 'Hotel Keepers and Their Guests' (1897) 277

36 Handbook to London as It Is: New Edition Revised (1879) 279

37 The Comprehensive History of the Rise and Progress of the

Temperance Reformation (1881) 285

PETER TURNER WINSKILL

38 Swimming at Ilfracombe 289

38.1 'Swimming Entertainment at the Ilfracombe Hotel Baths'

(1882) 291

38.2 'Ilfracombe Baths Aquatic Fete. Professor Parker's Benefit'

(1887) 293

38.3 'Ilfracombe Hotel Baths' (1891) 294

39 'Catering Experience of an English Manager' (1889) 295

40 American Hotels for Women 303

40.1 '"Hotel Me, Gentle Stranger!"' (1891) 305

40.2 'Wanted - a Woman's Hotel. An American Suggestion

for Londoners' (1898) 307

41 'The New Station Hotel, Newcastle-on-Tyne' (1893) 311

WILLIAM BELL

42 Working Conditions 319

42.1 'Work and Wages in Hotels and Restaurants' (1892) 321

C. H. D'E. LEPPINGTON

42.2 Report on the Conditions of Work of Barmaids, Waitresses,

and Book-Keepers Employed in Hotels, Restaurants,

Public-Houses and Other Places of Refreshment (1893) 328

MISS [ELIZA] ORME

43 'Nine p.m.: After Dinner at the Hotel Brobdingnag' (1894) 331

GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA

44 'Hotel Designing' (1895) 339

W[ILLIAM] HAMILTON BEATTIE

45 The Arrest of Oscar Wilde 345

45.1 'Arrest of Oscar Wilde' (1895) 347

45.2 The Shame of Oscar Wilde: From the Shorthand Reports (1906) 352

CHARLES GROLLEAU

46 Dining Out in London 357

46.1 Dinners and Diners: Where and How to Dine in London

(1899) 359

[ N AT H A N I E L ] L I E U T.- C O L . N E W N H A M - D AV I S

46.2 A Guide to Modern Cookery (1907) 366

AUGUSTE ESCOFFIER

47 The Poor Man's Hotel 371

47.1 'In the Poor Man's Hotel, London' (1899) 373

47.2 'A "Poor Man's Hotel" for Liverpool' (1900) 381

48 Behind the Scenes of a Large Hotel 383

48.1 The Grand Babylon Hotel: A Fantasia on Modern

Themes (1902) 385

ARNOLD BENNETT

48.2 'The Day's Work III. -A Great London Hotel' (1903) 392

49 'Hotels and Hotel Life in New York' (1903) 401

WALTER T. STEPHENSON

50 Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul (1905) 413

H. G. WELLS

51 'How Hotel Swindlers Work' (1910) 423

Index 427