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 Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2011 7:04 am Post subject: The John Adam St Gang (global control); History |
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The John Adam St Gang, the network centre for global control, whose landmark is Cleopatra's Needle on the Thames Embankment; their extensive history.
Cleopatra's Needle, with Shell Mex House (now known as 80 The Strand) and Adelphi House behind it.
Details of the contents of the book 'The Literary History of the Adelphi and its Neighbourhood'.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25462764/170-Adelphi-Royal-Houses-Literary-H istory
| Quote: | The Literary History of the Adelphi and its Neighbourhood
by Austin Brereton
Anthony Treherne & Co., Ltd.
12 York Buildings, Adelphi, W.C.
1907
Contents.
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. Clarke. |
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