Mirror of Literature,  3 (1824), 122–23.

The Sketch Book. No. XVIII. The Public House

Anon

Genre:

Regular Feature, Miscellaneous

Subjects:

Botany, Naturalists, Amusement


    Claims that one of the 'enemies' of the declining public house is 'the enthusiast, who worships nature on Primrose-hill [then on the outskirts of London]'. Observes that 'They who study botany on their leads, or rusticate at Camberwell, consider a public-house as the seat of vice and ignorance'. (122)



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