London's Fashionable Clubs in 1900: The Reform Club

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Arthur H. Beavan had this to say, in Imperial London, first published in 1901, about the Reform Club:

Next to the Carlton is its rival in politics, the Reform, much simpler, yet dignified in design, and rich.

Its grand hall is surrounded by colonnades that produce a fine effect.

The staircase leads to the upper gallery of the hall, which opens into the chief drawing-room, a large apartment running the entire length of the building.

Below is the dining-room, scene of so many of the illustrious Alexis Soyer's culinary triumphs at its historic banquets.

In the upper part of the buildings are billiard-rooms and some bedrooms for members.

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