CHAPTER VIII.

The Village Inn -- the Old-fashioned Village Inn a very different place to the New Beer-Shop -- its General Aspect -- its Old Tree -- Remarkable Tree of this kind at the Golden Grove, near Chertsey -- the Country Inn Kitchen -- Description of Landlords by which such Inns are kept -- their Cleanness and Rural Plenty -- Patronized by all Classes, from the Squire downwards -- Humorous Characters often found there -- Curious Scene once witnessed by the Author at a Country Inn in Yorkshire -- The New Beer-Shops a universal Nuisance 480