A Room of His OwnIn nineteenth century London, a clubbable man was a fortunate man, indeed. The Reform, the Athenaeum, the Travellers, the Carlton, the United Service are just a few of the gentlemens clubs that formed the exclusive preserve known as clubland in Victorian Londonthe City of Clubs that arose during the Golden Age of Clubs. Why were these associations for men only such a powerful emergent institution in nineteenth century London? Distinctly British, how