Club Life of London in two volumes is a work of social history that presents the pictures of the social life of England's Capital, with anecdotes of the clubs, coffee-houses and taverns of the metropolis during the 17th, 18th, and 19th century. The goal of the work was to record the Club-life in a series of sketches of the leading Societies, presented through the portrayal of a wide variety clubs and taverns. The first volume deals with London Clubs, while the second volume is devoted to the Coffee-house and Tavern Life, and presents a diversity of sketches, anecdotes and reminiscences

John Timbs (1801-1875) was an English author and antiquary. He was successively editor of the Mirror of Literature, the Harlequin, The Literary World, and sub-editor of the Illustrated London News. Timbs was a prominent member of London literary circles and in 1834 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London..