1862 Bar Tender's Guide price $1.50 by Jerry Thomas

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INTRODUCTION.

TO THE READER.

The Autlior of tlie following work,in presenting it as a useful and valuable practical Manual to Manufacturers,Dis tillers,and Dealers in Cordials, Liquors, etc., in this coun try,thinks, that long experience as a practical distiller and vender of the above articles, gives him strong claims to the favorable considerations of the public at large. A close aud uniform practice of fifteen years in Switzer land, as well as in the city of New York; a thorough ac quaintance with the method used in the best distilleries in Paris and Bordeaux; and manufacturing, as he has been, for many years for wholesale houses in this city,he flatters himselfthatin this Manualhe has furnished all the facilities necessary, the recipes used,and the directions required, for the best preparations of the most celebrated Cordials, Liquors, Syrups, etc., ever yet introduced. The book con tains the easiest, shortest,and the most economical manner of preparing the various articles; the style is concise and clear, so that it can be readily comin-ehended, and its mat ter,with great method and order,is alphabetically arranged under proper heads and references. Measures and weights referred to are those of the United States. The Author,in this compendium, did not deem it neces-