1864 Bar Tender's Guide price $2 00 by Jerry Thomas

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TO THE READER.

The Author of the following work,in presenting it as a usefuland valuable practical Manual to Manufacturers,Dis tillers, and Dealers in Cordials,Liquors, etc., in this coun try,tliinks, that long experience as a practical distiller and vender ofthe above articles, gives him strong claims to the favorable considerations of the public at large. A close and uniform practice of fifteen years in Switzer land, as well as in the city of iTew 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 himself thatin 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 comprehended, and its mat ter, with great method and order,is alphabetically arranged under proper beads and references. Measures and weights referred to are those of the LTnited States. The Author,in this compendium, did not deem it neces-