1874 The American Bar-Tender or The Art and Mystery of Mixing Drinks by E A Simmons

rKEFACE TO THE AJIERICAN CAE-TEXDER.

The first object of tliis work is to toll ifiaiuly nnd accurately tbo best and favorite methods of concocting or mixing nil the various kinds of Popular, Eofrcsbiug and Delicious Drinks whicb a Bar-Tender may bo called upon at any moment to rrx for a Customer of taste. In all cases the ingredients should bo of the best quality, and the "mixing" should bo executed with all that caro,rap idity and gracefulness, so cUaracteristio of that deservedly popular class—THE Axieuica:! Bau-Tendeks. Those diroc- tioiLS can bo relied upon as accurate; a,s they have been thoroughly examined, revised and added to by Mr. E. A. SnuAioNS, so long favorably known as having charge of the Wine Department of FitENcn's fiimous Ilotcl, fronting on City Hall Park. The portion of this work devoted to the subjects of Wines, Liqtjoes and Cia.ins will also merit close attention ns it is well considered and entirely reliable.

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