1876 The Bar-Tenders' Guide or How to Mix all kinds of Plain and Fancy Drinks by Jerry Thomas

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TO THE READER. The Antlior of the following work,in presenting it as a useful and valuable practical Manual to Manufacturers,Dis tillers, and Dealers in Cordials, Liquors, etc., in tliis coun try,thinks, that long experience as a practical distiller and vender of the above articles, gives hhn strong claims to tlie 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 New York; a thorough ac quaintance with ^he 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 that in this Manual he has furnished all the facilities necessary,• the recipes used, and the directions required, for the best preparations of the most celebrated Cordials, Liqtiors, 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 heads and references. Measures and weights Veferred to are those of the United States. The Author,in this compendium, did not deem it neces-