1903 The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer

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Bengal Cocktail. Thirty drops of maraschino, one teaspoonful of pine-apple syrup, thirty drops of cura9oa, six drops of Angostura bitters, one wine-glass of old brandy. Mix, etc., and add peel. Newport Cocktail. Two lumps of ice, and a small slice of lemon in the tumbler, add six drops of Angostura, half a wine glass of noyeau, and a wine-glass of brandy. Mix, etc., and add peel. Gin Cocktail. Thirty drops of gum syrup, ten drops of Angos tura, one wine-glass of gin, ten drops of cura5oa. Mix, etc., and add peel. A " Swizzle^^ which is well known in fashionable circles as a morning " livener," somewhat resembles the above concoction, but is even more seductive and enthralling. When I gave the recipe for this in Cakes and Ale, it brought down upon my devoted head the horror and indignation ofmany of the good young critics of the superior dailies. Yet the swallow is harmless enough, absolutely innocuous—save to the melancholy vapours. And to shew my utter lack of appreciation of friendly warnings I append the same recipe in all its original beauty :—