1933 The Bon Vivant's Companion by George A Zabriskie

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In all ages of the world, and in all countries, men have indulged in "Social Drinks." They have always possessed themselves of some popular beverage, apart from water. Wliether it is judicious that mankind should continue to indulge in such things, or whether it would be wiser to abstain from all enjoyments of that charader, it is not my province to decide. We leave that question to the moral philosopher. We do not propose to persuade any man to drink, for instance, a punch, or a julep, or a cock tail, who has never happened to make the acquaintance of those refreshing articles under circumstances calcu lated to induce more "intimate relations"—but we do propose to help those whose "intimate relations" in ques tion render them somewhat fastidious in the daintiest fashion thereunto pertaining. We want this book to be a blessing to mankind, and offer instrudiort in the con- codion of cobblers, juleps, cocktails, etc., in the choicest manner; and, for the perfedion of this education, we have gathered among others the recipes of JerryThomas, the Jupiter Olympus of the bar, the presiding deity at