1937 Liquid Gems a book of Drinks for the Fastiduous Drinker

Introduction K /UCH has been written and published as so-called bartenders'guides or hand-books, and numerous pamphlets and other printed matter, containing concoctions of drinks, with advice and directions to bartenders. Most of these are issued by liquor concerns or their agents, in a slightly disguised advertising campaign in behalf of their own products. There are now on the mar ket a few books published under the name of one or another famous old-time bartender, and are considered to be authentic. Any real bartender today, however, wil l tell you that even these books harbor so many obvious mistakes and discrepan cies that they are of little value to either dis penser or consumer. It safely may be said that there is no authentic book of rules on how to mix drinks. This may be easily understood when con sidering the individual difference in taste. Some people like sweet drinks, others like them sour, still others cannot stand the taste of bitters, and so on. The most difficult person in the world for