CAKES AND ALE _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ THE FLOWING BOWL A TREATISE ON DRINKS OF ALL KINDS AND OF ALL PERIODS, INTERSPERSED WITH SUNDRY ANECDOTES AND REMINISCENCES BY EDWARD SPENCER ('NATHANIEL GUBBINS') Author of "Cakes and Ale," etc. _Crown 8vo., cloth gilt, 2/6 net._ SECOND EDITION. With cover design by the late PHIL MAY. "The Flowing Bowl" overflows with good cheer. In the happy style that enlivens its companion volume, "Cakes and Ale," the author gives a history of drinks and their use, interspersed with innumerable recipes for drinks new and old, dug out of records of ancient days, or set down anew. LONDON: STANLEY PAUL & CO. 31, Essex Street, Strand, W.C. CAKES & ALE A DISSERTATION ON BANQUETS INTERSPERSED WITH VARIOUS RECIPES, MORE OR LESS ORIGINAL, AND ANECDOTES, MAINLY VERACIOUS BY EDWARD SPENCER ('NATHANIEL GUBBINS') AUTHOR OF "THE FLOWING BOWL," ETC. _FOURTH EDITION_ STANLEY PAUL & CO. 31, ESSEX STREET, STRAND, W.C. _First printed April 1897 Reprinted May 1897 Cheap Edition February 1900 Reprinted 1913_ TO THE MODERN LUCULLUS JOHN CORLETT GRANDEST OF HOSTS, BEST OF TRENCHER-MEN I DEDICATE (WITHOUT ANY SORT OF PERMISSION) THIS BOOK PREFACE A long time ago, an estimable lady fell at the feet of an habitual publisher, and prayed unto him:-- "Give, oh! give me the subject of a book for which the world has a need, and I will write it for you." "Are you an author, madam?" asked the publisher, motioning his visitor to a seat. "No, sir," was the proud reply, "I am a poet." "Ah!" said the great man. "I am afraid there is no immediate worldly need of a poet. If you could only write a good cookery book, now!"