[Illustration: “DRINKS”] DRINKS OF THE WORLD BY JAMES MEW, Author of “Types from Spanish Story,” &c., &c., AND JOHN ASHTON, Author of “Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne,” &c., &c. _ONE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS._ 1892. _LONDON:_ _The Leadenhall Press, 50, Leadenhall Street, E.C. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd._ _NEW YORK: Scribner & Welford._ * * * * * “Ingeniosa Sitis.”—_Martial, Epig._ xiv. 117. “J’y ai songé comme un autre, et je suis tenté de mettre l’appétence des liqueurs fermentées, qui n’est pas connue des animaux, à côté de l’inquiétude de l’avenir, qui leur est étrangère, et de les regarder l’une et l’autre comme des attributs distinctifs du chef-d’œuvre de la dernière révolution sublunaire.”—_Brillat-Savarin, Physiologie du Goût, Medit._ 9. “Ac si quis diligenter reputet, in nulla parte operosior vita est, ceu non saluberrimum ad potum aquæ liquorem natura dederit, quo cætera omnia animantia utuntur.”—_Pliny, Nat. Hist._ xiv. 28. “Wine that maketh glad the heart of man.”—_Ps._ civ. 15. INDEX. Absinthe, 162-166 Adulteration of Beer, 199 Aërated Drinks, 324 Waters, Introduction of, 332 African Beers, 200 Wines, 58 Aix-la-Chapelle Council Decree, 158 Aizen, 355 Alcohol in Wine, 53 Effects on different Races, 51 Origin of the word, 116 Alcoholic strength of Gin, 140 Ale Conners, 200-220 Syllabub, 335 and Wine drinkers, social difference in, 93 Early mention of, 39 Origin of the word, 196 Various, 226 American Beers, 201 Drinks, 180 Terms, explanation of, 180-181 Wines, 59 Aminean Wine, 26 Analysis of Tea, 246 Anglo-Saxon Liquors, 44 Animals’ Blood, 355 Anisette, 165 Aqua Vite Composita recipe, 120 Early esteem of, 117 Arrack, 113, 343 Araffer, 359 Artificial Wines, 157 Assur-ba-ni-pal’s List of Wines, 19 Assyrian Wines, 18 Athenæus on Egyptian Wines, 15 Athol-brose, 148 Auld Man’s Milk, 185 Augustus’ favourite Drink, 30 Australian Wines, 60 Austrian Beers, 202 Bacon’s value of Cider, 111 Baga Wine, 17 Ballston Waters, 353 Barbot’s description of Kola, 296 Barley Wine, 198 Bastard Wine, 48 Bavarian Beers, 202 Beer, 49 Adulteration of, 199 Antiquity of, 197 Belgian, 202 English, The Metropolis of, 219 English, Popularity of, 207 Egyptian, 16 Manufacture of, 195-196 Origin of the word, 196 The Inventor of, 197 Various, 226 Beowulf, 37, 38, 45 Besdon, 360 Biliousness, Liqueur Specific for, 176