Put half a gallon of water on to boil, and when boiling throw into the saucepan a dozen medium-sized apples, cut into slices unpeeled. Keep the lot boiling until quite tender, then strain till dry, taking care not to let any of the pulp escape through the sieve. Add sifted sugar _ad lib._, and the juice of two lemons. Let the mixture stand until cool, when it will be ready for use. Of course ice is an improvement, in warm weather. And only add a _soupçon_ of _eau de vie_ when you are quite alone. {235} The next item on the programme is called in my book, _Drink for Dog Days_, but as this is not a nice name, and suggests hydrophobia and—other things, I will re-christen it _Citron de Luxe_. The composition is very simple. Put a lemon-ice in a large tumbler, fill up with soda-water, stir well, and drink. _N.B._—Mr. George Krehl, of “Verrey’s,” who knows something about dog days, and dogs, won the prize offered in the _Sporting Times_ for the best recipe for a summer drink, many years ago, with a similar suggestion. But G. K. added a small glass of Curaçoa, and (I think) a drop or two of Angostura bitters. _Cherry Cobbler_ Take one pound of cherries of Kent, free from stalks and stones. Throw them into a pint of boiling syrup, made of one pound of loaf-sugar dissolved in one pint of water. Let the cherries boil as fast as possible—“gallop” is, I believe, the technical word—for ten minutes, and then add a quart of boiling water; put the whole into a pan, and when cold strain. The addition of soda-water will make it all the more watery. _D. D._ [_This is not naughty language, but short for Delicious Drink._] Mix together one pint of raspberries, one pint of {236} strawberries, and one pint of white currants, all free from stalks; mash them well together, and then add two quarts of boiling water, and three quarters of a pound of sifted sugar. Let the mixture remain in a bowl all night—unless you make it early in the morning, when all day will do as well—then strain, and give it the dear children before their dinner. _Raspberry Squash._ Put into a large soda-water tumbler one tablespoonful of raspberry syrup, one tablespoonful of lemon squash (_vide_ above) and a lump of ice; nearly fill the glass with soda-water, and ornament with a thin slice of lemon, and a few red and white raspberries. Drink through straws. Raspberry Vinegar. Take ripe, dry raspberries, and pour over them sufficient good malt vinegar to cover them; let them stand three or four days, stirring occasionally with a silver spoon. On the fourth day, strain through a sieve, and let them drain for some hours; measure the juice, and add an equal quantity of sifted sugar; put into a lined preserving pan, and let the mixture boil gently for five or six minutes. Carefully remove the scum as it rises. When cold, bottle, and cork well. A wine-glassful with a bottle of soda-water is a refreshing “cooler” in illness. Elderberry Punch.