Put two bottles of elderberry wine, ⸺ hallo! what’s this? I turn to the recipe for Elder Wine, and read: “A quart of brandy thrown into the cask {237} when it is about to be sealed up will greatly improve the wine.” Then what sort of a temperance drink can Elderberry Punch be? No more on that head, in the name of St. Wilfrid. I also read, in the work of reference from which I am quoting, under the same heading, “Temperance Drinks,” that:— “Many of the British wines, mixed with an equal quantity of water, with a little ice, make very cool and refreshing drinks.” Very, very likely. But can there be wine without fermentation? And are the total abstainers, not content with drinking alcoholic gingerade and stone ginger-beer, getting the wedge in still further. Forbid it! _Cold Spring-water_ is a most excellent drink, and according to so great an authority as Sir Henry Thompson, not only the cheapest drink in the world but the best. For my own poor part I prefer milk-punch. And as the Scotchman said, I have “tried baith.” {239} INDEX OF RECIPES Absinthe, 115. Ale, Brasenose, 59 ; brewing of, 52, 53, 70 ; cock, 41, 42 ; cup, _see_ cup ; flip, _see_ flip ; mulled, 55 ; posset, _see_ posset ; rum and, _see_ rum ; sangaree, _see_ sangaree. Almond comfy, 234 ; punch, _see_ punch. Anchovy toast, 204. Anisette, 191. Apple Jack sour, _see_ sour. Apricock wine, 34. Apricot brandy, _see_ brandy. Arctic regions, _see_ cocktail. Arrack, 118. Baltimore egg nogg, _see_ nogg. Barley wine, 45. Bastard, white, 38. Beer soup, 54 ; brewing of, 53. Bengal cocktail, _see_ cocktail. Birch, 30. Bishop, 140. Bitters, 209. Black stripe, 171. Blue blazer, 169. Booze, rum, _see_ rum. Bosom caresser, 171. Bourbon sour, _see_ sour. Braggonet, _see_ mead and braggon. Brandy, apricot, 191 ; burning, 166 ; carraway, 190 ; champirelle, 170 ; cherry, _see_ cherry ; cocktail, _see_ cocktail ; daisy, 152 ; ginger, 190 ; orange, 192 ; orange-flower, 190 ; sangaree, _see_ sangaree ; scaffa, 160 ; smash, _see_ smas ; sour, _see_ sour. Brasenose ale, _see_ ale. Brazil relish, 208. Brewing of ale, _see_ ale ; beer, _see_ beer. Brown Betty, 57. Bull’s milk, _see_ milk. Burglar’s brew, 154. Burning brandy, _see_ brandy. Butter and rum, _see_ rum. Capillaire punch, _see_ punch. Carraway brandy, _see_ brandy. Cassis, 194. Catawba cobbler, _see_ cobbler. Chablis cup, _see_ cup. Champagne cup, _see_ cup ; cocktail, _see_ cocktail ; English, 40 ; punch, _see_ punch ; smash, _see_ smash. Cherry brandy, 185, 186, 187 ; cobbler, _see_ cobbler ; gin, _see_ gin ; whisky, 187. Cider, 174 ; cup, _see_ cup ; posset, _see_ posset ; temperance, 234. _Citron de Luxe_, _see_ drink for dog days. Claret cup—Badminton, Balaclava, Donald’s, or “For’ard On”—_see_ cup. Clary wine, 34.