CHAPTER VI. ANCIENT EGYPT, 72 CHAPTER VII. THE DRINKING CUSTOMS OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME, 77 CHAPTER VIII. GERMANY, ANCIENT, MEDIÆVAL, AND MODERN, 102 CHAPTER IX. ENGLAND, PAST AND PRESENT, LAY AND CLERICAL—THE ANGLO-SAXONS AND DANES—THE NORMANS AND EARLY ENGLISH, 118 CHAPTER X. ENGLAND FROM THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY DOWN TO THE TIME OF THE REFORMATION, 134 CHAPTER XI. ENGLAND FROM THE REFORMATION TO THE PRESENT DAY, 147 CHAPTER XII. THE ENGLISH OF THE PRESENT DAY—THE ARISTOCRACY—THE MIDDLE CLASSES—THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSES—FARM LABOURERS—THE RESORTS OF DRUNKARDS, 169 CHAPTER XIII. SWEDEN AND ITS LICENSING SYSTEM, 194 CHAPTER XIV. AMERICA—THE CREOLES AND INDIANS OF THE RIVER PLATE—THE UNITED STATES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THIS CENTURY—THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS—DRINKING IN THE UNITED STATES AT THE PRESENT TIME—LICENSING AND PROHIBITORY LEGISLATION—THE MAINE LIQUOR LAW—ITS OPERATION AND PARTIAL FAILURE—PERMISSIVE LEGISLATION—INEBRIATE ASYLUMS, 201 CHAPTER XV. THE CAUSES OF INTEMPERANCE—MODERATE DRINKING—REMEDIES FOR INTEMPERANCE—THE POLITICAL ASPECT OF THE QUESTION, 229 CHAPTER XVI. RETROSPECT—CONCLUSION, 257 INDEX, 265 ERRATA. Transcriber’s Note: The errata have been corrected. Page 67, line 8, “Christ said to the ruler of the feast,” _should be_, “The governor of the feast said to the bridegroom.” Page 141, line 15, for “cellar,” _read_ “cellarer.” THE HISTORY OF DRINK. CHAPTER I. _INTRODUCTORY._ INSTINCTIVE TENDENCIES IN MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS—DRINKING PROPENSITIES OF SAVAGES—PRE-HISTORIC TRACES.