collection of documents, nothing beyond a limited selection of the most important will, we presume, be expected to appear as an appendix to that volume. The price of this collection of papers, bulky as it is, is only four shillings. It will be seen, accordingly, that the Committee must lose considerably by the publication, unless a large number should be sold. The separate Papers and Tracts are all well written, and adapted to their purpose. Their only fault is, that they seem to be intended mainly for persons who are supposed to know a good dea nearly everyt general toler Memorial Hall. 20 J. L. DENMAN, 65, FENCHURCH STREET. purity, and the large proportion of phosphor inherent in them. SOUTH AFRICAN WINES. Per doz. Port ........(bottles included) 18s. and 22s. Sherry 188. " 228. 1 Madeira 188. " 228. Amontillado 248. Muscatel, or Moselle 24s. ..... Bucellas, rich or dry 22s. Pure Altar Wine (white) 228. Tent (red) 288. 288. St. Petrus Constantia, red or white Do. 1st quality £5 12 0 Quarter Cask 28 £10 14 0 Carriage paid to any Railway Station in England. One of the earliest consequences of the legislative change in our wine duties has been an extensive demand for the secondary produce of France; and, with the market under such a depressing influence, it need hardly occasion surprise if our imports from South Africa should have proportionately declined. The reaction, however, will probably prove but of brief duration, inasmuch as these wines are now well established in public favour, and their useful properties and intrinsic worth will not fail to retain for them a permanent place in most domestic arrangements. Per doz. SPIRITS AND LIQUEURS. SPIRITS. Per gal. Excelsior Brandy, Pale or Brown... 17s. Od. or 34s. Od. Auctory Chapters PAGE 255 do. 22s. Od. 44s. Od. By FELIX MEN 26s. Od. 52s. Od. from the Ger 30s. Od. 293 Fine Old Cognac, very superior 72s. Od. Gin, finest London, unsweetened, and etzte Ausgabe. of the highest legal strength Rum, Jamaica Ditto do. very Old and Fine Whiskey, Glenlivat....... 22s. Od. 20s. Od. ... per doz. 348. Od. Last Edition) 309 litical Relation DE PRESSENSÉ. 321 per bottle. 7s. 6d. 78. 6d. 98. 6d. J. F. ASTIÉ. en Testament. 68. 6d. 93. Bd. Creme de The, Moka, Vanille, and Rose 88. Od. Curacoa 8s. 6d. Genepi des Alpes 78. Bd. Recueil. 2me Par EDMOND Kummel 78. Od. Kirschenwasser 8s. Od. Maraschino di Zara.. 9s. 6d. . RÉVILLE. Noyeau 8s. 6d. SAM. VINCENT. Parfait Amour 8s. Od. duction de M. Raki, Chio Mastica 6s. Od. Ratifia 9s. 6d. 338 Highly valued for its refreshing and restorative properties, and perfect freedom from any acidity. This wine is an excellent stomachic, was formerly in great favour and request, and is the only liqueur that has successfully maintained its ancient reputation. Price 268. per doz., in original bottles and cases as imported. collection of documents, nothing beyond a limited selection of the most important will, we presume, be expected to appear as an appendix to that volume. The price of this collection of papers, bulky as it is, is only four shillings. It will be seen, accordingly, that the Committee must lose considerably by the publication, unless a large number should be sold. The separate Papers and Tracts are all well written, and adapted to their purpose. Their only fault is, that they seem to be intend. to know a good nearly everyth formists on general tole lecture, in 1 dence of the it which do mellow this 1 breadth and will purchase The Cong Address, Exp be obtained for them; and the Committe their views as which they t about to be : Memorial Hal TERMS CASH. Country orders must contain a Remittance. To ensure safety, it advisable to cross all Cheques "BANK OF LONDON." Postoffice Orders to be Payable at the Chief-office, (E.C.) BOTTLES INCLUDED IN WINES. Spirits being sold by the gallon, the packages are charged for unless returned. ALL WINES, EXCEPT THE LIGHTER KINDS OF FRANCE AND GERMANY, MAY BE HAD BY THE GALLON, IF DESIRED. Single bottles of Wines and Spirits forwarded. *** All Wines in Cask carriage free to any Railway Station in England. [NOTE. A few words of explanation may not be out of place here, respecting a practice which has recently arisen in some quarters proposing, as an inducement to families resident in the country, however distant, to supply orders free of charge for packing or carriage. Let us examine whether this advantage be not more apparent than real. It is now some years since that, in order to obviate a palpable inconvenience, loss by breakage, and confusion of accounts, I abandoned the custom of charging for bottles, including that item in the cost of the wines. This arrangement, however, based as it was on the lowest practical scale of prices, will not admit of further extension, and if the cost of packages and the charge of the public carrier be superadded, compensation can only be looked for from inordinate profits or reduction of quality. To neither of these conditions can I honourably subscribe, and the sound inference may be safely left to public discernment. I continue my deliveries free to all parts of the metropolis, as well as at the various railway-stations, wharfs, &c., which my permanent town-establishment enables me to do at no great additional expense; and as the spirit of these remarks does not apply to wine sold in the cask, the full carriage is defrayed on all country orders, for which the time and labour saved in bottling is a fair equivalent.-J. L. D.] Sec. 1. Early Origin and Description of the Vine.-2. The Vintages of the Antients.-3. Ambrosial Nectar of the Antients; their gorgeous Cups and Festal Customs.-4. Modern Wines; their Character and Quality.-5. Of the Wines of Portugal.-6. Of Spain.-7. Of France.-8. Of Germany and Hungary-9. Of South Africa-10. Of Madeira and the Canaries.-11. Of Italy and Greece. 12. Of Persia and India.-13. Of Columbia.-14. On the Choice and Preservation of Wine. -000 CRITICAL NOTICES, "It is a very flattering tribute to the taste and refinement of a people when their appetites are appealed to through their intellect, but no systematic attempt has to our knowledge been hitherto made to invest with an intellectual savour the viands of our daily use: such however is the object of a Brief Discourse on Wine. The beverages and bowls of classic days are described with antiquarian minuteness; many curious and interesting facts are given respecting the manufacture and exportation of various wines, and some eminently practical hints on the choice and preservation of wine close a work, which in the able treatment of its subject yields to none we have ever read, investing as it does an apparently common-place topic with an interest which is at the same time calculated to instruct and charm the reader."-Atlas. "Much knowledge may be obtained by a careful perusal of the above condensed little volume, and many valuable hints will be fonnd in its pages."-Reading Mercury. "The work is full of interest, and we commend it to the attention of our readers." - Oxford Journal. "The virtues of wine have been sung by poets, and eulogized in glowing terms by prose writers; here we have the interesting brochure before us, published modestly without an author's name, but bearing unmistakeable marks of consummate ability and deep knowledge of the subject." Shrewsbury Chronicle. "This is precisely the kind of little book which modern circumstances require, for if not as abstruse, scientific, and, with all due respect, as dull as more elaborate works on the same subject, it has most decidedly the merit of being comprehensible and interesting to all readers. As yet it is decidedly the most popular work of the kind published. The authorities consulted are both numerous and trustworthy, and much labour has been bestowed on the antiquarian portion with regard to wine among the Greeks Romans, and other early nations." - Court Journal. oductory Chapters 7 FELIX MEN- tzte Ausgabe. 255 293 Last Edition) 309 itical Relation mencement of Last Morocco Magistrate at collection of documents, nothing beyond a limited selection of the most important will, we presume, be expected to appear as an appendix to that volume. The price of this collection of papers, bulky as it is, is only four shillings. It will be seen, accordingly, that the Committee must lose considerably by the publication, unless a large number should be sold. The separate Papers and Tracts are all well written, and adapted to their purpose. Their only fault is, that they seem to be intended mainly for persons who are supposed to know a good dee nearly everythi formists on thi general tol lecture, in 1 dence of the it which do mellow this: breadth and will purchas The Cong Address, Ex be obtained for them; and the Committe their views as which they t about to be Memorial Hal "This little volume is well-timed, and worth the reading of those who desire to know something of the wines likely to be introduced into more general use."-Notes and Queries. "This little volume accomplishes all it promises. Its brevity, with its remarkable condensation and explicitness, makes it a ready and valuable hand-book Such an amount of important information could only be gathered by long and extensive reading."Staffordshire Sentinel. "The occasion and scope of the work lead us to turn to its substance with an interest which is not disappointed by a careful perusal of the book. It is agreeably written, and will undoubtedly command a very wide circle of readers."-Sunday Times. "It has fallen to our lot to have stumbled upon a little work, modestly named A Brief Discourse on Wine, entitled to high encomium. It is multum in parvo, embracing in a few pages the history of the divine grape, from the earliest period down to the present time; and giving a short but refined and recherché account of the various wines of all countries, from the Nectar of the gods, to Imperial Tokay,--from the Falernian which Horace smacked with loving lips, to our modern Constantia of the Cape. The book should be in the hands of every gentleman who has any pretension to form a choice collection of wines." - Wolverhampton Chronicle. "The author of this brief discourse, whoever he may be, has no reason to preserve his anonymity in the fear that he may have, after all, written an unprofitable book. He is perfectly master of his subject, and knows the vine as it grows in the vineyard, and not as it may be read of in books, and speaks of wine as if he had tasted of different qualities in cure and in cave. As a literary production, apart from its utility as a treatise on wine, this volume has many claims to public attention."--The Field. "This is no listless or ephemeral publication, to be carelessly read and quickly forgotten. Solid and practical remarks pervade its well-written pages, and the contents generally are sufficiently substantial and important to constitute a permanent text-book for future reference." - Brighton Guardian. The "In A Brief Discourse on Wine there is furnished an exceedingly readable collection of facts bearing upon the cultivation and produce of the vine in the various parts of the world. author shows us how to choose wine, and how to use it." The wines of France, Germany, Hungary, &c., are each noticed briefly, but in a light and agreeable strain."-Daily News. "Within a brief space this volume affords as much intelligence about wine as might make the reputation of half-a-dozen men through half-a-dozen after-dinners, provided only they can continue to speak colloquially, and not by the card. The compiler has put together much interesting and profitable matter, -less learnedly, perhaps, than authors who wrote more largely on the pleasant subject, but with scarcely less profit to his readers, thirsty or otherwise."-Athenœum. |