1930 The Savoy Cocktail Book

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COCKTAILS

the lady who had shown such tact. " That," proudly said the King, who had never seen the lady before, " is my daughter Goctel." " Right," replied the general, " I will see that her name is honoured for evermore by my Army." Coctel, of course, became Cocktail, and there you are ! There exists definite unquestionable proof of the truth of this story, but no correspond ence upon the subject can in any circumstances be entertained. So much for the early history of Cocktails. Since those days the Art of the Cocktail has developed very considerably, and in the following pages you will find the essence of the Art of Harry Craddock of the Savoy, the King of Cocktail Shakers, who has inspired, disciplined, ordered and arranged it. There are few people in the world who can match his vast knowledge of liquids of all kinds, of how to mix them, and of how to create new cocktails for all great or state occasions, so that it is in all confidence that this book is set before you—the confidence that if anything should have been omitted it is in all probability not worth including. At the same time, a few blank pages have been left at the end of the list of Cocktails for the addition of any new Cocktails that may be invented in the future.

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