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INTPtODUCTIOI(.
TO THE READER.
The Author of the following work,in presenting it as a
useful and valuable practical Manual to Manufacturers,Dis
tillers, and Dealers in Cordials,Liquors, etc., in this coun
try,thinks, that long experience as a practical distiller and
vender ofthe above articles, gives him strong claims to the
favorable considerations of the public at large.
A close and uniform j)ractice of fifteen years in Switzer
land, as well as in the city of New York; a thorough ac
quaintance with the method used in the best distilleries in
Paris and Bordeaux; and manufacturing, as he has been,
for many years for wholesale houses in this city, he flatters
himself thatin tliis Manual he has furnished all the facilities
necessary, the recipes used, and the directions required,
for the best preparations of the most celebrated Cordials,
Liquors, Syrups, etc., ever yet introduced. The book con
tains the easiest, shortest,and the most economical manner
of preparing the various articles; the style is concise and
clear, so that it can be readily comprehended, and its mat
ter,with great method and order,is alphabetically arranged
under proper heads and references. Measures and weights
referred to are those of the TJnited States.
The Author,in this compendium,did not deem it neces-
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