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preface.
WHILE
having
been
active
for
a
period
of
more
than
thirty
years
in
the
line
of
hotel
and
bar
business,
and
having
given
my
greatest
care
to
mixed
drinks
partic-
ularly,
I
have
found
them
to
be
great
favorites
among
connoisseurs.
Repeatedly
the
desire
has
been
expressed
to
me
as
to
where
to
obtain
satisfactory
and
reliable
information
how
to
prepare
such
delicious
mixtures.
A
great
num-
ber
of
men
received
such
information
from
me,
as
far
as
a
few
minutes'
conversation
could
teach
anybody.
The
oftener,
however,
such
questions
were
repeated,
the
more
established
became
within
me
the
conviction
that
there
was
among
the
public
a
general
desire
for
a
book
containing
all
advices
of
such
a
kind.
The
result
of
this
conviction
is
this
book,
that
hereby
is
handed
over
to
the
public.
Feeling
that
I
had
to
place
on
the
market
only
a
first-
class
manual,
in
all
its
details
and
instructions,
I
have
given
it
the
most
particular
care
and
study.
Utmost
diligence
and
attention
have
assisted
me
to
express
my
thoughts
in
clear
and
exact
terms,
so
as
to
enable
any
one,
even
private
persons,
to
understand
and
compre-
hend
how
to
obtain
the
most
satisfactory
results.
I
might
compare
mixing
drinks
with
the
working
in