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INTRODUCTION.
TO
THE
READER.
The
Author
of
the
following
work,
in
presenting
it
as
a
aseful
and
valuable
practical
Manual
to
Manufacturers,
Dis-
tillers,
arid
Dealers
in
Cordials,
Liquors,
etc.,
in
this
coun-
try,
thinks,
that
long
experience
as
a
practical
distiller
and
vender
of the
above
articles,
gives
him
strong
claims
to
the
favorable
considerations
of
the
pubhc
at
large.
A
close
and
uniform
practice
of
fifteen
years
in
Switzer-
land, as
well
as
in
the
city
of
New
York;
a
thorough
ac-
quaintance
with
^he
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
that
in
this
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
United
States.
The
Author,
in
tliis
compendium,
did
not
deem
it
neces-