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INTRODUCTORY.
N
presenting
this
work
to
the
public
I
take
great
pride
in
stating
that
it
is
the
result
of
close
observation
and
study
of
the
proper
method
of
preparing
and
serving
drinks,
'as
well
as
mv
per-
sonal
experience
of
twenty
years
behind
the
bar
in
some
of
the
most
exclusive
cafes
in
Massachusetts,
Rhode
Island,
New
York,
Maryland,
New
Jersey,
Illinois,
Minnesota,
and
Washington,
D.
C,
and
embodies
all
the
well-known
and
popular
drinks
known
to
the
trade,
and
a
number
of
new
and
original
ones,
by
the
author,
heretofore
unpublished,
but
served
by
him
in
such
well-known
hostelries
as
the
Parker
House
in
Boston,
famous
the
world