

FAMILIAR as we all are with 

 Coffee as a beverage, yet com 

 paratively how few of us ever 

 imagine that its history can be 

 found to possess any particular 

 interest, or deserve any especial 

 notice. We sip the aromatic draught 

 when athirst, and derive from it a sense 

 of renewed vigor when aweary ; but when 

 is our curiosity provoked, or prompted 

 ^ &quot;% J -s*~ to inquire, as to who was the benefactor 



that first discovered its virtues, where it first grew, and by 

 what curious process or manipulation we derive the deli- 



