TOBACCO: 



ITS 



HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, 



MANUFACTUKE AND COMMERCE, 



WITH 



AN ACCOUNT OF ITS VARIOUS MODES OF USE, FROM ITS FIRST 

 DISCOVERY UNTIL NOW. 



BY 



E. R. BILLINGS. 



WITH ILLTJSTEATIOKS BY POPULAR ARTISTS. 



" My Lord, this sacred herbe which never offendit, 

 Is forced to crave your favor to defend it." ( 



BARCLAY. 



"But oh, what witchcraft of a stronger kind, 

 Or cause too deep for human search to find, 

 Makes earth-born weeds imperial man enslave, 

 Not little souls, but e'en the wise and brave ! " 



ARBTJCKLE. 



HARTFORD, CONN.: 



AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, 



1875. 



