CONTENTS 



INTRODUCTORY . 



An ndulgence which promotes sociality, mirth, and day- 

 dreams — Men hold to the weed regardless of opposi- 

 tion — St Nicotine's manifold virtues — The non-smoker's 

 incapacity for enjoyment of smoking— Brings sleep to the 

 sleepless — Opponents base their objection on principle — 

 Prof. Huxley's experience — Havana cigar the ideal 

 smoke — Acknowledgments to Editors and H.M. 

 Customs. 



A SYMPOSIUM 



CHAPTER I 



Part I 



Tobacco smoking thought much of in Elizabeth's reign — 

 Drawing the smoke into the lungs and ejecting it through 

 the nostrils provokes hilarity in the city — Sir John 

 Beaumont's Metamorphosis of Tobacco — Conceives the 

 idea of a Parliament of the immortals to determine upon the 

 composition of tobacco — Drayton on Beaumont's early 

 death — Jupiter calls a council to consider the odic essence 

 which has calmed his anger — England's great smokers 

 from Raleigh to Dr. Parr give an account of their 

 experiences. 



