INTRODUCTION. 



A GOOD book needs no eloquent pen 

 to etch its merits in the way of an intro- 

 duction. 



It was evident, however, to the com- 

 piler of this book, that no volume treating 

 on Tobacco had heretofore appeared 

 which contained all that deserved a place 

 in the literature of the weed, and at the 

 same time avoided the scientific treatises 

 and exhaustive histories on the subject 

 which have no interest to the great army 

 of smokers. 



This, in brief, is the object of this 

 anthology. All the illustrations in this 

 little volume have been drawn especially 

 for it. The binding and paper are in 

 keeping with the best mechanical features 



