TOBACCO LEAVES 



or tree can compare with tobacco in 

 amount, variety, and excellence of the lit- 

 erature devoted to the growth, develop- 

 ment, and use of this plant. No other 

 product has so pronounced a place, so 

 definite a claim upon the thoughts and 

 feelings of the human race as tobacco. 

 There is as every smoker knows a 

 reflective fragrance, a certain sentiment 

 in the use of this weed that cannot be 

 applied to any other blessing of nature 

 connected with our existence. Little won- 

 der is it, then, that tobacco-smoking has 

 to itself, of itself, and by itself inspired 

 the pens and brushes, footsteps and fin- 

 gers of some of the world's greatest writ- 

 ers, artists, discoverers, and artisans. 



It is in its literature, however, that to- 

 bacco can claim its greatest distinction. 

 What real writer has not written of the 

 delights of smoking? Those who have not 

 were not smokers, or, if they were, they 



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