36 LIFE OF TEGETMEIER 



say that this little book, written sixty-five years 

 ago, with its yellowing leaves, and its faded 

 handwriting, is highly treasured by me, and is 

 probably a unique memorial of Tegetmeier's 

 first literary efforts. 



Another, and perhaps greater, because quainter 

 treasure is a tiny pamphlet — it is only four 

 and a half inches long by three wide, and has 

 but 64 pages — entitled " The Book of One 

 Hundred Beverages," by " William Bernard " 

 — presumably he thought it too small or 

 insignificant to bear his proper name ! It was 

 published by Houlston & Stoneman, and also by 

 Ramsav, both of Paternoster Row, London. 

 The paper cover bears the date 1851, while the 

 title-page has the year 1850. In addition to 

 notes on the properties of natural waters it has 

 recipes for various non-alcoholic beverages. So 

 typical of the author is the Introduction, I give 

 the best part of it. Answering the presumed 

 question, " What can I drink instead of beer ? ' 

 he replies, " Read my book," and goes on to say: 

 " It was written in order to supply, and by 

 supplying to increase, the growing demand for 

 beverages of an unintoxicating character, no 

 work at present existing which contains practical 

 and tried directions for their formation : and in 

 the hope that it may prove useful to that large 

 and increasing class who abstain from intoxi- 

 cating liquors, to parents who desire to give their 



