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. 



