COCOA : All About It, 



Bv "HISTORICUS." 



Opinions of t/w Press on the First Edition. 



" The history and cultivation of the cocoa plant, the uses of cocoa, the composition of cocoa, its 

 manufacture, its value as food and its adulteration, are discussed by one evidently having practica 

 acquaintance with the subject." — The Lancet. 



" The first comprehensive work, that has up to the present been published, concerning a staple 

 commodity which is daily becoming more popular." — Public Opinion. 



" Those curious to learn more ' about it ' than they can obtain from an encyclopsedia could not 

 do better than turn to this book." — Manchester Exainincr. 



" The subject-matter justifies the ' nom de plume,' for, although there is not a dry or tedious 

 page in the work, research has been made into every record that could throw light upon the discovery 

 and^early use of the plant. These records had in most cases to be diligently sought out, and the 

 result is a monograph on the subject that is not less acceptable in the historical and scientific sense 

 than it is in readableness and attractive form." — Leeds Mercury. 



" Of special value is the chapter on the Value of Cocoa as P'ood and its Adulterations." 



— Manchester Courier. 



" ' Historicus ' has done his work well ; the volume contains a great deal of information of special 

 merest to members of the grocery trade." — The Grocer. 



" We commend it for its comprehensiveness." — Christian World. 



"A most interesting and entertaining book." — Court Journal. 



"A popular illustrated account of the natural history and methods of cultivation of the plant." 



— The Scotsman. 



" Besides cocoa, the volume deals at length with Vanilla aromatica, a plant intimately connected 

 with the manufacture of chocolate." — Bailie. 



" Abundance of telling illustrations." — Scottish Leader, 



" The book is very opportune. It is somewhat remarkable that a commodity of such universal 

 p)opularily as cocoa should not until now have been honoured with anything in the shape of a 

 complete history. In the work before us we have an attempt to supply what h,as so long beerf 

 wanting — a consecutive, concise, and thoroughly well-informed sketch of the history, cultivation, 

 manufacture and uses of this delicate product." — Belfast Morning News. 



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