CONTENTS. 



Page 

 SOURCES OF INFORMATION . , . . vii 



I. 



INTRODUCTION SHOWING THE REMARKA- 

 BLE INCREASE IN THE CONSUMPTION OF 

 COCOA AND CHOCOLATE IN GREAT BRIT- 

 AIN AND THE UNITED STATES ... I 



II. 



THE CACAO-TREE WHERE AND HOW CUL- 

 TIVATED METHOD OF CURING THE 

 FRUIT, ETC. 7 



III. 



EARLY USE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE IN 

 MEXICO, EUROPE, ETC. . . . .26 



IV. 



PROPERTIES OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF 

 THE FRUIT, AND OF ITS PRODUCTS . . 45 



