CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE BEGINNING OF SMOKING - I 



II. THE TRIAL OF TOBACCO • 24 



III. TOBACCO'S WORLD TRIUMPH - 39 



IV. TOBACCO IN ENGLISH SOCIAL LIFE - 57 

 V. SOCIAL PROGRESS OF TOBACCO - 75 



VI. THE TOBACCO PLANT : ITS CULTIVATION - 98 



VII. THE MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO - I18 

 VIII. PIPES ■ - 138 



IX. HOW PIPES ARE MADE - 163 



X. CIGARS 178 



XI. CIGARETTES- 1 96 



XII. SMOKE STATISTICS - 2C36 



XIII. THE LITERATURE OF TOBACCO 217 



XIV. TOBACCO AND GENIUS - 236 

 XV. SNUFF AND SNUFF-TAKERS 259 



XVI. NICOTIANA - - 378 



XVII. THE HYGIENE OF TOBACCO - 296 



XVIII. TO SMOKE OR NOT TO SMOKE? - 3 II 



INDEX 321 



