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 - I96 



XII. SMOKE STATISTICS 2o6 



XIII. THE LITERATURE OF TOBACCO 217 



XIV. TOBACCO AND GENIUS 236 

 XV. SNUFF AND SNUFF-TAKERS - - 259 



XVI. NICOTIANA - - 278 



XVII. THE HYGIENE OF TOBACCO - 296 



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



INDEX 321 



