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bacco—plates of the plant—a map of 
Virginia, with a hiftory of the ifland, 
from the firft planting of puritans and 
tobacco there. Origin of the name, from 
Virgin, the epithet of queen Exizabeth. 
Book 2. Hiftory of the reign of queen 
Elizabeth. Introduction of tobacco— 
manufactured frft into {nufi—view of a 
fnuff-mill of the year 1560. Enquiry 
who took the firft pinch? Effay on {neez- 
ing. Whether the ancients {neezed, and 
at what ? A tranflation of Strada’s book 
on fneezing, with a life of the author, in 
the manner of Mr. Bofwell. Why pray 
to God to blefs people who fneeze ? 
Book 3. Connection of fneezing with 
good manners—origin of handkerchiefs 
—full-width views of feverai handker- 
chiefs, proving that they were marked 
with the owners’ names at full length, 
and that initials is a modern invention. 
Differtation on fempftreffes ; high origin 
of men-milliners and men-mantua-mak- 
ers—quotations from Shak{peare—deri. 
wation of the word fnuff, and accurate 
difcriminations between {nuffing and tak- 
ing fnuff; the former applied only to 
candles. 
‘Boox 4.. Whether it was ufual -to 
take {nuff in parliament ?—Debates on 
the queen’s marriage with the duke_ 
D’Alencon—perfecutions of the puritans 
—{nuff-boxes made of wood—dendrolo- 
gical difquifitions on Englith trees—Sir | 
Francis Drake’s fleet, and. proofs that 
the failors’ allowance of tobacco was not 
fo great then as now—origin of naviga- 
tion—firft principles of naval architecture 
.—Appendix, on the ufe er fnuff in the 
pulpit. ; 
Vou, IT. Book 1. Acceffion of James 
¥L.—Particular account of allthe branches 
of the Stuart family—troubles in the time 
of Charles 1, as connected with {moking 
—portraits of feveral eminent {nuff-tak- 
ers inthe parliament army—oval {nuff- 
boxes firft uted by the round-heads—ma- 
nufacture of tobacco-pipes—natural hif- 
tory of clays—with a digreffion on mak- 
ing of bricks—Roman_ bricks—account 
of the building of London Wall. 
--Boox 2. State of fnuff during the 
commonwealth—reftoration of Charles 
Ti—hifiorical proofs that the nation mui 
have been at a pinch. 
Book 3. Fire of London—quantity 
of {nuff confumed—fome calculation on 
the number of pipes broke, burnt, or 
otherwife damaged—an enquiry into the 
part the papifts tock in this calamity— 
origin of whiffs—the wis originally 
came from Wales—topographical de- 
{cription of Wales, with maps of the 
counties—T eft and corporation acts paffed 
m—{ruff taken upon that cccafion. London, May 12, 1797. S.N. i 
Outline of a EHiftory of Snuff and Tobacco. 
[May 
Boox 4. Continuation of the hiftory 
of {nuff to the Union—introduétion of 
Scotch {nuff—found to be very pungent 
and penetrating—got a footing in Lon- 
don, which it has kept ever fince. Plate 
of the fign of the Highlander, from an 
original drawing in the year 1715.—Ac- 
celtion of George [I1.—Snuff-boxes made 
of gold and filver—account of the firft 
fnutf-box that was ftolen—differtation on 
the police—number of thieves in London 
—hints for new laws—difmiffion of Gr 
Robert Walpole, and the introduétion of 
Macaba. 
Book 5. The reign of George TI].— 
Scotch {nuff introduced at court—Straf- 
burgh and other German fnuffs in fathion 
—anecdotes cf John Wilkes—biographi- 
cal notices of Mr. Hardham—invention 
of thirty-feven—plan of the ftreets thirty 
yards round Hardham’s thop—national 
reflections on Irith blackguard—fuccefs 
of Wilkes—calculation of the confump- 
tion of tobacco during the American war 
—hiitory of that war, from the origin— 
on female {nuff-takers, with an appendix 
on clean tuckers—debates on the tobacco 
excife-bill—prefent ftate of fnuff, and 
its influence on morals—introduétion of 
French boxes—great tumults therefrom 
—conclufion—index—and lift of fub- 
fcribers. 
The whole to be embellifhed with por- 
traits of the moft eminent fnuff-takers, 
from the time of queen Elizabeth, with 
biographical noti¢es—views of remark- 
able {nuff-fhops—ruins of famous tobacco- 
Pipes, and other fubjeéts, engraved by 
the moft eminent artifts. 
Such, fir, is the outline of my fcheme. 
You will perccive, that, in my arrange- 
ment, I exaétly copy the cuftom of the 
moft famous volumimous writers, and a 
_work thus executed could not fail to have 
a rapid circulation, efpecially among the 
venders of the article which it comme- 
morates. I am, fir, your’s, &c. 
STERNUTATORIUS. 

Tu the Editor of the Monibiy Magazine. 
SIR, 
As feme ef your readers may wifh te 
have a more minute account of the 
inftrument for inflating the lungs, men- 
tioned in your Magazine for laft month, 
p. 303, it might not be amifs to inform 
them, that a defeription and plate of it 
were inferted in the Analytical Review, 
vol. iv. p. 437, and thence copied into 
Encyclopedia Britanuica, article LunGs. 
The inventor was Dr. Gorcy, and by” 
him it was ftyled the apodopnic béliows. 
Iam, fir, your humble feryanre, 
