EDWARD SPENCER

(‘NATHANIEL GUBBINS’) AUTHOR OF “THE FLOWING BOWL,” ETC.

FOURTH EDITION

STANLEY PAUL & CO. 31, Essex Street, Strand, W.C.

First printed April 1897 Reprinted May 1897 Cheap Edition February 1900 Reprinted 1913

TO THE MODERN LUCULLUS JOHN CORLETT GRANDEST OF HOSTS, BEST OF TRENCHER-MEN

I DEDICATE

(WITHOUT ANY SORT OF PERMISSION) THIS BOOK