The Cu­ri­os­i­ties of Ale & Beer, By John Bic­ker­dyke.

The Curiosities

OF

Ale & Beer:

An Entertaining History.

(Illustrated with over Fifty Quaint Cuts.)

BY

John Bickerdyke.

In Part collected by the late J. G. FENNELL; now largely augmented with manifold matters of singular note and worthy memory by the Author and his friend J. M. D——.

“For a quart of Ale is a dish for a King.”—Shakspere.

LONDON:

SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & Co.,

PATERNOSTER SQUARE.

1889.

PRINTED BY

CHAS. STRAKER AND SONS, BISHOPSGATE AVENUE, LONDON;

AND REDHILL.

Dedicated

TO THE

Brewers of the United Kingdom

AND ALL WHO VALUE

Honest Malt Liquor.