This calendar is based on the universal opinion of connoisseurs, and shows in which years the vintages of certain wines were better than the average. In the years not mentioned the vintages were mediocre. If particularly bad, attention is called to the fact by the rating "poor."

N.B.-su, superb. ex, excellent. fi, fine. gd, good. pm, promising. pr, poor. 00,

fa, fair. mediocre.

av, average.

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Serenely full, the epicure would say,

Fate cannot harm me, I have dined to-day. SYDNEY SMITH, Recipe for Salad.

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COBBLER

The liquor decided upon should be poured over and allowed to run through cracked ice. Put in a suitable amount of sugar and shake. Drop on top any proper fruit. It should be served with straws.

COLLINS

Slice a lemon into the mixture in which is cracked ice, and cover with fine sugar; then pour in a jigger of gin ; shake and strain into a glass containing soda.

EGG-NOG

Beat an egg with a teaspoonful of sugar; pour into this a jigger of whiskey, or brandy if preferred, while stirring; shake with milk, and add a few drops of lemon.

FIZZES

A Gin Fizz consists of juice from half of a lemon squeezed on cracked ice, a jigger of gin, and one teaspoonful of powdered sugar, shaken, then strained into a thin glass upon which is forced ærated water.

A Golden Fizz is made by adding the yolk of an egg before shaking a Gin Fizz.

A Silver Fizz substitutes the white of an egg for the yolk, before shaking.

A Royal Fizz includes both yolk and the white, shaken with the Gin Fizz.

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