 | The sayings of Dr. Bushwhacker, and other learned men |  |
CONTENTS.
I. A Talk About Tea 1
II. Journey Around a Tapioca Pudding 8
III. The Radiant Dinner Castor 13
IV. Chocolate and Cocoa 20
V. Notables and Potables 24
VI. A Peep Into a Salad Bowl 39
VII. Madame Follet 43
VIII. Old Phrases 48
IX. Art 55
X. Accidental Resemblances 59
XI. Sitka: Our New Acquisition 69
XII. Phrases and Filberts 73
XIII. Does Queen Victoria Speak English? 81
XIV. The Noses of Eminent Men 102
XV. Up the Rhine 109
XVI. The First Oyster Eater. 114
XVII. A Literary Curiosity 122
XVIII. The Race between the Hare and the Hedgehog 130
XIX. What is the cause of Thunder? 136
XX. A French Breakfast 140
XXI. Dainty Hints for Epicurean Smokers. 143
XXII. Was Champagne Known to the Ancients? 146
XXIII. German Wines and a Wine celler 165
XXIV. A Christmas Piece 174
XXV. Oxyporian Wines. 186
| The sayings of Dr. Bushwhacker, and other learned men | |