Chapter XIV

Beverages compounded of Ale or Beer, with a number of Receipts. — Ancient Drinking Vessels. — Various Uses of Ale other than as a Drink . . . 378

CHAPTER XV.

Old Medical Writers on Ale. — Adulteration of Ale. — Advantages of Malt Liquors to Labouring Classes. — Temperance _versus_ Total Abstinence. — Anecdotes. — Gay’s Ballad . . . 408

APPENDIX. — Pasteur’s Discoveries . . . 441

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THE CURIOSITIES OF ALE AND BEER.