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                           NINETEEN CENTURIES
                                   OF
                            DRINK IN ENGLAND

                              _A HISTORY_

                                   BY

                          RICHARD VALPY FRENCH
                          D.C.L., LL.D., F.S.A.

                  RECTOR OF LLANMARTIN AND RURAL DEAN
                AUTHOR OF 'THE HISTORY OF TOASTING' ETC.

                 _SECOND EDITION--ENLARGED AND REVISED_

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PREFACE.


The earlier part of this slight contribution to the literature of an
inexhaustible subject