The gentle art of smoking - Alfred H. Dunhill

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Here is told the story of smoking as it has existed from earliest times in Europe, Asia and Africa. Opinions of it varied from the belief of the American Indians in the magical properties of smoke, to the condmnation of James I, to whom the practice 'resembled the horrible Stigian smoke of the pit that is bottomless'. Then follow all the fashions of smoking through the centuries - pipes, snuff, cigars - and so to cigarettes which began to appear after the Crimean War.
The history of pipes, which is told here, is a fascinating one, since many of them are intimately connected  with the habits and beliefs of the peoples among wich they are found. Here are descriptions of primitive makeshift pipes made of plantain leaf, or crabs' claws; of 'earth-pipes' which used a mound and a hole in the earth; of the metal pipes of Japan, chased and ornamented with ivory, jade and lacquer. Here also is the story of snuff, brought to England by the Restoration Court on its return from France - a fashion which shows signs of regaining its popularity. The maufacture of cigars is also described in all its finer points. Lastly, some advice on the care and choice of pipes, tobaccos and cigars helps to make this book both a history of a universal art and a quide to the plessures of smoking.
With 17 half-tone illustrations and 26 line drawings by James Arnold.

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