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The Gentleman's Companion Volume II

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Reading this book is like taking a trip back to a long lost past when people still dressed for dinner at Raffles and Shepheard's Hotel and when the Orient and the South Pacific were still very exotic and romantic destinations that few had visited. I don't know anyone who has ever regretted buying this book or the companion volume of food recipes which is equally marvelous.

Are you lucky enough to come accross a real bottle of Absinith?
Want to know what to do with it? Think you do already? Well do you know how to fix a "Fripo's Balloon"? They call it that because after a couple, your head just floats right off your sholders. You do want to know how to prepare potatoes by boiling them in a kettle of pine resin, Right! My Aunt was one of the wealthiest women in the world during the 1920's-40's. She gave me her set, Vol.I&II. God bless her. You know Earnest H. once said "If you're feeling bad chances are you either haven't had enough to drink or need some spicy food" These editions have it all, told in the quaint "ivy-liege-vernacular" of Fitzgearld's day. Hell, I'm a baby boomer, but I still appreciate Hemingways cure for a hangover....a beaker of cruched ice filled with Holland Gin..etc..etc.. Do your self a favor BUY THIS BOOK! I really shouldn't be telling you all this as I want every copy out there for my friends. By the way, there's even advice on how to revive a person who has hung themselves, either because they were weary of life, or had followed Hemingways advice.