Nicotiana; Or, The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion
NICOTIANA;
OR THE
SMOKER’S AND SNUFF-TAKER’S COMPANION;
CONTAINING THE
HISTORY OF TOBACCO;
CULTURE—MEDICAL QUALITIES AND THE LAWS RELATIVE TO ITS IMPORTATION AND MANUFACTURE:
WITH AN Essay in its Defence.
THE WHOLE ELEGANTLY EMBELLISHED AND INTERSPERSED WITH
ORIGINAL POETRY AND ANECDOTES, BEING INTENDED AS AN AMUSING AND INSTRUCTIVE VOLUME FOR ALL GENUINE LOVERS OF THE HERB,
BY HENRY JAMES MELLER, ESQ.
LONDON: EFFINGHAM WILSON, Royal Exchange. 1832.
TO H. R. H. THE DUKE OF SUSSEX, This little Work, AS A TRIFLING TOKEN OF VENERATION FOR HIS CHARACTER AND ESTEEM FOR HIS TASTE, IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.
Henry James Meller
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PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
INVOCATION TO TOBACCO.
THE HISTORY OF THE IMPORTATION OF THE TOBACCO PLANT INTO EUROPE, AND THE ORIGIN OF SMOKING IN ENGLAND.
ON SNUFF AND THE ORIGIN OF THE LUNDY FOOT.
SELECT POETRY.
A REVIEW OF THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS CONCERNING TOBACCO.
THE IMPORTANCE OF SMOKING AND SNUFF-TAKING, EXEMPLIFIED IN A GRAVE DISSERTATION, DEDICATED TO THE YOUTH OF THE RISING GENERATION.
THE MEDICAL QUALITIES OF TOBACCO.
BOTANICAL HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE TOBACCO PLANT.
ORIGINAL POETRY.
ANECDOTES.
DIVANS.
MEMS. FOR SMOKERS.