The Pleasures of the Table / An Account of Gastronomy from Ancient Days to Present Times. With a History of Its Literature, Schools, and Most Distinguished Artists; Together With Some Special Recipes, and Views Concerning the Aesthetics of Dinners and Dinner-giving

by George H. Ellwanger

CHAPTER		PAGE
	Introductory	[ix]
I	Cookery among the Ancients	[3]
II	With Lucullus and Apicius	[24]
III	The Renaissance of Cookery	[49]
IV	Old English Dishes	[80]
V	L'Almanach des Gourmands	[112]
VI	A German Speisekarte	[145]
VII	The School of Savarin	[175]
VIII	From Carême to Dumas	[199]
IX	The Cook's Confrère	[229]
X	American vs. English Cookery	[248]
XI	At Table with the Clergy	[280]
XII	Sundry Guides to Good Cheer	[315]
XIII	Of Sauces	[344]
XIV	The Spoils of the Cover	[354]
XV	Two Esculents Par Excellence	[383]
XVI	Sallets and Salads	[409]
XVII	Sweets to the Sweet	[428]
	Bibliography	[447]
	Index	[469]

ILLUSTRATIONS

"A Sa Toute-Puissance!"	[Frontispiece]
From the painting by Gabriel Metzu, 1664
	PAGE
Fantaisie culinaire: le poisson prévoyant	[iv]
By A. Thierry
Le Cuisinier	[xi]
After the engraving by Mariette
	FACING PAGE
A Bacchante	[3]
From the stipple engraving in colours by Bartolozzi, after Cipriani
Portrait du Gourmand	[24]
After Carle Vernet
Le Livre de Taillevent	[49]
Facsimile of title-page of the edition of 1545
The Cries of Paris: "Old clothes, old laces!"	[69]
Facsimile of an old French plate
First of September	[80]
From the engraving after A. Cooper, R.A.
The English Housewife	[94]
Facsimile of title-page of the edition of 1675
"Un Viel Amateur"	[112]
A. B. L. Grimod de la Reynière, né à Paris le 20 9bre, 1756. Froman old print
Le Premier Devoir d'un Amphitryon	[121]
Frontispiece of the fifth year of the "Almanach des Gourmands"
Les Méditations d'un Gourmand	[132]
Frontispiece of the fourth year of the "Almanach des Gourmands"
The Chef	[145]
From a print after an old Dutch master
The Bird of St. Michael	[160]
From the etching by Birket-Foster, R.A.
Promenade Nutritive	[175]
Frontispiece of "Le Gastronome Français" (1828)
"Pour voir de bons refrains éclore, Buvons encore!"	[186]
Frontispiece of "Le Caveau Moderne" (1807)
Alexandre Dumas	[199]
From the etching by Rajon
"L'Art du Cuisinier" (Beauvilliers')	[213]
Facsimile of title-page, 1824, Vol. II
Day's Closing Hour	[229]
From the etching by Charles Jacque
"First Catch Your Hare!"	[248]
From the engraving by J. W. Snow
"Rôti-Cochon"	[261]
Facsimile page from volume, 1696
Non in Solo Pane Vivit Homo	[280]
From the original oil-painting by Klein
La Contenance de la Table	[296]
Facsimile of title-page (early part of sixteenth century)

"Enfant, tu ne dois charger

Tant de la première viande

Se plusieurs en as en commande

Que d'austres ne puisses menger."

Promenade du Gourmand	[315]
Frontispiece of "Le Manuel du Gastronome ou Nouvel Almanachdes Gourmands" (1830)
La Table	[331]
Frontispiece of the Second Canto of "La Conversation" of theAbbé Délille, 1822
A Supper in the Eighteenth Century	[344]
From the engraving after Masquelier
The Spanish Pointer	[354]
From the engraving by Woollett, after the painting by Stubbs, 1768
Partridge Shooting. I. La Chasse aux Perdrix	[364]
From the coloured print after Howitt, 1807
Partridge Shooting—September	[375]
From the coloured engraving by Reeve, after the painting by R. B. Davis, 1836
Truffle-hunting in the Dauphiné	[383]
From the Salon picture after Paul Vayson
"Nouvel Manuel Complet du Cuisinier et de la Cuisinière"	[397]
Facsimile of frontispiece, 1822
The Wounded Snipe	[409]
From the engraving after A. Cooper, R.A.
"Après Bon Vin"	[428]
From the engraving by Eisen in the Fermiers-Généreaux editionof the "Contes et Nouvelles" (1762)
Le Pâtissier Français	[442]
Facsimile of title-page of the edition of 1655