[T] These poëtes et littérateurs amiables qui chantent pour s’amuser, are M. de Berchoux, author of the charming poem la Gastronomie, and the authors of the Almanac des Gourmands, an annual publication written with infinite wit and humour, and which enjoys a higher reputation, and more extensive popularity, than any other work of taste published in France, since the revolution. For an account of both these productions the reader is referred to the Literary Panorama, Vol. VII. pp. 661, and 719. The Almanac of Gluttons, if it be not the standard of poetic genius in imperial France, is at least an indication of the direction which talent is now taking: a direction, which the laws and literary police of the Napoleon government will not fail effectually to maintain. T.
Transcriber's notes:
In the text version, italics are represented by _underscores_.
Missing or incorrect punctuation has been repaired, but old and unusual spellings have been left.
These items were noted in proofing and in some cases, corrections have been made:—
| Tomates | Left as printed, this has been used all through book. |
| Explanation of Plate 6. flat pincers and scissars | Left as printed. |
| p. xi. unexpensive process | Left as printed. |
| p. 2. pulpy matter (the porenchyma) | This may be a typo for parenchyma but has been left as printed. |
| p. 20. The form of the Champage bottle | Changed to Champagne. |
| p. 31. bottle boot | This is hyphenated everywhere else and has been changed. |
| p. 47. three fourths | This is hyphenated everywhere else and has been changed. |
| p. 57. windsor beans | Both windsor beans and windsor-beans are used, left as printed. |
| p. 60. I clean the asparagus is if | is if changed to as if. |
| p. 68. ingred ent | Changed to ingredient. |
| p. 86. green-gages | Two words in title, but hyphenated everywhere else, left as printed. |
| p. 95 three fourths | Changed to three-fourths. |
| p. 110. 2. | 1st paragragh not labelled as such, subsequent paragraphs are marked 3d and 4th. Left as printed. |
| p. 133. praccally | Changed to practically. |
| p. 139. That of procuring civil | Changed to procuring for civil. |