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ingreqnires great delicacy , no small amount of originality , and , above ^ alfthings , considerable fertility of invention , and readiness in adaptin , ' means to ends . Indeed , a great cook is a great genius , and he w'o invents a new and toothsome compound , whether food or drink , d-serves to rank among the benefactors of mankind . But our entinsiasm for the art generally must not divert us from our present pur .
joso , which is to noto the contents of this volume , and the manner , u which it is compiled . Taking tho latter first , we may say at once that tho arrangement leaves nothing to bo desired . The several classes of drinks aro grouped together methodically . Tho different kinds of pnnch , to between fifty and sixty in number , come first . Then follow iu the order given : — Egg Noggs , Juleps , Smashes , Cobbler ' s
Cocktails and Crustas , Mulls and Sangarees , Fixes and Sours , Flip , Negus , and Shrubs , Fancy Drinks , Temperance Drinks , and Leo ' s Specialities . Each number has its recipe , and there is a Table of Contents , alphabetically arranged , so that tho reader can have no difficulty in turning to his " particular vanity . " As to tho matter , it comprises a selection of over two hundred out of the mass
of recipes which Mr . Engel collected during his sojourn in America . The writer of tho profaco claims for him that by reason of his great experience , and the skill which ho employs , Mr . Engel has becomo " a benefactor to tho British nation , " and ho remarks that while " Parr or Morrison may havo contributed by their skill to health , " it has been " reserved for Leo to look after both health and
spirits . " Morrison we havo read of as the compounder of a pill of much virtne , and Parr , wo presume , must bo taken to mean tho Life Pills he did not compound , but which bear hi 3 name ; while someand among the number must be iucluded Sir Wilfred Lawson and hi 3 following—will shudder at the association of " health and spirits "in the event of tho latter being alcoholic—and declare that such a
conjunction is utterly impossible . Be this as it may , a study ot the recipes is almost as exhilarating as would be a practical test of their merits , though if tho truth must bo told , wo candidly confess we should prefer the test that is practical to the study which is only theoretical . Both , however , havo their value , and ho who would fully appreciate tho composition will bo all the better if he knows how to
compound it . We have said that punch takes the place of honour , aud that there are between fifty and sixty kinds of which recipes are given . Onr idea of this famous compound—which by the way was a favourite with the immortal Pickwick—has always been that it is a most insinuating liquor—we are not intruding on the notice of our readers
any of our own practical experiences . We have heard of the potent influence it occasionally exerts over its worshippers . We are not surprised at this after a careful perusal of tho various recipes . We will take take No . 15— " Cnracoa Punch " —as a case in point . The preliminary direction is " Use large tumbler , " and then follow the all-important instructions as to material and quantity , and general
treatment . " One teaspoonf nl of sugar j one wine glass of brandy ; half a wine glass of Jamaica rum ; ono wine glass of water ; half liqueur glass of cnracoa ; and the juice of half a lemon . Fill the tumbler with chipped ice , shake well , and ornament with fruits in season . Sip through a straw and sigh ! " De-sigh-dedly good advicea composition , to be sipped most pathetically ! And right worthy ,
say we , of being so sipped . We will take an opportunity the next time we are in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly of com paring our own criterion of Cnracoa Punch with that of Mr . Engel , with whose clear and simple behests we sympathise most cordially . No . 32 is a recipe for " Philadelphia Fish House Punch , " and is as follows : " Half-pint of lomon juice , three-quarters of a pound of
white sugar , one pint of mixture "—to make which we are told we must take " a quarter of a pint of peach brandy , half a pint of Cognac , and a quarter of a pint of Jamaica ram , " —and " two and a half pints of cold water . " A remark is added to tho effect that " the above is generally enough for one person !!! ' . " Wo think it mo 3 t probable ; indeed we will almost venture to affirm that
this estimate of the author is as nearly accurate as it can be , though we confess with sorrow that our acquaintance with " Philadelphia Fish House Punch" has yet to be made . However , wo have no space to quote other recipes of Punch , while as regards the juleps , the smashes , the cobblei' 3 , & c , & c . wo must refer onr readers to the book itself . But we must not omit to give tho following
selected from "Leo ' s Specialities . " The first is namod "Ladies Blush , " and is said to be a " favourite drink among tho fair sex . " After a preliminary caution to " use a small tumbler , " we are told , " To a wine-glass of Old Tom Gin , add one tea-spoonful of Noyeau and five drops of Absinthe ; sweeten to taste , about one tea-spoonful of white sugar . Shake up well with shaven ice , strain , and pour into
a coloured glass , the rim of which has already been damped with lemon juice and dipped in white sugar . " The other is called " Loo ' s Knickebein , " and is the most elaborate in the whole collection of recipes . First it is laid down , that wo should " keep a mixture , ready made to hand , thoroughly combined of tho following , in the proportions given : —One-third each of Curacoa , Noyeau , and
Maiaschino . When mixing a drink , fill a straw-stem port-wine glass twothirds full of tho above mixture , float tho unbroken yolk of a new laid egg on the surface of tho liquor , then build up a kind of pyramid with the whisked white of the Bame egg on the surface of tho latter ; dash a few drops of Angostura bitters , and drink as directed . " Then follow the " Directions for taking the Knickebein , " which are said to be registered , and read aa follow : —
" 1 . Pass the glass under the nostrils and inlade tho jluvov . r , — Pause . " 2 . Hold the glass perpendicularly close under yoar mouth , open it i . t'ide , and suck the froth by drawing a deep breath . —Pause again . " 3 . Point the lips and take one-third of the liquid contents remaining in the glass without touching the yolk . —Pause once more .
" i . Straighten the body , throw the head backward , swallow contents remaining in the g lass all at once , at tho same time breakinj the yo . lk , in you ? mouth , "
Reviews.
We confess this is one of the most elaborately-artistic compounds we havo heard of , and tho directions aro in every respect worthy of so excellent a recipe . It appropriately closes a most admirable seriea of drinks , and those among our readers who bolievo iu that combination of " health and spirits" which Mr . Engel has laboured so zealously , and , we feel justified in adding , so successfully , to pro . mote , will doubtless derive much pleasure from practically testing tho virtues of his instructions .
Unseen.
UNSEEN .
FEOM THE KEYSTONE .
THE Universe possesses its secrets , as well as Masonry , and all of thoso secrets until thoy are learned are unseen . The great Unseen is the great Unknown . Man , from tho cradle to the grave , is an adventurer , a discoverer —• ho is feeling after good , and God , —his own good and his Maker . In the eyes of his brother man he appears literally as the finite in the presence of tho Infinite , although in truth , ho is as infinite as tho
Grand Architect of tho Universe Himself , for he possesses his gift of immortality . It is written that ho shall ono clay comprohend the meaning of eternity , for his soul's lifo shall span it . He shall also solve all mysteries , including the greater mysterie 3 of tho grave , tho resurrection and the final examination ; and tho Freemason in heart and life shall find an entrance into the presence of Him who is
enthroned in Light—that Light which makes all truth clear , all knowledge known , and discovers for ever the entire Unseen . Carlylo says , " Man ' s unhappiness conies of his greatness ; it is because thoro is an Infinite in him , which , with all his cunning , he cannot quite bury under the Finite . " This world is too narrow for tho exercise of our faculties ; timo is too short for the development of
our powers ; doath , at ono fell blow , paralyzes tho body and clouds tho mind , but it cannot destroy . There comes a time , we know nob when , a placo we know not where , aud then and there the Grand Master of the Universe shall grasp ns by the hand , aud raise us to now and nnending life . Then the Unseen shall bo uuveiled , and revealed for ever to our miraculously endowed perceptions . This
final lifting of tho veil will be the token of the banishment of unhappiness from the Universe . Tho body will no longer be the grave of the soul , densely enveloping it ; but the soul shall have the mastery , aud be raised aud clothed anew , and speak a new language for it shall be possessed of the long-lost Word . But we are still here—in darkness , in ignorance , in want , feeling
whero we shall go , doubting how we shall reach the end , and needing almost everything . What little knowledge we havo borders upon ignorance . Dickens asks , and in askiug implies the answer , " In any of tho burial places of this city through which I pass , is there a sleeper more inscrutable than its busy inhabitants are , in their innermost personality , to me , or than I am to them ? " Well does the
Preacher also ask , in Ecclesiastes , "Who kuoweth tho spirit of man ?" Yet , such as we are , we aro unique , each differing in some degree from all others . Our bodies are more or less alike ; onr clothes are usually cut after the same fashion , so that the races of mankind are in uniform ; but our spirits aro diverse . — " C'lotho mo as you will , " said Sancho Panza , "I shall be Sancho Panza still . "
There is a mysterious power possessed by somo porsons , it ia claimed , to peer into another ' s mind to read his thoughts , and to mould his will . Before this clairvoyant faculty the Unseen , it is alleged , becomes the seen . But if this power exist , it is exceptional , the result of wonderful perception , and of electrical communion of spirit with spirit . Havo you read of the maid who lost her reason in
the presence of the Apullo Belvidere ? She was a French girl , emotional , unusually gifted , loving tho Fine Arts bdtter than she loved her soul , or her Maker . At tho sight of the matchless Apollo , who looks like a god—who stands on tho earth , but whose homo appears to be in heaven—she lost at once her heart and her intellect . Hour after hour and clay after clay sho gazed in wonder , she wept ,
she enthusiastically admired , until she became as pale as the marble , and almost as dead . She seemed eager to " forget herself to stone , " hoping that she might then stand for ever in the presence of her loved one ; but this could not be , and the maiden ' s weird passion caused her death . What , in one word , was the explanation of this madness ? The Unseen . She beheld the soul of an immortal in that
statue . It was instinct with life to her , about to move , to speak , to bless her . She Worshipped it—it was her god—not tho seen statue , but the Unseen spirit that tho marble veiled to her . The entire realms of the Unseen , and hence unknown in nature , whilo they are narrowing every year , through the progress oE discovery in the natural sciences , it would Seem will never , iu this life , becomo
subject to man . The conque . it of the universe is reserved for the great hereafter . " We cannot say of a single plant or anuria ) , a sing e i ^ uf or flower , a single insect ' s eye or wing , that we havo ( earned ail ihat i 3 to be learned , or kuow all that can ba known , abuat ir The correspondence in this respect between the liul y Script art's and the works of God shows them to be of the same Authorship . " Happy
thought of King David s— "Tho earth is the Lord ' s , aud the fullness thereof : the world and they that dwell therein . " Some one has finely said that Westminster Abbey is a symbol of ' , oth worlds—the seen aud tho Unseen . Do you remember who were its architects and builders ? Masons , i ' reeiuusuus , our loveutUers in tho
Craft . We are their lineal descendants . Freemasons still build for tuna—tho seen , and also for eternitytho Unseen . The work of Masonry points to both worlds . It spans the grave . It bids ns look both ways , down aud up , behind and before , ever remembering , however , that " the things that are seen aro temporal ; but the things that are unseen arc eternal "
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Reviews.
ingreqnires great delicacy , no small amount of originality , and , above ^ alfthings , considerable fertility of invention , and readiness in adaptin , ' means to ends . Indeed , a great cook is a great genius , and he w'o invents a new and toothsome compound , whether food or drink , d-serves to rank among the benefactors of mankind . But our entinsiasm for the art generally must not divert us from our present pur .
joso , which is to noto the contents of this volume , and the manner , u which it is compiled . Taking tho latter first , we may say at once that tho arrangement leaves nothing to bo desired . The several classes of drinks aro grouped together methodically . Tho different kinds of pnnch , to between fifty and sixty in number , come first . Then follow iu the order given : — Egg Noggs , Juleps , Smashes , Cobbler ' s
Cocktails and Crustas , Mulls and Sangarees , Fixes and Sours , Flip , Negus , and Shrubs , Fancy Drinks , Temperance Drinks , and Leo ' s Specialities . Each number has its recipe , and there is a Table of Contents , alphabetically arranged , so that tho reader can have no difficulty in turning to his " particular vanity . " As to tho matter , it comprises a selection of over two hundred out of the mass
of recipes which Mr . Engel collected during his sojourn in America . The writer of tho profaco claims for him that by reason of his great experience , and the skill which ho employs , Mr . Engel has becomo " a benefactor to tho British nation , " and ho remarks that while " Parr or Morrison may havo contributed by their skill to health , " it has been " reserved for Leo to look after both health and
spirits . " Morrison we havo read of as the compounder of a pill of much virtne , and Parr , wo presume , must bo taken to mean tho Life Pills he did not compound , but which bear hi 3 name ; while someand among the number must be iucluded Sir Wilfred Lawson and hi 3 following—will shudder at the association of " health and spirits "in the event of tho latter being alcoholic—and declare that such a
conjunction is utterly impossible . Be this as it may , a study ot the recipes is almost as exhilarating as would be a practical test of their merits , though if tho truth must bo told , wo candidly confess we should prefer the test that is practical to the study which is only theoretical . Both , however , havo their value , and ho who would fully appreciate tho composition will bo all the better if he knows how to
compound it . We have said that punch takes the place of honour , aud that there are between fifty and sixty kinds of which recipes are given . Onr idea of this famous compound—which by the way was a favourite with the immortal Pickwick—has always been that it is a most insinuating liquor—we are not intruding on the notice of our readers
any of our own practical experiences . We have heard of the potent influence it occasionally exerts over its worshippers . We are not surprised at this after a careful perusal of tho various recipes . We will take take No . 15— " Cnracoa Punch " —as a case in point . The preliminary direction is " Use large tumbler , " and then follow the all-important instructions as to material and quantity , and general
treatment . " One teaspoonf nl of sugar j one wine glass of brandy ; half a wine glass of Jamaica rum ; ono wine glass of water ; half liqueur glass of cnracoa ; and the juice of half a lemon . Fill the tumbler with chipped ice , shake well , and ornament with fruits in season . Sip through a straw and sigh ! " De-sigh-dedly good advicea composition , to be sipped most pathetically ! And right worthy ,
say we , of being so sipped . We will take an opportunity the next time we are in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly of com paring our own criterion of Cnracoa Punch with that of Mr . Engel , with whose clear and simple behests we sympathise most cordially . No . 32 is a recipe for " Philadelphia Fish House Punch , " and is as follows : " Half-pint of lomon juice , three-quarters of a pound of
white sugar , one pint of mixture "—to make which we are told we must take " a quarter of a pint of peach brandy , half a pint of Cognac , and a quarter of a pint of Jamaica ram , " —and " two and a half pints of cold water . " A remark is added to tho effect that " the above is generally enough for one person !!! ' . " Wo think it mo 3 t probable ; indeed we will almost venture to affirm that
this estimate of the author is as nearly accurate as it can be , though we confess with sorrow that our acquaintance with " Philadelphia Fish House Punch" has yet to be made . However , wo have no space to quote other recipes of Punch , while as regards the juleps , the smashes , the cobblei' 3 , & c , & c . wo must refer onr readers to the book itself . But we must not omit to give tho following
selected from "Leo ' s Specialities . " The first is namod "Ladies Blush , " and is said to be a " favourite drink among tho fair sex . " After a preliminary caution to " use a small tumbler , " we are told , " To a wine-glass of Old Tom Gin , add one tea-spoonful of Noyeau and five drops of Absinthe ; sweeten to taste , about one tea-spoonful of white sugar . Shake up well with shaven ice , strain , and pour into
a coloured glass , the rim of which has already been damped with lemon juice and dipped in white sugar . " The other is called " Loo ' s Knickebein , " and is the most elaborate in the whole collection of recipes . First it is laid down , that wo should " keep a mixture , ready made to hand , thoroughly combined of tho following , in the proportions given : —One-third each of Curacoa , Noyeau , and
Maiaschino . When mixing a drink , fill a straw-stem port-wine glass twothirds full of tho above mixture , float tho unbroken yolk of a new laid egg on the surface of tho liquor , then build up a kind of pyramid with the whisked white of the Bame egg on the surface of tho latter ; dash a few drops of Angostura bitters , and drink as directed . " Then follow the " Directions for taking the Knickebein , " which are said to be registered , and read aa follow : —
" 1 . Pass the glass under the nostrils and inlade tho jluvov . r , — Pause . " 2 . Hold the glass perpendicularly close under yoar mouth , open it i . t'ide , and suck the froth by drawing a deep breath . —Pause again . " 3 . Point the lips and take one-third of the liquid contents remaining in the glass without touching the yolk . —Pause once more .
" i . Straighten the body , throw the head backward , swallow contents remaining in the g lass all at once , at tho same time breakinj the yo . lk , in you ? mouth , "
Reviews.
We confess this is one of the most elaborately-artistic compounds we havo heard of , and tho directions aro in every respect worthy of so excellent a recipe . It appropriately closes a most admirable seriea of drinks , and those among our readers who bolievo iu that combination of " health and spirits" which Mr . Engel has laboured so zealously , and , we feel justified in adding , so successfully , to pro . mote , will doubtless derive much pleasure from practically testing tho virtues of his instructions .
Unseen.
UNSEEN .
FEOM THE KEYSTONE .
THE Universe possesses its secrets , as well as Masonry , and all of thoso secrets until thoy are learned are unseen . The great Unseen is the great Unknown . Man , from tho cradle to the grave , is an adventurer , a discoverer —• ho is feeling after good , and God , —his own good and his Maker . In the eyes of his brother man he appears literally as the finite in the presence of tho Infinite , although in truth , ho is as infinite as tho
Grand Architect of tho Universe Himself , for he possesses his gift of immortality . It is written that ho shall ono clay comprohend the meaning of eternity , for his soul's lifo shall span it . He shall also solve all mysteries , including the greater mysterie 3 of tho grave , tho resurrection and the final examination ; and tho Freemason in heart and life shall find an entrance into the presence of Him who is
enthroned in Light—that Light which makes all truth clear , all knowledge known , and discovers for ever the entire Unseen . Carlylo says , " Man ' s unhappiness conies of his greatness ; it is because thoro is an Infinite in him , which , with all his cunning , he cannot quite bury under the Finite . " This world is too narrow for tho exercise of our faculties ; timo is too short for the development of
our powers ; doath , at ono fell blow , paralyzes tho body and clouds tho mind , but it cannot destroy . There comes a time , we know nob when , a placo we know not where , aud then and there the Grand Master of the Universe shall grasp ns by the hand , aud raise us to now and nnending life . Then the Unseen shall bo uuveiled , and revealed for ever to our miraculously endowed perceptions . This
final lifting of tho veil will be the token of the banishment of unhappiness from the Universe . Tho body will no longer be the grave of the soul , densely enveloping it ; but the soul shall have the mastery , aud be raised aud clothed anew , and speak a new language for it shall be possessed of the long-lost Word . But we are still here—in darkness , in ignorance , in want , feeling
whero we shall go , doubting how we shall reach the end , and needing almost everything . What little knowledge we havo borders upon ignorance . Dickens asks , and in askiug implies the answer , " In any of tho burial places of this city through which I pass , is there a sleeper more inscrutable than its busy inhabitants are , in their innermost personality , to me , or than I am to them ? " Well does the
Preacher also ask , in Ecclesiastes , "Who kuoweth tho spirit of man ?" Yet , such as we are , we aro unique , each differing in some degree from all others . Our bodies are more or less alike ; onr clothes are usually cut after the same fashion , so that the races of mankind are in uniform ; but our spirits aro diverse . — " C'lotho mo as you will , " said Sancho Panza , "I shall be Sancho Panza still . "
There is a mysterious power possessed by somo porsons , it ia claimed , to peer into another ' s mind to read his thoughts , and to mould his will . Before this clairvoyant faculty the Unseen , it is alleged , becomes the seen . But if this power exist , it is exceptional , the result of wonderful perception , and of electrical communion of spirit with spirit . Havo you read of the maid who lost her reason in
the presence of the Apullo Belvidere ? She was a French girl , emotional , unusually gifted , loving tho Fine Arts bdtter than she loved her soul , or her Maker . At tho sight of the matchless Apollo , who looks like a god—who stands on tho earth , but whose homo appears to be in heaven—she lost at once her heart and her intellect . Hour after hour and clay after clay sho gazed in wonder , she wept ,
she enthusiastically admired , until she became as pale as the marble , and almost as dead . She seemed eager to " forget herself to stone , " hoping that she might then stand for ever in the presence of her loved one ; but this could not be , and the maiden ' s weird passion caused her death . What , in one word , was the explanation of this madness ? The Unseen . She beheld the soul of an immortal in that
statue . It was instinct with life to her , about to move , to speak , to bless her . She Worshipped it—it was her god—not tho seen statue , but the Unseen spirit that tho marble veiled to her . The entire realms of the Unseen , and hence unknown in nature , whilo they are narrowing every year , through the progress oE discovery in the natural sciences , it would Seem will never , iu this life , becomo
subject to man . The conque . it of the universe is reserved for the great hereafter . " We cannot say of a single plant or anuria ) , a sing e i ^ uf or flower , a single insect ' s eye or wing , that we havo ( earned ail ihat i 3 to be learned , or kuow all that can ba known , abuat ir The correspondence in this respect between the liul y Script art's and the works of God shows them to be of the same Authorship . " Happy
thought of King David s— "Tho earth is the Lord ' s , aud the fullness thereof : the world and they that dwell therein . " Some one has finely said that Westminster Abbey is a symbol of ' , oth worlds—the seen aud tho Unseen . Do you remember who were its architects and builders ? Masons , i ' reeiuusuus , our loveutUers in tho
Craft . We are their lineal descendants . Freemasons still build for tuna—tho seen , and also for eternitytho Unseen . The work of Masonry points to both worlds . It spans the grave . It bids ns look both ways , down aud up , behind and before , ever remembering , however , that " the things that are seen aro temporal ; but the things that are unseen arc eternal "