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The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Pleasures of the Table This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: The Pleasures of the Table Author: George H. Ellwanger Release date: June 8, 2020 [eBook #62354] Language: English Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62354 Credits: Produced by Karin Spence, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE *** Produced by Karin Spence, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) [Illustration: THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE] BOOKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR "The Garden's Story, or Pleasures and Trials of an Amateur Gardener." Illustrated by Louis Rhead. "The Story of My House." With a frontispiece by Sidney L. Smith. "In Gold and Silver." Illustrated by A. B. Wenzell and W. Hamilton Gibson. "The Rose." By H. B. Ellwanger. Revised edition, with an