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THE GOURMET'S
GUIDE TO EUROPE


Publisher's Announcement

DINNERS AND DINERS:
Where and how to Dine in London
By Lieut.-Col. Newnham-Davis
_New and Revised Edition
Small Crown 8vo. Cloth._ 3/6

WHERE AND HOW TO DINE
IN PARIS
By Rowland Strong
_Fcap. 8vo. Cover designed cloth._ 2/6
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London: GRANT RICHARDS


The
Gourmet's Guide
To Europe
BY
LIEUT.-COL. NEWNHAM-DAVIS
AND
ALGERNON BASTARD
EDITED BY THE FORMER
[Illustration]
London
GRANT RICHARDS
48 LEICESTER SQUARE, W.C.
1903


The pleasures of the table are common to all ages and ranks, to all
countries and times; they not only harmonise with all the other
pleasures, but remain to console us for their loss.
Brillat Savarin.


PREFACE

Often enough, staying in a hotel in a foreign town, I have wished to
sally forth and to dine or breakfast at the typical restaurant of the
place, should there be one. Almost invariably I have found great
difficulty in obtaining any information regarding any such restaurant.
The proprietor of the caravanserai at which one is staying may admit
vaguely that there are eating-houses in the town, but asks why one
should be anxious to seek for second-class establishments when the best
restaurant in the country is to be found under his roof.
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