Nicotiana; Or, The Smoker's and Snuff-Taker's Companion

An illustrated compendium that surveys the history, cultivation, production, and legal and medical considerations surrounding tobacco while mounting a spirited defense of smoking and snuff-taking. Essays, anecdotes, and original verse examine social customs, rituals of hospitality, and the herb's role in conviviality, consolation, and imaginative work, and practical chapters outline cultivation, manufacture, and import regulations. The work rebuts common prejudices by collecting testimony and rhetorical arguments in favor of tobacco’s social and restorative functions, blending informative exposition with promotional advocacy directed at sympathetic readers.