In the year 1797, was circulated the following proposals for publishing
by subscription, a History of Snuff and Tobacco, in Two Volumes:--
Vol. 1.--To contain a description of the nose--size of noses--a
digression on Roman noses--whether long noses are symptomatic--origin of
tobacco--tobacco first manufactured into snuff--inquiry who took the
first pinch--essay on sneezing--whether the ancients sneezed, and at
what--origin of pocket handkerchiefs--discrimination between snuffing
and taking snuff; the former only applied to candles--parliamentary
snuff-takers--troubles in the time of Charles I. as connected with
smoking.
Vol. 2.--Snuff-takers in the parliamentary army--wit at a pinch--oval
snuff-boxes first used by the roundheads--manufacture of tobacco
pipes--dissertation on pipe-clay--state of snuff during the
commonwealth--the union--Scotch snuff first introduced--found very
pungent and penetrating--accession of George II.--snuff-boxes then made
of gold and silver--George III.--Scotch snuff first introduced at
court--the queen, German snuffs in fashion--female snuff-takers--clean
tuckers, & c. &c--Index and List of Subscribers.