Effects of Thinness,

  Natural Predestination,

  Fattening Regimen,

MEDITATION XXIV.  FASTING,

  Definition,

  Origin,

  How people used to Fast,

  Origin of the removal of Restriction in Fasting,

MEDITATION XXV.  EXHAUSTION,

  Treatment,

  Cure by the Professor,

MEDITATION XXVI.  DEATH,

MEDITATION XXVII.  PHILOSOPHICAL HISTORY OF THE KITCHEN,

  Order of Alimentation,

  Discovery of Fire,

  Baking,

  Oriental Entertainments—­Grecian,

  Roman Festivals,

  Resurrection of Lucullus,

  Poetry,

  Irruption of the Barbarians,

MEDITATION XXVIII.  RESTAURATEURS,

  Establishment,

Physiology of taste—­Part Second,

Transition,

Varieties,
  I. L’omelette du Cure,

    Omelette au Thon,

    Observations,

  II.  A National Victory,

  III.  Mystification of the Professor and Defeat of a General,

  IV.  The Snare,

  V. The Turbot,

  VI.  Pheasants,

  VII.  Gastronomical Industry of the Emigres,

  VIII.  Recollections of the Emigration,

    The Weaver,

    The Starving,

    Sojourn in America,

    Asparagus,

    Fondue,

    Recipe for Fondue, Copied from the Papers of M. Trollet,
    Bailli of Mondon in Berne,

    Disappointment,

    Wonderful Effects of a Classical Dinner,

    Effects and Danger of Strong Drinks,

    Chevaliers and Abbes,

    Miscellany—­Wine,

    Strawberries,

    Judgment,

    Raisins,

    A Day with the Bernardines,

    Prosperity en route,

    H. ...  DeP ...,

    Conclusion,

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

The excellent man to whom we are indebted for this book has described himself, with so much charm, nature and truth; the principal events of his life have been recorded in such an agreeable and faithful manner that very few words will suffice to finish the story.

Brillat Savarin (Anthelme) Counsel of the Court of Cassation, member of the Legion of Honor, member of the Society for the Encouragement of National Industry, of the Antiquarian Society of France, of the Philoselic Society of Bourg, &c., &c., was born, 1st of April, 1755, at Belley, a little Alpine city, not far from the banks of the Rhine, which at this place separates France from Savoy.  Like his forefathers, who had been for several generations devoted to the bar, the profession which pleased him, in consequence of his possession of great eloquence, he practised with great success.