Introduction

This antique book contains a collection of easy-to-follow recipes for making old-time cough sweets as they were made in the past. The recipes included in this book are concise and simple, making this text perfect for the amateur confectioner and anyone interested in recreating these old-style sweets. A worthy addition to collections of antiquarian confectionery literature, this one is not to be missed by the confectionery enthusiast.

Chapters

The chapters of this book include: Cough Candy, Cough Drops, Hoarhound Candy, Irish Moss Cough Candy, Licorice Cough Candy, Brown Cough Drops, Light Cough Drops, Tar Cough Drops, On the Manufacture of Lozenges, Medicated Lozenges, Mixing for Common Mints, and much more.

This text has been elected for modern republication due to its timeless instructional value, and we are proud to republish it here complete with a new introduction on confectionery.