Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

Title: The Art of Preserving. A poem, humbly inscribed to the Confectioner-in-Chief of the B—t—sh C–v–l–y [i.e. Lord George Sackville].

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

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