In the present instance the host or author in opening his new establishment provided no bill of fare. Sensible of the difficulties of such an undertaking in its infancy he preferred that it should make its own way silently and gradually or make no way at allç It has made its way and is doing such a thriving business that nothing remains for him but to add in the words of the good old civic ceremony now that one dish has been discussed and finished and another smokes upon the board that he drinks to his guests in a loving-cup and bids them a hearty welcome."