title: Drinkology: The Art and Science of the Cocktail
author:  James Waller 
description: James Waller is a writer and editor in Brooklyn, New York. His previous books include <i>The Moviegoer's Journal, The Well-Bred Dog</i>, and <i>The Well-Bred Cat</i>. Waller teaches writing at Brooklyn's Polytechnic University.
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  # The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### James Runciman
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  This page formatted 2004 Munsey's.
  
  
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  THE ETHICS OF THE DRINK QUESTION.
  
  
  VOYAGING AT SEA
  
  
  WAR.
  
  
  DRINK.
  
  
  CONCERNING PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEY ARE GOING WRONG.
  
  
  
  
  
  THE SOCIAL INFLUENCE OF THE “BAR.”
  
  
  FRIENDSHIP.
  
  
  DISASTERS AT SEA.
  
  
  A RHAPSODY OF SUMMER.
  
  
  LOST DAYS.
  
  
  MIDSUMMER DAYS AND MIDSUMMER NIGHTS.
  
  
  DANDIES.
  
  
  GENIUS AND RESPECTABILITY.
  
  
  SLANG.
  
  
  PETS.
  
  
  THE ETHICS OF THE TURF.
  
  
  DISCIPLINE.
  
  
  BAD COMPANY.
  
  
  GOOD COMPANY.
  
  
  GOING A-WALKING.
  
  
  “SPORT.”
  
  
  DEGRADED MEN.
  
  
  A REFINEMENT OF “SPORTING” CRUELTY.
  
  
  LIBERTY.
  
  
  EQUALITY.
  
  
  FRATERNITY.
  
  
  LITTLE WARS.
  
  
  THE BRITISH FESTIVAL.
  
  
  SEASONABLE NONSENSE.
  
  
  THE FADING YEAR.
  
  
  BEHIND THE VEIL.
  
  
  Extracts from Reviews of the First Edition.
  
  
  
  
  
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