an Economic Product—By Heinrich Eduard Jacob. Translated by Eden and. Cedar Paul. Fully" illustrated. Allen & Unwin, London. 38/
The unique and stimulating beverage known as kawa, kahveh, chauve, coho, copra, cophee, cafe, or, coffee in different parts of the world has had a profound influence upon the spirit and indeed the history of mankind, Throughout classical antiquiry and the Middle Ages the only rugs known to have a powerful effect upon the nervous system were narcoties and depressants. No pure stimuli ant was known, nothing that would keep the body bright and alert when It was craving for sleep. Physiologists have discovered that caffeine enables the, muscles to contract more vigorously without subsequent depression, 20 muscular work perform who has had a dose of cast talks on the subject of freedom has been collected here and the symposium Is well worth " place on the bookshelf of the student of affairs. In their various ways the contributors to the symposium strike '2 note of intelligent assessment of the weaknesses and diMiculties of modern, democracy. It would be invidious to make a preference in favour of any one of them. For who would despise the champagne of Mr. Beraord Shaw although expressing healthy taste for Sir Ernest Benn's rich English ale? Mr, Herbert Morrison pours out a drier beverage than Mr. Spender, but Mr. Spender's claret is of its own kind anda good vintage at that, Mr. Wyndham Lewis supplies the port with his cheerful vindication of con~ servetism in modern guise, and practical common sense is the mark of the porter dispensed by Mr. John Moore, who writes from the standpoint of the working man: sssoT am glad to admit that the working man has greater facilities £0> amusement and. holidays than were enjoyed by is grandfather, but 1€ we took. in default of it. Moreover, exerts a "creative and Uberapower upon the brain: it acts fas a cerebral as well as a muscular stimulant. The author claims that It toxiay, with Its skyscrapers ud its {ble obstacles sill ext wilt have their holiday' pay. back on. The fully employed textile worker, on the other hand, if he ha enough to save a little Yeazons. for the contrast—but the most Important fs this, that since the "discovery" of "coffee. ihe human Workings day" has, theoretically, been Expanded' from" twelve hours. to 1 therefore can be firmly asserted that coffee has transformed history.
Legends concerning the Buddhist monks" frst use of tea.in China os a rink to. induce wakefulness are paralleled by the fables from the foothills of Yemen, near the Red Sea, of the goats that suddenly displayed 2 fresh. characteristic, very. trouble-Some to. their Keepers: they were Taysterlously affected by sleeplessness. After long search, a goatherd discovered an unusual plant on which his animals had been feeding: a shrub rather than a tree with darkfrreen shiny leaves. and. with white blossoms closely set together like those of Jasmine. This plant, it was discovered, had been carried there by the Ethiopians from Abyssinia, The Importance of the legends is not 50 mutch the discovery of coffee by goats but the speedy recognition of the magian! qualities which reside In coffee beans. For coffee was soon to become wine's most potent rival.
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