Author: Sims, Albert E.:
Title: The Witching Weed: A Smokers' Anthology.
Description: London, George G Harrap & Co., n.d. Small H/B pictorial bds with gentleman with long clay pipe on front, Good+, a little light staining, sl. wear at spine tips, in Good d/w, stained and a little furled, contents nice and tight, v. occas. soiling, also one or two pge edges stained, nice colour frontis.. A very interesting little book which includes "The Song of the Fag", many poems about smoking including "Smoked Off!", "Nicotiana", "Sonnet on Tobacco", "I Like To Smoke" and many more; also with sections entitled 'The philosophy of smoking', 'The pleasures of smoking', 'In praise of smoking', 'The prudence of smoking' and 'Some proverbs on smoking'.

Keywords: smoking anthology poems poetry verse rhyme philosophy cigarettes pipe tobacco proverbs praise habit