Just received a review copy from _Choice_ of a new book by the well-known social historian John Burnett. It is _Liquid Pleasures: A Social History of Drinks in Modern Britain_ (Routledge, 1999). Price, $75! This being exam week, I have got little further than the table of contents. After chapters on water, milk, tea, coffee, and soft drinks, there are three on alcoholic beverages: beer, wine, spirits. The bibliography seems a bit eccentric. For instance, there is nothing by David W. Gutzke, not his bibliographical volume, not his monographic book, and not any of his articles. David M. Fahey<[log in to unmask]>