My Lady Nicotine by J. M. Barrie is a novel about a man's first love. The love as can be told by the title is not for a woman but for tobacco more particularly a specific blend of it. The story is mostly about his days of youth when he meets with a group of friends to smoke their Arcadia blend of to

A friend lent me this book, a smoker nonetheless. This book starts slow but is full of so many witty scenes and poignant philosophies surrounding addiction, character, and the essential transition of a life from bachelor to man. My favorite chapter 31 “The Perils of Not Smoking”, where all of Barrie

3 1/2 grey, polluted, putrid, smothered stars, and I give it credit for not being what I expected and for the pleasant surprises and some excellent writing that kept me reading.

But seriously: if you don't smoke, please don't start; if you do smoke, please try to quit! Thank you. You are worthy of lo

Some fine stories in this collection; I liked some better than others, just as I prefer some tobacco better than others. Taken as a whole, you won’t find a better collection of witty stories to accompany your smoking. For all cigar lovers, pipe smokers, and apprentices of fine tobacco, this ought to

An early work by the creator of Peter Pan and at times uneven, but nonetheless an enjoyable collection of humorous essays related to the author's smoking habits, smoker companions, and finally his abandonment of this practice. Some material seems dated, but the rest can still resonate with contempor

This book was in the house Bonnie and I rented in Carmel, in 1979. I must have really enjoyed it, for me to have remembered it 30 years later.

Not a great book by any standard. I read it only as I am a pipe smoker.