24. New Cock-a-Leekie

Ma chère Amie,—With all due respect to Scotch cookery, I will always give the preference, in the way of soup, to their cock-a-leekie, even before their inimitable hodge-podge. Having a very old friend, from the neighbourhood of Dundee, who used to praise my cock-a-leekie, when on a visit to St. John’s Wood, I thought I would give him the same treat here, and on looking