The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) / Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac

William Hone

PREFACE.

Vol. I. 1.

Vol. I. 2. Emigration of the Deer from Cranbourn Chase, 1826.

Vol. I. 3. The Newsman.

Vol. I. 4. The last Likeness of the Duke of York.

Vol. I. 5. Colley Cibber's youngest Daughter.

Vol. I. 6. The Font of Harrow Church.

Vol. I. 7. My Snuff-box.

Vol. I. 8. Blind Hannah.

Vol. I. 9. Monument at Lucerne, designed by Thorwaldsen

Vol. I. 10. The Story of the Scotch Soldier.

Vol. I. 11. March Fair, at Brough, Westmoreland.

Vol. I. 12.

Vol. I. 13. Shepherd's Well, Hampstead.

Vol. I. 14. Elvet Bridge, Durham.

Vol. I. 15. Stratford upon Avon Church.

Vol. I. 16. Maundy Thursday. The Thursday before Good Friday.

Vol. I. 17. London Cries.

Vol. I. 18. May-Day at Lynn in Norfolk.

Vol. I. 19. OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ADMIRAL.

Vol. I. 20. On Chatham Hill.

Vol. I. 21.

Vol. I. 22. The Crooked Billet, on Penge Common.

Vol. I. 23. Bridge on the Road to Beckenham.

Vol. I. 24. The old Water Carrier.

Vol. I. 25. Beckenham Church, Kent.

Vol. I. 26. Reading the Newspaper.

Vol. I. 27. INDEXES. I. GENERAL INDEX. II. CORRESPONDENTS'

Vol. II. 28.

Vol. II. 29. Keston Cross.

Vol. II. 30. The Bishop's Well, Bromley, Kent.

Vol. II. 31. Ancient Door of Bromley Church.

Vol. II. 32.

Vol. II. 33. Robert Millhouse Robert Millhouse

Vol. II. 34. My Desk.

Vol. II. 35. Case containing the Heart of Lord Edward Bruce, AT CULROSS ABBEY.

Vol. II. 36. Nathan Coward, Glover and Poet, of Dersingham, Norfolk.

Vol. II. 37. Hogarth embarking at the Isle of Grain.

Vol. II. 38. The Diet of Augsburgh Commemoration Medal.

Vol. II. 39. The noted John Cooke of Exeter.

Vol. II. 40.

Vol. II. 41. Penn and the Indians.

Vol. II. 42. The Broom-maker's at Shirley Common, Surrey.

Vol. II. 43. Catherine Mompesson's Tomb at Eyam.

Vol. II. 44. The Revolution-house at Whittington, Derbyshire.

Vol. II. 45. St. John's Well, at Harpham, Yorkshire.

Vol. II. 46. George Watson, the Sussex Calculator.

Vol. II. 47. The Giants IN THE LORD MAYOR'S SHOW, AND IN GUILDHALL.

Vol. II. 48. Source of the Ravensbourne.

Vol. II. 49. Mr. Gliddon's Cigar Divan. King Street, Covent Garden.

Vol. II. 50. The Running Horse at Merrow, Surrey.

Vol. II. 51. Note.

Vol. II. 52. Irish Pipes.

Vol. II. 53. George Bloomfield.

Vol. II. 54.

Vol. II. 55. INDEXES. I . GENERAL INDEX. II . CORRESPONDENTS'

Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text.

Please see the Transcriber’s Notes at the end of this text.
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PETRARCH’S INKSTAND.
In the Possession of Miss Edgeworth, presented to her by a Lady.

By beauty won from soft Italia’s land,
Here Cupid, Petrarch’s Cupid, takes his stand.
Arch suppliant, welcome to thy fav’rite isle,
Close thy spread wings, and rest thee here awhile;
Still the true heart with kindred strains inspire,
Breathe all a poet’s softness, all his fire;
But if the perjured knight approach this font,
Forbid the words to come as they were wont,
Forbid the ink to flow, the pen to write,
And send the false one baffled from thy sight.

Miss Edgeworth.

THE
EVERY-DAY BOOK
AND
TABLE BOOK;
OR,
EVERLASTING CALENDAR OF POPULAR AMUSEMENTS,
SPORTS, PASTIMES, CEREMONIES, MANNERS,
CUSTOMS, AND EVENTS,
INCIDENT TO
Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days,
IN PAST AND PRESENT TIMES;
FORMING A
COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE YEAR, MONTHS, AND SEASONS,
AND A
PERPETUAL KEY TO THE ALMANAC;
INCLUDING
ACCOUNTS OF THE WEATHER, RULES FOR HEALTH AND CONDUCT, REMARKABLE AND
IMPORTANT ANECDOTES, FACTS, AND NOTICES, IN CHRONOLOGY, ANTIQUITIES, TOPO-
GRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, NATURAL HISTORY, ART, SCIENCE, AND GENERAL LITERATURE;
DERIVED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES, AND VALUABLE ORIGINAL COMMUNI-
CATIONS, WITH POETICAL ELUCIDATIONS, FOR DAILY USE AND DIVERSION.

BY WILLIAM HONE.

I tell of festivals, and fairs, and plays,
Of merriment, and mirth, and bonfire blaze;
I tell of Christmas-mummings, new year’s day,
Of twelfth-night king and queen, and children’s play;
I tell of valentines, and true-love’s-knots,
Of omens, cunning men, and drawing lots:

I tell of brooks, of blossoms, birds and bowers,
Of April, May, of June, and July-flowers;
I tell of May-poles, hock-carts, wassails, wakes,
Of bridegrooms, brides, and of their bridal cakes;
I tell of groves, of twilights, and I sing
The court of Mab, and of the fairy king.

Herrick.

WITH FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX ENGRAVINGS.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG,
73, CHEAPSIDE.

J. HADDON, PRINTER, CASTLE STREET, FINSBURY.

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