The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England / Including the Rural and Domestic Recreations, May Games, Mummeries, Shows, Processions, Pageants, and Pompous Spectacles from the Earliest Period to the Present Time |
ADVERTISEMENT. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. BOOK I. BOOK II. BOOK III. BOOK IV. INDEX.
INCLUDING THE
RURAL AND DOMESTIC RECREATIONS,
MAY GAMES, MUMMERIES, SHOWS, PROCESSIONS, PAGEANTS, & POMPOUS SPECTACLES
FROM
THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. BY JOSEPH STRUTT. ILLUSTRATED BY
One Hundred and Forty Engravings. IN WHICH ARE REPRESENTED MOST OF THE POPULAR DIVERSIONS;
SELECTED FROM ANCIENT PAINTINGS. A NEW EDITION, WITH A COPIOUS INDEX,
BY WILLIAM HONE,
AUTHOR OF THE EVERY-DAY BOOK, TABLE BOOK, YEAR BOOK, ETC. LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG,
73, CHEAPSIDE.
1845.
J. Haddon, Printer, Castle Street, Finsbury.
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