The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3)
Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, etc, etc
William Hone
The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, etc, etc
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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.
PREFACE.
THE FRONTISPIECE. PETRARCH’S INKSTAND.
AN ODE, BY PETRARCH, To the Fountain of Valchiusa
AN ODE, BY PETRARCH, To the Fountain of Valchiusa
Vol. I.—1.
My Table Book.
Ode to the New Year From the Every Day Book: set to Music for the Table Book, By J. K.
The New Year.
HAGMAN-HEIGH.
SONNET ON THE NEW YEAR.
HAGMAN-HEIGH.
SONNET ON THE NEW YEAR.
Antiquities.
Westminster Abbey.
Westminster Abbey.
Biographical Memoranda.
Cometary Influence.
Two Painters.
Cometary Influence.
Two Painters.
Representation of a Pageant Vehicle and Play.
“The Thing to a T.”
Books.
Imagination.
Actors.
Home Department.
Potatoes.
Potatoes.
London.
Lost Children.
Ticket Porters.
Lost Children.
Ticket Porters.
Manners.
Oliver Cromwell.
Old Women.
Duel with a Bag.
“A New Matrimonial Plan.”
Oliver Cromwell.
Old Women.
Duel with a Bag.
“A New Matrimonial Plan.”
Topographical Memoranda.
Clerical Longevity.
Spelling for a Wake.
THE BEAUTIES OF SOMERSET. A BALLAD.
Clerical Longevity.
Spelling for a Wake.
THE BEAUTIES OF SOMERSET. A BALLAD.
Weather.
A new Hygrometer.
A new Hygrometer.
Omniana.
Calico Company.
The Red Kitten.
Calico Company.
The Red Kitten.
Twelfth-Day
SONNET TO A PRETTY GIRL IN A PASTRY-COOK’S SHOP.
“Holly Night” at Brough.
Note.
SONNET TO A PRETTY GIRL IN A PASTRY-COOK’S SHOP.
“Holly Night” at Brough.
Note.
Vol. I.—2.
Emigration of the Deer from Cranbourn Chase, 1826.
Cranbourn.
Affray in the Chase.
Buck-hunting.
Other Sports of Cranbourn Chase.
First Pack of Fox-hounds.
Origin of Cranbourn Chase.
Cranbourn.
Affray in the Chase.
Buck-hunting.
Other Sports of Cranbourn Chase.
First Pack of Fox-hounds.
Origin of Cranbourn Chase.
Barley-break.
Barla-breikis.
Barla-breikis.
Scraps.
Plate Tax.
The Dial.
Plate Tax.
The Dial.
Mock funeral of a Bath Chairman.
William Gifford, Esq.
Interesting Memoir of Mr. Gifford. By Himself—verbatim.
Mr. Gifford.
Mr. Gifford.
Omniana.
Advertisement.
Capital for Banking.
March of Intellect.
Missing a Style.
Advertisement.
Capital for Banking.
March of Intellect.
Missing a Style.
Vol. I.—3.
The Newsman.
The Drama.
License for enacting a Play.
License for enacting a Play.
THOMAS AIRAY, The Grassington Manager and his Theatrical Company, Craven, Yorkshire.
Literary Novelty.
The ancient River Fleet at Clerkenwell.
January.
Angling in January.
Plough Monday.
Angling in January.
Plough Monday.
Topography.
Willy-Howe, Yorkshire.
Horn Church in Essex.
Willy-Howe, Yorkshire.
Horn Church in Essex.
Customs.
The present Boar’s Head Carol.
Beating the Lapstone.
The present Boar’s Head Carol.
Beating the Lapstone.
Manners.
Gambling-houses a Century ago.
Gambling-houses a Century ago.
Omniana.
Taste.
Two Ravens, abroad.
Two Ravens, at home.
The last Tree of the Forest.
Miss Polly Baker.
Bread Seals.
Bleeding for our Country.
Taste.
Two Ravens, abroad.
Two Ravens, at home.
The last Tree of the Forest.
Miss Polly Baker.
Bread Seals.
Bleeding for our Country.
Social Happiness.
A Village New Year.
A Village New Year.
Vol. I.—4.
The last Likeness of the Duke of York.
SHAKSPEARE’S DUKES of YORK, &c.
OTHO, EARL OF YORK.
THE DUKES OF YORK.
The Dance of Torches.
SHAKSPEARE’S DUKES of YORK, &c.
OTHO, EARL OF YORK.
THE DUKES OF YORK.
The Dance of Torches.
Mr. Charles Lamb. To the Editor.
Garrick Plays. No. I.
Literature.
Glances at New Books on my Table.
SAYING NOT MEANING. By William Basil Wake. For the Table Book.
Glances at New Books on my Table.
SAYING NOT MEANING. By William Basil Wake. For the Table Book.
Characters.
THE OLD GENTLEMAN.
A HAPPY MEETING.
Lines to his Cousin ON THE NEW YEAR, By a Westminster Boy.
THE OLD GENTLEMAN.
A HAPPY MEETING.
Lines to his Cousin ON THE NEW YEAR, By a Westminster Boy.
GERMAN UNIVERSITIES.
Vol. I.—5.
Colley Cibber’s youngest Daughter.
AN INEDITED BALLAD.
The Outlandish Knight.
The Outlandish Knight.
PRIDE AND GOOD-WILL.
Garrick Plays. No. II.
Biographical Memoranda.
John Scot, a Fasting Fanatic.
Hart the Astrologer.
John Scot, a Fasting Fanatic.
Hart the Astrologer.
REV. THOMAS COOKE.
An Acrostic On a most beautiful and accomplished young Lady. London, 1748.
An Acrostic On a most beautiful and accomplished young Lady. London, 1748.
Varieties.
CURIOUS PLAY BILL.
It’s never too late to mend.
Conscience.
INSCRIPTION From the book at Rigi, in Switzerland.
CURIOUS PLAY BILL.
It’s never too late to mend.
Conscience.
INSCRIPTION From the book at Rigi, in Switzerland.
Winter.
A WINTER’S DAY.
A WINTER’S DAY.
TAKE NOTICE.
THE BAZAAR.
Omniana.
THE SEASON OUT OF TOWN.
THE SIEGE OF BELGRADE.
NAMES OF PLACES.
SONNET
THE SEASON OUT OF TOWN.
THE SIEGE OF BELGRADE.
NAMES OF PLACES.
SONNET
Vol. I.—6.
The Font of Harrow Church.
Garrick Plays. No. III.
THE CUSHION DANCE.
The Cushion Dance.
The Cushion Dance.
ST. SEPULCHRE’S BELL.
THE DEATH OF THE RED KING
London. Described by a Writer in 1634.
A FATHER’S HOME.
Stanmore Toll-House.
A FATHER’S HOME.
Stanmore Toll-House.
“STATUTES” AND “MOPS.”
HAM AND STILTON.
LOVES OF THE NEGROES. At New Paltz, United States. Phillis Schoonmaker v. Cuff Hogeboon.
THE RETROSPECT.
TIMBER IN BOGS.
MODES OF SALUTATION.
Omniana.
POETRY.
A Bad Sign.
INSCRIPTION For a Tomb to the Memory of Captain Hewitson, of the Ship, Town of Ulverston.
POETRY.
A Bad Sign.
INSCRIPTION For a Tomb to the Memory of Captain Hewitson, of the Ship, Town of Ulverston.
Vol. I.—7.
My Snuff-box.
Garrick Plays. No. IV.
THE TURK IN CHEAPSIDE
Literature.
Glances at New Books on my Table.
Glances at New Books on my Table.
Hiring Servants at a Statute Fair.
February 14. VALENTINE’S DAY.
French Valentines.
LEGEND OF ST. VALENTINE.
SONG For the 14th of February. By a General Lover.
French Valentines.
LEGEND OF ST. VALENTINE.
SONG For the 14th of February. By a General Lover.
AIR AND EXERCISE For Ladies.
A SONG.
London. MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.
THE SPELLS OF HOME.
BOOKS.
ETIQUETTE.
INDICATIONS. Written in the Frost. For the Table Book.
ADOPTION.
A Royal Simile.
Vol. I.—8.
Blind Hannah.
Garrick Plays. No. V.
Music.
GOD SAVE THE KING. John Bull.
COMPANY OF MUSICIANS of the City of London.
EFFECTS OF MUSIC.
GOD SAVE THE KING. John Bull.
COMPANY OF MUSICIANS of the City of London.
EFFECTS OF MUSIC.
Topography.
THE YORKSHIRE GIPSY.[61]
WILTSHIRE ABROAD AND AT HOME.
OLD BIRMINGHAM CONJURERS.
THE YORKSHIRE GIPSY.[61]
WILTSHIRE ABROAD AND AT HOME.
OLD BIRMINGHAM CONJURERS.
PATIENCE. For the Table Book
British Portraits.
DEATH’S DOINGS.
THE BARBER.
Books.
THE KING OF INDIA’S LIBRARY.
ENCOURAGEMENT TO AUTHORS.
POETICAL ADVICE.
THE KING OF INDIA’S LIBRARY.
ENCOURAGEMENT TO AUTHORS.
POETICAL ADVICE.
Anecdotes.
General Wolfe.
Dr. King—His PUN.
General Wolfe.
Dr. King—His PUN.
February.
Winter.
Winter.
Vol. I.—9.
Monument at Lucerne, designed by Thorwaldsen
Garrick Plays. No. VI.
The Drama.
CHARLOTTE CHARKE.
THE BLOODY HAND.
CHARLOTTE CHARKE.
THE BLOODY HAND.
Music.
ORGANS IN CHURCHES. The Temple Church.
ORGANS IN CHURCHES. The Temple Church.
MISERIES OF TRAVELLING.
Steam versus Coach.
Steam versus Coach.
THE UGLY CLUB.
Antiquities.
A Bronze Antique, found in the Thames
Antiquities.
A Bronze Antique, found in the Thames
JACK O’ LENT.
Shrove Tuesday AND Ash Wednesday.
Quinquagesima. Carnival in Spain.
THE LIEGE ALMANAC.
DISCOVERY OF MADEIRA.
Tomb of Macham’s Anna.
Tomb of Macham’s Anna.
Health.
GOOD EATING.
GOOD EATING.
Books.
READING ALOUD. By Margaret Duchess of Newcastle. 1671.
READING ALOUD. By Margaret Duchess of Newcastle. 1671.
Aphorisms. By Lavater.
Manners.
THE PARLIAMENT CLUBS.
RIGHT AND LEFT HAND.
THE PARLIAMENT CLUBS.
RIGHT AND LEFT HAND.
THE DEATH OF LEILA.
Omniana.
RATTING.
BUNGAY HAND-BILL.
NOMINATIVE CASE.
DISCOUNT FOR CASH.
SPORTING.
RATTING.
BUNGAY HAND-BILL.
NOMINATIVE CASE.
DISCOUNT FOR CASH.
SPORTING.
March.
“Stop and Read.”
“Stop and Read.”
Vol. I.—10.
The Story of the Scotch Soldier.
Highland Legend.
Marriage Customs.
HIGHLAND WEDDINGS.
FLINGING THE STOCKING.
HIGHLAND WEDDINGS.
FLINGING THE STOCKING.
Garrick Plays. No. VII.
Billy Boots.
The Drama.
“THE GREAT UNKNOWN” KNOWN.
“THE GREAT UNKNOWN” KNOWN.
Hot Meals.
POWELL, THE FIRE-EATER.
POWELL, THE FIRE-EATER.
Vol. I.—11.
March Fair, at Brough, Westmoreland.
THE TWELVE GEMS Of the Twelve Months.
Garrick Plays. No. VIII.
Necromancy.
THE DEAN OF BADAJOS. By the Abbe Blanchet.
THE DEAN OF BADAJOS. By the Abbe Blanchet.
Phrenology.
TO THE RHONE
ADVICE.
Tommy Sly, of Durham.
Topography.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
St. David’s Day.
THE LEEK.
THE WELSH HARP.
THE LEEK.
THE WELSH HARP.
THE WINTER’S MORN.
Characters.
MRS. AURELIA SPARR.
MRS. AURELIA SPARR.
Wine.
EWART’S OLD PORT.
EWART’S OLD PORT.
Beauty.
A NATURAL COMPLIMENT.
A NATURAL COMPLIMENT.
PERSIAN SONG OF HAFIZ.
“OUR LIVES AND PROPERTIES.”
A MUSICAL CRASH.
FASHIONABLE RELIGION.
A POLITE TOWN.
Vol. I.—12.
Hard Fare.
ACCOUNT OF A STONE-EATER.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A STONE EATER.
FRANCIS BATTALIA.
ACCOUNT OF A STONE-EATER.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A STONE EATER.
FRANCIS BATTALIA.
Garrick Plays. No. IX.
Characters.
AGRESTILLA.
FEMALE FRIENDSHIP.
LINES TO A SPARROW.
AGRESTILLA.
FEMALE FRIENDSHIP.
LINES TO A SPARROW.
THE BISHOP OF BUTTERBY. A Sketch, by one of his Prebendaries.
THE DRAYMAN.
SONNET. From the Spanish of Quevedo.
ACQUAINTANCE TABLE.
The Royal Table.
Origin of MARKING THE KING’S DISHES WITH THE COOKS’ NAMES.
Origin of MARKING THE KING’S DISHES WITH THE COOKS’ NAMES.
MONEY—WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
OLD MUG-HOUSES.
“AS DRUNK AS DAVID’S SOW.”
SINGULAR RETURN.
Suburban Sonnets.
I. ISLINGTON.
II. HAGBUSH LANE.
III. HIGHGATE.
I. ISLINGTON.
II. HAGBUSH LANE.
III. HIGHGATE.
Vol. I.—13.
Shepherd’s Well, Hampstead.
Garrick Plays. No. X.
ERRATA.
Garrick Plays, No. IX.
Garrick Plays, No. IX.
SNUFF AND TOBACCO.
THE SMOKER’S SONG.
THE SMOKER’S SONG.
Old Customs and Manners By JOHN AUBREY, 1678 Ex MS. Coll. Ashmol. Mus. Oxford.
Education.
Chimneys.
Painted Cloths.
Libels.
Christmas.
Easter.
Salutations.
Court Rudeness.
Travellers in France.
Private Heralds.
Private Armories.
Justices’ Halls.
Inns.
Gentry Meetings.
Hawking.
Church-houses—Poor-rates.
Glass Windows.
Men’s Coats.
Church-building.
New Moon.
Husbandry—Shepherds.
Architecture.
Trumpets—Sheriffs’ Trumpets.
Younger Brothers.
Learning, and learned Men.
Gentry and their Children.
Fans.
University Flogging.
Education.
Chimneys.
Painted Cloths.
Libels.
Christmas.
Easter.
Salutations.
Court Rudeness.
Travellers in France.
Private Heralds.
Private Armories.
Justices’ Halls.
Inns.
Gentry Meetings.
Hawking.
Church-houses—Poor-rates.
Glass Windows.
Men’s Coats.
Church-building.
New Moon.
Husbandry—Shepherds.
Architecture.
Trumpets—Sheriffs’ Trumpets.
Younger Brothers.
Learning, and learned Men.
Gentry and their Children.
Fans.
University Flogging.
Young Lambs to sell.
LINES ON HAPPINESS.
HUMAN LIFE.
VALEDICTORY STANZAS.
EFFECT OF CONSCIENCE.
Anecdotes OF HENRY THE GREAT.
Public Libel.
Libellous Drama.
Public Libel.
Libellous Drama.
CUSTOM AT SCARBOROUGH.
LINES TO A BARREL ORGAN.
MINISTERIAL FAVOUR.
DUDLEY OF PORTSMOUTH.
ROYAL DECISION.
Biographiana.
REV. THOMAS COOKE.
VERSES, Occasioned by the lamented Death of Mr. Alexander Pope.
REV. THOMAS COOKE.
VERSES, Occasioned by the lamented Death of Mr. Alexander Pope.
DUKE OF YORK Albany and Clarence.
DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS.
Riddle.
A LITERARY CHARACTER.
ANSWER TO THE PRECEDING.
A LITERARY CHARACTER.
ANSWER TO THE PRECEDING.
THE MERRY MONARCH, AND “BLYTHE COCKPEN.”
Topography.
SINGULAR INTERMENT.
ODD SIGNS.
SINGULAR INTERMENT.
ODD SIGNS.
Vol. I.—14.
Elvet Bridge, Durham.
Garrick Plays. No. XI.
ANCIENT WAGGERY.
How Maister Hobson hung out a lanterne and candlelight.
How Maister Hobson found out the Pye-stealer.
How Maister Hobson hung out a lanterne and candlelight.
How Maister Hobson found out the Pye-stealer.
THE FIRST VIOLET.
YORKSHIRE SAYING.
TO CONTENTMENT.
Biography.
PIETRE METASTASIO.
PIETRE METASTASIO.
A DEATH-BED: In a Letter to R. H. Esq. of B——.
LINES FOR THE Table Book.
WAVERLEY.
A Young Artist’s Letter FROM SWITZERLAND.
Gretna Green Marriages.
THE BLACKSMITH.
THE BLACKSMITH.
SPRING.
Eccentric Biography.
JAMES CHAMBERS.
JAMES CHAMBERS.
Vauxhall. A Dramatic Sketch.
TO MY TEA-KETTLE.
TO MY TEA-POT.
Vol. I.—15.
Stratford upon Avon Church.
Garrick Plays. No. XII.
Topography.
ST. MARGARET’S AT CLIFF.
ST. MARGARET’S AT CLIFF.
TO A SEA-WEED Picked up after a Storm.
MARRIAGE OF THE SEA.
OLD COIN INSCRIPTIONS.
THE LADY AND THE TROUBADOUR.
THE GOLDEN TOOTH.
LE REVENANT.
Blind Willie, the Newcastle Minstrel.
FARMERS.
A REVERIE.
HIGHLAND TRADITION.
Macgregor.
Macgregor.
HY-JINKS. A Scotch Amusement.
Clubs.
THE SILENT CLUB.
CHARLESTOWN UGLY CLUB.[104]
THE SILENT CLUB.
CHARLESTOWN UGLY CLUB.[104]
SUMMER DRINKS.
Imperial.
Sherbet.
Lemon Water.
Ginger Beer.
Imperial.
Sherbet.
Lemon Water.
Ginger Beer.
CABBAGE, AND TAILORS.
ETYMOLOGY.
ORGANS.
PERPLEXING MARRIAGES.
STEPS RE-TRACED.
Street Circulars. No. I.
WHISTLING JOE.
WHISTLING JOE.
Vol. I.—16.
Maundy Thursday. The Thursday before Good Friday.
Good Friday—Easter. “Visiting the Churches” in France.
PHLEBOTOMY.
OLD CEREMONIES, &c.
Order of the Maunday, made at Greenwich on the 19th of March, 1572; 14 Eliz. From No. 6183 Add. MSS. in the British Museum.
Extracts from the churchwarden’s accompts of the parish of St. Helen, in Abingdon, Berkshire, from the first year of the reign of Philip and Mary, to the thirty-fourth of Q. Elizabeth, now in the possession of the Rev. Mr. George Benson. With some Observations on them, by the late professor J. Ward.
Observations, &c. on the preceding Charges.
Order of the Maunday, made at Greenwich on the 19th of March, 1572; 14 Eliz. From No. 6183 Add. MSS. in the British Museum.
Extracts from the churchwarden’s accompts of the parish of St. Helen, in Abingdon, Berkshire, from the first year of the reign of Philip and Mary, to the thirty-fourth of Q. Elizabeth, now in the possession of the Rev. Mr. George Benson. With some Observations on them, by the late professor J. Ward.
Observations, &c. on the preceding Charges.
Garrick Plays. No. XIII.
The Old Bear Garden AT BANKSIDE, SOUTHWARK.
Literature.
A NEW POEM. “Ahab, in four Cantos. By S. R. Jackson.”
A NEW POEM. “Ahab, in four Cantos. By S. R. Jackson.”
PULPIT CLOCKS, AND HOUR GLASSES.
Easter.
RESTORATION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION IN FRANCE.
Easter at Portaferry, Belfast, &c.
RESTORATION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION IN FRANCE.
Easter at Portaferry, Belfast, &c.
OLD MAP OF SCOTLAND.
PEN BEHIND THE EAR—PAPER.
Suburban Sonnets.
IV. HAMPSTEAD.
V. THE NEW RIVER.
VI. MINERVA TERRACE, ISLINGTON.
IV. HAMPSTEAD.
V. THE NEW RIVER.
VI. MINERVA TERRACE, ISLINGTON.
Vol. I.—17.
London Cries.
Garrick Plays. No. XIV.
To my esteemed Friend, and excellent Musician, V. N., Esq.
To my esteemed Friend, and excellent Musician, V. N., Esq.
Etymology.
“For the NONCE.”
“For the NONCE.”
THE BANQUET OF THE DEAD, OR GENERAL BIBO’S TALE. A Legend of Kirby Malhamdale Church-yard, Craven, Yorkshire.
Proem.
Legend.
Proem.
Legend.
SALT.
A CORPORATION.
House at Kirkby-Moorside, Yorkshire
Literature.
“Servian popular Poetry, translated by John Bowring,” 1827.
“Servian popular Poetry, translated by John Bowring,” 1827.
GRETNA GREEN.
SCOTCH ADAM AND EVE.
BOA CONSTRICTOR.
Varia.
PIOUS DIRECTION POST.
MARSEILLES.
PIOUS DIRECTION POST.
MARSEILLES.
Law.
CHANCERY.
A DECLARATION IN LAW.
LAW AND PHYSIC.
“THE NAUGHTY PLACE.”
CHANCERY.
A DECLARATION IN LAW.
LAW AND PHYSIC.
“THE NAUGHTY PLACE.”
Vol. I.—18.
May-Day at Lynn in Norfolk.
“Indictment of Flora.”
ACCOUNT OF A MAY-DAY COLLATION
MAY-DAY CHEESES.
“Indictment of Flora.”
ACCOUNT OF A MAY-DAY COLLATION
MAY-DAY CHEESES.
Easter.
EASTER-BOX.
EASTER-BOX.
DOCTOR GIBBS, alias “HUCK’N!”
Armorial Bearing OF THE LORD OF THE MANOR OF Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire.
May-Day Dance in 1698.
ISABELLA COLOUR.
Garrick Plays. No. XV.
THE GOOD CLERK.
Defoeana. No. I.
THE TRADESMAN.
THE TRADESMAN.
MANNERS OF A SPRUCE LONDON MERCER, AND HIS FEMALE CUSTOMER, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
CURING OF HERRINGS.
Poetry.
TO JOVE THE BENEFICENT.
TO JOVE THE BENEFICENT.
Varia.
WILSON AND SHUTER.
KITTY WHITE’S PARENTHESIS.
LADY WALLIS AND Mr. HARRIS.
SMOKY CHIMNIES.
OLD ENGLISH PROVERB.
WILSON AND SHUTER.
KITTY WHITE’S PARENTHESIS.
LADY WALLIS AND Mr. HARRIS.
SMOKY CHIMNIES.
OLD ENGLISH PROVERB.
Vol. I.—19.
OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ADMIRAL.
Milton Hundred, Kent.
Garrick Plays. No. XVI.
Theatrical Customs.
PLAY-BILLS.
PLAY-BILLS.
THE LINNET FANCY.
Foundation of the LONDON UNIVERSITY.
Syr Delaballe ande the Moncke. A LEGENDE OFFE TINMOUTHE PRIORIE.
ON THE ABOVE LEGEND.
ON THE ABOVE LEGEND.
Vol. I.—20.
On Chatham Hill.
GREENGROCERS’ DEVICES.
Garrick Plays. No. XVII.
Dissertations on Doomsday.
§ I. Name.
§ II. Date.
§ III. Origin and Object.
§ IV. Mode of Execution.
PRINCIPAL MATTERS NOTICED IN THIS RECORD.
§ I. Name.
§ II. Date.
§ III. Origin and Object.
§ IV. Mode of Execution.
PRINCIPAL MATTERS NOTICED IN THIS RECORD.
I. ANCIENT TENURE. II. MODERN ANECDOTE.
Tenure of the ancient Manor of Bilsington Priory, the Seat of Thomas Carr Rider, Esq.
Anecdote of the illustrious Washington and the celebrated Admiral Vernon, Uncle to the late Earl of Shipbrook.
Tenure of the ancient Manor of Bilsington Priory, the Seat of Thomas Carr Rider, Esq.
Anecdote of the illustrious Washington and the celebrated Admiral Vernon, Uncle to the late Earl of Shipbrook.
Zoology.
I. THE KING’S OSTRICH.
II. THE HORSE ECLIPSE.
I. THE KING’S OSTRICH.
II. THE HORSE ECLIPSE.
THE EVENING LARK.
THE VOICE OF SPRING.
MOTHERING SUNDAY.
Defoeana. No. II.
MIXED BREEDS; OR, EDUCATION THROWN AWAY.
CHINESE IDOL.
MIXED BREEDS; OR, EDUCATION THROWN AWAY.
CHINESE IDOL.
MANNERS OF A LONDON WATERMAN, AND HIS FARE, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
May.
MAY GOSLINGS.—MAY BATHERS.
SAILORS ON THE FIRST OF MAY.
MAY GOSLINGS.—MAY BATHERS.
SAILORS ON THE FIRST OF MAY.
NAVAL ANECDOTE.
THE “RIGHT” LORD LOVAT.
FAST-PUDDING. Extract from the Famous Historie of Friar Bacon. How Friar Bacon deceived his Man, that would fast for conscience sake.
CLERICAL ERRORS.
REMARKABLE EPITAPH.
A MODERN MYSTERY.
ODD SIGN.
Vol. I.—21.
SNUFFERS.
Garrick Plays. No. XVIII.
Scylla and Charybdis. Ancient and Present State.
Scylla.
Charybdis.
Scylla.
Charybdis.
Scylla.
Charybdis.
Scylla.
Charybdis.
A FRAGMENT.
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND: OR, MANNERS OF LONDON MERCHANTS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
CHILTERN HUNDREDS.
THE PITMAN.
THE NORTHERN STAR.
British Mines.
Angling
AT THAMES DITTON.
TICKLING TROUT.
AT THAMES DITTON.
TICKLING TROUT.
THE CLERKS OF CORNWALL.
Custom OBSERVED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANTS OF IRELAND.
THE BACHELOR’S PLAINT. An Ode of the olden Time.
BRUMMELLIANA.
Vol. I.—22.
The Crooked Billet, on Penge Common.
Witchcraft.
THE MOUNTAIN ASH.
THE MOUNTAIN ASH.
A PARTICULAR DIRECTION.
Garrick Plays. No. XIX.
THE FIRST BUTTERFLY.
KING JAMES I. AT DURHAM.
MARCH OF INTELLECT.
Conversations of Maturin.
Conversations of Maturin.
Old London Cries, No. II.
MR. HOBDAY’S GALLERY. No. 54, Pall-mall.
Topography.
ORIGINAL NOTICE.
ORIGINAL NOTICE.
PRONUNCIATION.
EMIGRATION OF THE ROOKS FROM CARLTON GARDENS, 1827.
MUSIC AND ANIMALS.
IRISHMEN ON A HOLIDAY.
LONDON HOLIDAYS.
THE HUSBANDMEN OF HINDU.
ROUND ROBIN.
NAMES.
A SEA BULL.
CHEERFUL FUNERAL.
ANECDOTE. Charles I. and Parliaments.
THE YANKEE CAUGHT IN HIS OWN TRAP.
Vol. I.—23.
Bridge on the Road to Beckenham.
Garrick Plays. No. XX.
Plays and Players.
Stoicism.
Directions to Players.
Plays and Players.
Stoicism.
Directions to Players.
THE DIVER OF CHARYBDIS.
COUNTRY LITTLE KNOWN.
SPECTROLOGY. A Remarkable Narrative.
The Porch of Beckenham Church-yard.
THE TWO GRAVES.
THE WHITE LADY. A romantic and true Anecdote.
DUELS.
ANSWER TO A CHALLENGE.
SIGNS OF LOVE, AT OXFORD. By an Inn-consolable Lover.
Prolific Writers.
WILLIAM PRYNNE.
FRENCH PAMPHLETEER.
LOVE’S PROGRESS OF A TOBACCONIST.
THE LORD CHANCELLOR.
Anonymiana.
The great Lord Chancellor.
Chancery.
Diligence and Delight.
Pamphlet, Palm, Palmistry.
Cambridge Wit.
Gradual Reform.
Private and Public.
A Hundred to One.
The great Lord Chancellor.
Chancery.
Diligence and Delight.
Pamphlet, Palm, Palmistry.
Cambridge Wit.
Gradual Reform.
Private and Public.
A Hundred to One.
THE CHILD OF MIGHT.
Vol. I.—24.
The old Water Carrier.
Garrick Plays. No. XXI.
THE STUART PAPERS, In Possession of the King.
THE PLANETS.
Their Comparative Sizes and Positions.
Their Comparative Sizes and Positions.
ACCOUNT OF THE BEE-EATER Of Selborne, Hampshire.
Poor’s-Box in Cawston Church, Norfolk.
Poetry.
ANGEL HELP.[217]
COWPER.
ANGEL HELP.[217]
COWPER.
HIGHLAND DEER AND SHEEP.
HIGHLAND MEALS.
TREAD MILLS.
Extraordinary ORAN-OUTANG, The Wild Man of the Woods.
A LITTLE LEARNING — “not a dangerous thing.”
FIGURES, AND NUMBERS.
NUMBER X, 10.
NUMBER X, 10.
Omniana.
FOX, THE QUAKER.
DIVING-BELLS.
GAMING.
THE TANNER. An Epigram.
FRIENDSHIP ON THE NAIL.
FOX, THE QUAKER.
DIVING-BELLS.
GAMING.
THE TANNER. An Epigram.
FRIENDSHIP ON THE NAIL.
Notice TO THE CHANCE CUSTOMERS OF THE COMPANY OF FLYING STATIONERS.
Vol. I.—25.
Beckenham Church, Kent.
GONE or GOING.
Scottish Legends.
HIGHLAND SCENERY.
INISHAIL.
FRAOCH ELAN.
RIVAL CHIEFS.
HIGHLAND SCENERY.
INISHAIL.
FRAOCH ELAN.
RIVAL CHIEFS.
MY ARM-CHAIR.
Garrick’s Plays. No. XXII.
WELSH WEDDINGS.
CUMBERLAND WEDDINGS.
A GOOD EXCUSE.
EARLY RISING.
PUNCTUALITY. “A Quarter before.”
Vol. I.—26.
Reading the Newspaper.
Garrick Plays. No. XXIII.
The Drama.
KING JOHN AND MATILDA.
KING JOHN AND MATILDA.
THE PHANTOM LIGHT
A GROVE The Formation of one with a View to the Picturesque.
GROVES AND HIGH PLACES.
West Wickham Church, Kent.
Topography.
GODSTOW NUNNERY, Near Oxford.
ST. MARY MAGDALEN, BERMONDSEY, SURREY.
BROUGH, WESTMORELAND.
GODSTOW NUNNERY, Near Oxford.
ST. MARY MAGDALEN, BERMONDSEY, SURREY.
BROUGH, WESTMORELAND.
TO MY PSEUDO-MUSE.
BATHING.
Rural Sports.
ANGLING.
ANGLING.
GOOD-LIVING. A Domestic Scene.
DRINKING.
KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORLD By St. Evremond.
THE TONGA ISLANDS.
SENSIBILITY IN A RAVEN.
DIAMONDS.
STOICAL WIT.
CAMBRIDGE WIT.
SENTENCES Worthy to be got by Heart.
Vol. I.—27.
INDEXES.
I. THE GENERAL INDEX.
II. CORRESPONDENTS’ INDEX.
III. INDEX TO THE POETRY.
IV. INDEX TO THE ENGRAVINGS.
I. THE GENERAL INDEX.
II. CORRESPONDENTS’ INDEX.
III. INDEX TO THE POETRY.
IV. INDEX TO THE ENGRAVINGS.
Vol. II.—28.
The Gimmal Ring.
Garrick Plays. No. XXIV.
MAID MARIAN.
RIVAL ITALIAN DRAMATISTS.
NATURAL CURIOSITIES OF DERBYSHIRE.
Extracts from the Journal of a Tourist.
Epitaph.
Another.
Extracts from the Journal of a Tourist.
Epitaph.
Another.
BRIBERY.
The Retired Husbandman.
A DIALOGUE BETWEEN VIRTUE AND DEATH,
ANCIENT DIAL.
PETER HERVE.
CABALISTIC ERUDITION.
OFFERINGS TO INFANTS.
Christening Customs.
Christening Customs.
BUNYAN’S HOLY WAR DRAMATISED.
GENTLEMEN OF THE PARISH.
THE ANGLER.
CLOSING THE EYES.
LITERARY INGENUITY.
ST. JAMES’S PARK.
ON CHANGE.
Anonymiana.
The Jews-harp.
Quid pro Quo.
Father and Son.
Living Well.
Country Dances.
The Vine.
Posthumous Honour.
The King’s Arms.
The Jews-harp.
Quid pro Quo.
Father and Son.
Living Well.
Country Dances.
The Vine.
Posthumous Honour.
The King’s Arms.
Vol. II.—29.
Keston Cross.
The Tavern, 1628,
The Tavern, 1628,
Garrick Plays. No. XXV.
Poetry.
VOLUNTEER REMINISCENCES.
Sham-Fights and Invasion.
Sham-Fights and Invasion.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. I.
THE GOSSIP AND STARE.
NAVAL MANNERS.
LEGAL RECREATION.
CANONS OF DESCENT. By an Apprentice of the Law.
FRENCH JUDICIAL AUTHORITY.
A LONG MINUET.
Vol. II.—30.
The Bishop’s Well, Bromley, Kent.
MISS KELLY.
Garrick Plays. No. XXVI.
Life of an Usurer. HUGH AUDLEY.
AVARICE.
ECONOMY.
Mrs. Gilpin riding to Edmonton.
SAWSTON CROSS.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. II.
MECHANICAL POWER.
MANUFACTURING CELERITY.
BALLAD. Suggested on reading the Novel Of “Castle Baynard.”
HELL BRIDGE.
Clubs AT BIRMINGHAM.
HYPOCHONDRIA.
Prisons, ANCIENT AND MODERN.
AN ENGLISH PRISON A. D. 1827.
HORSHAM GAOL, SUSSEX.
AN ENGLISH PRISON A. D. 1827.
HORSHAM GAOL, SUSSEX.
ODE To a Sparrow alighting before the Judges’ Chambers in Serjeant’s Inn, Fleet-street.
Vol. II.—31.
Ancient Door of Bromley Church.
Garrick Plays. No. XXVII.
JAMES THOMSON.
QUIPOES.
SPANISH MYSTERIES.
PORTUGUESE MYSTERIES.
POACHING.
HAPPY UNION.
Fine View. LEITH HILL, NEAR DORKING.
PARSIMONY.
ON A LADY, A Great Cardplayer, who married a Gardener.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. III.
DISTRESSES OF MEN OF GENIUS.
ON CHANGE. No. II.
THE GRETNA GREEN PARSONS.
A BLACK DREAM.
A MUCH-INJURED MAN.
GRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTION.
Vol. II.—32.
A LOVER OF ART TO HIS SON.
Garrick Plays. No. XXVIII.
NATURAL CURIOSITIES OF DERBYSHIRE.
Further Extracts from the Journal of a Tourist.[295]
Further Extracts from the Journal of a Tourist.[295]
August. THE FRUIT MARKETS OF LONDON AND PARIS IN THIS MONTH.
The Lee Penny.
THE DEVIL’S PUNCH-BOWL.[298]
JERRY ABERSHAW AND THE MEN IN CHAINS.
REMARKABLE EPITAPHS.
At Penryn.
At Staverton.
At Loch Rausa.
On Mr. Bywater.
On a Miser.
At Penryn.
At Staverton.
At Loch Rausa.
On Mr. Bywater.
On a Miser.
KING HENRY II. Described by Giraldus Cambrensis, Who accompanied him (as he afterwards did King John) into Ireland, A. D. 1172.
AMSTERDAM—WITHOUT WATER.
REASON, If not Rhyme.
SONG, Imitated from the German of Hölty.
SWEETHEART SEEING.
THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING.
Controversy.
Speech.
Adversity, a good Teacher.
Example.
Standard of Value.
Luck and Labour.
Earning the best getting.
Early Hours.
Indications of the State-pulse.
Overwise and otherwise.
Controversy.
Speech.
Adversity, a good Teacher.
Example.
Standard of Value.
Luck and Labour.
Earning the best getting.
Early Hours.
Indications of the State-pulse.
Overwise and otherwise.
Vol. II.—33.
Robert Millhouse
AN INFERNAL PALINDROME.
Garrick Plays. No. XXIX.
RIDICULE.
RIDICULOUS SITUATIONS.
Literary Nurserymen.
A Princess a-pick-a-pack.
Literary Nurserymen.
A Princess a-pick-a-pack.
The Quintain.
DAVID LOVE.
THINGS WORTH REMEMBERING.
Be Honest.
A Definition.
Take Care.
Keep an Account.
There’s no such thing as Ill Luck.
Our Enjoyments are conditional.
Our real Wants are few.
Moderate your Desires.
Many a Little makes a Mickle.
As the Twig is bent, the Tree inclines.
There are true and false Facts.
Be Honest.
A Definition.
Take Care.
Keep an Account.
There’s no such thing as Ill Luck.
Our Enjoyments are conditional.
Our real Wants are few.
Moderate your Desires.
Many a Little makes a Mickle.
As the Twig is bent, the Tree inclines.
There are true and false Facts.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. IV.
MR. EPHRAIM WAGSTAFF, HIS WIFE AND PIPE.
AN ULTRA-MARINER.
ANTIPATHIES.
THE LACTEALS IN A MOLE.
LOUIS GONZAGA TO MARIE MANCINI. Florence, 1649.
POINTS OF CHARACTER.
A Prime Minister.
A Prelate.
A Huntsman.
A Prime Minister.
A Prelate.
A Huntsman.
Vol. II.—34.
My Desk.
WRITING DESKS.
Topographiana.
WILTS’ LOCAL CUSTOM. DANCING ROUND THE HARROW.
BAKEWELL, DERBYSHIRE. Ancient Monuments and Inscriptions in the Church.
WILTS’ LOCAL CUSTOM. DANCING ROUND THE HARROW.
BAKEWELL, DERBYSHIRE. Ancient Monuments and Inscriptions in the Church.
ERASMUS.
Garrick Plays. No. XXX.
Ancient Music SUPERIOR TO MODERN.
MUSICAL ANECDOTES.
A grand Movement.
An Accompaniment.
A grand Movement.
An Accompaniment.
BEETHOVEN.
ANNE DE MONTMORENCY.
Fac-simile of a French Assignat for Ten Sous, Referred to in the following Communication
BUYING AND SELLING.
LONGEVITY Of a remarkable Highlander.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. V.
Of Bodies—the Incorporeality of their Elements.—Leibnitz.
Of Animated Nature.—Buffon.
Of Bodies—the Incorporeality of their Elements.—Leibnitz.
Of Animated Nature.—Buffon.
GRASSHOPPERS.
WASPS.
THE BARLEY-MOW.
HANGING THE SHUTTLE.
THE STEPS OF PERFECTION. Paraphrased from the Latin of John Owen.
NEWSPAPER ORTHOGRAPHY, 1682.
Poetry.
NIXON’S PROPHECIES.—MR. CANNING.
The Death of Mr. Canning predicted by Nixon, the Astrologer.
The Death of Mr. Canning predicted by Nixon, the Astrologer.
BUSH EELS.
Vol. II.—35.
Case containing the Heart of Lord Edward Bruce, AT CULROSS ABBEY.
HEART BURIAL.
POETICAL QUID PRO QUO.
POCKETS.
POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS.
PICKPOCKETS.
Garrick Plays No. XXXI.
FURS.—TIPPETS AND SCARFS.
BUDGE BACHELORS.—BUDGE-ROW.
DAIRY POETRY.
THE OLD ARM CHAIR.
THE OLD ARM CHAIR.
SONNET
THE QUINTAIN.
A FARTHING LORD.
SINGULAR TOLL. Skipton in Craven.
A CURIOUS NARRATIVE.
Prince George of Denmark, and Sir John and Lady Duddlestone.
Prince George of Denmark, and Sir John and Lady Duddlestone.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. VI.
The Corpuscular Philosophy.
Motion—its Acceleration—the Fall of Bodies.
The Corpuscular Philosophy.
Motion—its Acceleration—the Fall of Bodies.
GRASSINGTON THEATRICALS.
THE GIN ACT—NAMES OF DRAMS.
A YOUNG POET’S OWN EPITAPH.
TIME.
HACKERSTON’S COW.
ROPE-RIDING ON HORSEBACK, ON ST. MARK’S DAY AT VENICE.
REV MR. WILSON, THE MAN IN THE MOON.
SUMMER SHOWERS—SCORCHED LEAVES.
ROYAL SUMMER-HOUSE, IN SIAM.
SPANISH PUNCTILIO.
BOSWELLIANA.
BOWEL COMPLAINTS. A Recipe.
Epitaph ON A MARINE OFFICER
Vol. II.—36.
Nathan Coward, Glover and Poet, of Dersingham, Norfolk.
PETER AND MARY.
Garrick Plays. No. XXXII.
WHITTLE SHEEPSHANKS, ESQ.
MY “HOME.”
THE BLACKBERRY BLOSSOM. Written in Epping Forest.
NOTES ON A TOUR, CHIEFLY PEDESTRIAN, FROM SKIPTON IN CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE, TO KESWICK, IN CUMBERLAND.
GENDERS.—JAMES HARRIS.
WHAT IS LIFE?
DOCTOR LETTSOM.
A FAREWELL.
“PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.”
TOMMY MITCHESON, OF DURHAM.
A MAN-LIKING BIRD.
PENNY A LOT.
FISH.
Vol. II.—37.
Hogarth embarking at the Isle of Grain.
MR. GOSTLING’S ACCOUNT OF HOGARTH’S TOUR.
MR. GOSTLING’S ACCOUNT OF HOGARTH’S TOUR.
Vol. II.—38.
The Diet of Augsburgh Commemoration Medal.
HIGHLAND EMIGRATION.
Garrick Plays. No. XXXIII.
THOU AND YOU, IN POETRY.
HARVEST-CATCH IN NORFOLK.
POTTED VENISON.
THE DEFEAT OF TIME; OR A TALE OF THE FAIRIES.
PARODIES ON HORACE.
A GENTLEMAN’S FASHION.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. VII.
Gravity, Attraction—the Law of Squaring the Distances—Centripetal and Centrifugal Force.
Gravity, Attraction—the Law of Squaring the Distances—Centripetal and Centrifugal Force.
AVON MILL, WILTS. The Gleaning or Leasing Cake.
SONG.
TRASHING. A Bridal Custom in Yorkshire.
BILBOCQUET.
REMARKABLE CHARACTERS.
I.—Erasmus.
II.—Nicholas Wood, the Glutton.
I.—Erasmus.
II.—Nicholas Wood, the Glutton.
JUST JUDGMENT. A good Judge, and a good Jury.
OLD ENGLISH ALE.
A SOLDIER’S AGE.
COUNSELS AND CAUTIONS By Dr. A. Hunter.
Beware!
Travelling.
Building Repairs.
Your Staircase.
Housekeeping.
Enough should suffice.
Loquacity.
Beware!
Travelling.
Building Repairs.
Your Staircase.
Housekeeping.
Enough should suffice.
Loquacity.
Vol. II.—39.
The noted John Cooke of Exeter.
Garrick Plays. No. XXXIV.
BEAR AND TENTER.
GLANCES AT BOOKS ON MY TABLE.
ARUM—CUCKOO-PINT—STARCH-WORT.
MEMORIALS OF JOHN KEATS.
FUNERALS IN CUMBERLAND.
BIDDEN WEDDINGS In Cumberland.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. VIII.
The Milky Way.
The Fixed Stars—Plurality of Worlds.
Satellites.—Vortices.
The Milky Way.
The Fixed Stars—Plurality of Worlds.
Satellites.—Vortices.
RELIQUIÆ THOMSONIANA.
THE BERKSHIRE MISER.
A BALLAD. For the Table Book.
A BALLAD. For the Table Book.
Vol. II.—40.
Garrick Plays. No. XXXV.
IMPERIAL FATE.
ILL-FATED ROYAL FAMILIES.
The Line of Charlemagne.
The Stuarts.
The Line of Charlemagne.
The Stuarts.
Original Poetry.
TALES OF TINMOUTHE PRIORIE. No. I.
TALES OF TINMOUTHE PRIORIE. No. I.
MY POCKET-BOOK.
WOMEN.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. IX.
Sir Isaac Newton’s Theory of Colours indicated by Pythagoras and Plato.
Light—Aristotle and Descartes.
Sir Isaac Newton’s Theory of Colours indicated by Pythagoras and Plato.
Light—Aristotle and Descartes.
Durhamiana.
WILLEY WALKER AND JOHN BOLTON.
WILLEY WALKER AND JOHN BOLTON.
A SENSUALIST AND HIS CONSCIENCE.
PLAYWRIGHT-ING.
EPIGRAM.
THE ROMANS.
A LITERARY BLUNDER.
TREASURE DIGGING.
PERSONAL CHARMS DISCLAIMED.
FORCIBLE ABDUCTION.
POLITENESS.
A FRENCH TRIBUTE TO ENGLISH INTEGRITY.
DEVONSHIRE WRESTLING.
Vol. II.—41.
Penn and the Indians.
QUAKERS. Origin of the Term.
The Will OF JOHN KEATS, THE POET.
Old London Cries.
ANTIQUARIAN MEMORANDUM.
Chair at Page’s Lock.
Chair at Page’s Lock.
MINISTER OF KIRKBY LONSDALE, KIRKBY KENDAL.—LUNE BRIDGE.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. X.
The Copernican System that of the Ancients.
The Copernican System that of the Ancients.
GRAVESEND.
A Mother and her Children.
Copy of the Letter.
A Mother and her Children.
Copy of the Letter.
“POOR BILLY W——.”
ABORIGENES.
TASTING DAYS.
CURIOUS SIGN.
ORDERS TO MARCH.
Vol. II.—42.
The Broom-maker’s at Shirley Common, Surrey.
THE WOOD FEAST.
CHOOSING COMMON CONSTABLES.
Garrick Plays. No. XXXVI.
ÆSOP IN RUSSIA. Peter the Great’s Summer Garden.
LOVE OF GARDENS In distinguished Men.
DUTCH ROYAL GARDEN AND SCHEVELING SCENERY. Described by the Deputation of the Caledonian Horticultural Society.
SCHEVELING. Avenues of Trees.
Fishery—Fishing Vessels, &c.
Coast—Fishwomen—Cart Dogs.
Fish-market—Storks
SCHEVELING. Avenues of Trees.
Fishery—Fishing Vessels, &c.
Coast—Fishwomen—Cart Dogs.
Fish-market—Storks
Michaelmas.
CRABBING FOR HUSBANDS
CRABBING FOR HUSBANDS
A Young Ash Tree, SHIRLEY HEATH, WARWICKSHIRE, Used for Charms.
TREES Poetically and Nationally regarded.
THE PEARL. A Persian Fable.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. XI.
Comets.
The Moon.
Comets.
The Moon.
MEDICAL AND LEGAL DUALITY.
Two Physicians.
Two Lawyers.
Two Physicians.
Two Lawyers.
THE HAUNTED MILL.
COUNSELS AND SAYINGS, By Dr. A. Hunter.
GERMAN EPIGRAMS
PRUSSIAN COURT MOURNING.
MI-EAU IN AMERICA.
A CAPITAL EXTEMPORE
PETITION OF THE LETTER H TO ITS DECIDED ENEMIES.
THE GLORIOUS MEMORY.
ERRATA.
Vol. II.—43.
Catherine Mompesson’s Tomb at Eyam.
SUMMER AND THE POET.
Mompesson’s Pulpit in the Rock.
SUMMER AND THE POET.
Mompesson’s Pulpit in the Rock.
Garrick Plays. No. XXXVII.
Wrestling IN CORNWALL AND DEVONSHIRE.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. XII.
Ether—Weight and Elasticity of the Air—Air-guns.
Ether—Weight and Elasticity of the Air—Air-guns.
INSCRIBED ON A SIGN At Castle Cary, Somerset.
Manners and Customs.
Provincial Sayings, &c.
Harvest-home Call, in the County of Durham.
An old Yorkshire May-Game.
Christmas Pie.
Oliver Cromwell’s Weddings.
Electioneering.
Provincial Sayings, &c.
Harvest-home Call, in the County of Durham.
An old Yorkshire May-Game.
Christmas Pie.
Oliver Cromwell’s Weddings.
Electioneering.
A RARE BROAD FARTHING!
SIR WALTER SCOTT.
ADVICE
To “Look at Home!”
Advice for a broken Limb.
Sincere Advice.
Advice for Judging of Poetry.
To “Look at Home!”
Advice for a broken Limb.
Sincere Advice.
Advice for Judging of Poetry.
A NOMINAL ACCIDENT.
Vol. II.—44.
The Revolution-house at Whittington, Derbyshire.
VIRTUOUS DESPOTISM. Character of Alia Bhye.
UXBRIDGE AND THE TREATY HOUSE.
Remarkable Cooking Fountain, &c.
Remarkable Cooking Fountain, &c.
LONDON WATCHMEN.
Garrick Plays. No. XXXVIII.
THE ACTING OF CHILDREN.
A Dumb Peal of Grandsire Triples.
THE CONDEMNED SHIP AND THE FALLS OF NIAGARA.
NAVARINO.
COUNSELS AND SAYINGS. By Dr. A. Hunter.
Vol. II.—45.
St. John’s Well, at Harpham, Yorkshire.
St. John of Beverley.
BEVERLEY THE STRONG MAN.
St. John of Beverley.
BEVERLEY THE STRONG MAN.
Garrick Plays. No. XXXIX.
PLAYERS—GHOST LAYERS.
EX-THESPIANISM.
SILCHESTER, HANTS.
TO THE NIGHTSHADE.
The Velocitas, Or Malton, Driffield, and Hull Fly Boat
SHEEPSHEARING IN CUMBERLAND.
DR. GRAHAM.
STORKS.
VARIA.
Newspaper Readers.
Fires in London.
Henry VIII. and his Peers.
Female Sheriffs and Justices.
Newspaper Readers.
Fires in London.
Henry VIII. and his Peers.
Female Sheriffs and Justices.
WOMEN.
DOWER.
SANS CHANGER.
CASUALTIES OF THE ANCIENTS.
THE HOUR OF PRIME.
THE SOLDIER’S RETURN. A Fragment.
Vol. II.—46.
George Watson, the Sussex Calculator.
Garrick Plays. No. XL.
“BURNING THE WITCH” At Bridlington, &c.
WITCHCRAFT
OLD HOUSES AND FURNITURE.
LONDINIANA.
Thomsoniana.
AN OLD SONG RESTORED “Busy, curious, thirsty Fly.”
HERMITS.
St. Romuald.
Amadeus, Duke of Savoy.
A HERMIT’S MEDITATION.
St. Romuald.
Amadeus, Duke of Savoy.
A HERMIT’S MEDITATION.
CURIOUS ANECDOTES OF BIRMINGHAM MANUFACTURERS AND MANUFACTURES.
Button.
Buckle.
Guns.
Leather.
Steel.
Brass Works.
Nails.
Bellows.
Thread.
Button.
Buckle.
Guns.
Leather.
Steel.
Brass Works.
Nails.
Bellows.
Thread.
PRESERVATION OF FLOWERS.
LETTER FROM A VILLAGE. To Mr. Charles Pickworth.
GRASSINGTON FEAST. Clock Dressings.
A FRAGMENT Found in a Skeleton Case at the Royal Academy, Supposed to have been written by one of the Students, and deposited there by him.
ANECDOTE OF A MAGPIE.
THE ARTIST.
Vol. II.—47.
The Giants IN THE LORD MAYOR’S SHOW, AND IN GUILDHALL.
The Giants in Guildhall
The Giants in Guildhall
NORWICH GUILD. Mayor’s Feast, Temp. Elizabeth.
Garrick Plays. No. XLI.
1st.
2nd.
3rd.
Apologetical Preface, following these:
1st.
2nd.
3rd.
Apologetical Preface, following these:
Lodge and Avenue at Holwood, The Residence of John Ward, Esq. formerly of the late Right Hon. William Pitt.
Account of Holwood.
Account of Holwood.
THE PLAGUE AT EYAM, AND THE REV. THOMAS STANLEY.
THE REIGN OF DEATH.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. XIII.
Thunder—Lightning—Aurora Borealis—Earthquakes—Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea—the Loadstone and Amber—Electricity—Rivers.
Thunder—Lightning—Aurora Borealis—Earthquakes—Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea—the Loadstone and Amber—Electricity—Rivers.
FILEY, YORKSHIRE. Haddock Legend, and Herring Fishery.
PISCATORIA.
INCREDIBLE LIARS
HEBREW MELODY, A Portuguese Hymn.
FACTITIA.
“Where is my Thermometer?”
Degradation of a Degree.
“Where is my Thermometer?”
Degradation of a Degree.
Vol. II.—48.
Source of the Ravensbourne.
Garrick Plays. No. XLII.
THEATRALIA.
Tom Durfey
Liston’s Marriage.
Charles Jennens, Esq.
Elliston’s Epigram.
Sir John Hill
Tom Durfey
Liston’s Marriage.
Charles Jennens, Esq.
Elliston’s Epigram.
Sir John Hill
GOUT.
Stories OF THE Craven Dales. No. II.[470]
Billy B——’s Adventure.
Billy B——’s Adventure.
The Second Series of WHIMS AND ODDITIES, With Forty Original Designs, BY THOMAS HOOD.
“A Ballad Singer
“A Mad Dog
“A Ballad Singer
“A Mad Dog
Vol. II.—49.
Mr. Gliddon’s Cigar Divan. King Street, Covent Garden.
LAURENCE-KIRK SNUFF-BOXES.
INN-YARDS.
THE TURNPIKE MAN.
Robert North, Esq. of Scarborough.
Mr. North’s Prizes for the Poets.
Mr. North’s Prizes for the Poets.
MENDIP MINES.
Laws and Orders of the Mendip Miners.
Laws and Orders of the Mendip Miners.
THIRTEEN-PENCE HALFPENNY.
Hangman’s Wages.
Jack Ketch a Gentleman.
Hangman’s Wages.
Jack Ketch a Gentleman.
Vol. II.—50.
The Running Horse at Merrow, Surrey.
WILLIAM CAPON, The Scene Painter.
Garrick Plays. No. XLIII.
ISLE OF WIGHT
Hay Harvest Custom.
Hay Harvest Custom.
ORIGIN OF HAY-BAND?
BRISTOL HIGH CROSS.
ORIGIN OF THE WORD TAILOR.
THE CLERK IN THE DARK.
CINDERELLA.
HORÆ CRAVENÆ.
Hitchingstone Feast.—Cowling Moons.
He’s got t’Oil-bottle in his Pocket.
Swine Harry.
Hitchingstone Feast.—Cowling Moons.
He’s got t’Oil-bottle in his Pocket.
Swine Harry.
THOMAS SMITH, A Quack Extraordinary.
DUNCHURCH, COW, AND CALF.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. XIV.
The Circulation of the Blood, &c.
SERVETUS.
The Circulation of the Blood, &c.
SERVETUS.
DOVER PIG.
ANECDOTES.
Juries.
A Question—Mal-apropos.
Juries.
A Question—Mal-apropos.
GLASS.
VARIA.
Tomb of King Alfred.
Old Law Books.
Curious Will of an Attorney.
Tomb of King Alfred.
Old Law Books.
Curious Will of an Attorney.
Epitaphs.
A FILL UP.
Vol. II.—51.
Note.
WINTER FLOWERS. Chrysanthemum Indicum.
Garrick Plays. No. XLIV.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. XV.
Ancient Surgery.
Ancient Chemistry.
Ancient Surgery.
Ancient Chemistry.
TALES OF TINMOUTHE PRIORIE. No. II.
THE WIZARD’S CAVE.
THE WIZARD’S CAVE.
PERSONS OF DISTINCTION.
Uprightness in Death.
Taking a Liberty.
Royal Dinner Time.
Self-Esteem.
Guinea Sovereigns.
Titles.
The Great Turk.
Uprightness in Death.
Taking a Liberty.
Royal Dinner Time.
Self-Esteem.
Guinea Sovereigns.
Titles.
The Great Turk.
AN INSCRIPTION, Said to have been dug out of the Ruins of a Palace at Rome.
DICKEY FLETCHER.
ANOTHER ODD SIGN.[508]
TO FANNY.
THE PLEASURES OF ILLUSION.
OLD MACARONIC POEM.
ANTY BRIGNAL AND THE BEGGING QUAKER.
THE ORPHANS.
JACK THE VIPER.
A SKETCH IN SPA FIELDS.
Extracts FROM MY NOTE BOOK.
WHIMSIES.
An Essay on the Understanding.
“Old Westminster Quibbles.”
“New Westminster Quibbles.”
An Essay on the Understanding.
“Old Westminster Quibbles.”
“New Westminster Quibbles.”
Vol. II.—52.
Irish Pipes.
Garrick Plays. No. XLV.
FACETIÆ.
FACETIÆ.
Stories OF THE Craven Dales. No. III.
Proem.
The Wise Woman of Littondale.
Proem.
The Wise Woman of Littondale.
HAGBUSH-LANE
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. XXXV.
Ancient Chemistry, &c.
Generation.
The Sexual System of Plants.
Astronomy—Mathematics—Mechanics—Optics, &c.
Ancient Chemistry, &c.
Generation.
The Sexual System of Plants.
Astronomy—Mathematics—Mechanics—Optics, &c.
Erratum.
FREE TRANSLATION OF A DRINKING SONG, BY GOETHE.
Vol. II.—53.
George Bloomfield.
Garrick Plays. No. XLVI.
SERIOUS FRAGMENTS. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26. Mind constituted to Goodness.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43. Impossibility of attaining, a bar to desire.
44. Theory of men’s choice in a Beauty.
SERIOUS FRAGMENTS. 1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26. Mind constituted to Goodness.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43. Impossibility of attaining, a bar to desire.
44. Theory of men’s choice in a Beauty.
GENERAL REMINISCENCES OF THREE, THIRD, and THRICE.
DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM.
APOSTLE SPOONS.
PATIENT COURTSHIP.
OLD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS.
Discoveries OF THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS. No. XXXVI.
Ancient Philosophers.
Mechanics.
Ancient Cities.
The Lake Mœris and the Pyramids.
The Colossus of Rhodes.
Stupendous Statues.
Bridges—Glazed Windows.
Curious Mechanism.
Microscopes, &c.
Sculpture.
Painting.
Mosaic.
Music.
Ancient Philosophers.
Mechanics.
Ancient Cities.
The Lake Mœris and the Pyramids.
The Colossus of Rhodes.
Stupendous Statues.
Bridges—Glazed Windows.
Curious Mechanism.
Microscopes, &c.
Sculpture.
Painting.
Mosaic.
Music.
MANNERS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
Vol. II.—54.
“The Poetical Freehold.
“The April Fool.
The Unfortunate Farmer.
Memorandum.
“The April Fool.
The Unfortunate Farmer.
Memorandum.
Travellers EAST AND WEST.
Old Customs.
HAGMENA.
Old St. Luke’s Day.
HAGMENA.
Old St. Luke’s Day.
CHAPMAN’S “ALL FOOLS.”
NORWICH MOCK ELECTIONS.
Old London Customs.
Paul’s Walkers—Hired Witnesses.
St. Thomas’s Day Elections.
Paul’s Walkers—Hired Witnesses.
St. Thomas’s Day Elections.
A DEFENCE OF SLANG.
DIVINATION BY FLOWERS.
WALTHAM, ESSEX.
FULBOURN, CAMBRIDGE.
All Saints’ and St. Vigor’s Bells.
Trinity Sunday, 1766.
All Saints’ and St. Vigor’s Bells.
Trinity Sunday, 1766.
ST. THOMAS’S DAY. Mr. Day’s Short Day.
A PAGE FROM MY NOTE BOOK.
Election Bribery.
Wonder-working Precedents.
Mem.
Dower.
An unintentional Imitation extempore of the 196th and 7th stanzas of the 2d canto of Don Juan.
Election Bribery.
Wonder-working Precedents.
Mem.
Dower.
An unintentional Imitation extempore of the 196th and 7th stanzas of the 2d canto of Don Juan.
Original Poetry.
Original Poetry.
Notice.
SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND.
Vol. II.—55.
INDEXES.
I. THE GENERAL INDEX.
II. CORRESPONDENTS’ INDEX.
III. INDEX TO THE POETRY.
IV. INDEX TO THE ENGRAVINGS.
I. THE GENERAL INDEX.
II. CORRESPONDENTS’ INDEX.
III. INDEX TO THE POETRY.
IV. INDEX TO THE ENGRAVINGS.
Transcriber’s Notes
General remarks
Specific remarks
Changes made
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