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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, ANTI
QUITIES, TOPOGRAPHY, BIOGRAPHY, NATURAL HISTORY, ART, SCIENCE, AND
GENERAL LITERATURE; DERIVED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES, AND
VALUABLE ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS, WITH POETICAL ELUCIDATIONS,
For Daily Use and Diversion.

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PRINTED FOR T. TEGG & SON, 73, CHEAPSIDE;
R. GRIFFIN & CO., GLASGOW; TEGG, WISE & TEGG, DUBLIN;
ALSO JAMES & S. A. TEGG, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA.

1835.

35

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
FROM THE LIBRARY OF

ERNEST LEWIS GAY
JUNE 15, 1927

1

J. Haddon, Printer, Castle Street, London.

ΤΟ

CHARLES LAMB, ES Q

DEAR L

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YOUR letter to me, within the first two months from the commencement of the present work, approving my notice of St. Chad's Well, and your afterwards daring to publish me your "friend," with your proper name" annexed, I shall never forget. Nor can I forget your and Miss Lamb's sympathy and kindness when glooms outmastered me; and that your pen spontaneously sparkled in the book, when my mind was in clouds and darkness. These "trifles," as each of you would call them, are benefits scored upon my heart; and

May 5, 1926.

I DEDICATE THIS VOLUME,

TO YOU AND MISS LAMB,

WITH AFFECTIONATE RESPECT,

W. HONE

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