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TITLE: |
The every-day 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, & seasons, and a perpetual key to the almanack; including accounts of the weather, rules for health and conduct, remarkable and important anecdotes, facts, and notices, in chronology, antiquities, 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. / With an introd. by Leslie Shepard. |
AUTHOR: |
Hone, William, 1780-1842. |
PUBLISHED: |
Detroit : Gale Research Co., 1967. |
DESCRIPTION: |
2 v. : illus., port. ; 22 cm. |
NOTES: |
Title page includes imprint: London, Published for William Hone, 1827. |
NOTES: |
"Bibliography of works written, edited, or published, by William Hone": 9th-11th prelim. pages in each vol. |
SUBJECT: |
Days. |
SUBJECT: |
Great Britain--Social life and customs. |
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