Collop Monday, practice in England of eating collops, 95
Cope Tribute, a custom observed in Der- byshire, in the mining district, 44 Dunmow Bacon, the, 110 David's Day, St., Custom of wearing the Leek, 125
Easter, Irish custom observed at, 206 Shaving in Church yards, at, 206 Customs observed in France at, 206 Edmondsbury, St., custom of making an offering to the White Bull of, 43 Epiphany, Festivals held at Rome, on the, 10
Greeks, customary ornaments worn by the, 156
Hoke Day, or Tide Festival, Practice of hocking observed on, 237 Loaf-custom at Coventry, Account of the, 61
Lostwithiel, in Cornwall, custom observ- ed on Low Sunday at, 222 Maunday Thursday, Ceremonies observed on, 189
May Day, Customs observed by the French on, 253, 254
the Hobby-horse custom, practised at Padstow on, 254
Queen, Custom of electing a, in Spain, 253
Mecca, Ceremonies observed by the Ma- hometans, whilst performing their pil- grimage to, 349
Northwich, in Cheshire, curious custom at, 44
Paul's, St., Day, Custom of presenting Apostle Spoons by Sponsors, on, 61 Purification, the Feast of the, Festivals ob- served on, 77
Scolds, Custom practised towards, at Montgomery, 77
Shaftesbury, the Water Garland, 126 Shrove Tuesday, the ceremony of Foolish Women at Rome, observed on this day, 95
Valentine's day, St., the choosing of Valentines on, 95
Dyers, article on the, 412 Dining Rooms, The Two, 294 Discipline in the Navy, remarks on, 5 Doings, Rare, of 1690, 350 Drury Lane, Old, Account of, 220
Easter Festivities, 215
Egean, Description of a sun-set in the, 42 Elephant's, an, fight with a Tiger, An ac- count of, 285
Eminent and Eccentric Characters, Anec- dotes of, 81
Austrian Empire, The Rise of, 150 Ancestor, Female, of Queens Mary and Anne, 10
Calais, Account of the attempt to surprise
and take, in the time of Edward III., 155 Combat between Bolingbroke, Earl of Hereford, and the Duke of Norfolk, in the reign of Richard II., 221 Crozier, The first use of the, 43 Currant Bush, its first introduction in England, 205
Dress of the Early English, On the, 317 Duelling permitted by Sovereigns, 135 Estradon, or Two-handed Sword, account of its first use, 410
Easterlings, Merchants so called, 221 Gunpowder, Account of the discovery of, 26
Husbandmen, Prices of Wages paid to, in early times, 10
Knights Hospitallers, Account of the In- stitution of the Order of, 93
of the Holy Sepulchre, 108 Templars, 123
- Teutons, 140
Buckingham, the Duke of, account of his assassination by Felton, 428
George's, St., Day, the observing of, in the time of Edward III., 253 London Bridge, Pageantry on, in the time of Henry V., 174
Mary, Queen, Character of, 349 Pageants at Bristol, in honour of Henry VIIth's visit, 286
Parliament, members of, On the protec- tion given to, 10
Paper and Books, The first use of, 77 Printing, The discovery of the art of, Surgery and Phlebotomy, early practi- tioners in, 10
William Rufus's, King, behaviour to the Jews, 188
Imitation, by Lord Byron, 409
Jeffreys, Judge, recollections of, 49 Johnson, Dr. Sam., and Dr. Goldsmith, reminiscences of, 55
Fisherman's Departure, The, 260
Gog and Magog, or the Prophecy, 404 Grave of Crime, The, 282
Handsome Coquette, Lines to a, 184 Hope's Value, 107
Hymn, by Sir W. Scott, 90 I'd be a Poetess, 232
Infant's Rest, On, 312 Kloden, 315 Lament, a, 266 Lark, To a, 200 Last Tear, The, 282 Lines to Miss S. G., 394 on Gray, 427
Love Dreams, 39 Looks, 312
's How d'ye do, 105
Lovers Meetings, 394
Madame Talleyrand, and the Traveller, Digestive Organs, the Action of the, 78
Engraving in Mezzotinto, 270
Fluids, Novel Apparatus for Heating, 270 German Method of Making Flowers grow
in Winter, 412
Glue made Water Proof, 206
Ice in India, Method of obtaining, 78 Ink, Restoring Faded, 27
--, Indelible, Process for Preparing,
Shackell, Printer, Partlett's Passage, Fetter Lane, Holborn.
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