THE

Y E A R BOOK

OF

DAILY RECREATION

AND INFORMATION,

CONCERNING

REMARKABLE MEN AND MANNERS,

TIMES AND SEASONS,
SOLEMNITIES AND MERRY-MAKINGS,

ANTIQUITIES AND NOVELTIES :

ON TUE PLAN OP THE
Every Day Book and Table Book,

OR

EVERLASTING CALENDAR OP POPULAR AMUSEMENTS, SPORTS, PASTIMES,

CEREMONIES, 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;

AND A
PERPETUAL KEY TO THE ALMANAC.

BY WILLIAM HONE. .

Old Custorns! Oh! I love the sound,

Howrrer simpe they inay be :
Whate'er with time hath sanction formd,

Is welcome, and is dear to me.
Pride grows above simplicity,

And spurts them frota her hanghty mind,
And soon the poet's wing will be
The only refuge they can find.

olare.

WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FOU'RTEEN ENGRAVINGS,

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG, 73, CHEAPSIDE;
R. ORININ AND CO., GLASOW; ALSO J. CUMMING, DUBLIN.

The JOHN J. and HANNA M. McMANUS and MORRIS N. and CHESLEY V. YOUNG

Collection
Gift-Oct. 12, 1955

Add to Lib.

GIFT

J lladdon, Printer, Castle Street, Finsbury.