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Noteworthy holidays and feast days are presented in bold; the column on the right presents links to the engravings.jan - feb - mar - apr - may - jun - jul - aug - sep - oct - nov - dec
January New Year's Day, New Year's gifts › January;
› Gymnastics for YouthSt. Macarius; St. Adalard; Handsel Monday; Ovid St. Genevieve Roger Ascham, Lady Jane Grey; Alexander McDonald (last of the Stuarts) › Medal of "Henry IX, King of England" St. Stylites; Twelfth-Night Eve; blessing the apple trees › St. Stylites Twelfth Day pranks and celebrations; Seasons › Twelfth-Day;
› The SeasonSt Distaff's Day; The "Stockwell Ghost"; Plough Monday; The Trial of Sir John Barleycorn › Plough Monday St. Lucian; St. Gudula; Charlotte Smith excerpt (all brief) Dr. Thomas Birch "Memory Corner Thompson" Salt-water pond; The "Pacha"; St. Bride's Church; Card-playing › St. Bride's Church;
› Card-PlayingExplosion at Leyden, Holland; Hunt's "Grasshopper and the Cricket" St. Hilary, and others; Explanation of Legal terms--e.g. Hilary term, Michaelmas term, etc.; Darwin's "Signs of foul Weather" Samuel Crisp; Charlotte Smith's "The Winter Robin" St. Paul; Devotional flowers; Charles Lamb's "Rural Musings" › Devotional Flowers Irish rainbows; "Aunty's Garden" party game; "Winter" sonnet St. Anthony; Blessing of Beasts; Preaching to Fishes; St. Anthony's Fire; St. Anthony's Pig › St. Anthony fighting the Devil St. Peter's Chair; Hone's "spectres"; Nelson's treatment of Caraccioli (and the latter's eerie appearance as corpse) Dedication of flowers; Seasonal, especially on the evil nature of east winds St. Sebastian's Day; St Agnes' Eve (with extended excerpt from Keats); Aquarius › Aquarius St. Agnes; Blessing of Sheep; Prior on "The Crocus"; The "Halifax Gibbet"; Mildness of the season St. Vincent; George Steevens Westminster shops; Function of the courts; Comic legal parody by John Baynes; Barrister's first brief; "Legal Glee" on Blackstone › Westminster Hall South Sea Bubble and other more recent schemes St. Paul's Day; Apostle Spoons › Apostle Spoons Russian Bears and Beehives › Russian Bear Trap Seasonal; Cowper on Buds and Icicles St. Thyrsus; John Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf, printer (brief) St. Martina; Beheading of Charles I; Explanation of Moveable Feasts St. Peter Nolasco
February General notes on February; St. Bridget; Burial of Alleluia › February Candlemas Day, with excerpts from Herrick St. Blase; Bishop Blase's Festival for those in wool trade Brief seasonal poem St. Agatha (brief notice) (brief) (brief) (brief) (brief) (brief) (brief) (brief) (brief) St. Valentine; Valentine's Day; Blackstone and the Commentaries; the Legal profession; Comic treatment of law › St. Valentine
› Bear with Valentine
› Tree Diagram describing Common LawShrove Tuesday; Curfew; Football; Hen-threshing; Cock-fighting; Pancakes Ash Wednesday Michael Angelo (extended) › Michaelangelo
› PiscesCopyright issue involving Buckley's Thuanus Brief seasonal poem Sts. Mildred and Ulrick; Execution of Usher Gahagan, scholar and thief Brief seasonal materials Essay on "sporting life" through the year Cruelty to Jews and Hone's rebuttal › Stoning Jews in Lent St. Ethelbert; Remarkable death of Mr. Jennings Monastic origins of floral terminology; Jubilee year of 1824 Fog; brief seasonal pieces. Time (brief) (brief)
March March; Wales and "Welshness"; St. David and St. David's Day › March St. Chad's Well and other "Holy Wells" › Sign of St. Chad's Well Garrick and the Adelphi Coffeehouse › Heading to Garrick Letter
› Garrick SignatureLife of Bernard Gilpin St. Piran (brief notice) Commentary on advent of Spring; German festival thereon (Hone mistakes the first day of spring, see also March 20) › Spring
› Illustration of 14th-century ClothingSt. Paul, the Anchoret (brief notice) London Earthquake of 1750 (brief notice) Mist and Rain (brief) The New River; Gilpin (see also March 4) and the "Glove of Defiance"; Seasonal commentary; Life of Benjamin West › View of New River on Proposed Game Laws of 1752 (very brief) St. Gregory; "Society for the Encouragement of Literature" Mid-lent Sunday; "mothering" › Mid-Lent Sunday Excise scheme of 1733; Execution of Adm. John Byng Assassination of Julius Cæsar (brief) St. Finian St. Patrick and St. Patrick's Day St. Edward (brief) "Surprising Meteor" of 1719 (brief) Vernal Equinox (correction of March 6 account); Care or Carling Sunday › Aries
› Diagram of Vernal EquinoxSt. Benedict London Plague of 1665; Seasonal notes St. Edelwald (very brief) St. Simon; St. William (both brief) Lady Day; Annunciation The Cuckoo (poem) Palm Sunday › Palm Sunday Use of Gunpowder in 1380; Wenceslaus Hollar (both brief) Raymond Lulle, alchemist; Battle between houses of Lancaster and York St. John Climacus Maundy Thursday; Good Friday; Hot-Cross Buns
April April; April Fool's Day › April
› April FoolSt. Francis of Paula; "Moveable Feasts" calendar correction; Fixing the date of Easter St. Richard de Wiche; Easter Sunday (brief) Easter Tuesday; Extended description of various Easter customs such as the "Dancing of the Sun"; "Lifting"; Easter or Pasch Eggs; "Ball, Bacon, and Tansy Puddings"; "Stool Ball"; "Clipping the Church at Easter"; Ceremonial practices in the ancient church; Easter in London, esp. Easter Monday at Greenwich Fair; Poem on "Independent Men" and discussion of walking excursions from London; The Spital Sermons; Easter tale of St. Peter and the Blacksmith; Silenus. › "Lifting"
› Silenus"Old Lady Day"; brief notices of Petrarch's Laura and of an 1803 duel between Colonel Montgomery and Captain Macnamara (brief) (brief) Death of Bacon and other brief notices "Low Sunday" (brief) (brief) Seneca, Nero, Octavia, and the Roman Senate; poetic epitaph › Octavia's return to Rome
› Nero and the Roman SenateComical Cambridge Examination, set in distant future Seasonal notes on floral appearances; poem on North Pole Migration dates for English birds; two poems on spring season Critical account of the Life of Joseph Labre; Miraclulous cure for gout at Somers Town; on Kaleidoscopes › Joseph Labre
› The Somers Town MiracleHock, or "Hoke Day" Accounts of Judge Jefferies, Charles Pratt, and Erasmus Darwin; Description of "The Maid Servant" St. Elphege; Mitford's account of Byron's residence; excerpts from Byron Seasonable description and verses Brief accounts of St. Anselm, Romulus, Alexander the Great, and Peter Abelard On Rooks and Sparrows Extended discussion of St. George; anecdote from "Shakespeare's Jest Book"; commentary on meteorology and an extended discussion of the migration of swallows › St. George and the Dragon
› The Swallow(brief) Notes on St. Mark and St. Anianus; Discussion of footwear, from ancient sandals to renaissance; Letters regarding the date of Easter; Biographical notes on William Cowper with excerpts and engraving of his cottage; St. Mark's Day and St. Mark's Eve › "Curious old Sandal"
› Heel shoe from 17th century
› Cowper's Cottage at OlneyOn country life Notes on Nicholas Amhurst, with excerpt from Byron (brief) Seasonal poem St. Catharine of Sienna; Sonnet by Barry Cornwall; Weather "prognosticators"
May May; May-Day, extended commentary with numerous excerpts from Herrick, Washington Irving, and others; May-poles, Maying, and other local practices; the "evil May-day of 1517; Milkmaids' Garland; May-fair; Tiddy-Doll, the gingerbread vender; Drury Lane May-pole; Chimney sweepers' May-day festival; May-day in Ireland (with legend of O'Donoghue); May-day in Italy; Comic letter from February 29th, with Hone's response › May
› May-Day at Hitchin
› Milkmaids' Garland
› Tiddy Doll, Gingerbread vendor
› Tiddy Doll's Song
› Chimney Sweepers on May-DayRichmond; Seasonal notes; Tulips › Richmond Invention of the Cross; Southern Cross constellation. Dr. Isaac Barrow; Commentary on birds Seasonal excerpt from Thomson St. John; Spring blight › St. John in the Isle of Patmos St. John of Beverley; The tale of Daniel O'Rourke St. Michael, the Archangel; Canonbury Tower, with detailed commentary on Hone's visit; Rogation Sunday › Canonbury Tower Seasonal excerpts (one from Leigh Hunt) and commentary The Dotterel-catcher Bees and Birds; Account from 1590 of queen's coronation in Scotland Holy Thursday; Excerpt from Milton's L'Allegro; Convivial manners in Ireland; Account of the antiquarian Francis Grose › Francis Grose (brief) (brief) "Seasonable Story" (poem) Pastoral Scene from Literary Pocket Book Mr. Samuel Jessup, pill taker Sir John Carter; Manures (from the London Magazine); Floral descriptions and weather proverbs from Forster St. Dunstan › St. Dunstan and the Devil Various poetic excerpts descriptive of springtime; Weather lore involving plants; Rural descriptions (brief) Seasonal excerpt from Thomson Whitsuntide, with an Ode by H. K. White; Extended description of Whit Monday at Greenwich; from H. K. White on "Time"; The Sluice House, haven for anglers; Jemmy Gordon, wit and drunkard; Persons and occupations › The Sluice House
› Jemmy Gordon(brief) St. Aldhelm St. Philip Neri; Oratorios; St. Augustine Venerable Bede, with Wordsworth excerpt; Note on Hone's seasonal depression; Seasonal poem Cardinal Beaton, with engraving of his house in Edinburgh › Cardinal Beaton's House in Edinburgh Restoration day—extended commentary on Charles II, on the "Royal Oak," witty intercourse between Rochester and Charles; Trinity Sunday Annual dinner at Trinity House; Letter on love of nature and antiquities; Joan of Arc › Fountain at site of Joan of Arc's burning St. Petronilla (brief)
June June with commentary from Leigh Hunt; Dorsetshire yarn festival (brief) › June Corpus Christi day; Extended commentary on the history of religious plays, with emphasis on the English Mystery plays; Cat worship on Corpus Christi day Hornsey Wood House and the Lake at Hornsey Wood; Biographical sketch of Madame Mara, a celebrated singer › Hornsey-Wood House
› Lake at Hornsey-Wood House(brief) St. Boniface and Steeple-climbing at Stamford (both brief) Abduction account William Warburton (brief) "Thimble and Pea" betting game; Passion flower › Passion Flower (brief) Thomas Hearne (brief) St. Barnabas and St. Barnabas Day The Duke of Berwick (brief) Marriage of Henrietta Maria and Charles I. (brief) The battle of Naseby (brief) St. Vitus; Extended description of the ceremony of laying the first stone for the New London Bridge, includes a short history of bridges in London; Barbauld poem on the death of Martineau; Comic episode on a rainy evening in Wales › New London Bridge John Churchill (brief); On Cruelty to Animals; Seasonal poem on "The East Wind" St. Alban Excerpt from Byron on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo; Fascinating bit of street-life regarding the "Buy a Broom?" girls › "Buy a Broom?" Poem on "The Summer Midnight" On the "Translation of Edward" and other skeptical descriptions of relics Poem called "Summer Morning and Evening"; Description of Summer and medieval summer dress; tale of "The Discontented Pendulum" › Summer
› Medieval Summer DressBrief excerpted notice requesting payment for papers Midsummer; Midsummer in Ireland; History of the London Watch, includes description of Cressets and an early Beacon; St. John's Eve Watches in Nottingham and Chester; ancient custom from Somersetshire › Midsummer Bonfire
› Cressets
› Ancient BeaconSt. John the Baptist; Pulpits; Essay on "Quarter Day"; on the Feast of St. John; Romantic prognostications with St. John's Wort, with two poems › French Pulpit Change in newspaper franking practices (brief) Extended commentary and descriptions of Copenhagen House; Fives-play and tennis; John Cavanagh, celebrated fives-player, with long excerpt from Hazlitt; Hagbush lane and the death of Francis Bacon; Rustic cottage in Hagbush lane › Copenhagen House
› Mud Cottage in Hagbush-laneOn predicting weather with a barometer (brief) Notice on "A Hot Day" from the Indicator; poem from "Marvell" [actually John Clare] Illuminations in Rome on St. Peter's day St. Paul (brief)
July History and character of July › July Brief poem on " A Morning's Walk in July" Account of a bleeding statue of the Virgin Mary in Paris; The "Dog-Days"; Hone's recommendation that urban dogs be exterminated to quell the spread of hydrophobia; poem on "The Bellflower" › Dog Days Account of London "Barrow-Women" of the late 18th century; London fruit stalls; "Women's Blacks" (stockings) › London Barrow-Woman Brief Italian floral poem. (brief) Extended biographical account (with commentary) on Richard Brinsley Sheridan; poem on "the Summer Zephyr." Brief discussion of church architecture with notes from Sir Christopher Wren Biographical sketch of Captain Starkey, a man made famous here paradoxically for being so nondescript; "Quatrains" to Hone from Charles Lamb; Hone's reply › Captain Starkey Spider barometers (brief) "Sun-set," a short poem "To Mary," a short poem by Gent Another short poem on the sunset Short poem on parental tenderness; Account of recent sighting of a flock of crossbills; detailed account of the fall of the Bastile; Account of dunking a "witch" in 1825; Letter from "Pompey" (a dog) on the so-called "Dog Days"; detailed commentary from correspondent "E. I. C." on the architecture of recent churches; "A Hot Letter"; notes on the famous "Dunstable Larks." › Destruction of the Bastille St. Swithin and St. Swithin's day "French Hoaxing"—a case of mistaken identity Mackerel "Summer Morning" by John Clare Swarm of bees on man's head (brief) "Midnight and the Moon" from the Literary Pocket Book Excerpt from Shelley's "The Sensitive Plant"; Recollections of Captain Starkey (from July 9); Peerless Pool, extended description of this bathing spa; The Fish-pond at Peerless Pool › Peerless Pool
› The Fish Pond at Peerless Pool(brief) (brief) (brief) St James's Day, oysters and apple blessings Detailed account of a Lion Fight that took place on 26 July, 1825, near Warwick. A history of lion fights and "lion baits" in England and Vienna; accounts of people killed by lions; history of lions that have been kept in the Tower of London; brief commentary on the "Lion's Head" at Button's Coffee House. Account of St. Anne and St. Joachim at the Golden Gate. Detailed account of a "Summer Holiday" in Dulwich, contributed by a friend of Hone's. Table for predicting weather based on lunar phases. Detailed and illustrated account of Hone's visit to see "The Human Skeleton," Claude Ambroise Seurat. › Tame Lion Bait
› The Meeting of St. Anne and St. Joachim
› Claude Ambroise Seurat
› Claude Ambroise Seurat, side and back viewsAccount of the "Seven Sleepers." On musical prodigies, esp. Carl Anton Florian Eckert in Germany and Charles Wesley (nephew of the Rev. John Wesley) in England On public pumps and fountains in London and elsewhere › Fountain at Tottenham High Cross An account of "witchcraft" (ducking a witch) from 1751 Biographical account of St. Ignatius Loyola › St. Ignatius Loyola
August On the month of August; St. Peter's Chains; The "Gule of August"; Lammas-Day; Juliet Capulet's birthday › August (brief) (brief) Account of a strangely violent thunderstorm that hit near Norfolk in 1577; brief notice of the keeping of Carling Sunday A brief "personals" notice taken from the London Chronicle of 1758 Transfiguration (brief) Princess Amelia; Hone presents a transcription of a private letter from Amelia to "Mary," a young woman under her care › Signature of Princess Amelia Letter from "J. B." describing "Funerals in Cumberland." On Willow trees, with numerous poetic selections St Lawrence; A penmanship contest between Peter Bales and David Johnson (late 16th-c.); John Flamsteed, the astronomer, with Hone's transcriptions from his journal › Flamsteed's "Scheme of the Heavens"
› Flamsteed SignatureSeasonal description of evening at the seaside; migration of swifts; butterflies and bats' wings Letter to the Editor from the 12th of August; the Editor's reply On cats, with several "remarkable anecdotes" and poetic excerpts › Breughel's "Concert of Cats" On leaves; "The Withered Leaf," a poem by Barton; Fantoccini (description of street performance) › Fantoccini Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary St. Roche (or Rock) › St. Roche Story of an Essex woman with two husbands Camberwell Fair On Robert Bloomfield, with poem from Barton (brief) (brief) On Warren Hastings (governor-general of India), with Hastings translation of Horace; Another "Living Skeleton" (brief) St. Bartholomew and St. Bartholomew's Day; St. Ouen Printers and Printing, an extended discussion of practices in printing shops with a glossary of printers' terminology › Ancient Printing-Office Poem on the music of nature The Glowworm St. Augustine (brief) (brief) St. Aidan (brief)
September September, with excerpts from Hunt and Shelley; St. Giles › September The Fire of London (1666) with extended contemporary excerpts from Thomas Vincent and John Evelyn Proclamation of Bartholomew Fair Bartholomew Fair (brief because the 4th is a Sunday and the Fair therefore does not start until the following day) Extended account of Bartholomew Fair in 1825—Hone visited all the booths and describes the Fair in great detail; Notice of Sadler's Wells performance; Description of Bartholomew Fair in 1614, with extended excerpts and descriptions of Ben Jonson's play; Some Bartholomew Fair terminology (Arsedine, Costermonger, Huxter, Court of Pie Powder, Pedlar, Porter); Roast Pig, with extended tale from Charles Lamb; Illustrated Account of the Fair in 1721; Lady Holland's Mob; the Medieval Origins of the Fair and its subsequent history; Puppet Shows; Recent efforts to suppress the Fair › Miss Hipson, the Female Dwarf and the Malay
› Seal of Royal Patronage
› Little Man
› The Beautiful Dolphin
› The Giant Boy
› Hare and Tabor
› A Huxter
› A Pedlar
› The Porter's Knot
› Part of Bartholomew Fair, 1721...
› ...Another Part in the Same FairSt. Eleutherius (brief) Anecdote about painted bird scam leads to lengthy and detailed discussion of Barbers and their instruments (with several small engravings) and historical accounts of beards, hair, hair care, wigs, barber poles, etc. › An Ancient Barber Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; anedcotes about the Virgin's intercession in the lives of the faithful › Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary St. Bettelin, or Beccelin (brief); On Fanny Braddock, a fashionable young woman who committed suicide in Bath Autumn, with seasonal descriptions › Autumn "Nicknackitarianism"—a legal case involving the value of "ancient curiosities" Glass Cutters at Newcastle Biographical account of the actor "Gentleman" Smith Holy Cross, or Holy Rood Poem on tranquil daybreak by Chamberlayne Death notice of Jemmy Gordon (see May 23) St. Lambert; Songs from contemporary theatrical productions St. Ferreol and his festival in Marseilles Stourbridge Fair, its origins and history; On cruelty to animals, with detailed account of "The Ass" from correspondent "Tim Tims" › Jacob Butler, Esq. Description of the ceremony of laying the first stone for the Edinburgh Exchange, 1753 St. Matthew Brief seasonal poem Brief notice of 1751 athletic feat (brief) Exercise and Gymnastics—detailed account of Voelker's physical fitness establishment › Voelker's Gymnastics Old Holy Rood and St. Cyprian (both brief) Sts. Cosmas and Damian (brief) St. Michael; on Archangels; Michaelmas; correspondent's account of the make-up of the Lord Mayor's entourage and their feasts; "Ganging Day"; Andecdote about an affectionate goose; "Michaelmas Notice to Quit," a parodic poem about change of season › St. Michael and the Other Archangels St. Jerome (brief); Account of Michaelmas apple-throwing at Kidderminster
October October, with description from Leigh Hunt and poetic excerpt from Bowring; Remigius; Salters' Company › October Guardian Angels and the orders of angels; Account of Hannah Want, who died at the age of 106 › Hannah Want Rickman sonnet The Sale of Hyde Park Corner Toll-Gate › Hyde Park Corner Toll-Gate "The Ass," a letter from a correspondent St. Faith and St. Bruno; Southey poem on "Bishop Bruno" Musical squirrels (brief) St. Denys › St. Denys Sonnet on "Autumn" from the Literary Pocket Book St. Ethelburge and Old Michaelmas Day (both brief) On needlework, with a chart counting the stitches in a typical shirt The "Translation of King Edward the Confessor" and "Corpulency" (both brief) Poem on the Tortoise and the Hare On the scent of dogs and tobacco Custom at Eskdale originates as penance for murder of monk St. Etheldreda; Etymology of "tawdry"; more on Hares and Squirrels St. Luke; Charlton Fair (or "Horn Fair") Moore's poem, "The Last Rose of Summer" Migration of woodcocks and snipe Burns's poem on "John Barleycorn" St. Mark; Sentimental poem on maternal affection St. Severin St. Proclus Sts. Crispin and Crispinian; Battle of Agincourt with quotation from Shakespeare; a merry shoemaker's encounter with Charles V. › Sts. Crispin and Crispinian Seasonal (brief) Seasonal (brief) St. Simon and St. Jude A New Literary Institution, 1825 The demise of St. Katharine's by the Tower Hallowe'en, with numerous accounts of local customs—bonfires, burning nuts, apples, etc.
November November, with excerpts from Hunt and others; All Saints' Day; English/Welsh parallel texts from Heroic Elegies of Llywarch Hèn › November All Souls; Poem by John McCreery on passage of time More poems, chiefly by Bowring, on the passage of time Landing of King William in 1688 (actually on Nov. 5) Guy Fawkes and the Powder Plot of 1605; Contemporary celebrations of "Guy Fawkes" › Guy Fawkes Beginning of Michaelmas term; Letter correcting the Every-Day Book's earlier accounts of legal terms. Anecdote about wearing hats in court Brief comments on falling leaves Extended account of the history and contemporary celebration of Lord Mayor's Day; poem on turning forty-four; Extended account of peculiar self-made celebrity or early performance artist called "The Aerial." › Lord Mayor's Show
› The AerialHangovers on the day after Lord Mayor's Day (brief) St. Martin and Martinmas (or Martlemas) Birthday of Admiral Vernon Detailed history of St. John's Parish, Clerkenwell, with extended excerpt from the parish Vestry Book › Church of St. John, Clerkenwell, 1508 Long letter describing the Stamford Bull Running St. Machutus (or "Malo," or "Maclou") Letter describing the "Lord of the Tap" of Stourbridge Fair. Account (from the Gentleman's Magazine) of Queen Elizabeth's Accession Seasonal excerpt from "The Mirror of the Months" (brief) St. Edmund, King and Martyr (brief) Ghost of an Arm Chair St. Cecilia › St. Cecilia St. Clement, the patron saint of Blacksmith's, with several accounts of the Smiths' celebration of the feast of "Old Clem" London fogs; Waterproof footwear; a woman robber St. Catharine and St. Catharine's Day, with image taken from stained glass window of West Wickham, Kent › St. Catharine Kissing for gloves; More on Captain Starkey The Great Storm of 1703; Annual Sermon on the Storm at Little Wild Street Chapel Burmese State Carriage or "The Rath," an extended description from Hone's visit on 18 November; Advent; "The Amulet," with poetic selection on a "Rustic Funeral" by John Holland. › The Rath
› The Tee (at the top of the carriage)Invention of Steam-powered printing at The Times St. Andrew and accounts of St. Andrew's Day; Appeal for assistance for the widow of Belzoni
December December, seasonal description with excerpts from Spenser and Hunt; Description of still, quiet, winter days › December Founding ceremony of the London Mechanics' Institution, with excerpts from Birkbeck's speech Brief drescription of the torch dance from a royal wedding in Berlin, 1821 Passage from Googe about folk techniques for fortelling spouses About an 1815 football game in Ettrick Forest, with commemorative poem by Walter Scott St. Nicholas; The Boy Bishop › St. Nicholas
› Monument to a Boy Bishop (Salisbury Cathedral)Seasonal, meteorological description of the onset of winter › Winter Very mild winter of 1818 in Plymouth Two brief accounts of persons being mistakenly buried alive, mid-18th century Account of very large man's funeral, 1741 (brief) Correspondent's account of St. Nicholas's visits in Russia Brief account about rehiring an intoxicated servant; Excerpt from 1621 on the Brewing Trade St. Lucy (brief); Companion poems from America, one by R. H. Wilde, the other by a "lady from Baltimore" Ember Week (brief) "Winter Piece," a sentimental poem about a forsaken woman and her infant child "O Sapienta" On turning roasting-spits with dogs; Comically empty dialogue; Correspondent J. J. H. on wild-fowl shooting in France › Wild Fowl Shooting in France
› Sketch of French Duck BlindCorrespondent corrects account of dancing camel (Sept. 19) and adds commentary on Leo Africanus "A Starlight Winter Night," Byron On the "Bath Season" and Beau Nash St. Thomas and St. Thomas's Day; London Elections Clark, the Miser of Dundee Sleepwalking sailor loses his room at the Inn Christmas Eve, with detailed account of ancient Christmas carols; various Christmas Eve customs; Leigh Hunt on "Holiday Children"; The Ox, the Ass, and an Ancient Nativity scene › Calabrian Shepherds playing in Rome
› Ancient Representation of the NativityChristmas Day, descriptions of celebratory practices; Christmas in France (with notes on plumb pudding); An ancient Norman carol; The tradition of the Boar's Head; Various other accounts of Christmas, including poems from Scott and others, accounts of pipers and watchmen, a description of some Italian minstrels currently staying in London, Christmas in the Highlands, Christmas pies and porridges; Excerpts from Hamlet on the cock crowing at midnight › The Boar's Head at Christmas
› The Boor's Head
› The Piper
› The Watchman of Bungay
› Italian Minstrels in London, 1825St. Stephen, and St. Stephen's Day; "Heit! Heck! Whoohe! and Geho!" (expressions used with horses and oxen); Boxing Day St. John, with passage from Googe Childermas Day; Lucca Giordano › The Flight of the Holy Family Sculpture in England and Ireland Seasonal description (brief) St. Sylvester; New Year's Eve, with several accounts, including good wishes to ELIA (Charles Lamb) and Hone's women readers; Discussion of Bona Dea, the image from the Volume I title page; Hone's conclusion to the first volume.
