THE SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND: INCLUDING THE RURAL AND DOMESTIC RECREATIONS, MAY GAMES, MUMMERIES, SHOWS, PROCESSIONS, PAGEANTS, & POMPOUS SPECTACLES, FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME. BY JOSEPH STRUTT. ILLUSTRATED BY One Hundred and Forty Engravings, IN WHICH ARE REPRESENTED MOST OF THE POPULAR DIVERSIONS; SELECTED FROM ANCIENT PAINTINGS. A NEW EDITION, WITH A COPIOUS INDEX, BY WILLIAM HONE, AUTHOR OF THE EVERY-DAY BOOK, TABLE BOOK, YEAR BOOK, ETC. LONDON: PRINTED FOR WILLIAM TEGG AND Co., CHEAPSIDE. |