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章节目录
共 119 题- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- BRITAIN BEFORE THE ROMAN COLONIZATION.
- THE ROMANS IN ENGLAND.
- DOMESTIC LIFE OF THE SAXONS.
- MEALS--BRITISH, ANGLO-ROMAN, AND SAXON.
- II. Castle Life.
- III. Household Antiquities.
- THE ENGLISHMAN'S FIRESIDE.
- PRIVATE LIFE OF A QUEEN OF ENGLAND.
- THE ENGLISH HOUSEWIFE.
- A HEREFORDSHIRE LADY IN THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR.
- HOUSE-FURNISHING IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
- DRESS--PERSONAL ORNAMENTS.
- PINS AND PIN-MONEY.
- PROVISIONS--BREAD-MAKING, GROCERY, AND CONFECTIONERY.
- IV. Peasant Life.
- V. Customs and Ceremonies.
- BANBURY CAKES, CONGLETON CAKES, ETC.
- HORSELYDOWN FAIR IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.
- WAKE FESTIVALS IN THE BLACK COUNTRY.
- KEEPING BIRDS IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
- VI. Historic Sketches.
- THE STORY OF FAIR ROSAMUND.
- CARDINAL WOLSEY AT ESHER PLACE.
- TRADITIONS OF BATTLE-FIELDS.
- CURIOSITIES OF HATFIELD.
- THE GRAND REMONSTRANCE 323-325
- CAVALIERS AND ROUNDHEADS 326-328
- THE EVELYNS AT WOTTON.
- LORD BOLINGBROKE AT BATTERSEA.
- THE LAST OF EPPING FOREST.
- APPENDIX.
- I. Early English Life.
- DWELLING-PLACES OF THE EARLY BRITONS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- BRITAIN BEFORE THE ROMAN COLONIZATION.
- WARTON.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE ROMANS IN ENGLAND.
- OLD SONG.
- FOOTNOTES:
- DOMESTIC LIFE OF THE SAXONS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- MEALS--BRITISH, ANGLO-ROMAN, AND SAXON.
- FOOTNOTES:
- II. Castle Life.
- ENGLISH CASTLE-BUILDING.
- FOOTNOTES:
- III. Household Antiquities.
- THE OLD ENGLISH HOUSE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE ENGLISHMAN'S FIRESIDE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- PRIVATE LIFE OF A QUEEN OF ENGLAND.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE ENGLISH HOUSEWIFE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- A HEREFORDSHIRE LADY IN THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR.
- FOOTNOTES:
- HOUSE-FURNISHING IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- DRESS.--PERSONAL ORNAMENTS.
- PINS AND PIN-MONEY.
- PROVISIONS:
- BREAD-MAKING, GROCERY, AND CONFECTIONERY.
- DESSERT FRUITS.
- ORNAMENTAL FRUIT TRENCHERS.
- VEGETABLES.
- ANTIQUITY OF CHEESE.
- ALE AND BEER.
- There is an ancient rhyme which says,--
- FOOTNOTES:
- IV. Peasant Life.[57]
- OPERATIVE TENANTS.
- SERVICES OF TILLAGE.
- OLDEN HARVEST.
- HOCK-DAY.
- SHEEP-SHEARING.
- CONVEYANCE SERVICE.
- WATCH AND WARD.--THE BEADLE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- OLDEN HOUSE-MARKS.
- V. Olden Customs and Ceremonies.
- MAY-DAY CAROL ON MAGDALEN COLLEGE TOWER.
- BANBURY CAKES.--CONGLETON CAKES, ETC.
- The same thought occurs in _Jack Drum's Entertainment_, 1601:--
- FOOTNOTES:
- HORSELYDOWN FAIR, IN THE REIGN OF QUEEN ELIZABETH.
- FOOTNOTES:
- WAKE FESTIVALS IN THE BLACK COUNTRY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- KEEPING BIRDS IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
- FOOTNOTES:
- VI. Historic Sketches.
- THE STORY OF FAIR ROSAMUND.
- FOOTNOTES:
- CARDINAL WOLSEY AT ESHER PLACE.
- Here,--
- FOOTNOTES:
- TRADITIONS OF BATTLE-FIELDS.
- This battle was fought in 1513
- Henry Jenkins died in 1670, at the age of 169
- FOOTNOTES:
- CURIOSITIES OF HATFIELD.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE GRAND REMONSTRANCE.
- CAVALIERS AND ROUNDHEADS.
- THE EVELYNS AT WOTTON.
- LORD BOLINGBROKE AT BATTERSEA.
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE LAST OF EPPING FOREST.
- FOOTNOTES:
- APPENDIX.
- FOOTNOTES:
- INDEX.
- A BOOK OF CURIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATURAL HISTORY.
- BY JOHN TIMBS.
- GRIFFITH AND FARRAN, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.