FOR

1819;

OR,

A Complete Guide to the Almanack:

CONTAINING AN EXPLANATION

OF

SAINTS' DAYS AND HOLIDAYS;

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF BRITISH HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES,
NOTICES OF OBSOLETE RITES AND CUSTOMS,

AND SKETCHES OF

COMPARATIVE CHRONOLOGY.

Astronomical Occurrences

IN EVERY MONTH;

COMPRISING REMARKS ON THE PHENOMENA OF THE CELESTIAL BODIES:

Entered at Stationers' Hall.

1. Compton, Printer, Middle-Street, Cloth Fair, London,

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Notices of Time's Telescope for 1814.

'We cheerfully give to "Time's Telescope" our warmest recommendation as a pleasing and safe book for the rising generation.'-Eclectic Review for February 1814.

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1813.

'This is a valuable compilation.'-Supplement to Gentleman's Magazine for December 1813.

"Time's Telescope" bids fair to acquire considerable popularity. In truth, it deserves to be popular, for the author has shown an equal degree of acquaintance with the general principles of the subject he has undertaken to elucidate, and of taste and judgment in his illustrative and decorative extracts from various descriptive poets and other writers.' -New Annual Register for 1813.

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Notices of Time's Telescope for 1815.

'We never met with a compilation better calculated for the use of families, and to serve as a portable companion for young persons, than this elegant little volume, which abounds with valuable information on subjects of general interest, and with a pleasing variety of rational entertainment. The book is written in a popular style, the articles are selected with great judgment from the best authorities; and while the scientific illustrations tend to quicken curiosity, the reflections interspersed with the extracts, occasionally given from the most charming of our poets, will increase the delight afforded by contemplating the works of nature, and raise the mind to a devout admiration of the Divine Author.-New Monthly Magazine, Jun. 1815.