THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

ASTOR. LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

FOR

1821;

OR,

A Complete Guide to the Almanack:

CONTAINING AN EXPLANATION

Saints' Days and Holidays;

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

AND SKETCHES OF

OF

COMPARATIVE CHRONOLOGY.

Astronomical Occurrences

IN EVERY MONTH;

COMPRISING REMARKS ON THE PHENOMENA OF THE CELESTIAL BODIES:

AND

THE NATURALIST'S DIARY;

EXPLAINING THE VARIOUS

APPEARANCES IN THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE KINGDOMS

STOR LIBRA

NEW-YORK

London:

PRINTED FOR SHERWOOD, NEELY, AND JONES,

QPaternoster Row.

1821.

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