PROLEGOMENA. 



As it is desirable for the convenience, as well as 

 for the pleasure of the reader, to have some sort 

 of Preface, to any book of considerable size, in 

 which its particular nature and object should 

 there be set forth ; so shall I endeavour, in the 

 introductory remarks which I am about to 

 offer to the public, to give some sort of analysis 

 of the contents and arrangement of the volume 

 which is now, for the third time, sent into the 

 world, with large supplementary additions. It 

 will be perceived that the first part of the work, 

 beginning at page 1, called the Circle of the 

 Seasons, consists of as many pages as there are 

 days in the year, each page describing one day ; 

 and that under each day, three distinct sorts 

 of information are comprehended : 1st. The 

 Day's Account begins with the Saints and 

 Festivals, as recorded in the Almanacks, Calen- 

 dars, Breviaries, and Missals, in common use : 



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