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London: Published November 19th 1816 by Mels Sherwood, Neely & Jones.

FOR

1817;

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:

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Entered at Stationers' Hall.

James Compton, Printer, Middle Street,
Cloth Fair, London.

Advertisement.

TIME, ever on the wing, now invites his readers to an examination of his fourth Annual TELESCOPE,' and begs to assure them that his eye does not wax dim, or his arm grow weary with holding the instrument; the very favourable reception of his labours having stimulated inquiry, and encouraged researches-the fruits of which constitute no small part of the attractions of the present volume.

Among these novelties and varieties, will be found much that will facilitate the studies of the ASTRONOMICAL STUDENT-a mass of curious particulars on subjects of NATURAL HISTORY-numerous interesting Sketches of COMPARATIVE CHRONOLOGY—and a popular Introduction to the PRINCIPLES OF Zoo

LOGY.

The poetical citations, decorative and illustrative, which are scattered with a lavish hand throughout this year's Telescope, are, with a few trifling exceptions, entirely new, and compose some of the choicest gems in English Poesy, both antient and modern.

The present and three former volumes are now rendered still more accessible and useful by an INDEX, which has been added, principally, at the request of some valuable Correspondents; to whom the Editor returns his best thanks for this and other useful hints and communications.

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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.

'This Work contains a great variety of very useful information, conveyed in a most pleasing manner. We cannot hesitate to pronounce that it will be popular: it deserves to be so; and it has too many attractions, for every kind of taste, to be overlooked. It will form a delightful as well as instructive present for young persons at Christmas.'-British Critic for December

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.

'This Work conveys a very considerable portion of intelligence, that may be new to many and useful to all; and it is recommended no less by the neatness of its typographical execution, than the accuracy of its literary and scientific details.'Universal Magazine for January 1814.

'On a general survey of this book, we do not hesitate to pronounce it as one of the most proper to be placed in the hands of young people. It is a little mine of information; and the mind that can rise from its perusal without having gained some im portant and useful knowledge, must be strongly encased in the leaden armour of stupidity.-Commercial Magazine for Febru

ary 1814.

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