ADVERTISEMENT. THE manners of a people, like the fashion of their garments, are liable to frequent change the polite observances of yesterday are deemed vulgar to-day; and the most popular pursuits of one generation are sometimes neglected by the generation which succeeds it. Imperfect remains of ancient usages are yet discoverable in the customs of our own times; but the cause for such observances having ceased, to many persons, and to young people especially, these forms are without meaning. The information conveyed in the following pages is selected from the writings of the most approved authors on this subject; and, it is hoped, the readers of our "Little Library" may experience pleasure and profit by contrasting the manners of their ancestors, in times long since past, with the prevailing fashions and pursuits of their countrymen of the present day. CONTENTS. Personal Character. Tribes. Mutual Hostilities. Kings and Queens.-Druids.-Tuition of Youth.-Re- ligious Rites. Mistletoe.-Human Sacrifices.-Bards. -Persons and Manners.-Costume.-Towns.-Boats. -Trade. Substitute for Money.-Arms.-War Cha- Persons. Military Character.-Manners.-Household General. Going out to Battle.-Superstitions.-Sacri- fices of Prisoners of War.-Names of Tribes.-England, so called from the Angles.-Mode of preparing Food.- Addicted to hard Drinking.-Origin of Pledging or · Drinking Healths.-Law for regulating Drink. Page 11 ORDEALS: Walking among red-hot Ploughshares.- Grasping a red-hot Iron in the Hand.-Thrusting the |