John Harvard and his times . tlast, where we were all very merry together. Another mild amusement in which Wallino;-ton indulged rather freely was to watch thenumerous political processions as they passedon their way to the Houses of were stirring times, and whenever theCommons were summoned to Westminstercountless deputations made their way thitherto present petitions of grievances against theState or the Church. At that time LondonBridge was the only causeway over theThames, and consequently all the petitionersfrom Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, etc.,would use that bridge
John Harvard and his times . tlast, where we were all very merry together. Another mild amusement in which Wallino;-ton indulged rather freely was to watch thenumerous political processions as they passedon their way to the Houses of were stirring times, and whenever theCommons were summoned to Westminstercountless deputations made their way thitherto present petitions of grievances against theState or the Church. At that time LondonBridge was the only causeway over theThames, and consequently all the petitionersfrom Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, etc.,would use that bridge as their gateway toLondon. John Harvard would have a moreenviable position from which to watch theseprocessions, inasmuch as his fathers housewas by the side of the road along which theywould have to pass, and thus he could observethem in comfort from the overhanging win-dows of his own home. But we have not exhausted the catalogue of42 S F*l Pt! ^ I * 4>iiHf m -,. i * ^ ^ -^3 SlfcU* te^^ ^; . dl ^ - . rsn --.*. (4^. ^ /? . ii»iiiiin]i i«i iwi—M^ia—iJttMiMmiJ -^]iN-niM»iiw!ii<iiw^ii*-^-*«miajdl!ir_**»?M!3riJ**^ OLD HOUSES., SOLTHVYARK. —P«(7f 42. ENVIRONMENT Puritan recreations. In the early years of theseventeenth century the printing-press enteredin good earnest on its since ceaseless career ofactivity, and one of the events of the week inthose days was the arrival of the pedler, orchapman, with his overflowing bundle ofballads, chapbooks, books of news, and con-troversial pamphlets. No one watched for hisappearance with more lively anticipationsthan Wallington, and as his own particularchapman no doubt soon got to know the tasteof this good customer, we may be sure that healways took care to have a copious supply ofthe very latest productions in the shape ofPuritanical literature. Many of the littleworks which Wallington obtained in this waywere really weekly newspapers in pamphletform, in which the events of the day weregenerally recorded from th
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