Fairs, past and present

by Cornelius Walford

Page [245], nine lines from bottom, for “A.D. 427,” read in the fifth century.

Transcriber’s Note: These errata have been corrected, along with a few other small printing errors.

CONTENTS.

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Chapter	I.	Origin of Fairs	[1]
	II.	Origin and Laws—England	[12]
	III.	Early Regulations—England	[19]
	IV.	Courts of Piepowder	[26]
	V.	Legislation for Fairs—England	[32]
	VI.	Modern Legislation	[49]
	VII.	Sturbridge Fair, Origin of	[54]
	VIII.	Sturbridge Fair, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries	[58]
	IX.	Sturbridge Fair, first half of the Sixteenth Century	[68]
	X.	Sturbridge Fair, second half of the Sixteenth Century	[88]
	XI.	Sturbridge Fair, Seventeenth Century	[113]
	XII.	Sturbridge Fair, Eighteenth Century	[128]
	XIII.	Sturbridge Fair, Nineteenth Century	[149]
	XIV.	Sturbridge Fair, Conclusion	[160]
	XV.	Bartholomew Fair, Origin of	[164]
	XVI.	Bartholomew Fair, Twelfth to Sixteenth Centuries	[167]
	XVII.	Bartholomew Fair, Seventeenth Century	[190]
	XVIII.	Bartholomew Fair, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries	[217]
	XIX.	Fairs in France	[245]
	XX.	Other Fairs of France	[261]
	XXI.	The Fairs of Paris	[275]
	XXII.	Fairs of Russia	[284]
	XXIII.	Nijni-Novgorod	[291]
	XXIV.	Fairs in Asiatic Russia	[308]
		Comprehensive Index	[311]

CHAPTER I.
ORIGIN OF FAIRS.