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William Hone (1780–1842)

Author of The Lost Books of the Bible

50+ Works 1,680 Members 15 Reviews

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Includes the names: William Hone, William Hone - Translator - Compiler

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Works by William Hone

The Lost Books of the Bible (1820) — Editor — 1,428 copies, 11 reviews
The Suppressed Gospels and Epistles of the Original New Testament of Jesus Christ (1998) — Editor — 120 copies
The Year Book (1832) 15 copies
Ancient Mysteries Described (1996) 15 copies, 2 reviews
Radical squibs & loyal ripostes: satirical pamphlets of the Regency period, 1819-1821 (1971) 13 copies
The every-day book and table book, or, Everlasting calendar of popular amusements, sports, pastimes, ceremonies, manners, customs, and events, incident to each of the three… (1841) 11 copies
Every-Day Book (1967) 11 copies
Hone's Table Book (1878) 9 copies
THE EVERY-DAY BOOK AND TABLE BOOK: VOL. III. (2013) 4 copies
The Every Day-Book Volume I (1826) 3 copies
The Every-Day Book and Table Book Volume 1; Or, Everlasting Calandar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events (1889) 3 copies
The political house that Jack built : with thirteen cuts 3 copies, 1 review
The every day book : or, a guide to the year describing the popular amusements, sports,ceremonies, manners, customs, and events, incident to the three hundred and sixty-five days,… 2 copies
Regency Radical: Selected Writings of William Hone (2002) 2 copies
The Year Book for Every-Day Book and Table Book Vol. IV 2 copies
The three trials of William Hone : for publishing three parodies; viz. The late John Wilkes's catechism, The political litany, and The sinecurist's creed; 2 copies
The Every-Day Book and Table Book Volume II 2 copies
The Every-Day Book: or the Guide to the Year: Relating the Popular Amusements, Sports, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, and Events. In Two Volumes. Vol. 2 (1826) 2 copies
The table book of daily recreation and information concerning remarkable men, manners, times, seasons, solemnities, merry-makings, antiquities and novelties, forming a complete… (1901) 2 copies
Facetiae and Miscellanies (Hone&Cruikshank) 1 copy
The Every-Day Book, Vol. I 1 copy
The Every-Day Book, Vol. II 1 copy
The Every-Day Book & The Year Book 1 copy
Radical Squibs & Loyal Ripostes (1971) 1 copy
The Every-Day Book ... describing popular amusements, sports, pastimes, ceremonies, customs and events... incident to each of the three hundred and sixty-five days... (2 volumes) 1 copy
Hone's political and satirical pamphlets, containging The House that Jack Built, Slap at Slop, &c. &c. &c 1 copy
Ancient mysteries described, especially the English Miracle Plays, founded on apocryphal New Testament story, extant amo 1 copy
The Last Speech & Behaviour of William, Late Lord Russel, upon the Scaffold in Lincolns-Inne-Fields, a Little before His Execution, on Saturday, July 21, 1683 (1683) 1 copy
Hone's Works - Year Book 1832 1 copy
The Right Divine of Kings to Govern Wrong (Wm. Hone) 1 copy
Hone's Yearbook 1 copy
The Political House That Jack Built (2022) 1 copy
Better Are Not So Good 1 copy
The Reformists' register, and weekly commentary 1 copy
The first trial of William Hone, on an ex-officio information: At Guildhall, London, December 17, 1817, before Mr. Justice Abbott and a special jury, ... Wilkes's catechism of a… (1817) 1 copy, 1 review
Full annals of the revolution in France, 1830 (2012) 1 copy
Hone's Every Day Book 1826 1 copy
The House of Reform that Jack built. [A squib, by W. H?] 1 copy
Hone's Political Parodies: A bound collection in two volumes 1 copy
Sixty curious and authentic narratives and anecdotes respecting extraordinary characters, illustrative of the tendency of credulity and fanaticism : exemplifying the imperfections… 1 copy
Hone's Works, 3 Volumes: Every-Day Book or the Guide to the Year, Vols. I & II; Every-Day Book & Table Book, Vol. III (1827) 1 copy
The second trial of William Hone ... at Guildhall ... December 19, 1817 ... for publishing a parody, with an alleged intent to ridicule the litany 1 copy
Political Tracts 1 copy
Proceedings against William Hone before his trials (1818) 1 copy
Life in Ireland: Hone's Political Tracts 1 copy
Hone's Popular Works and Everlasting Calendar (1826) 1 copy
The queen's matrimonial ladder a national toy, with fourteen step scenes; 1 copy
The Table Book, of Daily Recreation and Information Vol. III 1 copy
Hone's Works The Year Book Volume 4 1 copy
The Every-Day Book; or, the Guide to the Year ... 1 copy
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Christmas Short Works Collection 2007 (2007) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Farree108 reviews
Ancient Mysteries Described, Especially the English Miracle Plays Founded on the Apocryphal New Testament. &c. by William Hone
If you have studied comparative religion for the last 40 years and want to know about English Mystery plays, this book is on the ‘required reading’ list.

Hone is absolutely amazing when it comes to ferreting out customs and habits of medieval and Tudor drama, including all the Guild dramas and ceremonies that were performed before Henry viii and the Protestant reformation. Many of these dramas were based on stories that first appear in the apocryphal New Testament.

Hone later published show more “Lost Books of the Bible” which is still in print today. show less
Feb 12, 20211 other review
rlangston118 reviews
The first trial of William Hone, on an ex-officio information: At Guildhall, London, December 17, 1817, before Mr. Justice Abbott and a special jury, ... Wilkes's catechism of a ministerial member by William Hone
Not quite as engaging or exciting as accounts reflect, but still an interesting read.
May 3, 2015
hermit_9124 reviews
The lost books of the Bible : being all the Gospels, Epistles, and other pieces now extant attributed in the first four by William Hone
As a collection of ancient manuscripts, this is an excellent book. Reading many of them, you can certainly understand why they were left out of the orthodox Bible. A worthwhile read.
Aug 22, 200810 other reviews
Kushana73 reviews
The apocryphal New Testament, being all the gospels, epistles, and other pieces now extant, attributed in the first four centuries to Jesus Christ, His Apostles, and their companions and not included in the New Testament by its compilers by William Hone
A good (but older and incomplete) collection of works that did not make it into the Bible. There are many newer works with more up-to-date introductions and more contemporary translations (and additional, more recently discovered books) that I would recommend over this. (Hone died in 1842). Depending on your interests [The Other Bible], [The Gnostic Bible], [The Nag Hammadi Library in English], [The Nag Hammadi Scriptures], or [The Complete Gospels] will serve you better.

(If you wish to read show more every scrap of literature that did not appear in the Bible then read [Old Testament Apocrypha], [Old Testament Pseudepigrapha], [New Testament Apocrypha] (2 vols.) by [[Schneemelcher]] supplemented by [The Tchacos Codex].)

Good for its time but there are more readable (and more complete) books than this one.

-Kushana show less
Dec 27, 201010 other reviews
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