Hearth of standard bands of wealth applicable to each county and city. Published lists are available of many returns and the original documents are in the Public Record Office. The most informative returns, many of which have been published, occur between 1662–1666 and 1669–1674. In Greek mythology, Hestia is the goddess of the hearth, while in Roman mythology Vesta has the same role. In ancient Persia, according to Zoroastrian traditions, every house was expected to have a hearth for offering sacrifices and prayers. Hearth is also a term for a kindred, or local worship group, in the neopagan religion Ásatrú. Hearth
The Cricket on the Hearth and of Dickens himself." Vladimir Lenin left during a performance of the "Cricket" play in Russia, as he found it dull and the saccharine sentimentality got on his nerves. This incident might now be little remembered if George Orwell had not mentioned it in his essay on Dickens. Stage adaptations include the successful "The Cricket on the Hearth" by Albert Richard Smith produced at the Surrey Theatre in 1845, and Dion Boucicault's "Dot, A Drama in Three Acts" (or simply "Dot"), first performed at New York's Winter Garden in 1859. It was staged repeatedly in Britain and America for the