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
Hearth and Home Hearth and Home Hearth and Home was an American weekly illustrated magazine which was published from 1868 to 1875. The advertising company of Pettengill, Bates & Company founded the publication, which had a debut issue dated December 26, 1868. The original editors were Donald G. Mitchell and Harriet Beecher Stowe, joined by Mary Mapes Dodge and Joseph B. Lyman as associate editors. Lyman and Stowe left after a year, though Stowe's association with the periodical is the primary reason it receives any modern attention. Dodge, who oversaw the children's pages, remained until 1873 when she became the first editor of