CONTENTS.

[Anecdotes of Dr. Kennicott], [1]

[Remarkable Historical Coincidences], [4]

[Charles XII. of Sweden], [6]

[British Pearls], [8]

[Pillars of Commemoration], [9]

[Mason, the Poet], [13]

[Bishops of Sodor and Man], [17]

[The Table], [19]

[Clocks], [20]

[Aldus Manutius], [22]

[Bottles of Skin], [24]

[English Slave Trade], [25]

[Oliver Cromwell’s Wife], [26]

[Shakespeare], [28]

[University Degrees], [31]

[Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester], [33]

[Figs], [35]

[Fruits cultivated at Rome in the time of Pliny, that are now grown in our English gardens], [37]

[Peacocks], [51]

[Ancient Libraries], [52]

[King Charles the First], [58]

[The Fair Geraldine and the Earl of Surrey], [60]

[Jews in England], [66]

[The English Bible], [67]

[Luxury of Ancient Rome], [68]

[Rhyme], [70]

[Mr. Coquebert de Montbret], [72]

[Dr. Thomas Pierce], [73]

[Writing among the Greeks], [74]

[Account of the Scriptoria, or Writing Rooms in the Monasteries of England], [76]

[Torture in England], [105]

[Dr. Johnson’s Conversation with the late King], [114]

[Dr. Beattie’s Conversation with the late King & Queen], [121]

[Sacred Gardens], [128]

[Sir Thomas Wyat], [129]

[The Hand, a Symbol of Power], [132]

[Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I], [135]

[Last Moments of Philip Melancthon], [142]

[House of Commons], [145]

[Mosaic Painting], [165]

[King Egbert], [168]

[The Latin Language], [171]

[Dr. Herschel], [174]

[Parodies], [177]

[Mourning for the Dead], [178]

[Garrick], [179]

[Lemons], [181]

[Origin of the Point of Honour], [182]

[Geoffrey of Monmouth], [185]

[Lifting up the Hand in Swearing], [205]

[Villiers, Duke of Buckingham], [207]

[King Arthur], [210]

[Alchemy], [213]

[Account of several Noble Families, in England, who owe their elevation to the Peerage to their Ancestors having been engaged in Trade], [214]

[Last Moments of Queen Caroline], [220]

[The Britons, according to the Greek and Latin Classics], [221]

[The Seven Sleepers], [227]

[John Ray, the Naturalist], [230]

[London Bankers and their Origin], [233]

[Elucidation of the Ornaments with which the Greeks and Romans adorned the Human Head on Coins & Medals], [237]

[The Tradescants], [243]

[Orange Trees], [249]

[Articles of Use and Luxury introduced into Europe by the Romans], [251]

[Account of the Escape of the Earl of Nithsdale from the Tower, in 1716], [255]

[Account of the first rise of Fairs in England, and the Manner of Living, in the 16th and 17th Centuries], [269]

[Sir Richard Clough], [277]

[Royal Clemency], [279]

[Lotteries], [280]

[Herculaneum Manuscripts], [283]

[Wolves in England], [286]

[Professor Porson], [288]

[History of Sepulchral Monuments], [297]