CONTENTS.
[Anecdotes of Dr. Kennicott], [1]
[Remarkable Historical Coincidences], [4]
[Pillars of Commemoration], [9]
[Bishops of Sodor and Man], [17]
[Oliver Cromwell’s Wife], [26]
[Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester], [33]
[Fruits cultivated at Rome in the time of Pliny, that are now grown in our English gardens], [37]
[King Charles the First], [58]
[The Fair Geraldine and the Earl of Surrey], [60]
[Luxury of Ancient Rome], [68]
[Mr. Coquebert de Montbret], [72]
[Writing among the Greeks], [74]
[Account of the Scriptoria, or Writing Rooms in the Monasteries of England], [76]
[Dr. Johnson’s Conversation with the late King], [114]
[Dr. Beattie’s Conversation with the late King & Queen], [121]
[The Hand, a Symbol of Power], [132]
[Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I], [135]
[Last Moments of Philip Melancthon], [142]
[Mourning for the Dead], [178]
[Origin of the Point of Honour], [182]
[Lifting up the Hand in Swearing], [205]
[Villiers, Duke of Buckingham], [207]
[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]
[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]
[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]