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| 1. | Refulgent Summer comes | [1] |
| 2. | The meek-eyed dawn appears | [2] |
| 3. | From some promontory's top | [3] |
| 4. | Approach of evening | [4] |
| 5. | Reclined beneath the shade | [5] |
| 6. | Infancy, youth, and age | [6] |
| 7. | Hay-making | [6] |
| 8. | Sheep-washing | [7] |
| 9. | Slumbers the monarch swain | [8] |
| 10. | A various group the flocks and herds | [8] |
| 11. | A thousand shapes majestic stalk | [9] |
| 12. | An ample chair, moss-lined | [10] |
| 13. | Birth of the Nile | [12] |
| 14. | From steep to steep he pours his urn | [12] |
| 15. | Sad on the jutting eminence he sits | [13] |
| 16. | The mother strains her infant | [13] |
| 17. | Pouring forth pestilence | [15] |
| 18. | Stricken with plague | [15] |
| 19. | Thunder-storm | [16] |
| 20. | Young Celadon and his Amelia | [17] |
| 21. | A blackened corpse was struck the maid | [17] |
| 22. | The soft hour of walking | [19] |
| 23. | View on the Thames | [19] |
| 24. | The sailor's farewell | [20] |
| 25. | Shepherd and milkmaid | [22] |
| 26. | At eve the fairy people throng | [22] |
| 27. | Evening yields the world to night | [23] |
| 28. | Philosophy directs the helm | [24] |
| 29. | Rotation of the earth—Diagram 1 | [100] |
| 30. | Rotation of the earth—Diagram 2 | [100] |
| 31. | Tired of the world | [141] |
| 32. | Robinson and Jones pleasuring | [141] |
| 33. | Robinson and Jones on Deck | [142] |
| 34. | Robinson before and after a Voyage | [142] |
| 35. | A perfect Wretch | [142] |
| 36. | Costumes for early Summer | [143] |
| 37. | Evening dress | [144] |
| 38. | Head-dress | [144] |
| 39. | Bonnet | [144] |
| 40. | Portraits of Adams, Sherman, Livingston, Jefferson, and Franklin | 145 |
| 41. | Portrait of Earl of Bute | 146 |
| 42. | Portrait of James Otis | 147 |
| 43. | Portrait of Patrick Henry | 148 |
| 44. | Independence Hall, Philadelphia | 151 |
| 45. | Portrait of John Hancock | 152 |
| 46. | Portrait of Robert Morris | 152 |
| 47. | Portrait of Richard Henry Lee | 153 |
| 48. | Portrait of John Dickinson | 153 |
| 49. | Portrait of Edward Rutledge | 154 |
| 50. | Portrait of Samuel Adams | 154 |
| 51. | Portrait of John Witherspoon | 155 |
| 52. | The Liberty Bell | 157 |
| 53. | Fac-simile of the Signatures to the Declaration of Independence | 158 |
| 54. | Hauling the Life-car | 161 |
| 55. | The Life-car—Diagram 1 | 162 |
| 56. | The Life-car—Diagram 2 | 162 |
| 57. | The Life-car—Diagram 3 | 162 |
| 58. | The Life-car—Diagram 4 | 162 |
| 59. | Seizing the Cask | 163 |
| 60. | Firing the Shot | 164 |
| 61. | The Hydraulic Press | 165 |
| 62. | The Surf-boat | 168 |
| 63. | Climbing the Rope | 169 |
| 64. | The Tent | 170 |
| 65. | The Eclipse of 1851—Diagram 1 | 239 |
| 66. | The Eclipse of 1851—Diagram 2 | 239 |
| 67. | The Eclipse of 1851—Diagram 3 | 239 |
| 68. | The Eclipse of 1851—Diagram 4 | 240 |
| 69. | The Eclipse of 1851—Map | 240 |
| 70. | The Eclipse of 1851—enlarged Map | 241 |
| 71. | The Eclipse of 1851—Digits | 241 |
| 72. | Comparative Love | 285 |
| 73. | Taking the Census | 286 |
| 74. | A strange Machine | 286 |
| 75. | Costumes for Summer | 287 |
| 76. | Bonnets | 288 |
| 77. | Turkish Costume | 288 |
| 78. | The Birth-house of Napoleon | 290 |
| 79. | The Home of Napoleon's Childhood | 292 |
| 80. | Napoleon at Brienne | 293 |
| 81. | The Snow Fort | 295 |
| 82. | Lieutenant Bonaparte | 299 |
| 83. | The Water-excursion | 303 |
| 84. | Varieties of Bloomers | 424 |
| 85. | Experimental Philosophy | 425 |
| 86. | The interesting Story | 425 |
| 87. | Costumes for the Dog-days | 425 |
| 88. | A wet day at a Country Inn | 426 |
| 89. | Scene at the sea side | 426 |
| 90. | Affecting—rather | 427 |
| 91. | Real Enjoyment | 427 |
| 92. | A Taste for the Beautiful | 428 |
| 93. | Singular optical Delusion | 428 |
| 94. | A most alarming Swelling | 429 |
| 95. | Sunbeams from Cucumbers | 429 |
| 96. | Much Ado about Nothing | 430 |
| 97. | Little Lessons for Little Ladies | 430 |
| 98. | Costumes for August | 431 |
| 99. | Jackets | 432 |
| 100. | Boy's Dress | 432 |
| 101. | The Attack upon the Tuileries | 435 |
| 102. | The Emigrants | 436 |
| 103. | The Volunteer Gunners | 440 |
| 104. | Night Studies | 443 |
| 105. | Napoleon before the Convention | 448 |
| 106. | The Amazon discomfited | 450 |
| 107. | Portrait of Benedict Arnold | 451 |
| 108. | Portrait of Major Andrè | 453 |
| 109. | Portrait of Sir Henry Clinton | 453 |
| 110. | Portrait of Beverley Robinson | 453 |
| 111. | Robinson's House | 454 |
| 112. | Smith's House | 455 |
| 113. | Arnold's Pass to Andrè | 456 |
| 114. | Map of Andrè's Route | 457 |
| 115. | Place of Andrè's Capture | 457 |
| 116. | Breakfast Room at Robinson's House | 458 |
| 117. | View at Robinson's Dock | 458 |
| 118. | Washington's Head Quarters at Tappan | 459 |
| 119. | Andrè's Pen-and-Ink sketch of himself | 459 |
| 120. | Andrè's Monument | 460 |
| 121. | Paulding's Monument | 460 |
| 122. | Van Wart's Monument | 460 |
| 123. | Artesian Wells in Mississippi | 539 |
| 124. | The Auger for boring | 539 |
| 125. | Auger rods | 539 |
| 126. | The Pump | 540 |
| 127. | Bits for boring through Rock | 540 |
| 128. | Boring Apparatus complete | 540 |
| 129. | The Couter | 540 |
| 130. | Pump-logs | 541 |
| 131. | Section of Logs | 541 |
| 132. | Fashions for September | 575 |
| 133. | Bonnet and Head-dress | 576 |
| 134. | Chemisette | 576 |
| 135. | Napoleon and Eugene Beauharnais | 578 |
| 136. | Napoleon and his Generals | 583 |
| 137. | Napoleon on Mount Zemolo | 585 |
| 138. | Passage of the Bridge of Lodi | 590 |
| 139. | Napoleon and the Courier | 593 |
| 140. | The Burning of Banasco | 595 |
| 141. | Peruvian Cavalier | 600 |
| 142. | Limeña at Home | 602 |
| 143. | Cholitas or Indian Women of Peru | 603 |
| 144. | Coming from Mass | 604 |
| 145. | Holding the Mirror up to Nature | 717 |
| 146. | A Bite | 717 |
| 147. | Much too considerate | 717 |
| 148. | A Lesson on Patience | 718 |
| 149. | Development of Taste | 718 |
| 150. | Costumes for October | 719 |
| 151. | Carriage Costume | 720 |
| 152. | Caps and Under-sleeve | 720 |
| 153. | The Encampment before Mantua | 721 |
| 154. | The Little Corporal and the Sentinel | 725 |
| 155. | The Solitary Bivouac | 726 |
| 156. | The Dead Soldier and his Dog | 728 |
| 157. | The Marshes of Arcola | 733 |
| 158. | The Exhausted Sentinel | 739 |
| 159. | Reynard at Home | 743 |
| 160. | Reynard as a Hermit | 744 |
| 161. | Sir Tibert delivering the King's Message | 745 |
| 162. | Reynard brings forward the Hare | 746 |
| 163. | Reynard on his Pilgrimage to Rome | 747 |
| 164. | Reynard attacks the Rabbit | 748 |
| 165. | Brother Jonathan's First Lesson in Shipbuilding | 861 |
| 166. | Not a difficult thing to foretell | 861 |
| 167. | Curiosities of Medical Experience | 862 |
| 168. | Retirement | 862 |
| 169. | Costumes for November | 863 |
| 170. | Opera Dress | 864 |
| 171. | Head-Dresses and Caps | 864 |