INDEX

TO THE

FIRST VOLUME.

FROM FEBRUARY TO JULY 1841, INCLUSIVE.

Address to the Reader,page [1]
About Labor and Property,[3]
Anecdote,[102]
Absence of Mind,[126]
Antiquities of Egypt,[149]
A Drunkard’s Home,[152]
Architecture of Birds,[158]
A Philosophical Tea-pot[171]
Astonishing Powers of the Horse[172]
A Good Reply,[187]
Chinese Spectacles,[18]
Contentment,[50]
Curious way of Keeping Accounts,[189]
Death of the President,[127]
Fanny Gossip and Susan Lazy; a Dialogue,[145]
Hogg’s Father,[102]
Hunting Wild Animals in Africa,[111]
Hymn,[159]
Importance of Attention; a Dialogue[174]
Instinct,[190]
John Steady and Peter Sly, a Dialogue[38]
My First Whistle,[4]
My own Life and Adventures; by Robert Merry,[9], [33], [65], [129], [161]
Music—Jack Frost, a Song,[32]
Madagascar,[168]
Napoleon’s last Obsequies[51]
Night,[101]
Owls and Eagles,[5]
Origin of ‘The House that Jack Built,’[7]
Origin of Words and Phrases,[35]
Our Ancestry,[53]
Plain Dealing,[26]
Peach Seeds,[37]
Professions and Trades,[94]
Peter Pilgrim’s account of his Schoolmates, No. 1,[107]
Pet Oysters,[187]
Poetry and Music,[192]
Queen Elizabeth of England,[103]
Swallows,[15]
Story of Philip Brusque[19], [47], [73], [97]
Spring is Coming; a Song,[64]
Sketches of the Manners, Customs, and History of the Indians of America,[116], [140], [141], [181]
Something Wonderful,[141]
The Sociable Weavers,[2]
The Human Frame likened to a House[18]
The Sailor’s Family,[21]
The Groom and the Horse,[23]
The Druids,[24]
The Re-entombment of Napoleon[27]
The Pelican,[36]
The Three Friends,[41]
The Fox and the Tortoise,[43]
The Travels, Adventures and Experiences of Thomas Trotter,[44], [81], [120], [138]
The Month of March,[60]
The Child and the Violets,[62]
The Great Northern Diver, or Loon[71]
The Spectre of the Brocken[79]
Trifles,[80]
The New Custom House, Boston,[86]
The New Patent Office, Washington[89]
The River; a Song,[96]
The Sun, [101]
The Kingfisher and the Nightingale[125]
The April Shower,—a Song, [128]
The Artist’s Cruise,[133]
The Boastful Ass,[157]
Travelling Beehives,[158]
The Secret,[158]
The Logue Family,[159]
The Humming Birds,[167]
The Moon,[173]
The Horse and the Bells,[178]
The Crane Family,[179]
The Shetland Pony,[188]
Varieties,[30], [62], [127], [190]
What is Truth?[28]
What sort of Heart have you got?[90]
What is Poetry?[95]

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