MUSEUM:
VOLUMES III. [IV.]
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY BRADBURY, SODEN & CO.
10, SCHOOL STREET, AND 127, NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.
1843.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, by S. G. Goodrich, in
the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
ROBERT MERRY’S
MUSEUM.
EDITED BY
S. G. GOODRICH,
AUTHOR OF PETER PARLEY’S TALES.
VOLUME III.
BOSTON:
BRADBURY, SODEN, & CO.,
No. 10 School Street, and 127 Nassau Street, New York.
1842.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.
JANUARY TO JUNE, 1842.
| The New Year, | [1] |
| Wonders of Geology, | [3] |
| The Siberian Sable-Hunter, | [7], [65], [122] |
| Merry’s Adventures, | [12], [36], [79], [150], [177] |
| Repentance, | [16] |
| Indians of America, | [17], [41], [74], [97], [131], [165] |
| Story of Philip Brusque, | [21], [60], [87] |
| Solon, the Grecian Lawgiver, | [25] |
| How to settle a Dispute without Pistols, | [26] |
| The Painter and his Master, | [27] |
| The Turkey and Rattlesnake,—a Fable, | [28] |
| Flowers, | [28] |
| Christmas, | [29] |
| Puzzles, | [31], [95], [126], [159], [190] |
| Varieties, | [31], [188] |
| Hymn for the New Year,—Music, | [32] |
| Anecdote of a Traveller, | [33] |
| Dr. Cotton and the Sheep, | [34] |
| The Robin, | [34] |
| Echo,—A Dialogue, | [35] |
| The Lion and the Ass, | [35] |
| National Characteristics, | [35] |
| The Two Seekers, | [38] |
| Resistance to Pain, | [40] |
| The Voyages, Travels and Experiences of Thomas Trotter, | [45], [84], [102], [139], [182] |
| Cheerful Cherry, | [48] |
| The War in Florida, | [56] |
| Composition, | [58] |
| Natural Curiosities of New Holland, | [59] |
| Beds, | [61] |
| The Great Bustard, | [62] |
| The Tartar, | [63] |
| Answers to Puzzles, | [63] |
| The Snow-Storm,—Music, | [64] |
| Bees, | [69] |
| The several varieties of Dogs, | [72] |
| Anecdote of the Indians, | [73] |
| The Wisdom of God, | [77] |
| The Canary Bird, | [78] |
| The Paper Nautilus, | [79] |
| The Zodiac, | [83] |
| The Tanrec, | [89] |
| Letter from a Correspondent, | [89] |
| Different kinds of Type, | [91] |
| The Three Sisters, | [92] |
| The Zephyr, | [95] |
| To Correspondents, | [95], [127], [158], [189] |
| March,—A Song, | [96] |
| Butterflies, | [101] |
| Herschel the Astronomer, | [107] |
| Truth and Falsehood,—An Allegory, | [108] |
| The Chimpansé, | [110] |
| The Sugar-Cane, | [111] |
| Dialogue on Politeness, | [112] |
| The Date Tree, | [114] |
| Dress, | [115] |
| Eagles, and other matters, | [117] |
| April, | [120] |
| The Prophet Jeremiah, | [121] |
| Letter from a Subscriber, | [124] |
| Toad-Stools and Mushrooms, | [125] |
| Return of Spring, | [126] |
| Smelling, | [129] |
| Isaac and Rebekah, | [135] |
| Mr. Catlin and his Horse Charley, | [136] |
| The Kitchen, | [138] |
| Knights Templars, | [145] |
| The Garden of Peace, | [146] |
| The Banana, | [148] |
| Comparative Size of Animals, | [149] |
| Misitra and the Ancient Sparta, | [155] |
| Absence of Mind, | [155] |
| The Star Fish, | [156] |
| Where is thy Home? | [157] |
| Sea-Weed, | [157] |
| Inquisitive Jack and his Aunt Piper, | [158] |
| “Far Away,”—the Bluebird’s Song, | [160] |
| The Sense of Hearing, | [161] |
| “Fresh Flowers,” | [162] |
| June, | [164] |
| House-Building, | [173] |
| Edwin the Rabbit-fancier, | [175] |
| Who planted the Oaks? | [181] |
| The Deluge, | [186] |
| Page for Little Readers, | [187] |
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, by S. G. Goodrich, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.
THE IGUANADON.
MERRY’S MUSEUM.
VOLUME III.—No. 1.
Tom Stedfast.