The Dog Star Rages.

They're gone with my last shilling. (Page 88.)
"This is a fact, and no poetic fable."—Byron

Florence's Saloon. (Page 88.)
A much-frequented restaurant in Broadway.

Sunny-Side. (Page 88.)
The country residence of Washington Irving.

The luxury of we. (Page 89.)
W-H-O-A!

A wheel rigged for a tiller. (Page 90.)
A peculiarity of Commodore Christopher B. Miller's yacht, "The Ultra."

Long live the valiant Mayor. (Page 91.) "If you want me," said His Honor, at the Astor-Place riots, on the evening of the 10th of May, 1849, "you will FIND ME—AT THE NEW-YORK HOTEL!"

The Prairie on Fire (page 131.)

This ballad is founded, in part, upon a thrilling story of the West, related by
Mr. Cooper, the novelist.

The Sweep's Carol (page 146.)