CONTENTS.
Abderites, or inhabitants of Abdera, curious account of, [45]
Abstinence, wonders of, [67]
Act of faith, [638]
Adansonia; or, African calabash tree, [378]
Agnesi, Maria Gaetana, account of, [120]
Agrigentum, in Sicily, ruins of, [540]
Air, its pressure and elasticity, [839]
Alarm bird, [243]
Alexandria, buildings and library of, [549]
Alhambra, [559]
Alligators, [164]
American natural history, [182]
Anagrams, [450]
Andes, [415]
Androides, [701]
Anger, surprising effects of, [82]
Animalcules, [357]
Animal generation, curiosities respecting, [139]
Animals, formation of, [142]
Animals, preservation of, [144]
Animals, destruction of, [150]
Animal reproductions, [154]
Animals and plants, winter sleep of, [808]
Animals, remarkable strength of affection in, [184]
Animals, surprising instances of sociality in, [185]
Animals, unaccountable faculties possessed by some, [187]
Animals, remarkable instances of fasting in, [189]
Animal flower, [392]
Anthropophagi, or men-eaters, account of, [75]
Ants, curiosities of, [290]
Ants, green, [311]
Ants, white, or termites, [301]
Ant, lion, [312]
Ants, visiting, [312]
Aphis, curiosities respecting, [331]
Aqueducts, remarkable, [795]
Arc, Joan of, [927]
Ark of Noah, [582]
Artificer, unfortunate, [745]
Artificial figure to light a candle, [830]
Asbestos, [402]
Athos, mount, [423]
Attraction, examples of, [837]
Augsburg, curiosities of, [576]
Aurora borealis, [684]
Automaton, description of, [700]
B
Babylon, [557]
Bacon flitch, custom at Dunmow, Essex, [605]
Balbeck, ancient ruins of, [538]
Bannian tree, [374]
Baptism, a curious one, [642]
Baratier, John Philip, premature genius of, [125]
Barometer, rules for predicting the weather by it, [864]
Beards, remarks concerning, [31]
Beaver, description of, [156]
Beavers, habitations of the, [158]
Bee, the honey, [265]
Bees, wild, curiosities of, Clothier Bee, Carpenter Bee, Mason Bee, Upholsterer Bee, Leaf-cutter Bee, [277], [278], [279], [280]
Bees, account of an idiot-boy and, [283]
Bees, Mr. Wildman’s curious exhibitions of, explained, [283]
Bells, baptism of, [639]
Benefit of clergy, origin and history of, [623]
Bird of Paradise, [230]
Bird, singular account of one inhabiting a volcano in Guadalope, [246]
Bird-catching fish, [196]
Bird-catching, curious method of, [260]
Birds, method of preserving, [865]
Birds, hydraulic, [713]
Birds, song of, [261]
Birds’ nests, [251]
Bisset, Samuel, the noted animal instructor, [124]
Bletonism, [95]
Blind clergyman of Wales, [903]
Blind persons, astonishing acquisitions made by some, [46]
Blind Jack of Knaresborough, [900]
Blood, circulation of, [24]
Blunders, book of, [761]
Boa Constrictor, [217]
Boat-fly, [342]
Body, human, curiosities of the, [13]
Bolea, Monte, [418]
Books, curious account of the scarcity of, [757]
Borrowdale, [458]
Bottles, to uncork, [836]
Boverick’s curiosities, [713]
Bowthorpe oak, [382]
Bread-fruit tree, [372]
Bread, old, curious account of, [807]
Brine, to ascertain the strength of, [839]
Brown, Simon, and his curious dedication to queen Caroline, [108]
Bunzlau curiosities, [714]
Buonaparte, principal events in the life of, [126]
Burning spring in Kentucky, [493]
Burning and hot springs, [494], [495], [496], [497]
Burning, extraordinary cures by, [792]
Burning-glasses, [717]
Bustard, the great, [243]
Butterflies, beauty and diversities of, [344]
Butterflies, to take an impression of their wings, [866]
C
Camera obscura, to make, [830]
Candiac, John Lewis, account of, [113]
Candlemas-day, [632]
Cannon, extraordinary, [807]
Cards, origin of, [767]
Carrier, or courier pigeon, [244]
Carthage, ancient grandeur of, [542]
Case, John, celebrated quack doctor, [113]
Catching a hare, curious custom respecting, [601]
Caterpillar, [219]
Caterpillar-eaters, [220]
Cave of Fingal, [452]
Cave near Mexico, [457]
Centaurs and Lapithæ, [785]
Chameleon, particulars respecting, [175]
Changeable flower, [387]
Cheese-mite, curiosities respecting, [358]
Chemical illuminations, [844]
Chick, formation of in the egg, [249]
Child, extraordinary arithmetical powers of a, [88]
Chiltern hundreds, [634]
China, great wall of, [579]
Chinese, funeral ceremonies of the, [610]
Christmas-boxes, origin of, [633]
Cinchona, or Peruvian bark, curious effects of, [390]
Clepsydra, [706]
Clock-work, extraordinary pieces of, [704]
Clouds, electrified, terrible effects of, [656]
Coal-pit, visit to one, [469]
Cocoa-nut tree, [371]
Coins of the kings of England, [814]
Cold, surprising effects of extreme, [659]
Colossus, [570]
Colours, experiments on, [867]
Colours, incapacity of distinguishing, [56]
Combustion of the human body by the immoderate use of spirits, [97]
Common house-fly, curiosities of the, [337]
Company of Stationers, singular custom annually observed by the, [766]
Conscience, instances of the power of, [84]
Cormorant, [242]
Coruscations, artificial, [849]
Cotton wool, curious particulars of a pound weight of, [391]
Countenance, human, curiosities of the, [18]
Cromwell, A. M. of Hammersmith, a rich miser, [897]
Creeds of the Jews, [775]
Crichton, the admirable, [911]
Crichup Linn, [797]
Crocodile, [163]
Crocodile, fossil, curiosity of, [165]
Cuckoo, curiosities respecting, [240]
Curfew bell, why so called, [635]
Curious historical fact, [744]
D
Dancer, Daniel, account of, [104]
Dajak, inhabitants of Borneo, curious funeral ceremonies of, [612]
Deaf, to make the, perceive sounds, [828]
Deaths, poetical, grammatical, and scientific, [73]
Death-watch, [347]
Diamond mine, on the river Tigitonhonha, in the Brazilian territory, [460]
Diamond, wonderful, [405]
Diana, temple of, at Ephesus, [554]
Dictionary, modern, [950]
Dimensions, &c. of some of the largest trees growing in England, [382]
Diseases peculiar to particular countries, [789]
Dismal swamp, [798]
Dog, remarkable, [194]
Dog, curious anecdotes of a, [195]
Dogs, sagacity of, [193]
Dreams, instances of extraordinary, [70]
Dwarfs, extraordinary, [40]
E
Eagle, the golden, [237]
Ear, curious structure of the, [22]
Earl of Pembroke, curious extracts from the will of an, [773]
Earth-eaters, [908]
Earthquakes, and their causes, [499]
Eating, singularities of different nations in, [595]
Eclipses, [676]
Eddystone rocks, [797]
Egg, to soften an, [851]
Electricity, illumination by, [793]
Electrical experiments, [841]
Elephant, account of an, [168]
Elephant, docility of the, [170]
Elwes, John, account of, [104]
English ladies turned Hottentots, [744]
Ephemeral flies, [343]
Ephesus, temple of Diana at, [554]
Escurial, [577]
Etna, [443]
Extraordinary custom, [601]
Eye, curious formation of the, [20]
F
Fact, the most extraordinary on record, [744]
Fairy rings, [667]
Falling stars, [681]
Faquirs, travelling, [940]
Fasting, extraordinary instances of, [65]
Fata Morgana, [665]
Feasts, among the ancients of various nations, [614]
Female beauty and ornaments, [596]
Fiery fountain, [844]
Fire-balls, [655]
Fire of London, [748]
Fire, perpetual, [806]
Fisher, Miss Clara, [905]
Fishes, air bladder in, [201]
Fishes, respiration in, [202]
Fishes, shower of, [203]
Flea, account of a, [325]
Flea, on the duration of the life of a, [328]
Florence statues, [579]
Fly, the common house, [337]
Fly, the Hessian, [336]
Fly, the May, [340]
Fly, the vegetable, [341]
Fly, the boat, [342]
Flying, artificial, [716]
Fountain trees, [375]
Freezing mixture, to form, [859]
Freezing, astonishing expansive force of, [661]
Friburg, curiosities of, [575]
Friendship, curious demonstrations of, [594]
Friendship, true Roman, recipe for establishing, [951]
Fright, or terror, remarkable effects of, [82]
Frog, the common, [160]
Frog-fish, [196]
Frosts, remarkable, [533]
Flower, the animal, [392]
Fruits, injuries from swallowing the stones of, [791]
Funeral ceremonies of the ancient Ethiopians, [609]
Fungi, [395]
G
Galley of Hiero, [584]
Galvanism, [689]
Gardens, floating, [580]
Gardens, hanging, [558]
Garter, origin of the order of the, [623]
Gas lights, miniature, [836]
Gauts, or Indian Appenines, [421]
Giants, curious account of, [39]
Giant’s causeway, [590]
Gipsies, [732]
Glaciers, [529]
Glass, ductility of, [720]
Glass, to cut, without a diamond, [833]
Glass, to write on, by the sun’s rays, [858]
Gluttony, instances of extraordinary, [64]
Gold, remarkable ductility and extensibility of, [721]
Graham, the celebrated Dr. [909]
Gravity, experiments respecting the, [838]
Great events from little causes, [746]
Grosbeak, the social, [234]
Grosbeak, the Bengal, [235]
Grotto in South America, [445]
Grotto del Cani, [446]
Grotto of Antiparos, [447]
Grotto of Guacharo, [450]
Growth, extraordinary instances of rapid, [37]
Guinea, explanation of all the letters on a, [768]
Gulf stream, [490]
H
Hagamore, Rev. Mr. a most singular character, [896]
Hail, surprising showers of, [518]
Hair of the head, account of, [28]
Hair, instances of the internal growth of, [30]
Hair, ancient and modern opinions respecting the, [29]
Halo, or corona, and similar appearances, [680]
Hand-fasting, [609]
Harmattan, [511]
Harrison, a singular instance of parsimony, [903]
Heat, diminished by evaporation, [839]
Hecla, [442]
Heidelberg clock, [705]
Heinecken, Christian Henry, account of, [114]
Hell, opinions respecting, [812]
Henderson, John, the Irish Crichton, [883]
Henry, John, singular character of, [107]
Herculaneum and Pompeii, [536]
Herschel’s grand telescope, [713]
Hessian fly, [339]
Hobnails, origin of the sheriff’s counting, [622]
Holland, North, curious practice in, [630]
Honour, extraordinary instances of, [80]
Horse, remarkable instances of sagacity in a, [192]
Human heart, structure of the, [24]
Humming bird, [236]
Huntingdon, William, eccentric character of, [134]
Hurricane, curious particulars respecting a, [511]
Husband long absent, returned, [741]
Hydra, or polypes, account of, [359]
I
Ice, Greenland or polar, [525]
Ice, tremendous concussions of fields of, [528]
Ice, showers of, [533]
Ignis Fatuus, [644]
Improvement of the learned, [765]
Incubus, or nightmare, [941]
Indian jugglers, [897]
Individuation, [780]
Indulgences, Romish, [636]
Ingratitude, shocking instances of, [78]
Inks, various sympathetic, [853 to 857]
Insects, metamorphoses of: the butterfly, the common fly, the grey-coated gnat, the shardhorn beetle, [345]
Insects blown from the nose, —
Integrity, striking instances of, [77]
Inverlochy castle, [574]
Island, new, starting from the sea, [491]
J
Jew’s harp, [795]
John Bull, origin of the term of, [634]
K
Killarney, the lake of, [487]
Kimos, singular nation of dwarfs, [43]
Knout, [804]
Kraken, [210]
L
Labrador stone, [402]
Lady of the Lamb, [601]
Lama, [810]
Lambert, Daniel, account of, [887]
Lamps, remarkable, [805]
Lamp, phosphoric, [844]
Lanterns, feast of, [621]
Laocoon, monument of, [556]
Leaves, to take an impression of them, [866]
Letter, curious, from Pomare, king of Otaheite, to the Missionary Society, [773]
Libraries, celebrated, [760]
Light produced under water, [850]
Lightning, extraordinary properties and effects of, [651]
Lightning, to produce artificial, [844]
Liquids, to produce changeable-coloured, [858]
Liquids, to exchange two in different bottles, [872]
Literary labour and perseverance, [756]
Lizard, imbedded in coal, [225]
Locusts, and their uses in the creation, [349]
London, compendious description of, [813]
London, intellectual improvement in, [761]
Longevity, extraordinary instances of, [96]
Louse, [328]
Love-letter, and answer, curious, [774]
Luminous insects, [319]
M
M‘Avoy, Miss Margaret, [919]
Maelstrom, [489]
Magdalen’s hermitage, [575]
Magic oracle, [845]
Magical bottle, [851]
Magical drum, [806]
Magnetism, [693]
Magnetic experiments, [848]
Magnify, to, small objects, [882]
Mahometan paradise, [811]
Maiden, [599]
Mammoth, or Fossil Elephant, found in Siberia, [170]
Man with the iron mask, [727]
Mandrake, [387]
Marmot, or the Mountain Rat of Switzerland, [167]
Marriage custom of the Japanese, [604]
Marriage ceremonies, curious, in different nations, [602]
Masons, free and accepted, [737]
Mathematical talent, curious instance of, [93]
Matrimonial ring, [608]
Matter, divisibility of, [793]
May-fly, [340]
May poles and garlands, the origin of, [629]
Memnon, palace of, [552]
Memory, remarkable instance of, [86]
Metals, different, to discover, [828]
Metals, mixed, to detect, [871]
Metcalf, John, alias Blind Jack of Knaresborough, [900]
Microscopic experiments, [859]
Migration of birds, [253]
Mills, remarkable, [799]
Mint of Segovia, [799]
Miraculous vessel, [852]
Mirage, account of, [521]
Miners, curious effects of, [833]
Mite, the cheese, curiosities respecting, [358]
Mock suns, [673]
Mocking bird of America, [233]
Mole, the common, [159]
Money, test of good or bad, [834]
Monkey, sagacity of a, [192]
Monsoons, or trade winds, [512]
Monster, [777]
Montague, Edward Wortley, [110]
Mont Blanc, in Switzerland, [427]
Moon, account of three volcanoes in the, [682]
Morland, George, account of, [114]
Moscow, great bell of, [726]
Mosquitoes, and their uses, [355]
Mourning, ancient modes of, [613]
Mountains, natural descriptions of, [406]
Mountains Written, Mountains of Inscription, or Jibbel El Mokatteb, [422]
Mount Snowden, excursion to the top of, [412]
Mud and Salt, volcanic eruptions of, in the island of Java, [467]
Murdering statue, [801]
Museum, [566]
Mushroom, [395]
Mushroom-stone, [402]
N
Names, curious, adopted in the civil war, [772]
Naphtha springs, [492]
National debt, singular calculation respecting, [816]
Natural productions, resembling artificial compositions, [804]
Natural history, curious facts in, [247]
Nautilus, [197]
Navigation, perfection of, [481]
Needles, [722]
Needle’s eye, [459]
News, origin of the word, [762]
Newspapers, origin of, [762]
New studies in old age, instances of, [763]
New year’s gifts, origin of, [633]
Niagara, and its falls, [485]
Nicholas Pesce, [117]
Nitre caves of Missouri, [457]
Nokes, Edward, a miser, [888]
Numbers, remarkable instance of skill in, [86]
Numbers, curious arrangements of, [868], [871]
Nuns, particulars respecting, [811]
Nuovo, Monte, [419]
O
Oak-tree, remarkable account of, [380]
Oakham, custom at, [630]
Obelisk, remarkable, near Forres, in Scotland, [573]
Okey Hole, [458]
Orang-Outang, [178]
Origin of ‘That’s a Bull,’ [635]
Origin of the old adage respecting St. Swithin, and rainy weather, [635]
Ornithorhynchus paradoxus, [166]
Ostrich, curiosities of the, [231]
Owl, adventure of an, [247]
P
Pausilippo, [419]
Peacock, the common, [226]
Peak in Derbyshire, description of, [409]
Peeping Tom of Coventry, [740]
Peg, to make a, to fit three differently shaped holes, [872]
Pelican, the great, [229]
Penance, curious account of a, [643]
Performances of a female, blind almost from her infancy, [53]
Persons born defective in their limbs, wonderful instances of adroitness of, [54]
Peruke, [783]
Peru, mines of, [465]
Pesce, Nicholas, extraordinary character of, [117]
Pharos of Alexandria, [549]
Phosphoric fire, sheet of, [669]
Phosphorus, [670]
Pichinca, [415]
Pico, [422]
Pigeon, wild, its multiplying power, [245]
Pigeon, carrier, or courier, [244]
Pin-making, [721]
Pitch-wells, [468]
Plague, dreadful instances of the, in Europe, [747]
Plant, curious, [386]
Plants, curious dissemination of, [366]
Plants upon the earth, prodigious number of, [367]
Plough-Monday, origin of, [632]
Poison-eater, remarkable account of, [94]
Pompey’s pillar, [547]
Pope Joan, [931]
Portland vase, [800]
Praxiteles’ Venus, [712]
Praying machines of Kalmuck, [642]
Price, Charles, the renowned swindler, [889]
Prince Rupert’s drops, [853]
Prolificness, extraordinary instances of, [37]
Psalmanazar, George, noted impostor, [112]
Pulpit, curious, [801]
Pyramids of Egypt, [544]
Q
Quaint lines, [772]
Queen Charlotte, curious address to, [769]
Queen, a blacksmith’s wife become a, [749]
Queen Elizabeth’s dinner, curious account of the ceremonies at, [749]
Queen Elizabeth, quaint lines on, [772]
R
Recreations, amusing, in optics, &c. [873 to 882]
Recreations, amusing, with numbers, [820 to 827]
Religion, celebrated speech on, [944]
Reproduction, [781]
Repulsion, examples of, [837]
Respiration, interesting facts concerning, [26]
Revivified rose, [858]
Rhinoceros, [162]
Rings, on the origin of, [606]
Rosin bubbles, [851]
Royal progenitors, [744]
Ruin at Siwa in Egypt, [534]
S
Salutation, various modes of, [598]
Sand-floods, account of, [521]
Savage, Richard, extraordinary character of, [128]
Scaliot’s lock, [712]
Scarron, Paul, account of, [119]
Schurrman, Anna Maria, [123]
Scorpion, [213]
Sea, curiosities of the, [471]
Sea, on the saltness of, [476]
Sea, to measure the depth of the, [829]
Sea serpent, American, [218]
Seal, common account of, [180]
Seal, ursine, [181]
Seeds, germination of, [365]
Sensibility of plants, [368]
Sensitive plant, [369]
Seraglio, [564]
Serpents, fascinating power of, [219]
Sexes, difference between the, [34]
Sexes at birth, comparative number of the, [36]
Shark, [198]
Sheep, extraordinary adventures of one, [190]
Shelton oak, description of, [382]
Ship worm, [224]
Ship at sea, to find the burden of a, [829]
Shoes, curiosities respecting, [724]
Shoe-makers, literary, [764]
Shower of gossamers, curious phenomenon of a, [523]
Shrovetide, [630]
Silk-mill at Derby, [800]
Silk stockings, electricity of, [842]
Silkworm, [220]
Singular curiosity, [405]
Skiddaw, [414]
Sleep-walker, [69]
Sleeping woman of Dunninald, [70]
Smeaton, John, [113]
Sneezing, curious observations on, [33]
Snow grotto, [451]
Solfatara, the lake of, [488]
Sound, experiments on, [840]
Spectacle of a sea-fight at Rome, [711]
Spectacles, a substitute for, [807]
Spectre of the Broken, [420]
Spider, curiosities of the, [314]
Spider, tamed, [316]
Spider, ingenuity of a, [316]
Spider, curious anecdote of a, [318]
Spirits of wine, to ascertain the strength of, [839]
Spontaneous inflammations, [786]
Sports, book of, [766]
’Squire, old English, [925]
Stalk, animated, [392]
Star, falling or shooting, [401]
Stephenson, the eccentric, [895]
Steel, to melt, [830]
Stick, to break a, on two wine-glasses, [871]
Stone, the meteoric, [401]
Stone, the Labrador, [402]
Stone, the changeable, [404]
Stone-eater, remarkable account of, [94]
Stonehenge, [592]
Storks, [229]
Storm, singular effects of a, [519]
Strasburg clock, [705]
Sugar, antiquity of, [390]
Sulphur mountains, [424]
Sun, diminution of the, [673]
Sun, spots in the, [671]—to shew ditto, [852]
Surgical operation, extraordinary, [791]
Swine’s concert, [750]
Sword-swallowing, [62]
Sympathetic inks, [853 to 857]
T
Tallow-tree, [378]
Tantalus’ cup, [852]
Tape-worm, [222]
Tea, Chinese method of preparing, [388]
Telegraph, [708]
Temple of Tentira, in Egypt, [550]
Tenures, curious, [628]
Thermometrical experiments, [863]
Thermometer, moral and physical, [817]
Thread burnt, not broken, [844]
Thunder powder, [836]
Thunder rod, [654]
Tides, [479]
Titles of books, [755]
Toad, common, description of, [161]
Topham, Thomas, character of, [115]
Tornado, description of a, [510]
Torpedo, [200]
Tortoise, the common, [176]
Tree of Diana, [852]
Trees, account of a country, in which the inhabitants reside in, [45]
U
Unbeliever’s creed, [776]
Unfortunate artificer, [745]
Unicorn, [179]
Upas, or poison tree, [383]
V
Valentine’s-day, origin of, [632]
Van Butchell, Mrs. preservation of her corpse, [902]
Vegetable kingdom, curiosities in the, [363]
Vegetables, number of known, [367]
Vegetable fly, [341]
Velocity of the wind, [517]
Ventriloquism, [58]
Vesuvius, [434], [947]
Vicar of Bray, [748]
Voltaic pile, to make a cheap, [847]
Vulture, Egyptian, [228]
Vulture, secretary, [228]
W
Wasp, curiosities respecting the, [285]
Watch, the mysterious, [835]
Watches, invention of, [707]
Water, to boil without heat, [835]
Water, to weigh, [834]
Water, to retain, in an inverted glass, [835]
Waterspout, [663]
Waves stilled by oil, [480]
Weaving engine, [712]
Whale, great northern, or Greenland, [204]
Whale fishery, [208]
Whig and Tory, explanation of the terms, [776]
Whirlpool near Sudero, [489]
Whirlwinds of Egypt, [509]
Whispering places, and extraordinary echoes, [802]
Whitehead’s ship, [712]
Whittington, Sir Richard, [932]
Wild man, account of a, [76]
Wind, velocity of, [517]
Winds, remarkable, in Egypt, [507]
Wine cellar, curious, [799]
Winter in Russia, [524]
Wolby, Henry, extraordinary character of, [105]
Women with beards, curious account of, [32]
Wooden eagle, and iron fly, [711]
Writing, origin of the materials of, [751]
Writing, minute, [753]
X
Xerxes’ bridge of boats over the Hellespont, [586]
Z
Zeuxis, celebrated painter, [116].
INTRODUCTION.
| “Ye curious minds, who roam abroad, And trace Creation’s wonders o’er! Confess the footsteps of the God, And bow before him, and adore.” |
It was well observed by Lord Bacon, that “It would much conduce to the magnanimity and honour of man, if a collection were made of the extraordinaries of human nature, principally out of the reports of history; that is, what is the last and highest pitch to which man’s nature, of itself, hath ever reached, in all the perfection of mind and body. If the wonders of human nature, and virtues as well of mind as of body, were collected into a volume, they might serve as a calendar of human triumphs.”
The present work not only embraces the Curiosities of human nature, but of Nature and Art in general, as well as Science and Literature. Surrounded with wonders, and lost in admiration, the inquisitive mind of man is ever anxious to know the hidden springs that put these wonders in motion; he eagerly inquires for some one to take him by the hand, and explain to him the curiosities of the universe. And though the works of the Lord, like his nature and attributes, are great, and past finding out, and we cannot arrive at the perfection of science, nor discover the secret impulses which nature obeys, yet can we by reading, study, and investigation, dissipate much of the darkness in which we are enveloped, and dive far beyond the surface of this multifarious scene of things—The noblest employment of the human understanding is, to contemplate the works of the great Creator of the boundless universe; and to trace the marks of infinite wisdom, power, and goodness, throughout the whole. This is the foundation of all religious worship and obedience; and an essential preparative for properly understanding, and cordially receiving, the sublime discoveries and important truths of divine revelation. “Every man,” says our Saviour, “that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.” And no man can come properly to Christ, or, in other words, embrace the christian religion, so as to form consistent views of it, and enter into its true spirit, unless he is thus drawn by the Father through a contemplation of his works. Such is the inseparable connection between nature and grace.