INDEX TO ENGRAVINGS

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ABYSSINIAN ARMS,[509]
—— LADIES,[492]
—— ORNAMENTS OF,[493]
—— LADY TATTOOED,[496]
ALTAR-PIECE OF SAN MINIATO,[601]
AMULET WORN BY EGYPTIAN FEMALES,[452]
AMULET BROTCHE,[332]
ANCIENT METHOD OF KEEPING A WASHING ACCOUNT,[3]
—— NUT-CRACKERS,[236]
—— SNUFF-BOXES,[210]
ANGLO-SAXONS, SEPULCHRAL BARROW OF THE,[27]
APTERYX, THE, OR WINGLESS BIRD,[308]
ARCH, A BEAUTIFUL, IN CANNISTOWN CHURCH,[433]
—— OF TRAJAN AT BENEVENTUM,[445]
ARCHITECTURE FOR EARTHQUAKES,[324]
ARMLET, AN ANCIENT,[425]
ARMOUR, ANCIENT, CURIOUS PIECE OF,[341]
ASH, THE SHREW,[397]
AZTEC CHILDREN, THE,[37]
BAGPIPES,[505]
BANDOLIERS,[560]
BANNERS AND STANDARDS, ANCIENT,[584], [585]
BASTILLE, STORMING OF THE,[195]
BEAU BRUMMELL (A), OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY,[61]
BECTIVE ABBEY,[392]
BEDESMEN IN THE TIME OF HENRY VII,[593]
BELLOWS, A PRIMITIVE PAIR OF,[637]
BELL SHRINE, AN ANCIENT,[348]
—— OF SAINT MURA,[412]
BIBLE USED BY CHARLES I. ON THE SCAFFOLD,[271]
BILLY IN THE SALT BOX,[181]
BLACKFRIARS, PARIS GARDEN AT,[465]
BLIND GRANNY,[70]
—— JACK,[23]
BOAT, A BURMESE,[668]
BOOK-SHAPED WATCH,[328]
BRACELET, A MAGICIAN'S,[345]
BRAMA, THE HINDOO DEITY,[556]
BRANK, THE,[2]
BRASS MEDAL OF OUR SAVIOUR,[241]
BRITANNIA TUBULAR BRIDGE,[173]
BROOCH, ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN,[401]
BRICKS OF BABYLON,[613]
BRIDGE OVER THE THAMES, THE FIRST,[428]
—— A CHINESE,[440]
—— CROMWELL'S, AT GLENGARIFF,[648]
BUCKINGER, MATTHEW,[53]
BUCKLER OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, WITH PISTOL INSERTED,[30]
BUNYAN'S (JOHN) TOMB,[157]
BURMESE PRIEST PREACHING,[266]
BUST, AN ANCIENT ETRURIAN,[677]
CAMDEN CUP, THE,[250]
CANDLESTICK, A REMARKABLE, IN FAYENCE,[592]
—— OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS,[436]
CARFAX CONDUIT,[333]
CARRIAGE, A TURKISH,[656]
CASCADE DES PELERINES,[135]
CATACOMBS AT ROME,[87]
CAVE, PORT COON,[516]
—— THE TIGER, AT CUTTACK,[361]
CHAIR BROUGHT OVER TO AMERICA BY THE PILGRIM FATHERS,[186]
—— DAGOBERT'S, ANCIENT,[421]
—— HENRY VIII.'S,[488]
—— THE DUCHESS OF LAUDERDALE'S,[401]
CHAPTER-HOUSE, A, IN THE TIME OF HENRY VII.,[600]
CHARLEMAGNE, CROWN OF,[377]
CHIEFTAIN, ANCIENT SCOTTISH,[500]
CHINESE METHOD OF FISHING,[316]
—— PUNISHMENT OF THE KANG, OR WOODEN COLLAR,[134]
CHRISTMAS, PROCLAIMING THE NON-OBSERVANCE OF,[19]
CISTERN OF MAJOLICA WARE,[597]
COFFEE POT, IN STONEWARE, A CURIOUS,[649]
COIN, THE FIRST, WITH BRITANNIA ON IT,[468]
COLLARS, ANCIENT STONE,[665]
COLUMN AT CUSSI,[533]
COMB, A CURIOUS INDIAN,[657]
CORAL REEFS,[74]
CORPSE BEARER DURING THE PLAGUE,[284]
COSTUMES, ANCIENT,[18], [71], [78], [86], [212], [213], [220], [296], [297]
—— GERMAN, OF THE 16TH CENTURY,[548]
COSTUME, FOREIGN, IN 1492,[543]
—— OF A GERMAN NOBLE,[536]
COUTEAU-DE-CHASSE,[633]
CRADLE OF MOSS,[325]
—— HENRY V.,[416]
CROSBY, SIR JOHN, HELMET OF,[520]
CROSS OF CONG,[457]
—— MUIREDACH,[369]
CUCKING STOOL,[1]
CUPID OF THE HINDOOS, THE,[552]
CURFEW BELL, THE,[33]
CURIOUS FIGURES ON A SMALL SHRINE,[203]
DAGGER OF RAOUL DE COURCY,[263]
—— AN ANCIENT,[673]
DAGOBERT, ANCIENT CHAIR OF,[421]
DANCING NATIVES OF NEW SOUTH WALES,[225]
DARNEY (JENNY), A HARMLESS ECCENTRIC OF THE YEAR 1790,[187]
DERVISHES DANCING,[669]
DIAL AND FOUNTAIN IN LEADENHALL STREET,[553]
DINNER PARTY IN THE 17TH CENTURY,[609]
—— TABLE, AN EGYPTIAN,[537]
DIOGENES IN A PITHOS—NOT TUB,[524]
DOG-WHEEL, THE OLD,[101]
DRINKING CUP, A CURIOUSLY SHAPED,[413]
—— EARLY GERMAN,[460]
—— VESSEL, A DECORATIVE,[336]
—— GLASS, ANCIENT,[153]
DROPPING WELL OF KNARESBOROUGH,[143]
DRUID'S SEAT, THE,[464]
DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS, OR ORNITHORYNCHUS PARADOXUS,[273]
DYAK WITH HEADS, SKULL HOUSE, AND HOUSE OF SEA DYAKS,[276], [277]
—— WAR BOAT IN BORNEO,[540]
DYAKS OF BORNEO, WAR DANCE OF THE,[541]
EAST INDIA HOUSE, THE FIRST,[206]
EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE,[109]
EGYPTIAN TOYS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM,[130]
EMBROIDERED GLOVE, PRESENTED BY MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND, TO AN ATTENDANT ON THE MORNING OF HER EXECUTION,[263]
EXTRAORDINARY CATARACT,[224]
—— SITUATION FOR A TREE,[313]
—— TREE,[183]
FASHIONABLE DISFIGUREMENT OF THE TIME OF CHARLES I.,[213]
FAWKES HALL, OLD MANOR HOUSE OF,[380]
FETE OF THE FEDERATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARDS OF FRANCE, 1790,[289]
FIGG (JAMES), THE CHAMPION PRIZE-FIGHTER OF 1733,[113]
FISH, SHOOTING,[432]
FISHERMAN, BULGARIAN,[497]
FLOATING CITY OF BANKOK,[309]
FONT AT KILCARN, THE, [417]
FRENCH ASSIGNATS, FAC-SIMILE OF THE FORMS IN WHICH THEY WERE ISSUED TO THE PUBLIC,[254]
FULLERTON'S (COLONEL) DEVICE FOR PASSING A MOUNTAIN TORRENT,[194]
FUNEREAL JAR,[481]
GARDEN, EGYPTIAN,[349]
GARRICK'S CUP,[232]
GATE, THE, ON OLD LONDON BRIDGE,[561]
GAUNTLET OF HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES,[661]
GIANT TREE,[229]
GLAIVE, A,[504]
GRACE KNIVES,[641]
GRAVES OF THE STONE PERIOD,[364]
GREAT WALL OF CHINA,[233]
GREY MAN'S PATH, THE,[528]
GUN, A CELEBRATED,[568]
GUY, THOMAS, PORTRAIT OF,[605]
HACKNEY COACHMAN OF THE TIME OF CHARLES II.,[258]
HACKNEY COACH, THE EARLIEST,[211]
HEAD-BREAKER, A,[665]
—— ORNAMENT, ANTIQUE,[393]
HEART OF LORD EDWARD BRUCE AND CASE,[246], [247]
HELMET, AN EARLY ENGLISH,[632]
HELMET OF SIR JOHN CROSBY,[520]
HENRY V., CRADLE OF,[516]
—— VII., BEDESMEN IN THE TIME OF,[393]
—— VIII., CHAIR OF,[488]
—— I. (KING) DREAM OF,[26]
—— VIII.'S WALKING STICK,[30]
HINDOO ADORATION OF THE SÁLAGRÁM,[588]
HOLY-WATER SPRINKLER,[532]
HOOPS, LADIES', IN 1740,[6]
HUDSON, JEFFERY, THE DWARF OF THE COURT OF CHARLES I.,[472]
IMPLEMENTS USED IN BUDDHIST TEMPLES,[621]
INCENSE CHARIOT, AN ANCIENT,[513]
INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE:—THE EXECUTIONER'S AXE; THE BLOCK ON WHICH LORDS BALMERINO AND LOVAT WERE BEHEADED; THE SCAVENGER'S DAUGHTER; SPANISH BILBOES; MASSIVE IRON COLLAR FOR THE NECK; THUMB SCREW. BRAND FOR MARKING FELONS: IMPRESSION OF BRAND; PUNISHMENT FOR DRUNKARDS, FORMERLY IN USE AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE; THE WHIRLIGIG, A MILITARY METHOD OF PUNISHMENT; PILLORY, STOCKS, AND WHIPPING-POST FORMERLY ON LONDON BRIDGE,[60], [90]
IRRIGATION, TURKISH MACHINE FOR,[681]
JAMES I., CURIOUS JEWEL WHICH BELONGED TO,[456]
—— II., AND THE CHURCH OF DONORE,[557]
JEWEL PRESENTED BY MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, TO EARL HUNTLEY,[243]
JOHNSON'S (DR. SAMUEL), RESIDENCE IN INNER TEMPLE LANE,[48]
— — OLD STAIRCASE IN,[49]
JOY (WILLIAM), THE ENGLISH SAMPSON,[177]
KING'S STONE, THE,[461]
KNIGHT'S COSTUME OF THE 13TH CENTURY,[480]
LAMPS, ANCIENT ROMAN,[437]
LOCOMOTIVE, THE FIRST,[96]
—— THE PRESENT, AND TRAIN,[97]
LORD OF MISRULE,[15]
LOUIS XII., IVORY SCEPTRE OF,[476]
LOUIS XVI., EXECUTION OF,[255]
LUTHER'S (MARTIN) TANKARD,[150]
LYNCH'S CASTLE, GALWAY,[581]
MAGICIAN'S MIRROR,[344]
—— BRACELET,[345]
MAY-POLES,[101]
MAIL, ANCIENT SUIT OF,[484]
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS', CANDLESTICK,[436]
MEDMENHAM ABBEY,[429]
MILITARY HATS IN THE OLDEN TIME,[75]
MILL AT LISSOY,[469]
MIRROR, A MAGICIAN'S,[344]
MONSOONS,[180]
MONSTROUS HEAD-DRESS OF 1782,[242]
MONUMENTS, WAYSIDE,[588]
—— ROCK CUT, OF ASIA MINOR,[444]
MORAYSHIRE FLOODS,[126]
MOSQUE OF OMAR,[317]
—— ST. SOPHIA,[104]
MUMMERS, OR ANCIENT WAITS,[14]
MUMMY CASES,[409]
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, HINDOO,[684]
—— —— A CURIOUS BURMESE,[628], [629]
—— —— EGYPTIAN,[405]
NAORA, THE,[636]
NEBUCHADNEZZAR, MASK OF,[105]
NECKLACE, ANCIENT JET,[529]
NELL GWYNNE'S LOOKING-GLASS,[237]
NEWTON CHURCH, DOORWAY OF,[473]
NEWTON'S (SIR ISAAC) OBSERVATORY,[10]
—— HOUSE, ST. MARTIN'S STREET,[11]
NORMAN CAPS,[44]
NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN WAR DESPATCH,[45]
OLD LONDON BRIDGE, GATE ON THE,[561]
—— —— SIGNS,[120]
ORNAMENTS ABYSSINIAN FEMALE,[493]
—— ANTIQUE HEAD,[393]
—— FEMALE, OF THE IRON PERIOD,[400]
—— EGYPTIAN FEMALE,[448]
—— PERSONAL, OF EGYPTIANS,[453]
—— OF FEMALE DRESS IN THE TIMES OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS,[79]
PAGODA, THE GREAT SHOEMADOO,[572]
PAILOOS, CHINESE,[625]
PAPYRUS ROLL, FROM A SPECIMEN IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM,[82]
—— SYRIAN, WITH AND WITHOUT FLOWERS,[83]
PARIS GARDEN AT BLACKFRIARS,[465]
PASS OF KEIM-AN-EIGH,[329]
PENN'S (WILLIAM) SILVER TEA SERVICE,[202]
PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL, FAC-SIMILE OF THE HEADING OF THE LAST NUMBER, 1765,[63]
PEST HOUSE DURING THE PLAGUE IN TOTHILL FIELDS,[573]
PETER THE GREAT, HOUSE OF, AT ZAANDAM,[545]
PLOUGHING, ANCIENT MODE OF,[66]
POISON CUP, THE,[485]
PONT DU GARD, THE GREAT AQUEDUCT OF,[312]
POPE'S CHAIR,[577]
POPULAR AMUSEMENTS IN 1743,[56]
PORCELAIN FIGURES,[517]
POTTERY IN CHINA, THE ART OF,[321]
POWERSCOURT FALL, PHENOMENON AT,[305]
PREACHING FRIAR,[221]
PRE-ADAMITE BONE CAVERNS,[199]
PRIESTS OF SIKKIM,[664]
PRINCE RUPERT, HEAD QUARTERS OF, DURING THE SIEGE OF LIVERPOOL, IN 1644,[292]
PULPIT OF JOHN KNOX AT ST. ANDREW'S,[270]
PUNISHMENT, ANCIENT INSTRUMENT OF,[680]
PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT,[131]
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S STATE COACH,[198]
—— —— SIDE SADDLE OF,[340]
RAFFAELLE, TOMB OF,[569]
RALEIGH'S (SIR WALTER) ANCIENT RESIDENCE AT BLACKWALL,[161]
REVOLVER, A, OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY,[30]
RING, FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF CHARLES I.,[263]
RINGS, CALCINATED,[408]
—— SARDONYX, WITH CAMEO HEAD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH,[372]
—— A TOAD STONE,[424]
ROCK OF CASHEL, THE,[352]
RUINS OF CLONMACNOIS,[612]
SACK-POT, OLD ENGLISH,[521]
SAINT GEORGE, TOMB OF,[281]
SAINT GEORGE'S HALL, GIBRALTAR,[7]
SALAGRAM, HINDOO ADORATION OF THE,[589]
SARDONYX RING, WITH CAMEO HEAD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH,[373]
SCEPTRE, IVORY, OF LOUIS XII.,[476]
SCHOOL, A CHINESE,[525]
SCRIPTURAL ANTIQUITIES:—DRUM, OR TIMBREL; DRUM IN USE IN THE EAST; HARP; LUTES; INSCRIBED STONE; SANDALS; DISTAFF; ROMAN FARTHING; STONEMONEY-WRIGHTS; HAND MILL; EASTERN WINE AND WATER BOTTLES,[217]
SELKIRK (ALEXANDER) AND THE DANCING GOATS,[22]
SEPULCHRAL VASE,[320], [608]
SHAKESPEARE'S JUG,[576]
SHIELD, ANCIENT DANISH,[420]
SHRINE OF ST. SEBALD AT NUREMBERG,[604]
SILVER LOCKET IN MEMORY OF THE EXECUTION OF CHARLES I.,[263]
SNAKE CHARMER,[300]
SOUTH STACK LIGHTHOUSE,[240]
SPANISH DAGGER OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY,[263]
SPIDER, THE TRAP-DOOR,[384]
—— NEST OF THE,[385]
ST. WINIFRED'S WELL,[304]
STAMP, MEDICINE, ANTIQUE ROMAN,[449]
STANDARDS, EGYPTIAN,[396]
—— ASSYRIAN,[584], [585]
STEAM BOAT, FAC-SIMILE OF THE FIRST,[301]
STICKS, OLD WALKING,[388]
SWORD BREAKER, ANCIENT,[672]
—— AN EXECUTIONER'S,[676]
—— CURIOUS ANTIQUE,[596]
—— THE HAWTHORNDEN,[353]
—— THE SETON,[357]
SUMMERS' MAGNET, OR LOADSTONE, [41]
TEMPLAR'S BANNER, CALLED BEAUSEANT,[565]
TEMPLE AT SIMONBONG, INTERIOR VIEW OF,[620]
THRASHING CORN, ANCIENT METHOD OF,[67]
TILBURY FORT, WATER-GATE OF,[190]
TOILET BOXES, EGYPTIAN,[381]
TOMB, ANCIENT GREEK, INTERIOR VIEW OF,[617]
—— A CHINESE,[508]
—— OF RAFFAELLE,[569]
TOMB OF CÆCILIA METELLA,[477]
TOPE, THE SANCHI,[389]
TORTURE CHAMBER AT NUREMBERG,[616]
TOWER OF THE THUNDERING WINDS,[93]
TRAJAN, ARCH OF, AT BENEVENTUM,[445]
TREATY STONE AT LIMERICK,[564]
TRIPOD, AN ANCIENT,[549]
TUMBREL, THE,[2]
TUNISIAN TURNER, A,[652]
TYRIAN PURPLE, THE SHELL FISH FROM WHICH IT IS OBTAINED,[644]
UMBRELLA, ANGLO-SAXON,[624]
VASES, ANCIENT,[337]
—— GREEK,[501]
—— ROMAN, IN BLACK WARE,[372]
—— A SEPULCHRAL, OF ANCIENT EGYPT,[608]
VASES TEUTONIC, HUT-SHAPED,[580]
VAUXHALL,[380]
VESSEL, A CURIOUSLY SHAPED,[376]
VESUVIUS, CRATER OF, IN 1829,[165]
VISHNU, THE GOD,[645]
VOLCANO OF JORULLO, MEXICO,[161]
WAR CHARIOT OF EGYPT,[365]
WATCH, ANTIQUE,[368]
—— PRESENTED BY LOUIS XII. OF FRANCE TO CHARLES I. OF ENGLAND,[640]
—— PRESENTED BY MARY OF SCOTLAND TO MARY SKATON,[285]
WATER CARRIER OF THE OLDEN TIME,[259]
WEAPON, AN ANCIENT,[660]
—— A POISON,[672]
WEAVER BIRD, SOCIAL NEST OF,[441]
WIGS OF VARIOUS PERIODS,[31]

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Abbey Buildings, The Arrangement of,[658]
Abraham and Sarah,[101]
Abyssinian Ladies, Dress of the,[491]
Abyssinian Lady, Tattooed,[495]
Advertisement, an American,[111]
Advertisements, Curious,[406], [447], [455], [478]
—— in the last Century,[207]
—— of a Dying-speech Book,[116]
—— New Style of,[249]
—— a Pudding as an,[228]
—— of a Fleet Parson,[116]
A False Find,[31]
A Female Sampson,[62]
A Fine Old Soldier,[314]
A Floating City,[308]
A Funeral appropriately conducted,[235]
Aged Persons, instances of many Dying,[283]
Ages of Celebrated Men,[102]
A Great Marvel seen in Scotland,[138]
A Happy Family,[28]
A Harmless Eccentric,[186]
Albertus Magnus, Receipts from,[91]
Ale Too Strong,[267]
Alexandria, Pharos at,[274]
Algerine Invasion of Ireland,[176]
A Last Chance,[103]
All Humbugs,[85]
A Lucky Find,[6]
A Man in a Vault Eleven Days,[69]
—— Carries his House on his Head,[290]
—— Selling his own Body,[95]
—— aged One Hundred Years,[256]
A Monster,[287]
Ambassador, French, Entry into London,[262]
—— why Held by the Arms,[162]
Amphitheatres,[102]
Amulets worn by Egyptian Females,[120]
—— Brotche,[332]
Amusements in the 15th Century,[254]
—— in 1743, Popular,[56]
An apparent Singularity accounted for,[93]
An Eccentric Tourist,[139]
Ancients, Credulity of the,[144]
Anglo-Saxons, Sepulchral Barrow of,[26]
Animals, Food of,[24]
—— Communication between,[294]
Animation, Suspended,[374]
Anne Boleyn, Execution of,[375]
Antimony,[570]
Antipathies,[391]
—— Unaccountable,[196]
Antiquities, Egyptian,[642]
Apollo, Oracles of, in France,[675]
Arabian Horses,[291]
Arabs, Horses of the,[498]
Archbishop, an, Washing Feet,[5]
Arch, A Beautiful,[433]
A remarkable Old Man,[214]
Armlet, Ancient,[425]
Armour, Ancient, Curious Piece of,[341]
Arms, Abyssinian,[509]
Artists, Duration of Life amongst,[196]
A Sea above the Sky,[81]
Ash, the Shrew,[397]
Ass, The,[116]
Assiduity and Perseverance,[304]
Attar of Roses, Origin of,[343]
Attar of Roses,[298]
A Woman takes the Lighted Match,[40]
—— Defends a Post singly,[52]
Authors, some Learned, Amusements of,[137]
A Unique Library,[211]
Aztec Children,[37]
Babes of Bethlehem, The,[660]
Bagpipes, Irish,[505]
Ballot, Origin of the,[673]
Bandoliers,[560]
Bank, A Mattrass for a,[323]
Banner, The Templars', called Beauseant,[564]
Banquets of the Ancients,[439]
Bara, a Machine used in Sicily,[415]
Barbers,[94]
Barometer, Incident connected with,[136]
Bartholomew Fair in 1700, Handbill of,[148]
Bastille of Paris, Storming of the,[194]
Bazaar, a Turkish,[614]
Bear, a Shaved,[17]
Beard, Care of the,[503]
Beau Brummell (a) of the 17th Century,[61]
Bective Abbey,[392]
Bedesmen in the time of Henry VII.,[593]
Bedford Missal, The,[407]
Bee, The Queen,[25]
Bees, Obedient to Training,[95]
Beggars, Severe Enactment against,[302]
—— selected as Models by Painters,[281]
Bell, The Great, of Burmah,[559]
—— of Rouen,[650]
Bells,[193]
—— of the Ancients,[279]
—— of St. Mura,[411]
Bell-Shrine, an Ancient,[347]
Bellows, Primitive Pair of,[637]
Bible,[118], [372], [490]
—— Bunyan's,[121]
—— Summary of the,[169]
—— used by Charles I. on the Scaffold,[271]
Billy in the Salt-box,[181]
Birds, The Ear of, not to be Deceived,[228]
Blind Jack,[23]
—— Granny,[70]
—— Workman,[155]
Boat, Burmese,[667]
Bobart, Jacob,[22]
Boiling to Death,[663]
Bolton Abbey, Origin of,[273]
Bombardier Beetle, The,[68]
Bones, Adaptation of to Age,[52]
Book-shaped Watch,[328]
Boots an object of Honour,[232]
Boydell, Alderman,[9]
Brama, the Hindoo Deity,[555]
Bramins, Philosophy of the,[371]
Brank, The,[2]
Brass Medal, of our Saviour,[241]
Breakfasting Hut in 1745,[158]
Bribery,[141]
Bricks of Babylon, The,[612]
Bridge, Old London, The Gate of,[561]
—— Chinese,[439]
—— Suspension, at Freybourg,[166]
Britannia Tubular Bridge,[172]
British Islands, Size of the,[245]
Brooch, Ancient Scandinavian,[401]
Bruce, Lord Edward, Case containing the Heart of,[215]
Brunswick, House of, Anecdote of the,[459]
Buckinger, Matthew,[53]
Buddist Temples, Instruments used in,[621]
Bumper,[153]
Bunyan's, John, Tomb,[156]
Burial Places of Distinguished Men,[390]
Burmah, Elephant God of,[537]
Bust, Etrurian, An Ancient,[677]
Byng, Admiral, Execution of,[182]
Cader Idris,[118]
Cagots, The,[638]
Calculation, Interesting,[474]
Cambridge Clods,[20]
Camden Cup,[250]
Camel, as a Scape-Goat,[522]
Cameleon, The Eye of the,[479]
Candles in the Church,[449]
Cannon, Ancient, raised from the Sea,[40]
—— at the Siege of Constantinople,[69]
—— First Iron,[320]
Canute, The Discovery of the Body of,[176]
Cardinals, Colour of the Hat for,[234]
Cards, Games with, in the 16th Century,[618]
Carfax Conduit,[333]
Carronades,[149]
Carrara, Francis, Cruelty of,[504]
Carriage, Turkish,[655]
Cascade des Pelerines,[135]
Cat, Instinct in a,[353]
Catacombs at Rome,[87]
Cataract, Extraordinary,[223]
Cat-Clock, A,[631]
Cats, White,[51]
—— with Knotted Tails,[238]
Caves, The Hawthornden,[382]
Chaffinch Contest,[651]
Chalice, Iona, The Golden,[422]
Changes of Fortune,[371]
Chaplain, Instructions to a,[458]
Chapter-House in Henry VIIth's time,[599]
Charing Cross, Autobiography of,[128]
Charity instead of Pomp,[407]
—— Rewarded by a Mendicant,[257]
Charlemagne, Clock presented to,[145]
Charles I., Anecdote relative to,[174]
—— II., Privy Purse, Expenses of,[234]
Cherry Tree,[458]
Chess, in India, How it Originated,[305]
Chieftain, Ancient Scottish,[500]
Chilcott, the Giant,[71]
Child, Test of Courage in a,[132]
Children of Aged Parents,[319]
China, Origin of the Great Wall of,[233]
Chinese Dainties,[91]
—— Ivory Balls,[144]
—— Method of Fishing,[315]
—— Punishment of the Kang,[134]
—— Ladies, Small Feet of,[475]
—— Mirrors,[425]
—— School,[525]
—— Therapeutics,[369]
Chocolate, Early use of,[52]
Christmas Customs, Bygone,[14], [19]
Christening, Novel Mode of Celebrating a,[393]
Chronology of Remarkable Events,[218]
Church of Donore, James II. and the,[557]
Cigars, Extraordinary Fashion in,[274]
Circumstance, a Curious,[430]
—— Extraordinary,[15]
Cistern of Majolica Ware,[597]
Clock at Hernhuth, Watchmen Imitating,[20]
—— Wonderful,[167]
Clocks, Early,[171]
Clonmacnois, Ruins of,[289]
Coachmen of the Time of Charles II.,[257]
Cock Fighting at Schools,[219]
Coffee,[153]
Coffee and Tea,[122]
Coffee-house in London, the First,[4]
—— Attractions in 1760,[41]
Coin, The First, with Britannia on it,[468]
Coinage, Variations in the,[650]
Coincidences, some Curious,[434]
Collars, Stone, Ancient,[665]
Column at Cussi,[533]
Comb, Curious Indian,[657]
Conecte, Thomas,[433]
Confectionary Art in 1660,[373]
Conjuring, Public Taste for in 1718,[122]
Conway Church, Inscription in,[112]
Coral Reefs,[73]
Coronations, Prices for Seats at,[160]
—— Expenses at,[283]
Corpulent Man,[78]
Corpulence, Cure for,[80]
Cost of Articles in the 14th Century,[330]
Costume, Ancient Female,[71], [78]
Costumes,[395], [437], [536], [544], [547], [630], [651]
Couteau-de-Chasse, Ancient,[633]
Cranmer's (Archbishop) Dietary,[137]
Credulity, Extraordinary Instance of,[311]
Cricket-Matches, Extraordinary,[408]
Criminal, a Rich and Cruel,[450]
Criminals, Old Custom Relating to,[598]
Cromwell's Bridge at Glengariff,[648]
Cross of Cong, The,[457]
—— —— Muiredach,[369]
—— Ordeal of the,[463]
Crown of Charlemagne,[377]
Cucking-Stool, The,[1]
Cupid, The, of the Hindoos,[230]
Curious Feats,[181], [239]
—— Law,[8]
—— Manuscript,[214]
Curiously-shaped Vessel,[376]
Curiously-shaped Drinking Cups,[413]
Curiosities, Strange,[457]
Custom, Means of attracting,[683]
Customs, Singular Local,[653]
Daffeys' Elixir,[173]
Dagger, An Ancient,[673]
Dagobert, Ancient Chair of,[421]
Dance, Curious Provincial in France,[679]
Dances, Fashionable of the last Century,[220]
Dancing Rooms,[57]
Dead, Fashions for the,[523]
Dead Bodies, Preservation of,[251], [280], [638]
Death, Boiling to,[663]
—— Lunar Influence in,[346]
—— Pressing to,[515]
Decorative Drinking Vessel,[336]
Della Robbia Ware,[601]
Demons, Bribing the,[531]
Dervishes, Dancing,[669]
Desolation, Scene of,[329]
Destitute Cats, Asylum for,[280]
Dial and Fountain in Leadenhall Street,[553]
Dilemma,[499]
Dinner, an Egyptian,[537]
—— in China,[596]
—— Party in the 17th Century,[609]
Diogenes in a Pithos, not Tub,[101]
Disorders Cured by Fright,[307]
Dispute and appropriate Decision,[140]
Dog (A) Extinguishing a Fire,[20]
—— Combination of Instinct and Force,[284]
—— A Sensible, Refusing to Bait a Cat,[76]
—— Persevering,[80]
—— Friendship,[84]
—— A Piscatorial,[367]
—— Sensible,[376]
—— in Japan,[622]
—— Figures of on Ancient Tombs,[682]
Dog-wheel, The Old,[101]
Dole in consequence of a Dream,[503]
Doles,[399]
Down among the Dead Men,[185]
Dress, Forty years ago,[212]
Dress in London,[18], [114], [253], [295]
—— Fastidiousness at an Old Age,[243]
—— of the Ancient Britons,[79]
Drinking Bouts in Persia,[547]
Drinks, Intoxicating, Antiquity of,[611]
Dropping Wells,[142]
Druids' Seat,[464]
Drunkenness, the Offspring of,[666]
Duns in the Mahratta Country,[379]
Dyaks of Borneo,[275]
Ears, Character Indicated by,[65]
Earthenware, English,[575]
Earthquake Panic,[520]
—— Swallowed up by an,[329]
—— at Lisbon,[200]
—— Nottingham, in 1816,[280]
Earthquakes,[398], [432]
East India House, the First,[206]
Eating for a Wager,[4]
Eccentric Englishman, An,[438]
Eccentrics, a Couple of,[318]
Echo, Extraordinary,[341]
Eddystone Lighthouse,[108]
Edicts against Fiddlers,[328]
Eel, Large,[10]
Egypt,[491]
—— Pyramids of,[130]
Egyptian Toys in the British Museum,[129]
Elephant Detects a Robber, An,[99]
Elephants Frightened at Pigs,[9]
Energy, A Triumph of,[193]
England before the Romans,[86]
Englishman, A Fat,[28]
Epitaph, an Inculpatory,[268]
Etna, Mount, Great Eruption of,[451]
—— Changes of,[406]
Europa, Ruins of,[567]
Exchequer-bills, Origin of,[676]
Execution, in 1793,[84]
Extraordinary Tree,[183]
Extravagance at Elections,[149]
—— Oriental,[499]
Eyam, The Desolation of,[226]
Fallacy of the Virtues of a Seventh Son,[315]
False Accusers, Punishing,[230]
Farmers, Illustrious,[304]
Fashionable Disfigurement,[213]
Fayence, The, of Henry II. of France,[591]
Feasts, Anglo-Saxon,[517]
Federation, Fête of the,[288]
Female Intrepidity, Extraordinary,[248]
Ferrers, Earl, Execution of,[107]
Figg, Champion,[113]
Finger Rings, Porcelain,[486]
Fire at Burwell, Cambridgeshire,[293]
Fire-arms in the Tower of London,[29]
Fire-engines, When first made,[223]
Fish, Shooting,[432]
—— High Price of, in London,[312]
—— Extraordinary Ponds and,[561]
—— Tame,[659]
—— Wonderful,[542]
Fishermen, Bulgarian,[497]
Fleet Marriages, about 1740,[299]
Floods, the Morayshire,[126]
Flying Coach,[228]
Fog of 1783, The Great,[414]
Font at Kilcarn, The,[417]
Food of the Ancients,[450]
Foot-Racing in 1699,[457]
Foreigners in London in 1567,[371]
Fortune, Change of,[371]
Fox Killed by a Swan,[4]
Francis I., Funeral Oration of,[363]
Franklin's Celebrated Letter to Strahan,[39]
Frederick the Great at Table,[579]
French Dress,[102]
—— Assignats, the Origin,[253]
Friars, Preaching,[221]
Frost Fairs,[67]
—— Extraordinary,[209]
Funeral, an Eccentric,[395]
—— Jar,[481]
—— Obsequies, Strange,[108]
Game Preserves at Chantilly,[362]
Gamblers, Chinese, Playing for Fingers,[593]
Gambling, Legalised,[141]
—— Extraordinary,[359]
Gaming, a National Taste for,[267]
Gander, an Old,[27]
Garden, an Egyptian,[349]
—— at Kenilworth, when in its Prime,[641]
—— Love of,[419]
—— Sacred,[420]
—— The Hanging, of Babylon,[558]
Garrick's Cup,[232]
Gauntlet of Henry, Prince of Wales,[661]
George II., Proclamation for,[200]
Georgians as Topers,[511]
Giant Tree,[229]
Gibraltar, Siege of,[6]
Gigantic Bones,[248]
Glaives,[504]
Glove Money,[503]
Gloves, Anne Boleyn's,[600]
—— Origin of "Pin Money",[275]
Grace Knives,[641]
Graham Island,[443]
Graves of the Stone Period,[363]
Greek Vases,[501]
Gretna Green Marriages,[159]
Grey Man's Path, The,[528]
Grinning for a Wager,[13]
Groaning Boards,[66]
Groat, a Castle for a,[470]
Grotto, Remarkable, and Story connected with it,[625]
Guillotine, Decapitation by the,[8]
Gun, Celebrated,[568]
Gunpowder, Making a Candlestick of,[249]
Hackney Coach, The Earliest,[211]
Hair, Ancient, Quantity and Colour of the,[4]
—— Price of Human,[242]
—— Remarkable Preservation of,[122]
—— Transplantation of,[40]
—— Turned Grey by Fright,[327]
—— Two of the Fathers, on False,[24]
Hamster Rat, The,[265]
Handbills, Distributing,[178]
—— from Peckham Fair, in 1726,[72]
Hanging a Mayor,[140]
"Happy Dispatch" in Japan, The,[578]
Head Breaker, A.,[338]
Head-dress, Monstrous,[242]
—— Ornament, Antique,[393]
Hejirs, The,[222]
Helmet, Early English,[632]
—— of Sir John Crosby,[520]
Henry I., Dream of,[26]
—— II., Stripped when Dead,[39]
—— V., Cradle of,[416]
—— the VIIIth's Chair,[488]
—— VIII., Curious Extracts from the Household Book of Lady Mary, Daughter of,[399]
Highlander, A Remarkable,[238]
Highwaymen in 1782,[5]
Hindoo Computation,[507]
—— Rites, Cruelty of,[627]
Historical Anecdote,[156]
Holy Water Sprinkler,[532]
Homer in a Nutshell,[127]
Hooking a Boy Instead of a Fish,[319]
Hoops, in 1740,[6]
Horse, A, Getting himself Shod,[76]
Horse-race, Indenture of a,[52]
Horses of the Arabs,[498]
Horses, Different Sorts of, in the 16th Century,[634]
—— Feeding one another,[368]
—— Vicious, Novel Way of Curing,[174]
Hot Cross Buns,[251]
House, Novel Way of Designating a,[539]
—— of Hens' Feathers,[646]
Household Rules of the 16th Century,[518]
How Distant Ages are Connected,[200]
Hudson, Jeffery, the Dwarf of the Court of Charles I.,[472]
"Humbug," Origin of the Term,[97]
Hume, David, on his own Death,[215]
Hundred Families' Lock,[435]
Hunting Party, a Regal,[391]
Husband, Novel way of Purchasing a,[275]
Hydra, Extraordinary Reproductive Power of the,[490]
Ice, Ground,[506]
Ignorance and Fear,[290]
Impostor, An,[50]
Impudence or Candour? Which is it?[239]
Incense Chariot, An Ancient,[513]
Incremation, Instance of,[353]
Indian Jugglers, European Balancing,[293]
Inhumanity, Extraordinary Instances of,[436]
Innkeeper's Bill in 1762,[431]
Insects, Wonderful Formation of the Eye in,[467]
Insect Life, Minuteness of,[338]
Instinct of Animals,[410]
Insurance Agent, Canvass of an,[465]
Interesting and Fanciful Relique,[243]
Inventors, The Perils of,[141]
Irrigation, Turkish Machine for,[349]
"It's much the same Now",[94]
James II. and the Church of Donore,[557]
James II., Spent by the Corporation of Coventry at the Entertainment of, in his Progress through Coventry,[378]
Javanese, Superstition of the,[244]
Jenny's Whim,[174]
Jewel, A Curious, which belonged to James I.,[456]
Jews, Wealth of the,[359]
Johnson, Dr., A Visit to the Residence of,[48]
Joy, William, the English Sampson,[176]
Judas Iscariot, Legends of,[339]
Judges attending Public Balls,[303]
—— Salaries,[446]
Jugglers in Japan,[529]
—— of Modern Egypt,[342]
Kildare, Death of the Earl of,[172]
Killed by eating Mutton and Pudding,[73]
King Edward I., Household Expenses of,[231]
—— Fine for Insulting a,[149]
—— of Kippen, The,[139]
—— John and Pope Innocent,[463]
King-Maker, Warwick the,[527]
King's Bed, Ceremonial for Making the,[562]
—— Cock Crower, The,[137]
—— Dishes with the Cook's Name,[235]
—— Stone, The, at Kingston,[461]
Kitchen, Spacious,[383]
Knight's Costume of the 13th Century,[480]
Knives and Forks,[133]
Knox, John, The Pulpit of, at St. Andrews,[269]
Lady, Origin of the Word,[147]
Lagmi, and the Use made of it,[623]
Lambeth Wells, the Apollo Gardens,[272]
Lamps, Roman,[437]
Land, Change in the Value of,[196]
Landslip at Colebroke, Shropshire,[184]
Lantern, Curious,[100]
Lauderdale, The Duchess of,[403]
Law of the Mozcas,[454]
Law and Order in the Streets of London,[131]
Laws, a Hundred years ago, Severity of,[234]
Leadenhall Street, Old Dial and Fountain in,[553]
Legend, A Superstitious,[351]
Legends among Savage Nations,[146]
Length of Life without Bodily Exercise,[274]
Lepers, Treatment of, in England,[493]
Leprosy, Lazars, and Lazar Houses,[169]
Letter, Extraordinary,[322]
Lettsom's (Dr.) Reasons,[71]
Lewson, The Eccentric Lady,[221]
Life, An Eventful,[427]
—— in Death,[443]
Lighting the Streets, Bequests for,[310]
Lightning, Calmuc's Opinion of,[63]
Living, Style of, among the Nobility of the 15th Century,[533]
—— in the 16th Century,[357]
Lizards, Swallowing,[41]
Loaf Sugar,[166]
Locomotives, the First,[96]
Locusts,[151]
London Localities in the 16th Century,[526]
London Water Carrier in Olden Time,[258]
—— in 1756, State of,[147]
London Resorts a Hundred Years Ago,[197]
Longevity,[269]
Long Meg and her Daughters,[394]
Lord Mayor's Feast in 1663,[551]
Lotteries,[619]
Louis XVI., Execution of,[258]
Luther's (Martin) Tankard,[149]
Luxury in 1562,[418]
Lynch's Castle, Galway,[581]
Mackarel, Price of,[576]
Madness, Sudden Recovery from,[168]
Madyn, the Capital of Persia, Magnificence of, when invaded by the Saracens A.D. 636,[554]
Magic Rain Stone,[168]
Magician's Mirror and Bracelet,[344]
Magnet, The Summers' or Loadstone,[41]
Magnificence of Former Times,[111]
Magpie Stoning a Toad,[92]
Mahomet, Personal Appearance of,[571]
Mail, Ancient suit of,[483]
Malady, Extraordinary,[670]
Mandrin, the Smuggler,[167]
Manners, Ancient, of the Italian,[585]
Man without Hands,[77]
Manufacture, One of the Effects of,[142]
Marat, Funeral of,[375]
Marriage Custom, Curious,[543]
—— Lottery,[91]
—— Vow,[419]
Mary, Queen of Scots, her First Letter to English,[370]
Mary Queen of Scots, her Candlestick,[436]
Maternal Affection in a Dumb Woman,[140]
May-pole in the Strand,[534]
—— Fate of the Last, in the Strand,[682]
May-poles,[100]
Mecca, The Black Stone at,[550]
Medmenham Abbey,[429]
Memento-Mori Watch,[285]
Mental Affection, A Curious,[335]
Merman, A,[16]
Mexican Tennis,[375]
Michaelmas-day, Origin of eating Goose on,[198]
Military Hats in Olden Time,[75]
Mill at Lissoy,[469]
Miraculous Escape,[266]
Misers, Two,[459]
Missal, The Bedford,[163]
Mob Wisdom,[294]
Monasteries, Libraries of destroyed,[334]
Monkeys Demanding their Dead,[415]
Monkish Prayers,[383]
Monks, Gluttony of the,[347]
—— and Friars,[680]
Monsey (Dr.) bequeaths his own Body,[93]
Monsoons,[179]
Monument, Rock-cut, of Asia Minor,[441]
Monuments, Wayside,[587]
Mosque of Omar,[316]
Mother Mapp, the Bone Setter,[158]
Mountains, Height of,[148]
Mouth, Character of the,[106]
M.P.'s and Mayors, Privateers,[176]
Mulgrave, Origin of the House of,[602]
Mullet and Turbot, with the Romans,[488]
Mummy Cases,[409]
Murderess, a Young but Cruel,[392]
Music, Effect of, on a Pigeon,[64]
—— of the Hindoos,[683]
—— —— —— Sea,[351]
Musical Instrument, A Curious,[628]
Musical Instruments, Burmese,[629]
—— —— Egyptian,[404]
Names, Strange Custom about,[295]
Naora, The,[635]
Narrow Escape,[121]
Nature, Wonderful Provision of,[55]
Nebuchadnezzar, Gold Mask of,[105]
Necklace, Ancient Jet,[529]
Negro, Bill of Sale for a, in 1770,[39]
Nell Gwynne's Looking-Glass,[237]
Never Sleeping in a Bed,[331]
Newspapers, Vacillating,[514]
New South Wales, Dances of the Natives of,[225]
Newton, A Visit to the Observatory of,[10]
New Zealand, The Wingless Bird of,[307]
Norman Caps,[44]
North American Indian War Dispatch,[45]
Nose, Effect of a New,[102]
Nostrums,[63]
Nun, The First English,[330]
Nut Crackers, Ancient,[236]
Oaks, Extraordinary,[310], [426], [466], [455]
—— Remarkable,[405]
Old Age, Dying of, at Seventeen Years,[47]
Old Books,[360]
Old London Signs,[118]
Opera, The First,[567]
Opium, Best Position for Smoking,[675]
Oræfa Mountain, in Ireland,[356]
Ornaments, Personal Antique,[293], [400], [447], [452]
Orthography in the Sixteenth Century,[17]
Pagoda, The Great Shoëmadoo,[572]
Pailoos, Chinese,[625]
Panama, Isthmus of, Passage through,[148]
Paper,[619]
Papyrus, The,[82]
Parental Authority, Too Much,[513]
Paris Garden at Blackfriars,[465]
Parlour Dogs,[320]
Passport, A Traveller's,[679]
Pastimes, Popular,[514]
Pâtés de Foies Gras,[142]
Peacocks,[366]
Pear-Tree, Great,[454]
Pearls, British,[363]
—— Fondness of the Romans for,[208]
Pedestrian Feat, Wonderful,[327]
Peg Tankards,[43]
Penn, Tea Service which belonged to,[201]
Penny Post, Origin of the,[47]
Pennsylvania Journal,[63]
Perfumes,[253]
Persecution,[430]
—— in the Reign of Queen Mary,[587]
Perseverance rewarded by Fortune,[287]
Persia, Drinking Bouts in,[547]
Personal Charms Disclaimed,[118]
Peru, Condor in,[170]
Peruvian Bark,[51]
Pest-house, during the Plague, in Tothill Fields,[573]
Pestilence, The Black,[402]
Peter the Great at Zaandam,[544]
Physic, A Friend to,[267]
Physick for the Poor, Choice Receipts for,[117]
Pigeon Catching near Naples,[437]
Pig, Roast, Advertisement of, in 1726,[46]
Pike, An Old,[667]
Pilgrim Fathers, Chair belonging to,[186]
Pillory for Eating Flesh in Lent,[68]
Plague in England, The,[183]
—— Corpse Bearers during the,[283]
Plantagenets, Yellow Hair in the Time,[103]
Plate, Use of, in the time of Henry VIII.,[523]
Platypus, the Duck-billed,[273]
Playbill, Curious,[227]
—— in the time of William III.,[530]
Ploughing and Threshing, Ancient,[66]
Poets, English, Fates of the Families of,[471]
Pogonias Vocal Fish,[478]
Poison Cup, The,[485]
Poisoning the Monarch,[12]
Police, London, Disgraceful State of,[193]
Pont du Gard, Great Aqueduct of,[312]
Pope's Chair,[577]
Porcelain, Anecdote in,[517]
Port Coon Cave,[516]
Poet Haste One Hundred Years ago,[182]
"Postman," The, Paragraph from, in 1697,[219]
Pottery in China, Art of,[321]
Powerscourt Fall, Phenomenon at the,[304]
Prayers, Unusual Locality for Saying,[171]
Praying by Machinery,[314]
—— by Wheel and Axle,[539]
Pre-Adamite Bone Caverns,[199]
Precocious Children,[64]
Presence of Mind—Escape from a Tiger,[330]
Priests in Burmah, Knavery of the,[266]
—— of Sikkim,[663]
Prince of Wales, Origin of the Crest of the,[115]
Prince Rupert, at Everton,[291]
Prolific Author,[320]
Proteus Anguinus, The,[152]
Psalm, Value of a Long,[512]
Pterodactylus, The,[360]
Pulpit, Refreshments for the,[262]
Punishing by Wholesale,[680]
Punishment, Ancient Instrument of,[680]
—— Russian,[654]
—— and Torture, Ancient Instruments of,[58], [88]
Puritan Zeal,[579]
Purple, Tyrian,[643]
Quackery in the Olden Time,[671]
Queen Elizabeth, Banquets of,[414]
—— —— Dresses of,[501]
—— —— Old Verses on,[204]
—— —— saddle of,[340]
—— —— State Coach of,[128]
—— —— 's Laws,[151]
Raffaelle, Tomb of,[568]
Raffle, A, in 1725,[47]
Raleigh, Sir Walter, Residence of,[160]
Ranelagh,[204]
Ranz des Vaches,[173]
Rats, Destructive Force of,[463]
Ravilliac, Execution of,[132]
Receipts, Quaint,[153]
Red Sea, Luminous Appearance of the,[454]
Regiments, The Modern Names of,[639]
Reichstadt, The Duke de,[435]
Relics,[393]
—— A Group of,[261]
—— Rescued,[618]
Remarkable Events and Inventions,[145]
Revenge, New Mode of,[423]
Rheumatism, Strange Cure for the,[201]
Rhinoceros, First in Europe,[655]
Richardson, the Showman,[251]
Ringing the Changes,[192]
Rings, Calcinated,[408]
Rites, Hindoo, Cruelty of,[627]
Roads in 1780,[327]
Rock of Cashel,[352]
Romans in Britain, Dress of Native Females at that Period,[86]
Rouen, The Great Bell of,[650]
Royal Touch, The,[42]
Royal Giants, Specimens of,[121]
—— Prisoner, Expenses of,[260]
Sack Pot, Old English,[521]
Sacro Catino, The,[608]
Sadler's Wells,[112]
Saint George, Tomb of,[281]
Saint Lawrence,[464]
Sálagrám, Hindoo Adoration of the,[589]
Sand Columns in Africa,[610]
Sandwiches, Origin of the,[563]
Sardonyx Ring, with Cameo Head of Queen Elizabeth, in the possession of Rev. Lord Thynne,[373]
Scape Goat, Camel as a,[190]
Sceptre, Ivory, of Louis XII.,[476]
School, Chinese,[525]
School Expenses in the Olden Time,[427]
Science and Perseverance, Triumphs of,[123]
Scottish Wild Cattle,[278]
Scriptural Antiquities,[215]
Sea, Phosphorescence of the,[418]
Sea Serpent, Immense,[42]
Sea-Urchin, Wonderful Construction of,[475]
Second Sight,[65]
Seeing Two Generations,[211]
Self-Nourishment,[315]
Selkirk and the Dancing Goats,[22]
Sepulchral Vase from Peru,[320]
Sermons, Anecdotes in,[147]
Serpent, Anecdote of a,[85]
Seven, The Number,[354]
Sèvres Porcelain, Prices of,[487]
Sex, Change of,[189]
"Sforza," Origin of the Title,[554]
Shakspeare's Jug,[575]
Sham Prophets,[319]
Sharks, The Queen's,[203]
Sheba, The Queen of,[518]
Sheep Killer, Hunting a,[268]
Shell Fish, in 1675, Price of,[178]
Shetland, The Noss in,[324]
Shield, Ancient Danish,[420]
Shilling, Cutting a Wife off with a,[359]
Shocking Depravity,[117]
Shoes, Long-toed, Origin of,[646]
Shrine, Curious Figures on a,[202]
Shrine of St. Sebald at Nuremberg,[271]
Simoom, The,[662]
Skin, Human, a Drum made of,[398]
Slave Advertisements,[25]
Slave Trade, Iniquities of the,[175]
Slaves, Recent Prices of,[435]
Sleep, Protracted,[483]
—— State of the Mind during,[350]
Sleeper, An Extraordinary,[28]
Smoking, Attachment to,[322]
Snake Charmers,[299]
Snakes, Power of Fascination in,[64]
Snow Storm, Memorable,[327]
Snuff Boxes, Ancient,[209]
Snuff, Time Wasted in taking,[512]
Something like a Feast,[129]
Somnambulism,[72]
Sound, Phenomena of,[367]
Southcottian Delusion, A Phase of the,[230]
South-stack Lighthouse,[239]
Spain, Wealth of, under the Moors,[235]
Spider, Bite of the Tarantula,[13]
Spiders Fond of Music,[157]
Spirit Drinker, An Aged,[228]
Spontaneous Combustion,[431]
Sports of the Lower Classes,[155]
Sportsman, A Royal,[443]
Springs, Intermittent,[455]
Stage Coach in 1760,[155]
Stag-Hunt in the 16th Century,[511]
Stags like Cattle, Driving,[208]
Stamps, Antique Roman,[448], [643]
Standards, Ancient Banner and,[396], [583]
State Coach in 1796,[156]
Statue, Metal, the Largest in the World,[454]
Steam boat, Facsimile of the First,[301]
Stevens's Specific,[50]
St. George's Cavern,[421]
St. James's Square,[123]
St. Paul's, Old,[162]
St. Paul and the Viper,[125]
St. Winifred's Well,[303]
Sticks, Old Walking,[387]
Stirrups,[571]
Stomach Brush,[55]
Stoneware,[649]
Strasburg, Curious Custom at,[185]
Strength, Feats of, in 1789,[9]
Street Cries of Modern Egypt,[401]
Stuff Ball at Lincoln, Origin of the,[49]
Sultan, City of the,[103]
Sun and Moon, Worship of the,[81]
Superstition in 1856,[538]
—— Curious,[424]
—— Death caused by,[124]
—— in France,[519]
—— Vitality of,[474]
Sweating Sickness,[110]
Sweets, Artificial,[579]
Sword, Curious Antique,[596]
—— Executioner's,[340]
—— The Hawthornden,[353]
—— The Seton,[356]
—— Fish and Whales,[565]
Sword-Breaker, An Ancient,[672]
Taking a Man to Pieces,[79]
Tapestry, The Bayeux,[642]
Tar and Feather, Notices to,[38]
Taxation, Universality of,[318]
Tea,[94]
Tea-Drinkers, The First, Puzzled,[532]
Teapot, The,[482]
Temple of Pou-tou, The,[673]
—— at Simonbong,[620]
Temples of Brambanam,[442]
Terrier, Anecdote of a,[358]
Thames, Frost Fair on the,[106]
—— The First Bridge over the,[428]
Thanksgiving Day in 1697,[527]
Theatre, Roman, at Orange,[366]
Theatres in the Time of Shakespeare,[597]
The First Hermits—Why so Called,[125]
The Ruling Passion,[32], [188]
Theodora de Verdion,[207]
Thief Caught in his own Trap, The,[77]
—— Singular Discovery of a,[115]
Thugs, The,[574]
Tiger Cave at Cuttack,[361]
Tilbury Fort,[189]
Time, Division of, in Persia,[633]
Tobacco, Origin of the Use of,[57]
Toilet, Absurdities of the,[536]
—— Boxes, Egyptian,[381]
Tomb, Chinese,[508]
—— of Cæcilia Metella,[477]
—— of Darius,[560]
Tomb of the Emperor Maximilian at Inspruck,[590]
"Too Late," quoth Boice,[489]
Tope, the Sanchi,[389]
Topers, Georgians as,[511]
Toping in the Last Century,[314]
Torture,[639]
—— Chamber at Nuremberg,[615]
Tower of the Thundering Winds,[93]
Trajan, Arch of, at Beneventum,[112]
Trance, A,[354]
—— at Will,[462]
Trap-door Spider,[383]
Travelling, Common,[220]
—— in Olden Times,[108], [162]
—— in the United States,[208]
Treaty-Stone at Limerick,[563]
Tree, Extraordinary Situation for a,[313]
Trees, Age of,[521]
—— that Grow Shirts,[62]
Tripod, Ancient,[549]
Trivial Circumstances, A Great Result from,[605]
Tumbrel, The,[2]
Tunisians, Ingenuity of the,[652]
Turban, The, in Arabia,[618]
Turkish Mode of Reparation,[326]
Twin-Worm, Extraordinary Formation of the,[136]
Types, the Invention of,[152]
Umbrella, Anglo-Saxon,[624]
Upas Tree,[123]
Useful and the Beautiful,[647]
Vampire, The Blood-sucking,[417]
Varnish-Tree of the Japanese,[615]
Vases, Ancient,[337]
—— Greek,[169]
—— Greek, Prices of,[385]
—— Roman, in Black Ware,[373]
—— Sepulchral, of Greek Pottery,[616]
—— Sepulchral, of Ancient Egypt,[607]
—— Teutonic, Hut-shaped,[580]
Vauxhall,[380]
Venetians, The,[428]
Vengeance, Novel Mode of taking,[586]
Ventriloquist, a Female,[62]
Vesuvius, Crater of, in 1829,[165]
Vinegar on the Skin, Effect of,[115]
Vishnu, Incarnations of,[645]
Volcanic Eruption in Japan,[601]
Volcano of Jurullo, Formation of the,[163]
Volition, Suspended,[199]
Voltaire, English Letter of,[422]
Vow, Singular Hindoo,[658]
Wagers, Curious,[373]
Walking-Sticks, Old,[387]
Wall, Governor, Execution of,[154]
Wallace, the Hero of Scotland,[99]
War Boat, A Dyak, in Borneo,[540]
—— Dance of the Dyaks of Borneo,[540]
—— Chariot of Ancient Egypt,[365]
Warwick, the King-Maker,[527]
Washing Account, Method of Keeping,[3]
Washington,[583]
Watch, An Antique,[368]
—— presented by Louis XIII. to Charles I. of England,[640]
Watches, the First in England,[515]
Water for Old London, Supply of,[282]
—— Preservative Power of Coal-pit,[25]
—— Supply of, for London, in Olden Times,[546]
—— Snakes, Battle of,[470]
"We hae been",[47]
Weapon, Ancient,[660]
—— A Poison,[672]
Weaver-Bird, The Sociable,[440]
Wedding, A, A Hundred Years Ago,[640]
Weight, Reducing,[85]
Whipping Prisoners,[175]
Whitehall, Ceiling of,[121]
Whitsuntide, at Durham Cathedral,[8]
Why a Man Measures more in the Morning than in the Evening,[75]
Wife, Diving for a,[479]
Wigs,[17], [31]
Will, Eccentric,[209]
William the Conqueror, Courtship of,[555]
Willow, Weeping, Introduction of the,[148]
Wind Mills, The First,[577]
Witch-Testing, at Newcastle, in 1649,[21]
Wolves in England,[441]
Woman, The Hairy, of Burmah,[677]
Woman's Cleverness,[260]
Women of England, The,[159]
—— in Former Times,[127]
Wonderful Escape,[215], [300]
Wren's (Sir Christopher) Cost of Churches,[171]
—— —— —— Report,[183]
Writing Materials,[481]
Writings, Terra Cotta,[466]
Yorkshire Tike, The,[24]
Yorkshire in the Last Century,[283]