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| Songs of the Month — January, by "Father Prout;" | 1 |
| February, by Dr. Maginn; | 105 |
| March, by Samuel Lover; | 325 |
| April,by W. H. Ainsworth; | 429 |
| May and June, by J. A. Wade; | 533 |
| Prologue, by Dr. Maginn | 2 |
| Opening Chaunt | 6 |
| Recollections of the late George Colman, by Theodore Hook | 7 |
| The "Monstre" Balloon | 17 |
| Handy Andy, by Samuel Lover | 20, 169, 373 |
| Legend of Manor Hall, by the Author of "Headlong Hall" | 29 |
| Terence O'Shaughnessy, by the Author of "Stories of Waterloo" | 33 |
| The Sabine Farmer's Serenade, by Father Prout | 46 |
| Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble, by Boz | 49 |
| The Hot Wells of Clifton, by Father Prout | 63 |
| The Marine Ghost, by the Author of "Rattlin the Reefer" | 65 |
| Old Age and Youth, by T. Haynes Bayly | 79 |
| An Evening of Visits, by the Author of "The Pilot" | 80 |
| Who are you?—Metastasio, Fontenelle, and Samuel Lover | 88 |
| Metropolitan Men of Science | 89 |
| Kyan's Patent—the Nine Muses and the Dry-rot | 93 |
| The Original of "Not a Drum was heard," by Father Prout | 96 |
| A Gossip with some old English Poets, by C. Ollier | 98 |
| The Rising Periodical; Mr. Verdant's Account of the last aËrial ascent, by T. Haynes Bayly | 101 |
| An Italian Anecdote, by the Author of "Hajji Baba" | 103 |
| Oliver Twist, or the Parish Boy's Progress, by Boz | 105, 218, 326, 430 |
| Richie Barter | 116 |
| Plunder Creek, by the Author of "Tales of an Antiquary" | 121 |
| The Spectre | 131 |
| Authors and Actors, a dramatic sketch | 132 |
| A Gossip with Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, by Hamilton Reynolds | 138 |
| A Lament over the Bannister | 151 |
| Theatrical Advertisement Extraordinary | 152 |
| The Abbess and Duchess, by T. Haynes Bayly | 153 |
| Edward Saville, by C. Whitehead | 155 |
| A Fragment of Romance | 165 |
| Lines on John Bannister, by Sir George Rose | 168 |
| Lines to a Lyric and Artist | 177 |
| Biographical Sketch of Richardson, by W. Jerdan | 178 |
| Paddy Blake's Echo, by J. A. Wade | 186 |
| Recollections of Childhood, by the author of "Headlong Hall" | 187 |
| Epigrams | 190, 409, 493, 508 |
| 540, 564, 583, 590 |
| Family Stories, by Thomas Ingoldsby: No. I. Spectre of Tappington | 191 |
| No. II. Legend of Hamilton Tighe | 266 |
| No. III. Grey Dolphin | 341 |
| No. IV. The Squire's Story | 529 |
| No. V. The Execution, a Sporting Anecdote | 561 |
| The Wide-awake Club | 208 |
| A Remnant of the Time of Izaak Walton | 230 |
| The "Original" Dragon, by C. J. Davids | 231 |
| A Passage in the Life of Beaumarchais, by George Hogarth | 233 |
| Mars and Venus, by C. F. Le Gros | 247 |
| An Evening Meditation | 250 |
| The Devil and Johnny Dixon, by the Author of "Stories of Waterloo" | 251 |
| A Merry Christmas, by T. Haynes Bayly | 260 |
| Nights at Sea, by the Old Sailor: No. I. The Captain's Cabin | 269 |
| No. II. The White Squall | 474 |
| No. III. The Chase and the Forecastle Yarn | 621 |
| Remains of Hajji Baba, by the Author of "Zohrab" | 280, 364, 487 |
| The Portrait Gallery, by the Author of "The Bee Hive" | 286, 442 |
| The Sorrows of Life | 290 |
| Stray Chapters, by Boz: No. I. The Pantomime of Life | 291 |
| No. II. Particulars concerning a Lion | 515 |
| Memoirs of Samuel Foote | 298 |
| The Two Butlers of Kilkenny | 306 |
| The Little Bit of Tape, by Richard Johns | 313 |
| Hippothanasia, or the last of Tails, a lamentable Tale, by W. Jerdan | 319 |
| The Grand Cham of Tartary, by C. J. Davids | 339 |
| The Dumb Waiter | 340 |
| Friar Laurence and Juliet, by T. Haynes Bayly | 354 |
| Unpublished Letters of Addison | 356 |
| Sonnet to a Fog, by Egerton Webbe | 371 |
| Biography of Aunt Jemima, by F. H. Rankin | 382 |
| Scenes in the Life of a Gambler, by Captain Medwin | 387 |
| Les Poissons d'Avril; a Gastronomical Chaunt, by Father Prout | 397 |
| The Anatomy of Courage, by Prince Puckler Muskau | 398 |
| Song of the Cover | 402 |
| The Cobbler of Dort | 403 |
| Hero and Leander, by T. Chapman | 410 |
| The Admirable Crichton | 416 |
| Memoirs of Sheridan | 419 |
| Summer Night's Reverie, by J. A. Wade | 428 |
| Peter Plumbago's Correspondence | 448 |
| The Blue Wonder | 450 |
| The Youth's Vade Mecum, by C. Whitehead | 461 |
| A Visit to the Madrigal Society | 465 |
| Love and Poverty | 469 |
| Reflections in a Horse-pond | 470 |
| Inscription for a Cemetery | 473 |
| The Useful Young Man, by W. Collier | 485 |
| A London Fog | 492 |
| Shakspeare Papers, by Dr. Maginn: No. I. Sir John Falstaff | 494 |
| No. II. Jaques | 550 |
| Steam Trip to Hamburgh | 509 |
| Legend of Bohis Head | 519 |
| Bob Burns and Beranger; Sam Lover and Ovidius Naso; by "Father Prout" | 525 |
| Periodical Literature of the North American Indians | 534 |
| An Epitaph | 540 |
| Darby the Swift, by J. A. Wade | 541 |
| The Romance of a Day, by "The Bashful Irishman" | 565 |
| The Man with the Tuft, by T. Haynes Bayly | 576 |
| The Minister's Fate; from "Recollections of H. T." | 577 |
| Love in the City, by the Author of "Stories of Waterloo" | 584 |
| Mrs. Jennings | 591 |
| Hints for an Historical Play, by Thomas Ingoldsby | 597 |
| John Pooledoune, the Victim of Improvements, by W. Jerdan | 599 |
| The Legend of Mount Pilate, by G. Dance | 608 |
| Glorvina, the Maid of Meath, by J. Sheridan Knowles | 614 |
| Ode upon the Birth-day of the Princess Victoria, by J. A. Wade | 620 |
