PREFACE.

INDEX TO ENGRAVINGS

INDEX.

130 Egyptian Toys in the British Museum, 129 Elephant Detects a

TEN THOUSAND WONDERFUL THINGS.

FOOTNOTES:

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STANDARD WORKS OF REFERENCE.
UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME.

LEMPRIÈRE'S CLASSICAL DICTIONARY.
WALKER'S RHYMING DICTIONARY.
MACKAY'S THOUSAND AND ONE GEMS OF ENGLISH POETRY.
D'ISRAELI'S CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.
BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS.
CRUDEN'S CONCORDANCE TO THE BIBLE.
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.