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

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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, Fete 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

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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, 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,

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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