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ABBEY Church of Bath, 90
of St. Radigund, ruins of, 112
Acacia, the, 216
Advantages of early rising, 157
Adventures of a Jewel Hunter, 85
Adversity, lessons of, benignant, 111
Affection, cultivation of, 99
Agency of the Vegetable Kingdom,
127
Albigenses, the, 210
Alby, Cathedral at, 210
Alligator, account of, 25
Aloe-flower, compared to old age, 95
Amiable conduct, two branches of
151
Amusements of Science, No. I., 141-
11., 220
Ancient Yew-tree at Dibden, 47
Anecdotes, Portuguese, 176, 221
Animals, various appetites of, 47
April, First of, lines on, 108
Arabia, use of umbrellas in, 160
Arabian Proverb, 11
Arabs, love of, to their horses, 69
Arithmetic, examples of, 141
Armada, Spanish, lines on, 21
Ashburnham, Sir W., ode by, 231
Atmosphere, constitution of, 91
Attachment of birds to their young,
159
Australian Grammar, III., 14
Scenery, 142
Bacon, selections from, 191, 195
Bad taste, illustration of, 221
Baden, First Visit to the Old Castle
at, 237
Barrow, Dr. I., selections from, 29, 61
Barton, Bernard, lines by, 91
Bath, Abbey Church of, 90
Belief and unbelief, 111
Bengal, Evening Walk in, 175
Bern, town of, Switzerland, 18
Birds, attachment of, to their young.
159
Birthday, lines on the Princess Victo-
ria's, 195
Biscuit Machinery, 154
Black Ant, large, description of, 5
Blighted Oak, lines on, 91
Blind Harper, 195
Printing for the, 197
Boat-Trackers, Chinese, 82
Book of Nature, study of, 104
Books, short history of, 65
usefulness of, 220
use of, 189
Bottle, voyage of a, 221
Bowring, Dr., lines by, 150
Brag, Mrs., selections from, 98, 104, 126
Breeze, song of the, 87
Bridge and Chapel of Wakefield, 135
British Constitution, influence of the,
Brocken, expedition to the, 189
Burke, selections from, 6, 175, 189
Butler, Bishop, extracts from, 47, 93
Butterfly, a, lines on, 171
Camoens, Cave of, at Macao, 55
Canton, some account of, Part I., 162
-The Bocca Tigris, 162-Passage
of, by Commodore Anson, 162-
by Captain Maxwell, 163-Wham-
poa, 164-River at Canton, 165-
dwellers on the water, 165-
climate, 166-city and suburbs,
166-walls and canals of the city,
167-gates of the city, 167
Cape of Good Hope, account of the
Colony of, I, History, 42-II.,
Aborigines of, 217
Capital and Labour, 133
Cardona, Salt-Mountain at, 184
Cartland Craigs and Bridge, Scotland,
Cedar of Lebanon, 199
Cereus, Night-blowing, 176
Ceylon, Criminal Punishments in, 2
Chamouni, some account of the Valley
of, and of the Ascent of Mont
Blanc, Part I., 242
Changes, existence dependent cn, 59
Chappelow, selection from, 99
Charade, 29
practice, valuable part of,
134
Christianity no bar to innocent plea-
sure, 29
a joyful religion, 228
Churchyard Scene, 191
City of Segovia, account of, 65
Delhi, account of, 130, 186
Copenhagen, account of, 74
Canton, account of, 162
Clarendon, Lord, extract from, 228
Col de Balme, 242
Coleridge, selections from. 191, 192
Collegiate Church of Manchester, 194
Coloured Spectacles, 222
Company, choice of, 147
Constitution of the Atmosphere, 91
the British, 95
Convent, reflections on quitting, 179 Conybeare, Bishop, selections from, 26, 173, 220 Copenhagen, account of the City of,
74-its early history, 74-battle of, 74-siege of, in 1807, 75-situa- tion and extent, 75-the Sound, 75 -harbour, &c, 76-streets and squares, 76-houses, 77-religion, 77-churches and palaces, 78- museum, observatory, university, &c., 79-manufactures, 79-com- merce, 80
Coral Insect, lines on, 7
Creation, on the study of, 98
Crowns and Coronets, account of, 15 Cultivation of Flax and Hemp, 145 Curiosity of an honourable mind, 192 Curious method of showing gratitude, 144
Domestic Happiness, value of, 195
Dorsetshire, Funeral Barrows opened
in, 58
Dovedale, Derbyshire, account of, 97 Dover, Shakspeare Cliff at, 138 Dryburgh Abbey, Scotland, 177 Duty, conviction of, 2
what the principal point of, 95
Early Reformers, persecutions of, 210
Primrose, lines on, 95
Rising, advantages of, 157
East India Stations, No. IX., Delhi,
130-X, Delhi, 186
Echo, remarkable, 151
Education, necessity of careful, 181
Effects of distance, 87
Elm, the, 12
Engines and Carriages, Locomotive, 5
Physiology
English Morris Dance, 153 Epsom Salt, process of obtaining, 156 Equality, not met with in life, 221 Errors and Superstitions, Popular, 128, 151, 188
Eruption of the Souffrière, 231
Essential Salt of Lemons, 188
Evening Walk in Bengal, 173
Expedition to the Brocken, 189
pride, vanity of, 173
Farindon, selection from, 175
Fetishes, account of, 151
Fishing, method of, in New South Wales, 7
Flax and Hemp, cultivation of, 145 Flowers, various, native countries of, 108
lines on, 135 Food, Woody Fibre an Article of, 181 Forest Trees, Notes on, No. V., the
Elm, 12-VI., the Larch, 23-VII., Spanish Chestnut, 52-VIII, the Lime Tree, 64-IX. the Weymouth Pine, 88-X., the Horse Chestnut, 104-XI., the Great Maple, 144- XII., the Lombardy Poplar, 157- XIV., the Walnut, 192-XV., the Cedar of Lebanon, 199-XVI., the Acacia, 216-XVII., the Oriental Plane, 236
France, Gambling in, 179
Friendship, false, Arabian proverb on,
improvement of, 134
Funeral Barrows, Dorsetshire, 58
Galt, selection from, 136
Gambling in France, 179
Generous man, behaviour of, 127
Gilpin, selections from, 7, 29, 91, 99
Glaciers, on Mont Blanc, 244
God's benefits, variety of, 139
God, works of, many and wonderful, 7
Good intention in reading, 127
name, value of, 151
Government of the Tongue, 47
Gratitude of old servants, 135
curious method of showing.
144
Great Britain, Silver Mines in, 94
Greatness, true, 174
Greek Islands, No. VI., Siphanto, 106
Halliday, Sir A., selections from, 221, 231
Hamley, Rev. E, liues by, 100
Happiness always attainable, 111
of a well-regulated family,
different views of, 179
Health, value of, 194
Heath and Valley, Portuguese, 63
Heber, Bishop, lines by, 173
Hemans, Mrs., sonnet by, 235
Hemp and Flax, cultivation of, 145
Hippopotamus, the, 239
Holly Tree, lines on, 46
Home, pleasures of, 147
Honour, true man of, 91
Horse Chestnut Tree, 104
Howe, selection from, 99
Human enjoyment, limits of fixed, 51
soul, active principle in, 179
heart, power of nature on, 159
Hume, selection from, 126
Hypocrisy, temptation to, 191
Ice-Palace at Moscow, 13 Idleness, evils of, 214 Ill-humour, danger of indulging, 150 Illustrations of Life Assurance, 212, 229 Imminent Peril, Night of, 109 Immortality not an acceptable gift, 222 Indian Rubber Tree, account of, 20 Instruction, lines on, 150 Instruments of Percussion, 160 Instruments, Musical, account of, No. I., 3-II., 28-11I., 60-IV., 100- V., 160-VI., 224
Integrity, value of, 236
Invitation to Selborne, 11
Island of St. Vincent, Burning Moun- tain in, 231
Jonson, Ben, song by, 222 Johnson, Dr., extracts from, 110, 191, 197, 220
Jewel Hunter, adventures of a, 85
Kirke White, lines by, 61, 94
Labour and Capital, 133 Larch, the, 24 Large Black Ant, 5 Late Spring, ode on, 231 Learning, pursuit of not injurious 140
Legends and Fictions of the Middle Ages, No. I., 21-11., 30-III. 44 -IV..61-V., 101-VI.. 158-VII., 174-VIII, 182-1X, 198-X., 222
Lemons, Essential Salt of, 188
Lending, necessity of caution in, 110
Letter, a, 199
Life Assurance, illustrations of, 213
229
greatest pleasure of, 147
Lime Tree, the, 64
Lines on the Princess Victoria's Birth-
day, 195
Little Mind, sign of a, 126 Locomotive Engines and Carriages, 5 Physiology of, 69
Lombardy Poplar, 157
Love of country, 63
Love, maternal, 53
Lozenges made of Starch, 135
Ludwig, John, account of, 53
Macao, Cave of Camoens at, 55
Macaulay, lines by, 21
Machinery, Ship-biscuit made by, 154
Maguesia, 196
Man, who the wisest and happiest, 108 accountability of, 26, 173
strength, food, and clothing of, 46 present position of, 70, 126
Manchester, Collegiate Church of, 194 Manners and Customs of the Chinese,
Mont Blanc, some account of, 242
Moore, Dr., selection from, 215
Moral government, means of not want-
ing, 228
Morning in a Persian Village, 127 Morris Dancers, ancient English, 153 Moscow, Ice-Palace at, 13
Mother, loss of a, 136
Mountain of Salt at Cardona, 184 Music, the best recreation, 22 Musical Instruments, No. I., Wind Instruments, 3-II., 28-III, Stringed Instruments, 60-IV., 100 -V., Instruments of Percussion, 160-VI., Eolian Harp, Musical Glasses, and Suuff-boxes, 224 Musk Rat, the, 126
Natural History, errors in, 188 Nature, wonders of, 3
Passaic, Falls of the, lines on, 59 Peasantry of China, 233 Percussion Instruments of, 160 Persian Village, Morning in a, 127 Philosop hers' Stone, the, 172. 215 Physiology of a Locomotive Engine, 69
Pickering, lines by, 135
Pious example, influence of a, 156 Pleasure of Life, greatest, 147 Pomegranate, the, 232
Popular Errors and Superstitions, No. V., Talismans, 128-VI, Fetishes, 151-VII., Errors in Natural History, 188
Port Jackson, account of, 122 Porter, Miss, selection from, 159 Portugal, danger of travelling in, 70 Portuguese Manners, 4
Heath and Valley, 63 Robbers, anecdote of, 70 Dogs, 150
custom, anecdote arising out of a, 176 Position of Man, 126
Present mercies not to be despised,
Printing for the Blind, 197
Process for obtaining Epsom Salt, 156 Prout, selection from, 197 Providence, intention of, 95 Providential care, unity and univer. sality of, 93
Punishment, Criminal, in Ceylon, 2 Quarles, selection from, 144
Raleigh, Sir W., lines by, 22 Randolph, selection from, 192 Reading, good intention in, 127 Reason, use of, 197
Recreation, proper mode of using, 156 Reflections on quitting a Convent, 179 Peligion, no honesty without, 71
certain remedy for grief, 111 state of, in West Indies, 148 advantages of, 215
sense of in affliction, 220
ABBEY CHURCH, Bath, 89 Acacia, The, 216
leaf and blossom of, 216
Eolian Harp, 225 African Trumpet, 4
Alby (France) Cathedral of, 209 Alligator, bullock attacked by an, 25 Ancient Hunting-horn, 4 Pan-pipes, 28 Bagpipe, 23
Arch of Septimius Severus, 33
Bath, Abbey Church, 89
Bern, Switzerland, Town of, 17 Botany Bay, Ravines South of, 225 Bullock attacked by an Alligator, 25
Caffres and their kraals, 217 Camoens, Cave of, 56
Cauton, scene on the river at, 161 Cape of Good Hope, view of Cape Town, 41
Cardona, salt mountain at, 184 Cartland Craigs and Bridge, 32 Cathedral of Alby, 209 Cedar of Lebanon, 200
leaf, flower, and
cone of, 200 Cereus, night-blowing, 176
Ceylon, punishments in, 1
Chandery Choke, Delhi, 129
Charlottenburg, Palace of, 77
Chess, Satan playing at, with man, for his soul, 169
Chinese Mouth-organ, 28
-Boat-trackers refreshing, 81 -Stringed Instruments, 100 -Drums, 160
Religious principle, balance of mind | Short separation tends to happiness,
regulated by, 64
Remarkable Echo, 151 Riddle, a, 224
Robin, peculiarity of the song of, 53 Rogers, lines by, 171
Rome, account of the City of, Part III., 34-Great Forum of ancient Rome, 34-public buildings, &c., in the ancient Forum, 34-modern Forum, 36-arch of Septimius Severus, 36-pillar or column of Phocas, 37-Comitium, 37-other remains in the Forum, 38-Part IV., Palatine Hill, 114-rise of the Palatine, 114-golden house of Nero, 115-desolation of the Pala- tine, 115-ruins of the Palaces of the Caesars, 116-Farnese villa and gardens, 117-Temple of Peace, 117-Circus Maximus and others, 118-Part V., the Capitoline Hill, 202-Capitol of the Monarchy, 202 -of the Republic, 203 of the Em- pire, 204-of the Middle Ages, 205 the Modern Capitol, 207-the Tar- peian Rock, 207 Russian Vapour Baths, 125
St. Goar, remarkable Echo at, 151 St. Radigund's Abbey, ruins of, 112 St. Vincent, Burning Mountain in, 231 Salt Mountain at Cardona, 184 Saxon peasant, account of a self-taught, 53
Scenery, Australian, 142
Science, Amusements of, No. I., 141- II., Geometry, 220
Scott, Sir W., selections from, 87, 220 Sea, the, 189
remarks of Bishop Horne on, 99 Secker, selections from, 55 Security, False, 44
Seed, selections from, 150, 156, 157, 195 Segovia, account of the City of, 65 Selborne, description of, 9 Selden, selections from, 69 Self-conceit, 191
Servants, gratitude of old, 135 Shakspeare, some account of, 138 -Cliff, 138
Shetlanders, superstitions of, 182 Ship-biscuit made by machinery, 154
Sick bed, difficulty of attending on a, 63 Silver Mines in Great Britain, 94 Sinclair, selections from, 63, 191, 215 Siphanto, Island of, 106 Sketches of New South Wales, No.
XV., Natives, method of Fishing, 7-XVI., some account of Sydney, &c., 122-XVII., Botany Bay, 133 -country south of Botany Bay, 226
Song of the Breeze, 87 Sonnet of Camoens, 56
Mrs. Hemans, 235 Souffrière, Isle St. Vincent, eruption
Southey, lines by, 46, 111 Spanish Armada, lines on, 21 Spanish Chestnut, the, 52 Spectacles, coloured, 222 Spectator, extract from, 91, 95 Speech, faculty of, 93 Spiders, Natural History of, No. I., 11 II., 23
Spring, lines on, 100
Starch used for Lozenges, 135 Stranded bark and life-boat, 69 Stillingfleet, selections from, 3, 21, 47, 126
Studious life not prejudicial, 140 Superstitions, Popular, of the Middle
Ages, No. 1., 21-II., Mythology of the Nursery, 30-III., Nursery Tales, 44-IV., 61—V., 101-VI., 158-VII., 174-VIII., 182—IX., 198
Switzerland, Town of Bern in, 18 Sydney, New South Wales, account of, 122, 133
Table, behaviour at, 29
Talismans, account of, 128 Taylor, Jeremy, extract from, 191 Temptation to hypocrisy, 191 Teutonic Mythology, 31 Time, value of, 86
To-morrow, lines on, 139 Tongue, Government of the, 47 Treasures of the Deep, 111
Trollope, Mrs., selections from, 189, 237
Truth compared with falsehood, 59
104 Hunting Horn, Ancient, 4 Irish Harp, ancient, 60 Jewish Trumpet, 4 Larch, the, 24
leaves, blossom, and seedpod of, 24 Lebanon, Cedar of, 200
Lime Tree, 64 leaves and blossom of, 64 Lombardy Poplar, 157 leaf and catkins of,
Magic Square and Circle, 142 Manchester, collegiate church of, 193 Matlock High Tor, 72
Mer de Glace, on Mont Blanc, 241 Mitford Castle, ruins of, 49
Mont Blanc, and the Valley of Chamouni, 248
Morris Dancers, ancient English, 153
Natives of New South Wales fishing with the line, 8 North Foreland Lighthouse, 57
Oriental Plane, 236 of, 236
Palace of the Cæsars, Rome, ruins of, 113
Pan Pipes, Ancient, 28 Pantheon at Rome, 201 Peasants, Chinese, 233 Pomegranate, the, 232
Port Jackson, Fort Macquarie and part of Sidney Cove, 121 Principal street in Delhi, 129 Punishments in Ceylon, 1
leaf, fruit, and catkins of
War Fetishes, Congo, 152 Welsh Triple Harp, 60 Weymouth Pine, 88
Whampoa Pagoda, 168
Yew Tree, ancient, in Dibden church
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