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ABERCROMBIE, extracts from, 53
Abstruse speculations, unsuitableness
of, 176
Acrid fumes, effects of exposure of the
eye to, 198
Active life, enjoyments of an, 107
Addison, selection from, 196
Advantage of a good judgment, 8
Advantages of a taste for Natural
History, 62
Albigenses, the, IV., 89-V., 153
Alison, extracts from, 95, 134, 214
Allard, General, account of, 239
Amaurosis, case of, 158
Amusements in Science, V., 31-VI.,
48-VII., 88-VIII., 92
Ancient office of Purveyor to the King,
190
history, voyages related in, 202
Ancients, navigation of the, 33
Anderson, S. M., selection from, 238
Anger, evils of indulging, 219
Aphorism, 136
Apple-trees, preservation of, 219
April Day, 131
Apteryx, the, 129
Aqueducts, Roman, 75
Arithmetic, 31
Arnott's Stove, 116
Arsenic, nature, uses, and effects of, 86
Artificial pearls, different kinds of, 155
Arts, the useful, No. XXXIV., 141–
No. XXXV., 179-No. XXXVI.,
187-No. XXXVII., 223
Astronomy, 88
Popular, 121
Atmosphere, the, 21
Autumnal and vernal crocus, 96
Bacon, Lord, selection from, 32
Barrow, extract from, 62
Baths of Titus, 73
Beattie, lines by, 214
Beauty, oval the elementary form of,
176
Bell, extracts from, 199, 214
Bells, use and manufacture of, 7
Beloved object, on the loss of a, 232
Bernese Oberland, account of, 217
Bible, illustrations of the, from the Mo-
numents of Antiquity, VI., 11-
VII., 28-VIII., 60—ÏX., 84-X.,
108-XI., 132-XII., 148-XIII.,
180-XIV., 228
Biographical notice of Sir John Fas-
tolf, 209
Birth and childhood of Queen Eliza-
beth, 17
Bishops of Chester, list of eminent, 170
Black-lead mine at Keswick, 110
pencil, history of, 109
Blair, selection from, 117
Blind, School for, 30
Body and soul, connexion between, 147
Book, advantages of a, 112
Boyle, selections from, 53, 219
Brevity, virtue of, 83
Brewster, Sir D., extracts from, 223
Brief history of Navigation, I., 33
British China Trade, opening of the,
Cabinet-making, woods used in, 173
Caister Castle, ruins of, 209
Camera Lucida, 120
Obscura, the, 72
Camphor-tree, the, 184
Canton, some account of, III., 249-
Hongs or Factories, 249-Com-
merce, 250-British intercourse
with China, 250-Its early history,
251-Occupation of Macao by the
British, 253-Disputes of 1829 and
1830, 254-Opening of the British
China Trade, 255
Carpenter, the, 172, 187, 223
Case of amaurosis, 158
Castle of Heidelberg, I., 9-II., 24
Causes by which the Eye-sight is im-
paired, 118
Celestial Bodies, contemplation of
the, 219
Ceremonies of the Greco-Russian
Church, 150, 157
Chalmers, extracts from, 128, 136
Chester Cathedral, account of, 170
China, British intercourse with, 250
Christening of Queen Elizabeth, ac-
count of, 16
Christian Evidences, easy lessons on,
XIII., 22, XIV., 46
Christian discrimination, 118
Christianity, effects of, in a dying
hour, 173
Church, the village, 16
Churches of Modern Rome, 167
Churchill, lines by, 223
Cicada, and its organs of voice, 200
City of Rome, account of, VII., 73
Cloth-wool, manufacture of, 196
Cloyne, town of, 241
Cod Fishery, Dutch, 152
Coincidences respecting the harmony
of inharmonious sounds, 115
Compassion, 117
Connexion between the body and soul,
147
Coronation Anecdotes, I., 231--II., 244
Coronations, Chapters on, I., 220—II.,
The Regalia, 235
Creation, knowledge of, 53
Crickets, natural history of, 135
Criticism, difference between shallow
and false, 216
Crocus, vernal and autumnal, 96
Crusade against the Albigenses, 89,153
Dangers of moral sentiment, 214
Davy, Sir H., extracts from, 239
Deity, proofs of, 184
Dispersion of seeds, on the, 182
Doctrine of Materialism, 238
Dunloh Castle, 83
Dutch Fisheries, I,, 102-II., 152
Whale fishery, 218
Early history of Moses, 84
Earth, how clothed with plants, 141
Education of Queen Elizabeth, 57
Eel, the, 23
Effects of Arsenic on the human body,
Christianity at the hour of
death, 173
Egypt, plagues of, 108, 132
Ehrenfels, castle of, 107
Elephant, head of the, 214
Elizabeth, Queen, her progresses and
public processions, 1., 2-II., 17-
III., 57-IV., 97—V., 145—VI., 225
England, salubrity of, 6
Enjoyments of an active life, 107
Esculent Swallow, 248
Evelyn, epitaph of, by himself, 184
Excellence the reward of labour, 27
Exchange, Royal, account of, 50
Exodus of the Jews from Egypt, 148
Exposure of the eye to acrid fumes,
effects of, 198
Eye-sight, employments which injure,
I., 92-II, 117-III., 159-IV.,
174-V., 198-VI., 222—VII., 230
Fastolf, Sir John, biographical notice
of, 209
Feather of a Peacock, 95 Females, head-dresses of, 186 Fisheries, the Dutch, 102, 152, 218 Flowers, phosphoric light emitted by,
Head of the elephant, 214 Head-dresses of females, 186 Heart, the human, 6 Heavenly bodies, theories explanatory of the motions of, 123 wisdom, evidences of, 48
Heavens, appearance of the, 122
Heidelberg, castle of, I., 9-II., 24
Herring-fishery, account of, 102
Herschel, Sir J., extracts from, 62, 112
Hogarth, extract from, 187
Honour, who worthy of, 117
Horse, foot of a, 115
Horsley, Bishop, selection from, 176
House I live in, V., 100-VI., 245
Human hand, formation of, 199
Human frame, number of bones and
joints in, 245
Inharmonious sounds, coincidences
respecting the harmony of, 115
Instances of longevity, 6
Invention of the microscope and tele-
scope, 183
Irresolution, 24 Israelites, establishment of, in the land of Goshen, 11
bondage of in Egypt, 28
Jews, modern, 22, 46
Johannesberg, account of, 193
Johnson, selections from, 144, 219
Joiner, the, 223
Joy, selections from, 107
Judgment, advantage of good, 8
Keswick, black-lead mine at, 110
Killarney, Lakes of, VI., 81-VII., 137
-VIII., 177
King, ancient office of Purveyor to
the, 190
Knowledge of Creation, 53
pleasure of acquiring, 95
on the uses of, 134
Lahore, some account of, 239, 247
Lakes of Killarney, VI., 81-VII., 137 -VIII., 177
Lava of Mount Vesuvius, 198 Lessons on Christian Evidences, XIII., 22-XIV., 46
Letters of Queen Elizabeth, 58, 99, 146
Life-boat, the, 20
Life, how best enjoyed, 107
Light, phosphoric, emitted by flowers,
183
Limited power of man, 186
Lines to a waterfowl, 143
Locke, selection from, 94
London, warning voice in, 192
Longevity, instances of, 6
Loss of a beloved object, lines on, 232
Macao, occupation of, by the British,
182, 253
Macculloch, selections from, 83, 95,
115, 117, 119, 141
Macgillicuddy's Reeks, Killarney, 137
Magic Lantern and Phantasmagoria,
104
Magnolia, great flowered, 112
Man, frailty of, 6
-limited power of, 186
Mangnall, lines by, 152
Mangrove, the, 144
Mankind, proof of the common origin
of, 224
proper study of, 238
Mant, Bishop, selections from, 52, 118
Manufacture of Bells, 7
Gun-flints, 96
Mariners, means of saving shipwrecked,
20
Masaniello, story of, 41, 65
Naples, revolution of, 41, 65
Natural History of Crickets, 135
advantages of a taste
for, 62
Philosophy, recreations in,
Nature and Revelation, books of, 112
the image of God, 176
Navigation, brief history of, I., 33-
Navigation of the Ancients. 33-
Rudiments of, to the formation of
the boat, 33-The sail, 35-Rud-
der, anchor, cables, ship's name,
&c., 36-War and merchants'
ships, 37-Ancient voyage, 39-
II., 201-Causes of the romance
of ancient naval history, 201-
Voyages related in naval history,
fears of the ancient mariners, 202
-Romance of ancient navigation,
as induced by the desire of mono-
poly in trade, 206-The monsoons;
a knowledge of the earth increased
by navigation, 207-The watch-
tower or light-house, erected by
Ptolemy Soter, in the Isle of Pha.
ros, 208
Nests of Wasps, 215
Newton, Sir I., selection from, 184 Notes on Forest Trees, XXII., Great-
flowered Magnolia, 112-XXIII., The Mangrove, 144-XXIV., The Camphor Tree, 184
picture of an Egyptian ship,
rowing ooat, 33
ship, showing the sign or image at the prow, 37
Egyptian casket, 61
Roman coins, representations of war-galleys on, 204
Anglo-Saxon pen and inkstand, 15 Animal worship and sacrifices of the Egyptians, 133
Antique seal of Minerva, 45 Apteryx Australis, 129
Ashridge Abbey, in the time of Queen Elizabeth, 97
Athenian ship, ears and eyes of, 38
Balance, ancient Egyptian, 149 Bell, moulding a large, 8 Bible, illustrations of, from the monu- ments of ancient Egypt, 12, 13, 28, 29, 60, 61, 85, 108, 132, 133, 148, 149, 181, 182
Bird's-eye view of an Egyptian table, 149
Broad-nosed Eel, 24
Caister Castle, ruins of, 209 Camera Obscura, illustrations of the, 72 Lucida, illustrations of the, 120 Camphor-tree, leaf and fruit of the, 184 Canton, triumphal arch at, 256 fort on the river near, 249 Carpentry, diagrams illustrative of, 188, 189, 224
Chair, King Edward's, 236
Chariot, charioteer, and warrior, Egyp- tian, 180
Chester Cathedral, 169
Children of the Neapolitan lazzaroni, 65
Choir of female musicians, 220 Cicada, the, 200
Cloyne, round tower at, 241 Common wasp, section of the nest of, 216
Costume of Queen Elizabeth when young, 57
Romance of ancient-naval history,
Rome, some account of, VII., 73- Baths of Titus, 73-Seven Halls of Vespasian, 74-Aqueducts, 75 -Forum of Trajan, 76-Pillar, or Column, of Trajan, 77-Mole of Hadrian, or Castle of St. Angelo, 78-VIII., 161-History of St. Peter's, 161-Approach, Colon. nade, and Front, 162-Descrip- tion of interior, 162-The Dome, 166 Illuminations of, 167 Churches of Modern Rome, 167- Relics of Paganism in, 168 Royal Exchange, account of, 50 Ruins of Caister Castle, 209 Runjeet Singh, account of, 239, 247 Russia, VIII., 150-IX., 157
St. Angelo, castle of, 78 St. Peter's, Rome, history of, 161 Salubrity of England, 6 School for Indigent Blind, visit to, 30 Science, amusements in, V., Arith-
metic, 31-VI., Geometry, 48- VII., Astronomy, 88-VIII., Geo- metry, 92
Scott, Sir W., selections from, 144, 215 Scripture pictures, 130 Seasons, the, I., Winter, 71
revolutions of the, 94 Seeds, on the dispersion of, 182 Self-love, lines on, 160
Seven days, ancient division of time into, 224
Shipwrecked mariuers, means of sa- ving, 20
Short, or Cloth Wool, manufacture of, 196
Shuttleworth, selections from, 62 Sight, description of organs of, 92 Simon de Montfort, his crusade against
the Albigenses, 89, 153 Siphon, description of the, 212 Smith, Adam, selection from, 144 Charlotte, lines by, 240 Somerville, Mrs., selections from, 224 "Song of the Bell," by Schiller, ex- tracts from, 8
Sonnet, by Queen Elizabeth, 147 Soul and body, connexion between, 147 Specks in the eye, fixed or floating, 158 Steel pens, history of, 63 Steele, selection from, 8 Stomach, the, 6
Story of Masaniello, I., 41-II., 65 Stove, description of Dr. Arnott's, 116 Swallow, the esculent, 248 System, the planetary, 152
Taste for reading, 62
natural history, advantages of, 62 Telescope, invention of the, 183 Temper, on a peaceable, 62 Thames, frost-fair on the, 54 Thermometer-stove, 115 Thomson, lines by, 213 Tillotson, selections from, 23, 27 Titus, baths of, 73
Tobacco employed in counteracting the effects of arsenic, 87 Tower, confinement of the Princess Elizabeth in, 146
Trajan, pillar or column of, 77 True use of reading, 32 Trusler, selections from, 183 Twilight, 140
Killarney, view on the Upper Lake, 177 King Edward's chair, 236
Lamprey, the sea, 179 Lazzaroni of Naples, 41 Life-boat, the, 20
Macgillicuddy's Reeks, from Aghadoe, 137
Magic lantern, diagrams illustrative of the, 104
Magnolia, great-flowered, 112 Mangrove, the, 144
Masonry, diagram to illustrate the mode of joining stones in, 141 Mice Tower and Castle of Ehrenfels, 105
Minerva, antique seal of, 45 Minerve, castle of, Languedoc, 89 Moulding a large Bell, 8
Naples, Lazzaroni of, 41 Neapolitan Lazzaroni, children of the, 65
Old Somerset-House, 225 Olive-tree, 44 Olive-press, 69
Oval, diagrams elucidating the pro- perties of the, 176
Pen and inkstand, Anglo-Saxon, 15 Pharos, watch-tower of, 208 Pillar, or Column, of Trajan, 77 Placentia, palace of, at Greenwich, 17 Pole-axe, ancient Egyptian, 181 Pottery-float, Egyptian, 33 Ptolemaic system, 124
Queen Elizabeth, borne by six gentle- men, 1
costume o., when
young, 57 Queen's crown and circlet, 237 Quivers, ancient Egyptian, 180 Remains of the Seven Halls of Vespa. pasian, 80 Rhayadyr Bridge, Monmouthshire, 233 Roman war-galley, ancient, 40
ladies, head-dresses of, 184 Rope, shot, and shells, to be used in cases of shipwreck, 21 Rostra and heads of ancient ships, 205
Voyage, an ancient, 39
War and merchant ships, 37 Warning voice in London, 192 Wasps, nests of, 215 Waterfowl, lines to a, 143
Waterton, extracts from, 219
Watson, selections from, 119
Whewell, extracts from, 183, 186, 230
Whale fishery, Dutch, 218
White (of Selborne), extract from, 135 Wigs and Head-dresses, 1., 114~II. 159-111., 196
Wines of the Rhine, 193 Wither, lines by, 232 Wood, extracts from, 62
Woods, description of various fancy, 173
Woollen Manufacture, III, 196 Works of Imagination, on reading, 53 Writing Materials, history of, 14, 63,
Trajan, pillar or column of, 77 Triumphal arch at Canton, 256 Twilight, diagram to illustrate the pro- duction of, 140 Tychonic system, 125
Vassal king of Persia, investiture of, 220
Vespasian, remains of the seven halls of, 80 War-galleys on ancient Roman coins, representations of, 204 Wasps, nests of various species of, 216
Watch-tower of Pharos, 208 Wigs and head-dresses, various spe cimens, of, 113, 160, 184 Wool-carding engine, 197 Woodstock Castle, 145 World, general features of, according to the geographers just before the Christian era, 20
Queen Elizabeth in one of her Progresses, borne by six Gentlemen, and attended by her Court
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