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INDEX

TO THE

NAMES AND SUBJECTS IN THE SECOND VOLUME.

Adelsberg, Grotto of, 183

Adversity, the uses of, 31
Æsop and his Fables, 93

Alexandria, Catacombs of, 255

-excavated Tomb of the Kings at, 251

Alligator, description of the, 20
Alps, Horn of the, lines on, 63
Andes, volcanic Mountains of the, 39
Animals, natural affection of, 46

Anne, Princess, daughter of Charles I.,
19

Ant and Glow-worm, 240

Anthony, St. and the Cobbler, 171
Antiparos, Grotto of, 79
Antiquity, lines on, 235

Aphorisms, 27, 31, 45, 109, 179, 232.
239

April, history of the month of, 120
Anniversaries in 120, 136, 144,
152, 160

Asia Minor, earthquakes in, 122
Ass, anecdote of, 216

Aurangabad, Temples of Ellora, near,
164

Bacon, Lord, extract from, 67; remarks by, 14, 29, 93, 114; remark on Atheism by, 144; aphorism of,

239

Balloons, 243
Banana, 203

Barletta, ancient tomb at, 167
Bear, the Scandinavian, 61
Beattie, remark from, 176

Beauty, human, various ideas of, 239

Bede, the Venerable, anecdote of, 60
Bell-rock lighthouse, 157
Berkeley, Bishop, remark by, 140
Bernard, St., the Dogs of, 177
Better Land, the, 107

Bible, history of English versions of, 53
Bird-catching in Shetland, 228

Birds and Animals, their happiness, 55
Birds, Migratory, 92, 101, 111, 189

Birds' Nests, 52

Bird Spider, the, 85

Blair, Extracts from, 182, 187, 198, 235
Blanchard, aerial voyages of, 244-5,

Blessed be thy Name, 184

Blood, circulation of the, 171

Bolton Priory, account of, 60

Bombay, famine at, 119

Borromeo, Cardinal, noble conduct of,

153

Boyle, Hon. Robert, 91

Bradley's Sermons, extract from, 99
Bray, Mrs., on old age, 182.
Burke, remarks by, 83, 242

Burns, Robert, Biographical notice of,
102

Burying in Churches, remarks on, 53

Cactus tribe, 204

Cairo, Catacombs at, 255

Calabria, Earthquakes in, 122, 124
Campbell, Elspy, 67

Canary Islands, Catacombs of, 168
Canterbury Cathedral, account of, 138
Capital, 109

Caraccas, Earthquake at, 126
Carolina, South, Earthquakes in, 128
Catacombs, Grecian, 167
Catania, destruction of, 122
Cathedrals-York, 18; Canterbury, 138;

Lincoln, 170; Worcester, 210

Cawnpore, description of, 217

Cecil, remarks by, 2, 29, 200, 247
Cemetery, a Sicilian, 90

Commons, House of, 25

Contentedness, Jeremy Taylor on, 231
Cottager, Russian, and Dutch Ship-

master, 95

Cotton Gown, Story of a, 87
Cowley, Abraham, the poet, 117
Cuckoo, 111

and Water-wagtails, 243
Cunning, remark on by Bacon, 239
Custom House of London, 186

Daens, John, anecdote of, 46

Deaf and Dumb, instruction of, 155
Death, Bishop Porteus on, 139
Death, preparation for, 91
Deluge, the, 91

De Rozier, the first aeronaut, 243;
fatal voyage of, 244
Devil's Bridge, the, 23

Devotion not hostile to Cheerfulness,
243

Diffidence, instance of, 83
Distich, remarkable, 47
Drinking, intemperate, predisposition
to disease from, 158

Dromedary and Camel, 44

Drowning, Hints for the prevention of,
224

Dr. Samuel Johnson, letter of, 53;
anecdotes of, 239
Drunkenness, effects of, 13
Dutch, the, of old, 114
Dyer, lines by, 198

Earthquakes, some account of, 121
Egypt and Nubia, Cavern Temples and
Tombs of, 249

Ferns, 203

First Grief, the, 198

Fortune-telling, or Astrology, folly of
a belief in, 174

Fountains Abbey, Ruins of, 147
Friendly Associations, on the forma
tion of, 182

Friendship, Bishop Mant on, 83
Friendship, lines on, 170
Frost of 1684, 13

Fuller, remarks by, 46, 63, 83

Galileo, extract from the life of, 59
Garnerin, his Balloons, 244-5
George III., a Prayer composed by, 178
Germany, Limestone Caverns in, 76
Giants' Causeway, 50
Gibraltar, Rock of, 130

Good, Dr. Mason, lines from the Per-
sian by, 215

Hymn for Saturday Evening, 160
by Bishop Middleton, 170

Ibsambal, the Temples at, 251
Iguana, the, 173

Illustrations, local, 116
Improvement, Human, Paley on, 179
India-rubber Tree, 4

Industry, Sir Joshua Reynolds on, 146
Infant's Peril, 246

Insects, usefulness of, 143; the changes
of, 212

Intimacies, particular, Blair on, 235
Iron and Steel, improvement of by
burying, 71

Ischia and Procida, Isles of, 34

Jameson, Mrs., Remarks by, 223, 240
January, history of the month of, 7

Anniversaries in, 8, 16, 23, 31
Japanese Sea, Volcano in, 40
Jefferson's Rules for Life, 46
Jenner, Dr., forty signs of rain, 232
Jeremy Taylor, remarks by, 22, 43, 45
Jesse, remarks by, 198, 200
Jewish Tale, a, 176

Karli, Temple of, 166
Katharine's, St., Hospital, 131
Kaulfussia, Amellus-like, 95
Kendal Church, Epitaph in, 53
Kent's Cavern, near Torquay, 76
King Arthur's Round Table, 188
King George's Sound, account of Na-
tives of, 62

Kirauea, Volcano of, 40
Kirkdale Cave, 75
Knowledge, remark on, by Bacon, 19

Ladye Chapel, account of, 180
Land Crabs, Indian, 70
Lapwing and Hind, remark on, 237
Latimer, Bishop, letters of, 199
Leaning Towers, 114, 196, 242
Leopard, 4

Lesson, an early, 47
Letting and Hiring, 214
Life, and its end, 95
Lighthouse, the Bell-rock, 157
Lightning, powerful effect of, 200
Lima, Earthquakes at, 122
Lincoln Cathedral, 170
Lion and Unicorn, 50
Lipari, Vulcano, and Stromboli, 38
Lisbon, Earthquake at, 123
Litany, portion of, versified, 99
Literary Trifling, Milner on, 231
Living well, 83

Lo! the lilies of the field, 184
London Stone, 63
Lords, House of, 97

Lunardi, first ascent of, in England, 244

Macdonnell on Education, 224
Magpie, anecdote of, 216
Malham Cove, Yorkshire, 212
Mant, Bishop, remarks by, 63, 71
March, history of the month of, 92
Anniversaries in, 72, 88, 96,
104, 112

Good Manners, remark on, by Locke, Marriage Customs, ancient, 142

224

Grasses, importance of, 208

Great American Aloe, 51

Gresham, Sir Thomas, his Statue, 225

Hall, Bishop, remark by, 15
Hammond, remark by, 239
Happiness, sensual, 198
Harrow on the Hill, 66
Heaths, 204

Heber, Bishop, biographical notice of,

108; supplicatory lines by, 178;
on the love of God, 211; his liberal
sentiments, 224.

Hecla, Mount, 39

Heraldry, No. I., the Shield, 172
Hindoo Superstitions, 42

Hooker, Richard, Biographical Notice
of, 174

Hume, David, and his Mother, 139
Humility, true, 99

Hunter, remarks by, 3, 14, 27
Hydrometer and Chinese merchant, 3
Hymn, the Mariners', 144

Materials of Writing, origin of, 46
May, the month of, history of, 160
Anniversaries in, 160, 176, 184,
192, 200

Memory, instances of, 246
Mendip Hills, Caves in the, 75
Microscope, the No. I., 82; No. II.,
148; No. III., 236
Middleton, Bishop, Hymn by, 170
Milan, the Plague at, 153
Mineral Kingdom, No. I., Gold, 227
Moderation, Plutarch on, 232
Mole, the, 247
Monkey-bread, 204

Monkeys, the, and the Camel, 248
Monte Nuovo, Birth of, 36
Montgomery, J., the Last Day, 115
Monument, the, of London, 106
Moon, the, 135

More, Sir Thomas, letter of, 199
More, Mrs. H., Lines by, 179
Naples, Catacombs of, 167
Natures a lesson from; 240,

Natural Caverns and Grottoes, some

account of, 73

Nelson, Lord, anecdote of, 232
Newgate, 84

Niagara, Visit to the Falls of, 242
Nightingale, 111, 222
Night-jar, 189

Nubia, excavated Temples in, 250

Obedience, Early, lesson of, 187
Olive-tree, the, 107

Orchidea, 205

Palgrave, remark by, 142
Palms, 203

Parachute, Garnerin's, 245
Paris, Catacombs of, 168
Parliament, Houses of, 25, 97
Pascal, remarks by, 55, 69
Passage of the Israelites through the
Red Sea, 2

Passion, remark on, by Mrs. Jameson,
223

Passions, aphorism, 99

Passover, modern celebration of, 134
Paviland, Cave of, 75

Pause before you follow example, 3
Pearl Fishery in Ceylon, 5

Persian Ambassador at St. Paul's, emo-
tion of, 224

Petrarch, anecdote of, 99
Phlegræan Fields described, 36
Pisa, leaning Tower at, 242
Pitcher-plant, the, 159

Plants, on the green colour of, 63
Plato, anecdote of. 146

Plover, the great, 93

Polypi, description of, 148-9
Poole's Hole, 74

Poor Laws, 230

Rambler, extract from, 235

Rattle-snake, the, 181

Raven, the, curious anecdote of, 95
Rebukes, Just, 187

Red Sea, Passage of the, 48
Reflections on retiring to rest, 216
Reid's Essays, Extracts from, 171, 198,
239

Relations and Friends, the loss of, 146
Relics, curious, 198

Religion, the importance of, 59

Revenge, Mason on, 119

Rich and Poor, 21

Rome, Catacombs of, 167

Round Table, King Arthur's, 188
Running Water, 46

Russian Serf and people, condition of
the, 69

Rutland, Earl of, Advice by, 175

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