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| Abbey Buildings, The Arrangement of, | 658 |
| Abraham and Sarah, | 101 |
| Abyssinian Ladies, Dress of the, | 491 |
| Abyssinian Lady, Tattooed, | 495 |
| Advertisement, an American, | 111 |
| Advertisements, Curious, | 406, 447, 455, 478 |
| —— in the last Century, | 207 |
| —— of a Dying-speech Book, | 116 |
| —— New Style of, | 249 |
| —— a Pudding as an, | 228 |
| —— of a Fleet Parson, | 116 |
| A False Find, | 31 |
| A Female Sampson, | 62 |
| A Fine Old Soldier, | 314 |
| A Floating City, | 308 |
| A Funeral appropriately conducted, | 235 |
| Aged Persons, instances of many Dying, | 283 |
| Ages of Celebrated Men, | 102 |
| A Great Marvel seen in Scotland, | 138 |
| A Happy Family, | 28 |
| A Harmless Eccentric, | 186 |
| Albertus Magnus, Receipts from, | 91 |
| Ale Too Strong, | 267 |
| Alexandria, Pharos at, | 274 |
| Algerine Invasion of Ireland, | 176 |
| A Last Chance, | 103 |
| All Humbugs, | 85 |
| A Lucky Find, | 6 |
| A Man in a Vault Eleven Days, | 69 |
| —— Carries his House on his Head, | 290 |
| —— Selling his own Body, | 95 |
| —— aged One Hundred Years, | 256 |
| A Monster, | 287 |
| Ambassador, French, Entry into London, | 262 |
| —— why Held by the Arms, | 162 |
| Amphitheatres, | 102 |
| Amulets worn by Egyptian Females, | 120 |
| —— Brotche, | 332 |
| Amusements in the 15th Century, | 254 |
| —— in 1743, Popular, | 56 |
| An apparent Singularity accounted for, | 93 |
| An Eccentric Tourist, | 139 |
| Ancients, Credulity of the, | 144 |
| Anglo-Saxons, Sepulchral Barrow of, | 26 |
| Animals, Food of, | 24 |
| —— Communication between, | 294 |
| Animation, Suspended, | 374 |
| Anne Boleyn, Execution of, | 375 |
| Antimony, | 570 |
| Antipathies, | 391 |
| —— Unaccountable, | 196 |
| Antiquities, Egyptian, | 642 |
| Apollo, Oracles of, in France, | 675 |
| Arabian Horses, | 291 |
| Arabs, Horses of the, | 498 |
| Archbishop, an, Washing Feet, | 5 |
| Arch, A Beautiful, | 433 |
| A remarkable Old Man, | 214 |
| Armlet, Ancient, | 425 |
| Armour, Ancient, Curious Piece of, | 341 |
| Arms, Abyssinian, | 509 |
| Artists, Duration of Life amongst, | 196 |
| A Sea above the Sky, | 81 |
| Ash, the Shrew, | 397 |
| Ass, The, | 116 |
| Assiduity and Perseverance, | 304 |
| Attar of Roses, Origin of, | 343 |
| Attar of Roses, | 298 |
| A Woman takes the Lighted Match, | 40 |
| —— Defends a Post singly, | 52 |
| Authors, some Learned, Amusements of, | 137 |
| A Unique Library, | 211 |
| Aztec Children, | 37 |
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| Babes of Bethlehem, The, | 660 |
| Bagpipes, Irish, | 505 |
| Ballot, Origin of the, | 673 |
| Bandoliers, | 560 |
| Bank, A Mattrass for a, | 323 |
| Banner, The Templars', called Beauseant, | 564 |
| Banquets of the Ancients, | 439 |
| Bara, a Machine used in Sicily, | 415 |
| Barbers, | 94 |
| Barometer, Incident connected with, | 136 |
| Bartholomew Fair in 1700, Handbill of, | 148 |
| Bastille of Paris, Storming of the, | 194 |
| Bazaar, a Turkish, | 614 |
| Bear, a Shaved, | 17 |
| Beard, Care of the, | 503 |
| Beau Brummell (a) of the 17th Century, | 61 |
| Bective Abbey, | 392 |
| Bedesmen in the time of Henry VII., | 593 |
| Bedford Missal, The, | 407 |
| Bee, The Queen, | 25 |
| Bees, Obedient to Training, | 95 |
| Beggars, Severe Enactment against, | 302 |
| —— selected as Models by Painters, | 281 |
| Bell, The Great, of Burmah, | 559 |
| —— of Rouen, | 650 |
| Bells, | 193 |
| —— of the Ancients, | 279 |
| —— of St. Mura, | 411 |
| Bell-Shrine, an Ancient, | 347 |
| Bellows, Primitive Pair of, | 637 |
| Bible, | 118, 372, 490 |
| —— Bunyan's, | 121 |
| —— Summary of the, | 169 |
| —— used by Charles I. on the Scaffold, | 271 |
| Billy in the Salt-box, | 181 |
| Birds, The Ear of, not to be Deceived, | 228 |
| Blind Jack, | 23 |
| —— Granny, | 70 |
| —— Workman, | 155 |
| Boat, Burmese, | 667 |
| Bobart, Jacob, | 22 |
| Boiling to Death, | 663 |
| Bolton Abbey, Origin of, | 273 |
| Bombardier Beetle, The, | 68 |
| Bones, Adaptation of to Age, | 52 |
| Book-shaped Watch, | 328 |
| Boots an object of Honour, | 232 |
| Boydell, Alderman, | 9 |
| Brama, the Hindoo Deity, | 555 |
| Bramins, Philosophy of the, | 371 |
| Brank, The, | 2 |
| Brass Medal, of our Saviour, | 241 |
| Breakfasting Hut in 1745, | 158 |
| Bribery, | 141 |
| Bricks of Babylon, The, | 612 |
| Bridge, Old London, The Gate of, | 561 |
| —— Chinese, | 439 |
| —— Suspension, at Freybourg, | 166 |
| Britannia Tubular Bridge, | 172 |
| British Islands, Size of the, | 245 |
| Brooch, Ancient Scandinavian, | 401 |
| Bruce, Lord Edward, Case containing the Heart of, | 215 |
| Brunswick, House of, Anecdote of the, | 459 |
| Buckinger, Matthew, | 53 |
| Buddist Temples, Instruments used in, | 621 |
| Bumper, | 153 |
| Bunyan's, John, Tomb, | 156 |
| Burial Places of Distinguished Men, | 390 |
| Burmah, Elephant God of, | 537 |
| Bust, Etrurian, An Ancient, | 677 |
| Byng, Admiral, Execution of, | 182 |
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| Cader Idris, | 118 |
| Cagots, The, | 638 |
| Calculation, Interesting, | 474 |
| Cambridge Clods, | 20 |
| Camden Cup, | 250 |
| Camel, as a Scape-Goat, | 522 |
| Cameleon, The Eye of the, | 479 |
| Candles in the Church, | 449 |
| Cannon, Ancient, raised from the Sea, | 40 |
| —— at the Siege of Constantinople, | 69 |
| —— First Iron, | 320 |
| Canute, The Discovery of the Body of, | 176 |
| Cardinals, Colour of the Hat for, | 234 |
| Cards, Games with, in the 16th Century, | 618 |
| Carfax Conduit, | 333 |
| Carronades, | 149 |
| Carrara, Francis, Cruelty of, | 504 |
| Carriage, Turkish, | 655 |
| Cascade des Pelerines, | 135 |
| Cat, Instinct in a, | 353 |
| Catacombs at Rome, | 87 |
| Cataract, Extraordinary, | 223 |
| Cat-Clock, A, | 631 |
| Cats, White, | 51 |
| —— with Knotted Tails, | 238 |
| Caves, The Hawthornden, | 382 |
| Chaffinch Contest, | 651 |
| Chalice, Iona, The Golden, | 422 |
| Changes of Fortune, | 371 |
| Chaplain, Instructions to a, | 458 |
| Chapter-House in Henry VIIth's time, | 599 |
| Charing Cross, Autobiography of, | 128 |
| Charity instead of Pomp, | 407 |
| —— Rewarded by a Mendicant, | 257 |
| Charlemagne, Clock presented to, | 145 |
| Charles I., Anecdote relative to, | 174 |
| —— II., Privy Purse, Expenses of, | 234 |
| Cherry Tree, | 458 |
| Chess, in India, How it Originated, | 305 |
| Chieftain, Ancient Scottish, | 500 |
| Chilcott, the Giant, | 71 |
| Child, Test of Courage in a, | 132 |
| Children of Aged Parents, | 319 |
| China, Origin of the Great Wall of, | 233 |
| Chinese Dainties, | 91 |
| —— Ivory Balls, | 144 |
| —— Method of Fishing, | 315 |
| —— Punishment of the Kang, | 134 |
| —— Ladies, Small Feet of, | 475 |
| —— Mirrors, | 425 |
| —— School, | 525 |
| —— Therapeutics, | 369 |
| Chocolate, Early use of, | 52 |
| Christmas Customs, Bygone, | 14, 19 |
| Christening, Novel Mode of Celebrating a, | 393 |
| Chronology of Remarkable Events, | 218 |
| Church of Donore, James II. and the, | 557 |
| Cigars, Extraordinary Fashion in, | 274 |
| Circumstance, a Curious, | 430 |
| —— Extraordinary, | 15 |
| Cistern of Majolica Ware, | 597 |
| Clock at Hernhuth, Watchmen Imitating, | 20 |
| —— Wonderful, | 167 |
| Clocks, Early, | 171 |
| Clonmacnois, Ruins of, | 289 |
| Coachmen of the Time of Charles II., | 257 |
| Cock Fighting at Schools, | 219 |
| Coffee, | 153 |
| Coffee and Tea, | 122 |
| Coffee-house in London, the First, | 4 |
| —— Attractions in 1760, | 41 |
| Coin, The First, with Britannia on it, | 468 |
| Coinage, Variations in the, | 650 |
| Coincidences, some Curious, | 434 |
| Collars, Stone, Ancient, | 665 |
| Column at Cussi, | 533 |
| Comb, Curious Indian, | 657 |
| Conecte, Thomas, | 433 |
| Confectionary Art in 1660, | 373 |
| Conjuring, Public Taste for in 1718, | 122 |
| Conway Church, Inscription in, | 112 |
| Coral Reefs, | 73 |
| Coronations, Prices for Seats at, | 160 |
| —— Expenses at, | 283 |
| Corpulent Man, | 78 |
| Corpulence, Cure for, | 80 |
| Cost of Articles in the 14th Century, | 330 |
| Costume, Ancient Female, | 71, 78 |
| Costumes, | 395, 437, 536, 544, 547, 630, 651 |
| Couteau-de-Chasse, Ancient, | 633 |
| Cranmer's (Archbishop) Dietary, | 137 |
| Credulity, Extraordinary Instance of, | 311 |
| Cricket-Matches, Extraordinary, | 408 |
| Criminal, a Rich and Cruel, | 450 |
| Criminals, Old Custom Relating to, | 598 |
| Cromwell's Bridge at Glengariff, | 648 |
| Cross of Cong, The, | 457 |
| —— —— Muiredach, | 369 |
| —— Ordeal of the, | 463 |
| Crown of Charlemagne, | 377 |
| Cucking-Stool, The, | 1 |
| Cupid, The, of the Hindoos, | 230 |
| Curious Feats, | 181, 239 |
| —— Law, | 8 |
| —— Manuscript, | 214 |
| Curiously-shaped Vessel, | 376 |
| Curiously-shaped Drinking Cups, | 413 |
| Curiosities, Strange, | 457 |
| Custom, Means of attracting, | 683 |
| Customs, Singular Local, | 653 |
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| Daffeys' Elixir, | 173 |
| Dagger, An Ancient, | 673 |
| Dagobert, Ancient Chair of, | 421 |
| Dance, Curious Provincial in France, | 679 |
| Dances, Fashionable of the last Century, | 220 |
| Dancing Rooms, | 57 |
| Dead, Fashions for the, | 523 |
| Dead Bodies, Preservation of, | 251, 280, 638 |
| Death, Boiling to, | 663 |
| —— Lunar Influence in, | 346 |
| —— Pressing to, | 515 |
| Decorative Drinking Vessel, | 336 |
| Della Robbia Ware, | 601 |
| Demons, Bribing the, | 531 |
| Dervishes, Dancing, | 669 |
| Desolation, Scene of, | 329 |
| Destitute Cats, Asylum for, | 280 |
| Dial and Fountain in Leadenhall Street, | 553 |
| Dilemma, | 499 |
| Dinner, an Egyptian, | 537 |
| —— in China, | 596 |
| —— Party in the 17th Century, | 609 |
| Diogenes in a Pithos, not Tub, | 101 |
| Disorders Cured by Fright, | 307 |
| Dispute and appropriate Decision, | 140 |
| Dog (A) Extinguishing a Fire, | 20 |
| —— Combination of Instinct and Force, | 284 |
| —— A Sensible, Refusing to Bait a Cat, | 76 |
| —— Persevering, | 80 |
| —— Friendship, | 84 |
| —— A Piscatorial, | 367 |
| —— Sensible, | 376 |
| —— in Japan, | 622 |
| —— Figures of on Ancient Tombs, | 682 |
| Dog-wheel, The Old, | 101 |
| Dole in consequence of a Dream, | 503 |
| Doles, | 399 |
| Down among the Dead Men, | 185 |
| Dress, Forty years ago, | 212 |
| Dress in London, | 18, 114, 253, 295 |
| —— Fastidiousness at an Old Age, | 243 |
| —— of the Ancient Britons, | 79 |
| Drinking Bouts in Persia, | 547 |
| Drinks, Intoxicating, Antiquity of, | 611 |
| Dropping Wells, | 142 |
| Druids' Seat, | 464 |
| Drunkenness, the Offspring of, | 666 |
| Duns in the Mahratta Country, | 379 |
| Dyaks of Borneo, | 275 |
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| Ears, Character Indicated by, | 65 |
| Earthenware, English, | 575 |
| Earthquake Panic, | 520 |
| —— Swallowed up by an, | 329 |
| —— at Lisbon, | 200 |
| —— Nottingham, in 1816, | 280 |
| Earthquakes, | 398, 432 |
| East India House, the First, | 206 |
| Eating for a Wager, | 4 |
| Eccentric Englishman, An, | 438 |
| Eccentrics, a Couple of, | 318 |
| Echo, Extraordinary, | 341 |
| Eddystone Lighthouse, | 108 |
| Edicts against Fiddlers, | 328 |
| Eel, Large, | 10 |
| Egypt, | 491 |
| —— Pyramids of, | 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 |
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| 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, Fête 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 |
