| 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 |
| Funeral, an Eccentric, | 395 |
| —— Jar, | 481 |
| —— Obsequies, Strange, | 108 |
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| Game Preserves at Chantilly, | 362 |
| Gamblers, Chinese, Playing for Fingers, | 593 |
| Gambling, Legalised, | 141 |
| —— Extraordinary, | 359 |
| Gaming, a National Taste for, | 267 |
| Gander, an Old, | 27 |
| Garden, an Egyptian, | 349 |
| —— at Kenilworth, when in its Prime, | 641 |
| —— Love of, | 419 |
| —— Sacred, | 420 |
| —— The Hanging, of Babylon, | 558 |
| Garrick's Cup, | 232 |
| Gauntlet of Henry, Prince of Wales, | 661 |
| George II., Proclamation for, | 200 |
| Georgians as Topers, | 511 |
| Giant Tree, | 229 |
| Gibraltar, Siege of, | 6 |
| Gigantic Bones, | 248 |
| Glaives, | 504 |
| Glove Money, | 503 |
| Gloves, Anne Boleyn's, | 600 |
| —— Origin of "Pin Money", | 275 |
| Grace Knives, | 641 |
| Graham Island, | 443 |
| Graves of the Stone Period, | 363 |
| Greek Vases, | 501 |
| Gretna Green Marriages, | 159 |
| Grey Man's Path, The, | 528 |
| Grinning for a Wager, | 13 |
| Groaning Boards, | 66 |
| Groat, a Castle for a, | 470 |
| Grotto, Remarkable, and Story connected with it, | 625 |
| Guillotine, Decapitation by the, | 8 |
| Gun, Celebrated, | 568 |
| Gunpowder, Making a Candlestick of, | 249 |
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| Hackney Coach, The Earliest, | 211 |
| Hair, Ancient, Quantity and Colour of the, | 4 |
| —— Price of Human, | 242 |
| —— Remarkable Preservation of, | 122 |
| —— Transplantation of, | 40 |
| —— Turned Grey by Fright, | 327 |
| —— Two of the Fathers, on False, | 24 |
| Hamster Rat, The, | 265 |
| Handbills, Distributing, | 178 |
| —— from Peckham Fair, in 1726, | 72 |
| Hanging a Mayor, | 140 |
| "Happy Dispatch" in Japan, The, | 578 |
| Head Breaker, A., | 338 |
| Head-dress, Monstrous, | 242 |
| —— Ornament, Antique, | 393 |
| Hejirs, The, | 222 |
| Helmet, Early English, | 632 |
| —— of Sir John Crosby, | 520 |
| Henry I., Dream of, | 26 |
| —— II., Stripped when Dead, | 39 |
| —— V., Cradle of, | 416 |
| —— the VIIIth's Chair, | 488 |
| —— VIII., Curious Extracts from the Household Book of Lady Mary, Daughter of, | 399 |
| Highlander, A Remarkable, | 238 |
| Highwaymen in 1782, | 5 |
| Hindoo Computation, | 507 |
| —— Rites, Cruelty of, | 627 |
| Historical Anecdote, | 156 |
| Holy Water Sprinkler, | 532 |
| Homer in a Nutshell, | 127 |
| Hooking a Boy Instead of a Fish, | 319 |
| Hoops, in 1740, | 6 |
| Horse, A, Getting himself Shod, | 76 |
| Horse-race, Indenture of a, | 52 |
| Horses of the Arabs, | 498 |
| Horses, Different Sorts of, in the 16th Century, | 634 |
| —— Feeding one another, | 368 |
| —— Vicious, Novel Way of Curing, | 174 |
| Hot Cross Buns, | 251 |
| House, Novel Way of Designating a, | 539 |
| —— of Hens' Feathers, | 646 |
| Household Rules of the 16th Century, | 518 |
| How Distant Ages are Connected, | 200 |
| Hudson, Jeffery, the Dwarf of the Court of Charles I., | 472 |
| "Humbug," Origin of the Term, | 97 |
| Hume, David, on his own Death, | 215 |
| Hundred Families' Lock, | 435 |
| Hunting Party, a Regal, | 391 |
| Husband, Novel way of Purchasing a, | 275 |
| Hydra, Extraordinary Reproductive Power of the, | 490 |
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| Ice, Ground, | 506 |
| Ignorance and Fear, | 290 |
| Impostor, An, | 50 |
| Impudence or Candour? Which is it? | 239 |
| Incense Chariot, An Ancient, | 513 |
| Incremation, Instance of, | 353 |
| Indian Jugglers, European Balancing, | 293 |
| Inhumanity, Extraordinary Instances of, | 436 |
| Innkeeper's Bill in 1762, | 431 |
| Insects, Wonderful Formation of the Eye in, | 467 |
| Insect Life, Minuteness of, | 338 |
| Instinct of Animals, | 410 |
| Insurance Agent, Canvass of an, | 465 |
| Interesting and Fanciful Relique, | 243 |
| Inventors, The Perils of, | 141 |
| Irrigation, Turkish Machine for, | 349 |
| "It's much the same Now", | 94 |
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| James II. and the Church of Donore, | 557 |
| James II., Spent by the Corporation of Coventry at the Entertainment of, in his Progress through Coventry, | 378 |
| Javanese, Superstition of the, | 244 |
| Jenny's Whim, | 174 |
| Jewel, A Curious, which belonged to James I., | 456 |
| Jews, Wealth of the, | 359 |
| Johnson, Dr., A Visit to the Residence of, | 48 |
| Joy, William, the English Sampson, | 176 |
| Judas Iscariot, Legends of, | 339 |
| Judges attending Public Balls, | 303 |
| —— Salaries, | 446 |
| Jugglers in Japan, | 529 |
| —— of Modern Egypt, | 342 |
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| Kildare, Death of the Earl of, | 172 |
| Killed by eating Mutton and Pudding, | 73 |
| King Edward I., Household Expenses of, | 231 |
| —— Fine for Insulting a, | 149 |
| —— of Kippen, The, | 139 |
| —— John and Pope Innocent, | 463 |
| King-Maker, Warwick the, | 527 |
| King's Bed, Ceremonial for Making the, | 562 |
| —— Cock Crower, The, | 137 |
| —— Dishes with the Cook's Name, | 235 |
| —— Stone, The, at Kingston, | 461 |
| Kitchen, Spacious, | 383 |
| Knight's Costume of the 13th Century, | 480 |
| Knives and Forks, | 133 |
| Knox, John, The Pulpit of, at St. Andrews, | 269 |
| |
| Lady, Origin of the Word, | 147 |
| Lagmi, and the Use made of it, | 623 |
| Lambeth Wells, the Apollo Gardens, | 272 |
| Lamps, Roman, | 437 |
| Land, Change in the Value of, | 196 |
| Landslip at Colebroke, Shropshire, | 184 |
| Lantern, Curious, | 100 |
| Lauderdale, The Duchess of, | 403 |
| Law of the Mozcas, | 454 |
| Law and Order in the Streets of London, | 131 |
| Laws, a Hundred years ago, Severity of, | 234 |
| Leadenhall Street, Old Dial and Fountain in, | 553 |
| Legend, A Superstitious, | 351 |
| Legends among Savage Nations, | 146 |
| Length of Life without Bodily Exercise, | 274 |
| Lepers, Treatment of, in England, | 493 |
| Leprosy, Lazars, and Lazar Houses, | 169 |
| Letter, Extraordinary, | 322 |
| Lettsom's (Dr.) Reasons, | 71 |
| Lewson, The Eccentric Lady, | 221 |
| Life, An Eventful, | 427 |
| —— in Death, | 443 |
| Lighting the Streets, Bequests for, | 310 |
| Lightning, Calmuc's Opinion of, | 63 |
| Living, Style of, among the Nobility of the 15th Century, | 533 |
| —— in the 16th Century, | 357 |
| Lizards, Swallowing, | 41 |
| Loaf Sugar, | 166 |
| Locomotives, the First, | 96 |
| Locusts, | 151 |
| London Localities in the 16th Century, | 526 |
| London Water Carrier in Olden Time, | 258 |
| —— in 1756, State of, | 147 |
| London Resorts a Hundred Years Ago, | 197 |
| Longevity, | 269 |
| Long Meg and her Daughters, | 394 |
| Lord Mayor's Feast in 1663, | 551 |
| Lotteries, | 619 |
| Louis XVI., Execution of, | 258 |
| Luther's (Martin) Tankard, | 149 |
| Luxury in 1562, | 418 |
| Lynch's Castle, Galway, | 581 |
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| Mackarel, Price of, | 576 |
| Madness, Sudden Recovery from, | 168 |
| Madyn, the Capital of Persia, Magnificence of, when invaded by the Saracens A.D. 636, | 554 |
| Magic Rain Stone, | 168 |
| Magician's Mirror and Bracelet, | 344 |
| Magnet, The Summers' or Loadstone, | 41 |
| Magnificence of Former Times, | 111 |
| Magpie Stoning a Toad, | 92 |
| Mahomet, Personal Appearance of, | 571 |
| Mail, Ancient suit of, | 483 |
| Malady, Extraordinary, | 670 |
| Mandrin, the Smuggler, | 167 |
| Manners, Ancient, of the Italian, | 585 |
| Man without Hands, | 77 |
| Manufacture, One of the Effects of, | 142 |
| Marat, Funeral of, | 375 |
| Marriage Custom, Curious, | 543 |
| —— Lottery, | 91 |
| —— Vow, | 419 |
| Mary, Queen of Scots, her First Letter to English, | 370 |
| Mary Queen of Scots, her Candlestick, | 436 |
| Maternal Affection in a Dumb Woman, | 140 |
| May-pole in the Strand, | 534 |
| —— Fate of the Last, in the Strand, | 682 |
| May-poles, | 100 |
| Mecca, The Black Stone at, | 550 |
| Medmenham Abbey, | 429 |
| Memento-Mori Watch, | 285 |
| Mental Affection, A Curious, | 335 |
| Merman, A, | 16 |
| Mexican Tennis, | 375 |
| Michaelmas-day, Origin of eating Goose on, | 198 |
| Military Hats in Olden Time, | 75 |
| Mill at Lissoy, | 469 |
| Miraculous Escape, | 266 |
| Misers, Two, | 459 |
| Missal, The Bedford, | 163 |
| Mob Wisdom, | 294 |
| Monasteries, Libraries of destroyed, | 334 |
| Monkeys Demanding their Dead, | 415 |
| Monkish Prayers, | 383 |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Oaks, Extraordinary, | 310, 426, 466, 455 |
| —— Remarkable, | 405 |
| Old Age, Dying of, at Seventeen Years, | 47 |
| Old Books, | 360 |
| Old London Signs, | 118 |
| Opera, The First, | 567 |
| Opium, Best Position for Smoking, | 675 |
| Oræfa Mountain, in Ireland, | 356 |
| Ornaments, Personal Antique, | 293, 400, 447, 452 |
| Orthography in the Sixteenth Century, | 17 |
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| Pagoda, The Great Shoëmadoo, | 572 |
| Pailoos, Chinese, | 625 |
| Panama, Isthmus of, Passage through, | 148 |
| Paper, | 619 |
| Papyrus, The, | 82 |
| Parental Authority, Too Much, | 513 |
| Paris Garden at Blackfriars, | 465 |
| Parlour Dogs, | 320 |
| Passport, A Traveller's, | 679 |
| Pastimes, Popular, | 514 |
| Pâtés de Foies Gras, | 142 |
| Peacocks, | 366 |
| Pear-Tree, Great, | 454 |
| Pearls, British, | 363 |
| —— Fondness of the Romans for, | 208 |
| Pedestrian Feat, Wonderful, | 327 |
| Peg Tankards, | 43 |
| Penn, Tea Service which belonged to, | 201 |
| Penny Post, Origin of the, | 47 |
| Pennsylvania Journal, | 63 |
| Perfumes, | 253 |
| Persecution, | 430 |
| —— in the Reign of Queen Mary, | 587 |
| Perseverance rewarded by Fortune, | 287 |
| Persia, Drinking Bouts in, | 547 |
| Personal Charms Disclaimed, | 118 |
| Peru, Condor in, | 170 |
| Peruvian Bark, | 51 |
| Pest-house, during the Plague, in Tothill Fields, | 573 |
| Pestilence, The Black, | 402 |
| Peter the Great at Zaandam, | 544 |
| Physic, A Friend to, | 267 |
| Physick for the Poor, Choice Receipts for, | 117 |
| Pigeon Catching near Naples, | 437 |
| Pig, Roast, Advertisement of, in 1726, | 46 |
| Pike, An Old, | 667 |
| Pilgrim Fathers, Chair belonging to, | 186 |
| Pillory for Eating Flesh in Lent, | 68 |
| Plague in England, The, | 183 |
| —— Corpse Bearers during the, | 283 |
| Plantagenets, Yellow Hair in the Time, | 103 |
| Plate, Use of, in the time of Henry VIII., | 523 |
| Platypus, the Duck-billed, | 273 |
| Playbill, Curious, | 227 |
| —— in the time of William III., | 530 |
| Ploughing and Threshing, Ancient, | 66 |
| Poets, English, Fates of the Families of, | 471 |
| Pogonias Vocal Fish, | 478 |
| Poison Cup, The, | 485 |
| Poisoning the Monarch, | 12 |
| Police, London, Disgraceful State of, | 193 |
| Pont du Gard, Great Aqueduct of, | 312 |
| Pope's Chair, | 577 |
| Porcelain, Anecdote in, | 517 |
| Port Coon Cave, | 516 |
| Poet Haste One Hundred Years ago, | 182 |
| "Postman," The, Paragraph from, in 1697, | 219 |
| Pottery in China, Art of, | 321 |
| Powerscourt Fall, Phenomenon at the, | 304 |
| Prayers, Unusual Locality for Saying, | 171 |
| Praying by Machinery, | 314 |
| —— by Wheel and Axle, | 539 |
| Pre-Adamite Bone Caverns, | 199 |
| Precocious Children, | 64 |
| Presence of Mind—Escape from a Tiger, | 330 |
| Priests in Burmah, Knavery of the, | 266 |
| —— of Sikkim, | 663 |
| Prince of Wales, Origin of the Crest of the, | 115 |
| Prince Rupert, at Everton, | 291 |
| Prolific Author, | 320 |
| Proteus Anguinus, The, | 152 |
| Psalm, Value of a Long, | 512 |
| Pterodactylus, The, | 360 |
| Pulpit, Refreshments for the, | 262 |
| Punishing by Wholesale, | 680 |
| Punishment, Ancient Instrument of, | 680 |
| —— Russian, | 654 |
| —— and Torture, Ancient Instruments of, | 58, 88 |
| Puritan Zeal, | 579 |
| Purple, Tyrian, | 643 |
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| Quackery in the Olden Time, | 671 |
| Queen Elizabeth, Banquets of, | 414 |
| —— —— Dresses of, | 501 |
| —— —— Old Verses on, | 204 |
| —— —— saddle of, | 340 |
| —— —— State Coach of, | 128 |
| —— —— 's Laws, | 151 |
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| Raffaelle, Tomb of, | 568 |
| Raffle, A, in 1725, | 47 |
| Raleigh, Sir Walter, Residence of, | 160 |
| Ranelagh, | 204 |
