| Ranz des Vaches, | 173 |
| Rats, Destructive Force of, | 463 |
| Ravilliac, Execution of, | 132 |
| Receipts, Quaint, | 153 |
| Red Sea, Luminous Appearance of the, | 454 |
| Regiments, The Modern Names of, | 639 |
| Reichstadt, The Duke de, | 435 |
| Relics, | 393 |
| —— A Group of, | 261 |
| —— Rescued, | 618 |
| Remarkable Events and Inventions, | 145 |
| Revenge, New Mode of, | 423 |
| Rheumatism, Strange Cure for the, | 201 |
| Rhinoceros, First in Europe, | 655 |
| Richardson, the Showman, | 251 |
| Ringing the Changes, | 192 |
| Rings, Calcinated, | 408 |
| Rites, Hindoo, Cruelty of, | 627 |
| Roads in 1780, | 327 |
| Rock of Cashel, | 352 |
| Romans in Britain, Dress of Native Females at that Period, | 86 |
| Rouen, The Great Bell of, | 650 |
| Royal Touch, The, | 42 |
| Royal Giants, Specimens of, | 121 |
| —— Prisoner, Expenses of, | 260 |
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| Sack Pot, Old English, | 521 |
| Sacro Catino, The, | 608 |
| Sadler's Wells, | 112 |
| Saint George, Tomb of, | 281 |
| Saint Lawrence, | 464 |
| Sálagrám, Hindoo Adoration of the, | 589 |
| Sand Columns in Africa, | 610 |
| Sandwiches, Origin of the, | 563 |
| Sardonyx Ring, with Cameo Head of Queen Elizabeth, in the possession of Rev. Lord Thynne, | 373 |
| Scape Goat, Camel as a, | 190 |
| Sceptre, Ivory, of Louis XII., | 476 |
| School, Chinese, | 525 |
| School Expenses in the Olden Time, | 427 |
| Science and Perseverance, Triumphs of, | 123 |
| Scottish Wild Cattle, | 278 |
| Scriptural Antiquities, | 215 |
| Sea, Phosphorescence of the, | 418 |
| Sea Serpent, Immense, | 42 |
| Sea-Urchin, Wonderful Construction of, | 475 |
| Second Sight, | 65 |
| Seeing Two Generations, | 211 |
| Self-Nourishment, | 315 |
| Selkirk and the Dancing Goats, | 22 |
| Sepulchral Vase from Peru, | 320 |
| Sermons, Anecdotes in, | 147 |
| Serpent, Anecdote of a, | 85 |
| Seven, The Number, | 354 |
| Sèvres Porcelain, Prices of, | 487 |
| Sex, Change of, | 189 |
| "Sforza," Origin of the Title, | 554 |
| Shakspeare's Jug, | 575 |
| Sham Prophets, | 319 |
| Sharks, The Queen's, | 203 |
| Sheba, The Queen of, | 518 |
| Sheep Killer, Hunting a, | 268 |
| Shell Fish, in 1675, Price of, | 178 |
| Shetland, The Noss in, | 324 |
| Shield, Ancient Danish, | 420 |
| Shilling, Cutting a Wife off with a, | 359 |
| Shocking Depravity, | 117 |
| Shoes, Long-toed, Origin of, | 646 |
| Shrine, Curious Figures on a, | 202 |
| Shrine of St. Sebald at Nuremberg, | 271 |
| Simoom, The, | 662 |
| Skin, Human, a Drum made of, | 398 |
| Slave Advertisements, | 25 |
| Slave Trade, Iniquities of the, | 175 |
| Slaves, Recent Prices of, | 435 |
| Sleep, Protracted, | 483 |
| —— State of the Mind during, | 350 |
| Sleeper, An Extraordinary, | 28 |
| Smoking, Attachment to, | 322 |
| Snake Charmers, | 299 |
| Snakes, Power of Fascination in, | 64 |
| Snow Storm, Memorable, | 327 |
| Snuff Boxes, Ancient, | 209 |
| Snuff, Time Wasted in taking, | 512 |
| Something like a Feast, | 129 |
| Somnambulism, | 72 |
| Sound, Phenomena of, | 367 |
| Southcottian Delusion, A Phase of the, | 230 |
| South-stack Lighthouse, | 239 |
| Spain, Wealth of, under the Moors, | 235 |
| Spider, Bite of the Tarantula, | 13 |
| Spiders Fond of Music, | 157 |
| Spirit Drinker, An Aged, | 228 |
| Spontaneous Combustion, | 431 |
| Sports of the Lower Classes, | 155 |
| Sportsman, A Royal, | 443 |
| Springs, Intermittent, | 455 |
| Stage Coach in 1760, | 155 |
| Stag-Hunt in the 16th Century, | 511 |
| Stags like Cattle, Driving, | 208 |
| Stamps, Antique Roman, | 448, 643 |
| Standards, Ancient Banner and, | 396, 583 |
| State Coach in 1796, | 156 |
| Statue, Metal, the Largest in the World, | 454 |
| Steam boat, Facsimile of the First, | 301 |
| Stevens's Specific, | 50 |
| St. George's Cavern, | 421 |
| St. James's Square, | 123 |
| St. Paul's, Old, | 162 |
| St. Paul and the Viper, | 125 |
| St. Winifred's Well, | 303 |
| Sticks, Old Walking, | 387 |
| Stirrups, | 571 |
| Stomach Brush, | 55 |
| Stoneware, | 649 |
| Strasburg, Curious Custom at, | 185 |
| Strength, Feats of, in 1789, | 9 |
| Street Cries of Modern Egypt, | 401 |
| Stuff Ball at Lincoln, Origin of the, | 49 |
| Sultan, City of the, | 103 |
| Sun and Moon, Worship of the, | 81 |
| Superstition in 1856, | 538 |
| —— Curious, | 424 |
| —— Death caused by, | 124 |
| —— in France, | 519 |
| —— Vitality of, | 474 |
| Sweating Sickness, | 110 |
| Sweets, Artificial, | 579 |
| Sword, Curious Antique, | 596 |
| —— Executioner's, | 340 |
| —— The Hawthornden, | 353 |
| —— The Seton, | 356 |
| —— Fish and Whales, | 565 |
| Sword-Breaker, An Ancient, | 672 |
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| Taking a Man to Pieces, | 79 |
| Tapestry, The Bayeux, | 642 |
| Tar and Feather, Notices to, | 38 |
| Taxation, Universality of, | 318 |
| Tea, | 94 |
| Tea-Drinkers, The First, Puzzled, | 532 |
| Teapot, The, | 482 |
| Temple of Pou-tou, The, | 673 |
| —— at Simonbong, | 620 |
| Temples of Brambanam, | 442 |
| Terrier, Anecdote of a, | 358 |
| Thames, Frost Fair on the, | 106 |
| —— The First Bridge over the, | 428 |
| Thanksgiving Day in 1697, | 527 |
| Theatre, Roman, at Orange, | 366 |
| Theatres in the Time of Shakespeare, | 597 |
| The First Hermits—Why so Called, | 125 |
| The Ruling Passion, | 32, 188 |
| Theodora de Verdion, | 207 |
| Thief Caught in his own Trap, The, | 77 |
| —— Singular Discovery of a, | 115 |
| Thugs, The, | 574 |
| Tiger Cave at Cuttack, | 361 |
| Tilbury Fort, | 189 |
| Time, Division of, in Persia, | 633 |
| Tobacco, Origin of the Use of, | 57 |
| Toilet, Absurdities of the, | 536 |
| —— Boxes, Egyptian, | 381 |
| Tomb, Chinese, | 508 |
| —— of Cæcilia Metella, | 477 |
| —— of Darius, | 560 |
| Tomb of the Emperor Maximilian at Inspruck, | 590 |
| "Too Late," quoth Boice, | 489 |
| Tope, the Sanchi, | 389 |
| Topers, Georgians as, | 511 |
| Toping in the Last Century, | 314 |
| Torture, | 639 |
| —— Chamber at Nuremberg, | 615 |
| Tower of the Thundering Winds, | 93 |
| Trajan, Arch of, at Beneventum, | 112 |
| Trance, A, | 354 |
| —— at Will, | 462 |
| Trap-door Spider, | 383 |
| Travelling, Common, | 220 |
| —— in Olden Times, | 108, 162 |
| —— in the United States, | 208 |
| Treaty-Stone at Limerick, | 563 |
| Tree, Extraordinary Situation for a, | 313 |
| Trees, Age of, | 521 |
| —— that Grow Shirts, | 62 |
| Tripod, Ancient, | 549 |
| Trivial Circumstances, A Great Result from, | 605 |
| Tumbrel, The, | 2 |
| Tunisians, Ingenuity of the, | 652 |
| Turban, The, in Arabia, | 618 |
| Turkish Mode of Reparation, | 326 |
| Twin-Worm, Extraordinary Formation of the, | 136 |
| Types, the Invention of, | 152 |
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| Umbrella, Anglo-Saxon, | 624 |
| Upas Tree, | 123 |
| Useful and the Beautiful, | 647 |
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| Vampire, The Blood-sucking, | 417 |
| Varnish-Tree of the Japanese, | 615 |
| Vases, Ancient, | 337 |
| —— Greek, | 169 |
| —— Greek, Prices of, | 385 |
| —— Roman, in Black Ware, | 373 |
| —— Sepulchral, of Greek Pottery, | 616 |
| —— Sepulchral, of Ancient Egypt, | 607 |
| —— Teutonic, Hut-shaped, | 580 |
| Vauxhall, | 380 |
| Venetians, The, | 428 |
| Vengeance, Novel Mode of taking, | 586 |
| Ventriloquist, a Female, | 62 |
| Vesuvius, Crater of, in 1829, | 165 |
| Vinegar on the Skin, Effect of, | 115 |
| Vishnu, Incarnations of, | 645 |
| Volcanic Eruption in Japan, | 601 |
| Volcano of Jurullo, Formation of the, | 163 |
| Volition, Suspended, | 199 |
| Voltaire, English Letter of, | 422 |
| Vow, Singular Hindoo, | 658 |
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| Wagers, Curious, | 373 |
| Walking-Sticks, Old, | 387 |
| Wall, Governor, Execution of, | 154 |
| Wallace, the Hero of Scotland, | 99 |
| War Boat, A Dyak, in Borneo, | 540 |
| —— Dance of the Dyaks of Borneo, | 540 |
| —— Chariot of Ancient Egypt, | 365 |
| Warwick, the King-Maker, | 527 |
| Washing Account, Method of Keeping, | 3 |
| Washington, | 583 |
| Watch, An Antique, | 368 |
| —— presented by Louis XIII. to Charles I. of England, | 640 |
| Watches, the First in England, | 515 |
| Water for Old London, Supply of, | 282 |
| —— Preservative Power of Coal-pit, | 25 |
| —— Supply of, for London, in Olden Times, | 546 |
| —— Snakes, Battle of, | 470 |
| "We hae been", | 47 |
| Weapon, Ancient, | 660 |
| —— A Poison, | 672 |
| Weaver-Bird, The Sociable, | 440 |
| Wedding, A, A Hundred Years Ago, | 640 |
| Weight, Reducing, | 85 |
| Whipping Prisoners, | 175 |
| Whitehall, Ceiling of, | 121 |
| Whitsuntide, at Durham Cathedral, | 8 |
| Why a Man Measures more in the Morning than in the Evening, | 75 |
| Wife, Diving for a, | 479 |
| Wigs, | 17, 31 |
| Will, Eccentric, | 209 |
| William the Conqueror, Courtship of, | 555 |
| Willow, Weeping, Introduction of the, | 148 |
| Wind Mills, The First, | 577 |
| Witch-Testing, at Newcastle, in 1649, | 21 |
| Wolves in England, | 441 |
| Woman, The Hairy, of Burmah, | 677 |
| Woman's Cleverness, | 260 |
| Women of England, The, | 159 |
| —— in Former Times, | 127 |
| Wonderful Escape, | 215, 300 |
| Wren's (Sir Christopher) Cost of Churches, | 171 |
| —— —— —— Report, | 183 |
| Writing Materials, | 481 |
| Writings, Terra Cotta, | 466 |
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| Yorkshire Tike, The, | 24 |
| Yorkshire in the Last Century, | 283 |
