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ОглавлениеHistorico-Political Information.
The Philosopher and the Historian.
The Heir to the British Throne always in Opposition.
Speakers of the Houses of Parliament.
The “Star-spangled Banner” of the United States.
Invasion of England projected by Napoleon I.
What drove George the Third mad.
Predictions of the Downfal of Napoleon I.
Wellington predicts the Peninsular Campaign.
Wellington’s Defence of the Waterloo Campaign.
Lord Castlereagh at the Congress of Vienna.
A Great Sufferer by Revolutions.
Origin of the Anti-Corn-Law League.
Wellington’s Military Administration.
Revival of the French Emperorship.
French Coup d’Etat Predictions.
Statesmanship of Lord Melbourne.
How Russia is bound to Germany.
Count Cavour’s Estimate of Napoleon III.
Catholic Emancipation and Sir Robert Peel.
A Few Years of the World’s Changes.
Roman Civilization of Britain.
Roman Roads and British Railways.
The truest Patriot the greatest Hero.
“Custom, the Queen of the World.”
Ancient Guilds and Modern Benefit Clubs.
The Oxford Man and the Cambridge Man.
“Great Events from Little Causes spring.”
Great Britain on the Map of the World.
Potatoes the national food of the Irish.
Title of Majesty, and the Royal “We.”
Plume and Motto of the Prince of Wales.
Presents and Letters to the Queen.
Expense of Baronetcy and Knighthood.
The Statute Law and the Common Law.
Curiosities of the Statute Law. [6]
Queen’s Serjeants, Queen’s Counsel, and Serjeants-at-Law.
Do not make your Son an Attorney.
Appellate Jurisdiction of the House of Lords.
Compulsory Attendance at Church.
Arrest of the Body after Death.
Ignorance and Irresponsibility.
What is to be done with our Convicts.
Origin of the Judge’s Black Cap.
Numbers descriptive of Distance.
Precocious Mental Calculation.
Uniformity of Weights and Measures.
What becomes of the Public Revenue.
What becomes of the Precious Metals?
Wages heightened by Improvement in Machinery.
Giving Employment.—Indirect Taxation.
Never sign an Accommodation Bill.
What human Science has accomplished.
Theory and Practice.—Watt and Telford.
Practical Science.—Mechanical Arts.
Correlation of Physical Forces.
The Effect of Oil in stilling Waves.
Our Coal Resources.—The Deepest Mine.
The First Practical Steam-boat.
Effect of Heavy Seas upon Large Vessels.
What the English owe to naturalized Foreigners.
Why the Earth is presumed to be solid.
Inequalities of the Earth’s Surface.
Distance of the Earth from the Sun.
Influence of High Temperatures in Balloon Ascents.
Value of Meteorological Observations, Telegraphy, and Forecasts.
St. Swithun: his true History.
Effect of Moonlight on Vegetation.
Contemporary Inventions and Discoveries.
Periods and Conditions of Life.
The Hair suddenly changing Colour.
The Druids and their Healing Art.
Restoration of a Fractured Leg.
What has Science done for Medicine?
The Element of Physic in Medical Practice.
Prevention of Pitting in Small-pox.
Relations of Mind and Organization.
The Uncertainty of Human Life.
The first Congregational Church in England.
Innate Ideas, and Pre-existence of Souls.
The Sabbath for Professional Men.
