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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,
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,
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-
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
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
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
Taylor, Jeremy, Letter from, to John Evelyn, 223
on repentance, 135; remarks by, 14, 22, 43, 45
Tea, cultivation, manufacture, and use of, 9
Temple, ancient, at Girgenti, 100 Temples, Cavern, and Tombs, account of, 161
Testu, M., his ascent from Paris, 245 Thebes, &c., Catacombs of, 253
The days of thy mourning shall be ended, 26
The Way to be Happy, 15 Thursday, Maundy, or Shere, 115 Tillotson, remark by, 136, Time, lines on, 159
Time's Takings and Leavings, 219 Titus, Arch of, 27 To my Son, 23
Towers, Leaning, of Bologna, 114; Caerphilly and Bridgenorth Cas- tles, 196; Pisa, 242 Townson, remark by, 159 Trading, Sunday, 87 Truth, 99
the power of, 69 Tusser's Poems, extract from, 14) Twelfth-day, old customs on, 4 Twilight, 199
Vaccination among the American In- dians, 223
Vegetation, on the various characters of, 201
Vesuvius, Mount, 35
Victory, the fore-mast of the, 31 Villiers', the two, Dukes of Bucking- ham, 238
Volcanoes, the principal, some account of, 33
Vo.canoes of the Mediterranean, 34; sub-marine, 39
Vossius, anecdote of, by Addison, 99
Walton, Isaac, extract from, 184 Warton, Remark by, 174
Watson, Bishop, on life and its end, 95 Weeping Willow, 3
Western Isles of Scotland, Caves in, 78 Weyer's Cave, Virginia, account of, 229 Wickliff, specimen of his Bible, 199 Wilmot, Sir Eardley, anecdote of, 239 Wokey Hole, 74
Worcester Cathedral, 210 Writing, history of, 94
Yorda's Cave, 74
York Column, the, Carlton-terrace, 42 York Minster, description of, 18 Youth, the Days of my, 150 the Days of our, 155
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