ABBEY, Roche, Yorkshire, 177
St. Mary's, York, 89

Aberdeen, granite quarries of, 81, 107
Action and endurance, 172

of oil on waves, 187 Actions, great and worthy, 14 Affectation, 3

Alison, passages selected from, 8, 19, 62, 108, 141

Bacon, Lord, passages selected from, 16, 21, 196, 214, 237

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Bagdad, Sadi of, 182
Banditti, Italian, 212
Bauners, early English, 52, 92
Barton, Bernard, poem by, 179]
Baseley, remarks by, 15, 42, 53
Baths, easy method of heating, 69
Be humble, 155
"Bear and forbear" 192
Belief in a God, 55
Beneficial influences, 188
Benevolence, 51, 155, 227
Berkeley, Bishop, remark by, 59
Berlin cast-iron ornaments, 22
Bernacle goose, the, 5
Beverley Minster, 226
Bible, the, 219

Biographical notice of Bishop Andrews, 221

Hugo Grotius, 13,

25, 104

Bishop Wilson, 238 Biography, secret of its attractiveness,

243 Birds, cage, natural history and management of, 29, 69, 132, 148, 212 nests, curious situations of, 219 Books prior to the invention of printing, 94, 101, 110 Borrow, passage from, 55 Bowdler, remarks by, 3, 14, 43, 51 Boyle, observation by, 53 Brainard, lines by, 187, 243 Britain's village churches, 172 Bryant, lines from, 196, 221 Budgell, remark by, 224 Buildings, stone, durability of, 22, 67 Bullfinch, natural history of the, 132 Burnett, remarks by, 45, 92

Conduits, old London, 156, 189
Connaught, the province of, 158
Considerations on the Creator, 232;
Contemplation, 136
Contemplations on the weather, 195
Conversation, 45

Copleston, Bishop, remark by, 144
Cottages, preservation of, 69
Cowper, passages selected from, 6, 28,
62, 214

Crabbe, passages from, 117, 134, 140,

232 Creation of the Earth, 229 Creeping plants in Ireland, 196 Cudworth, remarks by, 12, 14, 51, 55, 93, 96

Cuvier, observation by, 62

Felton, remark by, 120

Final cause, Aristotle's argument for a,
46
Flattery, 66

Fleeing from temptation, 28
Flowers, 152

Folio, description of a, 140
Forbes, passages selected from, 3, 12,
99, 104, 106, 118
Foreknowledge of God, 28
Foster, remarks by, 28, 45, 48, 53
France, Lyons, in, 185, 210
Marseilles, in, 233
Franklin, observation by, 134

Galvanism, lighting of streets by, 4
Gambit, the Bishop's, 115
Lopez, 71
Games, athletic, 32
General rules, application of, 43
Genius, 184

Gladness of nature, 221 God, foreknowledge of, 28

love of, displayed in the vegetable kingdom. 59

thoughts on, 3, 43 Goldfinch, uatural history of the, 69 Good sense and good temper, 59 Gradual growth of humau institutions, 8

Granite quarries of Aberdeen, 81, 107 Gray, Mrs., on the Italian banditti, 212 sca.abeus, 181

Grievances, 144
Grotius, Hugo, memoir of, 13, 25, 104
Ground ice, I., 19-11.. 62
Guesses at truth, 188, 196, 214, 229, 240

Hall, Capt. Basil, remark by, 46
Happiness, the true season of, 100
Harmony of the spheres, 42
Hartlepool, in Durham, 113
Health of women in America, 12
Heat, changes effected by the applica-
tion of, 113
Helmsley Castle, Yorkshire, 41
Henry, Dr., account of the Drunken
Sea by, 86
Herbert, sonnet by, 214
Herschell, Sir John, remark by, 11
Hindoo comment on the Scriptures, 4
women, custom of, 104
Historical notice of Merchant Tailors'
School, 9, 31
Chamber, 193, 235

the Court of Star Westminster Col

lege, 137, 153 History, study of, 59 Holbein and his Works, I., 2-II., 17 Home-directed charity, 46 Horn, custom of holding lands by a, 99, 109

Horne, Bishop, remark by, 112'
Hospitals, account of, I., 11-II., 27—
III. 54-IV., 61

How to deal with diseases, 32
Hope, 155

Human race, progress of the, 11 wisdom and human ignorance,

61 Humane man, the, 188 Hymn, by Crabbe, 232

B

Narrow-mindedness, 131'

Natural history and management of cage birds, 29, 69, 132, 148, 212 Nature, gladness of,

knowledge of, 42

remarkable sounds in, 135, 215 study of, 62

and human life, 214 Navigators, old English, 139, 197 Neglected opportunities, 188 Nests, curious situations of, 219 New year, thoughts on the, 3 Niagara, the falls of, 187 Nightingale, natural history of the, 148

Object-lessons, moral influence of, 216
Occupation for the pensive hour, 48
Oil, action of, on waves, 187
Omnipresence, 216
Opinions of the ancients on life and
death, 46
Over-anxiety, 181

Pain and patience, 62
Percival, lines by, 240
Philosophy justly appreciated, £2
Physician, anecdote of a, 21
Plant-like animals, VII., 44
Plato's remark on the chief good, 93
pursuit of virtue,

144 Plotinus, remark by, 53 Pollok, lines by, 184, 219, 229 Poussin and his Works, I., 130-II., 146-III., 170

Pride, 32

Principles and facts, 64
Problems, Curious Chess, VI., 8,-
VII., 56,-VIII., 112,-IX., 136,-
X. 144,-XI., 196,—XII., 232
M. Calvi's, 21
Proverb, an Arabic, 59
Prudent advice, 82, 140
Prying into the future, 108
Public spectacles and games among
the Romans, 151, 191

Banners, early English, 52, 92
Barber Surgeous' company, charter
granted to the, 17
Bath-heater, Italian, 69
Bayswater, conduit-head at, 189
Bernacle-goose tree, 5
Beverley Minster, north-west view, 225
Birds, cage, 29, 132, 148, 212

nests, in singular situations,
219, 220

Boar's head, presentation of the, 109
Boarstall horn, the, 109
Brachionus urceolarins, 44
Bridge, iron, at Sunderland, 241
Bullfinch, the, 132

Harbour of Marseilles, 233
Hartlepool. Durham, 113
Helmsley Castle, Yorkshire, 41
Henry VIII. granting a charter, from
the picture by Holbein, 17
Holbein, wife and children of, 1
picture by, 17
Horns, ancient, 100, 109
House of the Nuus at Chichen Itza, 73
Uxmal, 33

Talkativeness, 144

Taste for the sublime and beautiful, 108
Teeth, the, 141

cast iron

Temperance, the office of, 62
Thankfulness, 219

Theobalds, royal palace of, 65
Thoughts on the New Year, 3
charity, 115

Thrush, the song, natural history of the,

212

Time, improvement of, 224
value of, 134
Toil, the fruits of, 64
True and false zeal. 19
Trust in God, 240, 243
Truth, guesses at, 188, 196, 214, 229,

240

insensibility to, 53

the vantage-ground of, 214
Turner, Sharon, remarks by, 59
Tyrol, Sketches of the, I., 161–II., 249

Understanding, enlargement of the, 32
Useless speculations, 21

Value of time, 134

Vantage ground of truth, 214
Vegetable kingdom, the, 59
Viitue, homage of the world to, 62

Walter and William, 134

Liverymen of London, costume of, 125
Lomuitzer Head, one of the Carpa-
thians, 97
London, Drapers' hall, 205
the Guildhall, 121
Liverymen of, 125
Merchant Tailors' hall, 201
school, 9

Louvestein, Castle of, 25
Lyons, view of, 185
cathedral at, 209

Manor Palace, York, 105
Marseilles, harbour and signal-tower
at, 233
Merchant Tailors' school, 9
hall, 201
Monte Steivio, pass of, 165

Nests, birds', in singular situations,
219.220
Nightingale, the, 148
Noah's Sacrifice, from the picture by
Poussin, 169
Nucleolites patella, 180
Nuns, House of the, at Uxmal, 33
Chichen Itza, 73
Pageants, ancient, "wild men" of the,
128

Pass of Monte Stelvio, 165
Pictures by Holbein, 1, 17
Poussin, 129, 145, 169

Planaria hepatica, 45
Plant-like animals, 44, 45
Portrait of Hugo Grotius, 13
Nicholas Poussin, 129
Prince of Wales's feathers, ancient
form of the. 228
Pusey horn, the, 100

Railway, Atmospheric, vacuum pipe
and driving carriage, 60, 61, 85
bird's nest on a, 219
Redstarts, nesting-place of a pair of,

220

Roche Abbey, Yorshire, 177, 179
Rotherham Church, Yorkshire, 217
Rotifer vlgaris, 44
Royal Palace at Theobalds, 65

Waves, action of oil upon, 187
Weather, coutemplations on the, 195
Westminster College, historical notice
of, 137, 153

Whately, Archbishop, remarks by, 131,
155

Who is my neighbour? 56, 181
Wilson, Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Sodor
and Man, some account of, 238
remarks by, 232
Winchester, Bishop Andrews of, 221
Wisdom, true, 32

-and false, 184
the most certain possession, 93
without virtue, 100
and nature contrasted, 53
Wordsworth, sonnet by. 172

other extracts from, 192,