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Bacchanalian Song, 122

Bad Company, 13

Bail, Origin of, 61

Baillie, Joanna, her Autograph, 145
Bald Eagle, the, 387-406
Ballot, the Greek, 19

Bampton Lectures, White's, 426
Bankrupts in 1829, 24
Bathos and Pathos, 31
Battle of the Cats, 251

Batty's, Colonel, Views of Edinburgh,
300

Beauty and Slander, by Harrington,
103

Beer Houses, Number of, 263
Beggar Woman of Locarno, 293
Billington, Mrs., 364

Birds, Architecture of, 279
Changing colour, 250
Economy of, 105

Birth-day Prayer, 319
Black Books, Ancient, 227
Blackwood's Christmas Carol, 22
Blue Beard, the Original, 391
Blunders, Ludicrous, 272

Boi, the Syracusan at Chess, 36
Bonaparte and the Koran, 379
Bondsman's Feast, a tale, 126
Boroughs, Three, 369

Byron, Prophecy of, 31
and Pope, 92
at Pisa, 93
and Shelley, 28
Sensibility of, 81

at Venice, 82, 83, 84

with Mr. Moore, 89
Execution at, 86
Palace at, 113

Visit to Arquà, 1

Cabinet Atlas, the, 330
Calculating Notes-Paganini, 364
Calendar, Antiquities of, 23

of the Church of England, 314
Cambrian Superstitions, 206
Canning, Mr., Character of, 118
Canterbury, Lines on viewing, 180
Care, by Constable, 285

Castellan's Sermon on Francis I., 304
Cats, Battle of the, 251
Chair of Ariosto, 193

Chalmers, Thomas, his Autograph, 145
Charles I., Epitaph on, 192
Charlotte, Princess, the late, 358
Charter of William I., 112
Charming Fellow, 432

Chemistry, Popular, 173

Wonders of, 55

Cheroot, the, 69

Bostock, Dr., his improvements in Ink, Cheshire Enchanter, the, 98

Borrowing Days, the, 213

182

Boy, Story of a, 70

Bramber, Borough of, 369

Bray Church described, 209
Brighton, 14

Bristol Channel, Voyage up, 61 ·
Britannia, Origin of, 276

British Institution, the, 158

Chess, Anecdotes of, 36
Chestnuts in Florence, 144
Chichester Cross described, 17
Childe Harold at Venice, 114
Chinese Ingenuity, 303
Cholera Morbus, the, 389
Christian's Magazine, the, 378
Christianity, Influence of, 302

Brougham, Lord, his Autograph, 145 Christmas Carol, 22

Bruce at Turnbury, 16

Bull-baiting in Suffolk, 246

at Great Grimsby, 104
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, 10
Burial in the Desert, 169
Burning Alive, 133
Burns, the Poet, 134

Byron, Lord, Moore's Life of,
Augusta, Lines to, 8]
Character of, 14, 109
Clare, Lord, 93
Detached Thoughts, 92
and Sir H. Davy, 91
Diary of, 93

and the Greeks, 95

and Guiccioli, 86

Journal in Switzerland, 26
Memoirs of, 91

Parsimony of, 90
Portrait of, 96

and Lady Byron, 29

Letters to Mr. Moore, 84, 91
Letter to Mr. Murray, 43
Poetical Gems by, 44
and Porson, 86

Christmas Tree in Germany, 154
Cigar-smoking, Effects of, 349
Clarence, Duke of, Origin of, 68
Clonmel, the late Lord, 351
Coach-company, a Sketch, 52
Coals, Mechanical Power of, 45, 55
Cobblers' Arms, Origin of, 372
Cockcrow, Origin of, 24
Cockfighting, Origin of, 23
Coinage, the New, 356

Combustion, Phenomena of, 175
Comets and Women, 192
Companion to the Almanac, 24
Compunctious Visitings, 352
Cooling Wine, Mistake in, 294
Copper Works in Wales, 5
Corfe Castle and Edward II., 291
described, 242

Corfe Castle, Visit to, 260
Costa Ferme, Scene on, 56
County Collections, 18

Covent Garden and Strand Crosses, 66
Cowley's House at Chertsey, 168
Cowslips, a Sonnet, 387

Cream, Why on Milk, 293

Cræsus, a Sketch, 373
Cross the Prompter, 239
Cross-dialling, 393

Crotchet Castle, Letters from, 234
Cruelty to Animals, 172
Crystallization, Phenomena of, 174
Cunningham, Allan, 135

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his Autograph, 145

Cuttle Fish, the, 423
Czartoryski, Character of, 425

Damned Author, 328.
Dancing Fish, 29

Davy, the late Sir Humphry, 63
Dawlish's Hole, an incident, 101
Day, Ancient Divisions of, 61
Dead Hand, the, 63
Death, Reflections on, 314
Death-beds of Great Men, 419
Devil among the Printers, 112
Dialling, 392

Dignified Reproof, 431
Dirge, 58, 140

Disagreeables, 430

Disappearance, Extraordinary, 304

Ditty by Queen Elizabeth, 117

Doncaster, Christ Church, 49

Fairies, city of, 215
Fairy Rings, 207
Fame, Lines on, 285
Family Poetry, 297
Fanny, Lines to, 196
Farewell to Spain, 419
Fasting, Lines on, 256

Fatherland, from the German, 149
Ferrand at Chess, 36

Festivals, Games and Amusements, 106
Finsbury in 1282, 164

Fitzherbert, Mrs., and George IV., 159
Flint Castle described, 136

Flowers in a room in Sickness, 156
Fountain Clocks, Construction of, 294
Four-and-twenty Fiddlers, Song, 210
France, Character of, 315
France, Kings of, 128

Freemasonry in England, 365
French and English, a Ballad, 7
French Gentleman's Letter, 6

Poetry for children, 391

Friend, the Last, 111

Frogmore, Hermitage at, 417

Frogs of Aristophanes, Scene from, 218
Funeral at Sea, 307

Dot-and-carry-one-town, letters from, Gad's Hill Robbery, 431

236

Dramatic Annual, the, 328
Dream Girl, the, a Tale, 189
Dreams by Whispering, 226
Duel, the, a Serious Ballad, 8
Duelling Customs, 135
Duelling in France, 286

Dunmow Flitch, Applicants for, 212
Dunwich, Borough of, 369
Dunstan's, St., Fleet-street, 99
Dyers, the two, 48

Early Rising, 36

Echoes, Remarkable, 221

Ei, the Word, 418

Electioneering Advice, 352
Electricity, Phenomena of, 175
Elfin Triumphant Song, 217
Elizabeth, Queen, her Portrait, 237
Elizabeth, Queen, her Prayer Book,
379

Elizabeth, Princess' Cottage at Wind-
sor, 97

Emperor's Rout, the, 43

Enghien, (Duc d'), murder of, 35
English Language, the, 240
Epigrams and Puns, 64

Epitaphs, 31, 48, 64, 208, 220, 223,

224, 240, 256, 320, 361, 400, 416

Equivoque, Royal, 158

Esterhazy, Young Princess, 63

Ettrick Shepherd, the, 134

Executions, Public, 133

Exeter Hall, Strand, 401

Gambler, a Princely One, 192
Gambling of Henry IV., 223
Gamester's Daughter, the, 228
Genlis, the late Madame, 156

George III., Private Memoirs of, 159
George IV.'s Gateway at Windsor Cas-
tle, 273

"God Save the King" in Italy, 135

Goes of Liquor, Origin of, 24

Golden Bodkin, a Tale, 322

Goodall, the Musician, 239

Gower, Lord Levison, his Autograph,

145

Gower, in Wales, described, 152, 311

Grant, Mrs., her Autograph, 145

Greek Ballot, 19

Grief, Lines on, 285

Grimsel, Auberge on the, 41
Groat, Origin of, 336
Grotto at Ascot Place, 225

Halcyon Days, 48, 68, 147, 197
Hall, Basil, his Autograph, 145
Haller, Death of, 420
Hanging Committee, 328
Hardham's 37, 32

Harpe, de la, Death of, 420
Haunted House, by Mrs. Hemans, 239
Hawkins, Sir John, Death of, 419
's History of Music, 297
Hawk, Tame, Anecdotes of, 70
Haydon's Picture of Napoleon, 278
Haydon, R. B., his Autograph, 264
Heat, Phenomena of, 174

Heiress of Bruges, Scene from, 75

Fairy Favours, a Sketch, 183, 215
Fairy Song, 226

66

Help Yourself," 315

Hemans, Mrs., her Autograph, 145

Henry VII., Wealth of, 427
Herons and Heronries, 281
Hervey, Death of, 419
Hippodrome Games, 292

Hobart Town, Panorama of, 265
Holborn, Ancient Topography of, 162
Holland, Lord, his Seat at Ampthill,
353

Holyrood, Ancient Palace of, 161
Homer, Controversy respecting, 118
Homeric Poems, Origin of, 119
Hope, Sonnet to, 342

Hope, Thomas, Esq., Memoir of, 121
Hour of Phantasy, the, 212
House of Commons, 197-258
Hood's Comic Annual for 1831, 7
Hunt, Leigh, his Autograph, 264
Mr., M.P. for Preston, 217
Hunting Customs, 261
Huntingdon Jury, Remarkable, 399
Hustings, Origin of, 352

Hydrometer, Domestic use of, 351
Hydrostatics and Pneumatics, 294

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Infantry at Mess, 8

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Longevity, 320

Love of Pleasure, 249

by Shakspeare, 103

Lines on, by Watson, 284

Louis XI. and the Virgin Mary, 303
Loyal Bequest, 303

Luxury, Laws for prohibiting, 191

Ink, Black-writing, Improved, 182-246 Lydford, Ancient Borough of, 245

Inkstand of Ariosto, 193

Inn Rhymes, 208

Irving, Washington, his Autograph, 145
Italian at the King's Theatre, 297

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Kilcolman Castle described, 233

Lyttleton, Lord, Death of, 410

Macaw of a Lady of Quality, Memoirs

of, 316, 332

Mackenzie, Henry, his Autograph, 264
Death of, 79
Magna Charta Island, 50

Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice, 205-

213

Marriage Fees, 154

Mavrovitch, the Pole, a tale, 198
Maureen, a ballad, 169
May, Old lines on, 320
Mechanics, Phenomena of, 361
Melancholy, by Drayton, 103
Melancthon, Death of, 420
Memory, Power of, 119
Mercantile Life, 13

Metropolitan Magazine, 316

King (William IV.) Old plan for cap- Middle Life, 13

turing, 379

King's Secret, the, 330

Milk, Preparations of, in Tartary, 140
Miser's Grave, the, 410

Kiss, a Literary one, 224

Knave, Origin of, 191

Mocha and its Coffee, 257

Monmouthshire, Notes in, 201

Knowledge for the People, 23-105- Montgomery, R., his Autograph, 264

173-261

Laconics, from "Maxwell," 13

Ladies in Parliament, 256
Last Sounds of Battle, 162
Latimer, Death of, 419

Law, Familiar, 314

Law and Lawyers, 133

Lawrence, the late Sir Thomas, 358

Laying a Ghost, 219

Leander, Female, 319

Monument, the London, 167

Moore's Life of Byron, vol. ii. 14–81

to 96 (see Byron)

More-ish Melody, 111

Morland, the Painter, 167

Moriscoe Girl, Sacrifice of, 75

Moth, Last words of, 111

Mount St. Michael described, 129-164
-181-

Munchausens, the Two, 409
Muse in Livery, 172

Musical Literature in North America, Poland, History of, 425

77

Napoleon, Picture of, 278

National Debt, the, 352

Nature Reviving, Stanzas, 115
Necromancer, by Mrs. Hemans, 110
Newspaper Duties, 25
Niger, the River, 368-428
Niobe, Lines on, 130

Normandy, Mount St. Michael, 129–
164

Oaths, Royal, 368

Oberlin, J. F., Anecdote of, 219
Octogenarian Reminiscences, 239
Oculist, the Unsuccessful, 336
Orange, Prince of, 208
Osmyn and Zambri, a tale, 420
Osprey, the, 280
Ostrich, the, 423

Oysters, to open, when stale, 304

Paganini, the Violinist, 344-432
Paley, his Sermons, 203
"Palmam qui meruit ferat," 9
Pancras, Ancient State of, 227
Pandora's Box, 128

Paper, Extraordinarily long, 191
Paris, Boulevards of, 412

Bridges of, 412

City of, 411

Streets of, 413

Parliaments, Ancient, 244-287-339

of Batts, 272

the new one dished, 400
Origin of, 197-258-339
Early, Reform of, 413
Wages to Members, 418
Parliamentary Scraps, 404
Parr, Old, and Old People, 285
Parrots, Anecdotes of, 116
Patriotism, 208

Paul and Virginia, Tomb of, 281
Paul's Cross described, 373
Paul Pry, Origin of, 169
Peerage of Great Britain, 386
Penitent's Return, the, 40
Penn, Death of, 419
Pennant, Origin of the, 144
Penny, History of the, 60

Peter the Great, Statue of, 296-342
Petrarch's House at Arquà, 1
and Dante, 35

Physics, Wonders of, 45
Picking your way, 9

Picture, Curious Anecdote of, 80
Pigs and Countryman, 9
Pilgrim's Progress, the, 10
Pitcairn's Island, Natives of, 375
Pitt Diamond, the, 224
Planting in Germany, 220
Ploughing with Dogs, 372
Pluralities, 352

Poems by a King of Persia, 357
Poet, an uneducated one, 108

Epitome of, 211-277-325
Polish Patriot's Appeal, 116

Revolution, Rise of, 321

Political Changes, 287
Political Economists, 118
Porter, Jane, her Autograph, 145
Porters, Antiquity of, 144
Posterity, by Fitzjeffrey, 104
Posthumous Honours, 240
Preston, Lancaster, 32
Princes, Lines on, 284
Prisons in the Tower, 318
Professional People, 13
Proof, a convincing one, 144
Prophecy, Ancient, 31
Proverbs, a Lyric, 335
Public Amusements, 133
Punch and Judy, a Tale, 265

Pursuit of Knowledge under Difficul-
ties, 73

Raining Trees, 46

Raleigh, Death of, 419

Ransoms, Account of, 147-340

Recollections of a Wanderer, 101 -

Reflection, Benefits of, 295

Reform Bill, the, 208

Rhine, Lines on the, 131
Rich and Poor, 134
Richelieu, Death of, 190
Rides, Long, 181
Riding, Unparalleled, 160
Robber turned Bishop, 379
Rode, the Violinist, 120
Romance of History, 125
Rosedale Abbey, Lines to, 210
Royal Academy, the, 363
Russian Burial Ground, 424

St. George, Origin of, 23
St. George's Chapel, Windsor, 305
Hospital, 321

St. John Long, Mr., 155
St. New Year's Day, 154
St. Paul's Cathedral, Interior of, 190
Salt among the Greeks, 228
Sanctuaries, Origin of, 303
Sandy Harg, a Ballad, 271
Sarum, Old, Borough of, 369
Savings Banks, 263
Saxon Beauty, 192

Schoolmaster Abroad, 220
Science, Progress of, 120

Scott, Michael, the Wizard, 382
Scott, Sir Walter, Portrait of, 20

Scott and Cooper, the Novelists, 314
Scraps, Amusing, 288

Sea Serpent, the, 30

Sea-side Time-killer, 330
Selden, John, 15

Self-advancement, Hints for, 404
Sermons, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 303
Shadows, Property of, 45
Shaftesbury, Water at, 367

Shakspeare, Botany of, 423
Shakspearean Procession, 330
Shaving, Dexterous, 80

Shelley, P. B., his Autograph, 145
Shelley and Byron, 28

Shetland Isles, Climate of the, 304
Ship-building, 175

Ship-launch-Reform, 336
Shirt without a Seam, 384
Shuter the Actor, Burial of, 352
Siamese Twins, the, 352
Siddons, the late Mrs., 408
Silent Academy, the, 4
Silk Manufacture, 208
Shower Bath, the, 176

Slave Ship, a Galley Yarn, 253

Slavery, Ancient, in England, 163
Slaughtering, Polite, 56
Sleeper, Extraordinary, 159
Sleeping in Church, 143
Smith, Horace, 106

Snow-white Virgin, the, 122–170
Soap and Candle Duties, 25-263
Sodor and Man, Bishop of, 378
Somerset Custom, 142
Song, a new one, 181
Songs, 245-246

Sonnet to the Arun, 227
Cowslips, 387

an Eolian Harp, 404
M* *, 181
Hope, 342

Soul, the, from Drayton, 285
Sound, Phenomena of, 221

South Sea Islander, Taste of, 191
Southwark, Old House in, 337
Spanish Diligence plundered, 149
Spectator Newspaper, 112
Spenser, Epitaph on, 432

, the Poet, Residence of, 233
Sports and Pastimes, Origin of, 261
Spring, Lines on, by Lord Surrey, 285
Squall at Sea, 128

Stanzas, 156

Steam, a Poem, 173

Steam-Coaches, Effect of, 391

Supplies for a War, 384
Swan River Colony, 178
Swansea Bay described, 310
Sustillo, the Caterpillar, 348
Swimming, Facility of, 294

in Sea and River Water, 351

Talleyrand, his Autograph, 264
Tam O'Shanter, Memoir of, 99
Tamerlane at Chess, 36
Tawy, Vale of, in Wales, 5
Tempe, Vale of, 288

Tennant, W., his Autograph, 145
Tenure, Singular, 372

Theatres, Modern, 288

Thickness, Miss, Epitaph on, 223

Thomas, Bishop, hís Marriage, 192

Thurlow, Lord, 176

Tillotson, Death of, 419

Timepiece, Human, 47

Time's Telescope for 1831, 173

Time, Use of, 48

Tintern Abbey and the Wye, 202

Toggenburg, Knight of, a Ballad, 29]
Tower of London, 176

Townson, Dr., his Sermons, 204
Tree, Description of a beautiful one,

348

Trial by Battle, 329

Trinity Term ends, 367

Truth, Lines on, 218

Turkish Cemetery, Night in, 71

Turkish Musical Gusto, 120

Twenty Years, by T. H. Bayly, 332
Tylwyth Teg's Dance, 207

Understanding, by Spenser, 285
United States of America, Music in, 78
Unwelcome Truth, 13

Valentine's Day, Origin of, 223
Venetian History, Sketches of, 205
Venice, Byron's Palace at, 113
Ventriloquism Explained, 254
Vernal Stanzas, 402

Vestris, Madame, Lines on, 144

Stebbing's Lives of the Italian Poets, 194 Vicar of Bray, Origin of, 209

Steel dearer than Gold, 191

Sterne's Eliza, 275

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Victory of the Cid, 51

Vincennes, Castle of, 33

Virginia Water, Boat-house at, 385
Visit to Arquà, Recent, 3

Voltaire and the King of Prussia, 240
Vote for £1,000, 336

Waldbach, Epitaph at, 220

Wales, South, Travelling Notes in, 5
-61-152-310-414

Walker, Wonderful Robert, 73
Walsingham, Lady of, 386
War, by Gascoigne, 104

Warriston, Laird of, murdered by his
Wife, 220

Watchmaker, Epitaph on, 224

Water-King's Bride, the, 51

Waterloo-Forget-me-not, 432

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