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LONDON:

JOHN WILLIAM PARKER, WEST STRAND:

SOLD WHOLESALE BY THE FOLLOWING AGENTS, AND RETAIL BY ALL BOOKSELLERS;

Cardiff, Bird.
Carlisle, Thurnam.
Carmarthen, White.
Carnarvon, Potter & Co.
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Cheltenham, Lovesy.
Chertsey, Wetton.
Chester, Seacome; Pritch-
ard; Boult & Catherall.
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Hull, Cussons; Goddard
& Brown; Stephenson.
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Kimbolton, Ibbs.
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London, Berger.
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Lynn, Smith.
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Co.; Simms.
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INDEX

NAMES AND SUBJECTS

TO THE

IN THE TWELFTH VOLUME.

ABERCROMBIE, extracts from, 53 Abstruse speculations, unsuitableness of, 176

Acrid fumes, effects of exposure of the eye to, 198

Active life, enjoyments of an, 107 Addison, selection from, 196 Advantage of a good judgment, 8 Advantages of a taste for Natural History, 62

book, 112

Albigenses, the, IV., 89-V., 153
Alison, extracts from, 95, 134, 214
Allard, General, account of, 239
Amaurosis, case of, 158

Amusements in Science, V., 31-VI.,
48-VII., 88-VIII., 92
Ancient office of Purveyor to the King,
190

history, voyages related in, 202 Ancients, navigation of the, 33 Anderson, J. S. M., selection from, 238 Anger, evils of indulging, 219 Aphorism, 136

Apple-trees, preservation of, 219
April Day, 131

Apteryx, the, 129

Aqueducts, Roman, 75
Arithmetic, 31

Arnott's Stove, 116

Arsenic, nature, uses, and effects of, 86 Artificial pearls, different kinds of, 155 Arts, the useful, No. XXXIV., 141–

No. XXXV., 172-No. XXXVI., 187-No. XXXVII., 223 Astronomy, 88

Popular, 121
Atmosphere, the, 21
Autumnal and vernal crocus, 96

Bacon, Lord, selection from, 32
Barrow, extract from, 62
Baths of Titus, 73

Beattie, lines by, 214

Beauty, oval the elementary form of, 176

Bell, extracts from, 199, 214
Bells, use and manufacture of, 7
Beloved object, on the loss of a, 232
Bernese Oberland, account of, 217
Bible, illustrations of the, from the Mo-

numents of Antiquity, VI, 11VII., 28-VIII., 60-IX., 84-X., 108-XI., 132-XII., 148-XIII., 180-XIV., 228 Biographical notice of Sir John Fastolf, 209

Birth and childhood of Queen Elizabeth, 17

Bishops of Chester, list of eminent, 170 Black-lead mine at Keswick, 110 pencil, history of, 109

Blair, selection from, 117
Blind, School for, 30

Body and soul, connexion between, 147
Book, advantages of a, 112
Boyle, selections from, 53, 219

Brevity, virtue of, 83

Brewster, Sir D., extracts from, 223 Brief history of Navigation, I., 33 British China Trade, opening of the,

255 Bryant, lines by, 143

Burke, selections from, 173

Cabinet-making, woods used in, 173
Caister Castle, ruins of, 209
Camera Lucida, 120

Obscura, the, 72
Camphor-tree, the, 184

Canton, some account of, III., 249Hongs or Factories, 249-Commerce, 250-British intercourse with China, 250-Its early history, 251-Occupation of Macao by the British, 253-Disputes of 1829 and 1830, 254-Opening of the British China Trade, 255 Carpenter, the, 172, 187, 223 Case of amaurosis, 158 Castle of Heidelberg, 1., 9-II., 24 Causes by which the Eye-sight is impaired, 118

Celestial Bodies, contemplation of the, 219

Ceremonies of the Greco-Russian
Church, 150, 157

Chalmers, extracts from, 128, 136
Chester Cathedral, aecount of, 170

China, British intercourse with, 250 Christening of Queen Elizabeth, account of, 16

Christian Evidences, easy lessons on,
XIII., 22, XIV., 46
Christian discrimination, 118
Christianity, effects of, in a dying
hour, 173

Church, the village, 16

Churches of Modern Rome, 167
Churchill, lines by, 223

Cicada, and its organs of voice, 200
City of Rome, account of, VII., 73
Cloth-wool, manufacture of, 196
Cloyne, town of, 241
Cod Fishery, Dutch, 152
Coincidences respecting the harmony
of inharmonious sounds, 115
Compassion, 117

Connexion between the body and soul,

147

Coronation Anecdotes, I., 231-II., 244
Coronations, Chapters on, I., 220—II.,
The Regalia, 235

Creation, knowledge of, 53
Crickets, natural history of, 135
Criticism, difference between shallow
and false, 216

Crocus, vernal and autumnal, 96
Crusade against the Albigenses, 89,153

Dangers of moral sentiment, 214
Davy, Sir H., extracts from, 239
Deity, proofs of, 184

Dispersion of seeds, on the, 182
Doctrine of Materialism, 238
Dunloh Castle, 83

Dutch Fisheries, I,, 102-II., 152
Whale-fishery, 218

Early history of Moses, 84
Earth, how clothed with plants, 141
Education of Queen Elizabeth, 57
Eel, the, 23

Effects of Arsenic on the human body, 87

Christianity at the hour of death, 173 Egypt, plagues of, 108, 132 Ehrenfels, castle of, 107 Elephant, head of the, 214 Elizabeth, Queen, her progresses and

public processions, 1., 2-II., 17III., 57-IV., 97-V., 145-VI., 225 England, salubrity of, 6

Enjoyments of an active life, 107
Esculent Swallow, 248
Evelyn, epitaph of, by himself, 184
Excellence the reward of labour, 27
Exchange, Royal, account of, 50
Exodus of the Jews from Egypt, 148
Exposure of the eye to acrid fumes,
effects of, 198

Eye-sight, employments which injure,

I., 92-11., 117-III., 159-IV., 174-V., 198-VI., 222-VII., 230 Fastolf, Sir John, biographical notice of, 209

Feather of a Peacock, 95
Females, head-dresses of, 186
Fisheries, the Dutch, 102, 152, 218
Flowers, phosphoric light emitted by,

183

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Halford, Sir H., selection from, 173 Hatfield, residence of the Princess Elizabeth at, 225

Hawke, statue of Admiral, at Cloyne, 243

Head of the elephant, 214
Head-dresses of females, 186
Heart, the human, 6
Heavenly bodies, theories explanatory
of the motions of, 123
wisdom, evidences of, 48
Heavens, appearance of the, 122
Heidelberg, castle of, I., 9-II., 24
Herring-fishery, account of, 102
Herschel, Sir J., extracts from, 62, 112
Hogarth, extract from, 187
Honour, who worthy of, 117
Horse, foot of a, 115

Horsley, Bishop, selection from, 176
House I live in, V., 100-VI., 245
Human hand, formation of, 199
Human frame, number of bones and
joints in, 245

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Lamprey, the, 172

Lava of Mount Vesuvius, 198 Lessons on Christian Evidences, XIII., 22-XIV., 46

Letters of Queen Elizabeth, 58, 99, 146 Life-boat, the, 20

Life, how best enjoyed, 107

Light, phosphoric, emitted by flowers, 183

Limited power of man, 186
Lines to a waterfowl, 143
Locke, selection from, 94
London, warning voice in, 192
Longevity, instances of, 6

Loss of a beloved object, lines on, 232

Macao, occupation of, by the British, 182, 253

Macculloch, selections from, 83, 95, 115, 117, 119, 141

Macgillicuddy's Reeks, Killarney, 137 Magic Lantern and Phantasmagoria, 104

Magnolia, great flowered, 112,
Man, frailty of, 6

limited power of, 186

Mangnall, lines by, 152

Mangrove, the, 144

Mankind, proof of the common origin of, 224

proper study of, 238 Mant, Bishop, selections from, 52, 118 Manufacture of Bells, 7 Gun-flints, 96

Mariners, means of saving shipwrecked,

20 Masaniello, story of, 41, 65

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212

Naples, revolution of, 41, 65 Natural History of Crickets, 135 advantages of a taste Philosophy, recreations in, Nature and Revelation, books of, 112 the image of God, 176 Navigation, brief history of, I., 33Navigation of the Ancients, 33Rudiments of, to the formation of the boat, 33-The sail, 35-Rudder, anchor, cables, ship's name, &c., 36-War and merchants' ships, 37-Ancient voyage, 39II., 201-Causes of the romance of ancient naval history, 201Voyages related in naval history, fears of the ancient mariners, 202 -Romance of ancient navigation, as induced by the desire of monopoly in trade, 206-The monsoons; a knowledge of the earth increased by navigation, 207-The watchtower or light-house, erected by Ptolemy Soter, in the Isle of Pharos, 208

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Nests of Wasps, 215

Newton, Sir I., selection from, 184 Notes on Forest Trees, XXII., Great

flowered Magnolia, 112-XXIII.,
The Mangrove, 144-XXIV., The
Camphor Tree, 184

Oberland, Bernese, 217
Obligations, pleasure of conferring, 230
Olive-Tree, history of, I., 44-II., 68
Organs of Sight, popular description
of, 92

Origin of Coronations, 220

Otter, Bishop, extract from, 198 Oval, the elementary form of beauty, 176

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Rome, some account of, VII, 73-
Baths of Titus, 73-Seven Halls
of Vespasian, 74-Aqueducts, 75
-Forum of Trajan, 76-Pillar, or
Column, of Trajan, 77-Mole of
Hadrian, or Castle of St. Angelo,
78-VIII., 161-History of St.
Peter's, 161-Approach, Colon-
nade, and Front, 162-Descrip-
tion of interior, 162-The Dome,
166 Illuminations of, 167
Churches of Modern Rome, 167-
Relics of Paganism in, 168
Royal Exchange, account of, 50
Ruins of Caister Castle, 209
Runjeet Singh, account of, 239, 247
Russia, VIII., 150-IX., 157

St. Angelo, castle of, 78
St. Peter's, Rome, history of, 161
Salubrity of England, 6
School for Indigent Blind, visit to, 30
Science, amusements in, V., Arith-

metic, 31-VI., Geometry, 48-
VII., Astronomy, 88-VIII., Geo-
metry, 92

Scott, Sir W., selections from, 144, 215
Scripture pictures, 130
Seasons, the, I., Winter, 71

-revolutions of the, 94
Seeds, on the dispersion of, 182
Self-love, lines on, 160

Seven days, ancient division of time
into, 224

Shipwrecked mariners, means of sa-
ving, 20

Short, or Cloth Wool, manufacture of,
196

Shuttleworth, selections from, 62
Sight, description of organs of, 92
Simon de Montfort, his crusade against
the Albigenses, 89, 153
Siphon, description of the, 212
Smith, Adam, selection from, 144
Charlotte, lines by, 240
Somerville, Mrs., selections from, 224
"Song of the Bell," by Schiller, ex-

tracts from, 8

Sonnet, by Queen Elizabeth, 147
Soul and body, connexion between, 147
Specks in the eye, fixed or floating, 158
Steel pens, history of, 63
Steele, selection from, 8
Stomach, the, 6

Story of Masaniello, I., 41-II., 65
Stove, description of Dr. Arnott's, 116
Swallow, the esculent, 248
System, the planetary, 152

Taste for reading, 62

natural history, advantages
of, 62
Telescope, invention of the, 183
Temper, on a peaceable, 62
Thames, frost-fair on the, 54
Thermometer-stove, 115
Thomson, lines by, 213
Tillotson, selections from, 23, 27
Titus, baths of, 73

Tobacco employed in counteracting
the effects of arsenic, 87
Tower, confinement of the Princess
Elizabeth in, 146

Trajan, pillar or column of, 77
True use of reading, 32
Trusler, selections from, 183
Twilight, 140

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Voyage, an ancient, 39

War and merchant ships, 37
Warning voice in London, 192
Wasps, nests of, 215

Waterfowl, lines to a, 143

Waterton, extracts from, 219

Watson, selections from, 112

Whewell, extracts from, 183, 186, 230

Whale fishery, Dutch, 218

White (of Selborne), extract from, 135
Wigs and Head-dresses, 1., 114—11.
159-111., 186

Wines of the Rhine, 193
Wither, lines by, 232
Wood, extracts from, 62

Woods, description of various fancy,

173

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Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, 165

Johannesberg Castle, 193
Jungfrau and Wengen Alps, 217

Killarney, view on the Upper Lake, 177
King Edward's chair, 236

Lamprey, the sea, 172
Lazzaroni of Naples, 41
Life-boat, the, 20

Macgillicuddy's Reeks, from Aghadoe,
137

Magic lantern, diagrams illustrative of
the, 104

Magnolia, great-flowered, 112
Mangrove, the, 144

Masonry, diagram to illustrate the
mode of joining stones in, 141
Mice Tower and Castle of Ehrenfels,
105

Minerva, antique seal of, 45
Minerve, castle of, Languedoc, 89
Moulding a large Bell, 8

Naples, Lazzaroni of, 41
Neapolitan Lazzaroni, children of the,
65

Old Somerset-House, 225
Olive-tree, 44
Olive press, 69

Oval, diagrams elucidating the pro-
perties of the, 176

Pen and inkstand, Anglo-Saxon, 15
Pharos, watch-tower of, 208
Pillar, or Columu, of Trajan, 77
Placentia, palace of, at Greenwich, 17
Pole-axe, ancient Egyptian, 181
Pottery-float, Egyptian, 33
Ptolemaic system, 124

Queen Elizabeth, borne by six gentle-
men, 1

costume o., when

young, 57
Queen's crown and circlet, 237
Quivers, ancient Egyptian, 180

Remains of the Seven Halls of Vespa-
pasian, 80
Rhayadyr Bridge, Monmouthshire, 233
Roman war-galley, ancient, 40

ladies, head-dresses of, 184
Rope, shot, and shells, to be used in
cases of shipwreck, 21
Rostra and heads of ancient ships, 205

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Solar system, 121
Somerset House, old, 225

St. Peter's, view of the exterior of, 161
interior of, 165
Storing the corn in the royal grana-
ries, Egypt, 13
Sun-dials, diagrams for constructing,
88

Swallow, the esculent, 248

Thames, Frost-fair on the, 56
Thermometer-stove, figure of, 116
Tiber, view on the, 73
Tools employed in making gun-flints,
96

Trajan, pillar or column of, 77
Triumphal arch at Canton, 256
Twilight, diagram to illustrate the pro-
duction of, 140
Tychonic system, 125

Vassal king of Persia, investiture of,

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