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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Utterance page 280 



Speaking 280 



Hand-writing 281 



English names 281 



Latin 281 



Roman names 282 



Augustus 282 



Theory 282 



Controversy 282 



Lord Bacon's arrangement 283 



Induction 283 



The instantia crucis .... 283 



Classification 283 



Eras 284 



Confucius 284 



Hypotheses page 284 



Imputations 284 



Calumny 285 



Tobacco 285 



The burning of widows . . 285 



Burmese females 285 



Stages of life 286 



False principles 286 



Ad hominem 286 



Taste 286 



The horizon of the under- 

 standing 286 



Originality 287 



Absurdity 287 



The magical square .... 287 



MUSIC. 



The musical signs 

 Octaves and concord 



288 



Discord .......... 289 



Scottish music ....... 289 



Beating time ....... 289 



Stammering ........ 289 



Musical figures resulting 

 from sounds ...... 289 



Singing birds ....... 290 



Sound ........... 291 



Sound through solid bodies 291 



Uncertainty of sound 



291 



Musical flame . . ... 292 



THE FINE ARTS. 



The durability of sculpture 293 

 The duration of pictures . . 293 

 Durability of granite . . . 294 

 Strength of masonry . . . 294 



Waterloo bridge 294 



Menai bridge at Baneor 



- . .295 



Ferry 

 Highest edifices 295 



Ornaments of architecture 296 

 Apothecaries' ornamental 



bottles 296 



Beards 296 



The hat 296 



Natural postures 296 



The predominant passion . 297 



The pheliebeg 297 



MINERALOGY. 



Systems of mineralogy . . 298 

 The three kingdoms .... 298 

 Minerals 298 



The electro-chemical theory 



of mineralogy 299 



Metallic veins 300 



