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INDEX. 



Female Figure, The, A Curiosity, 244 

 Flies, A Curious Collection of semi-torpid, 58 



Notes on the House-fly, 303 



Flowers and their Delights, 56, 1 18, 186, 370 

 Flowers and Flower Seeds, 181 

 Fly-Papers, A Word on the Use of, 303 

 Fox, Habits of the, 223 



Gad-Fly, Natural History of the, 354 

 Garden, A pretty, at a nominal cost, 187 

 Gas, — Unfit for Dwelling- Houses, 207 

 Geology, On the Study of, 107 

 Glasgow and its Immorality, 61 

 Glass and Porcelain, Notes on, 192 

 Gnat, Notes on the, 161 

 Goatsucker, The, 370 



Green-house Plants, — How to treat during 

 Summer, 316 



Harmony of Nature, The, 344 



Heathenism in London, 64 



"High" Art, and "Low" Art, at Sydenham 



Crystal Palace, 367 

 Himalaya Screw Steamer, The, 45 

 " How is he Getting On ?" 363 

 Human Brain, The, 125, 320 

 Hungary, — Social Life in, 140 



Indications of Spring, 125 



Insects, Lepidoptera, &c, &c, 57, 161, 188, 248, 

 249, 254. 



and their Uses, 313 



Jay, The, 76 



Journey, Notes on a, in the South of France. 

 By T. N. Talfourd, Esq, 343 



Ladies of Canada, The, 332 



Learn " Something" Daily, 186 



" Let us All pull together !" 374 



Life in its Lowest Forms, — The Infusoria, 157 



Life and its many Objects, 371 



Lily of the Valley, To cultivate the, 249 



London Streets during a Snow-storm, 64 



London, The Size of, 374 



Magpie, The, 76 



Maids and Bachelors, by " Viletta," 303 

 Malta,— A Visit to St. Paul's Bay, 333 

 Man, an Ape, 184, 375 



a Savage, 125, 184, 375 



Wherein does one Man differ from Another? 



372 

 Man's Contempt for Nature, 253 



Kindness (!) to Man, 375 



Marriages in Greece, 272 



Matrimony and its Advantages, 312 



Mechanics, and their Institutions, 8 



Meeting and Parting, — A Comparison, 337, 376 



Mesmerism, — A most Remarkable Cure by the 



Agency of, 302, 350 

 Mesmerism, — Annual Meeting of the Members 



and Friends of the Institute, 350 

 Method, The Advantages arising from, 375 



MISCELLANEOUS PARAGRAPHS. 



Air of Kent, The Wonderful, 246 ; April and its 

 Charms, 190; Bells of Metal, 189; Benevo- 

 lence, 320 ; Changes, 55 ; Choose well, and 

 wisely, 376 ; Climate of Lapland, 250; Cocoa- 



nut Matting, 251 ; Comic Duet, A, 320; Com- 

 pany, Choice of, 110; Curious Calculation to 

 illustrate Population,250; Draught in Chimneys, 

 Cause of the, 192 ; Dress, The Insane Love of, 

 71; Duke of Wellington Steam-Ship, 319; 

 Early Rising, 255; Education, 45, 128; Em- 

 ployment, 373; Epitaph on an Infant, 374; 

 Evening Thought, An, 373; Eyes,The, — not to 

 be Trifled with, 251 ; Flowers, To keep Fresh, 

 316; Fruit, To keep Fresh, 316; Genius, 372; 

 Good Temper, 119; Gratitude, 14; Harmo- 

 nium, The, 126; "Home" Hints, 247; Im- 

 portance of a Word, 16, 347 ; Insect Thief, An, 

 254 ; Joys of Early Spring, 18 ; Labor, 372 ; 

 Little Children, 191; Locality, 122; Mercy for 

 the Unfortunate, 234; Milk Tree, The, 188; 

 Monster Steam-Ship, 316; Moral Degeneracy, 

 66; Motion, 246; Nervous Debility, 246; 

 Pleasing Experiment, A, 194; Pond Mud — its 

 Uses, 247 ; Private Thoughts made Public, 

 376; Purity of Heart, 82 ; Red Men of North 

 America, 123; Rheumatism, A Cure for, 123; 

 " Ring " the Belle, please! 372 ; Royal Albert 

 Steam-Ship, Launch of the, 320; "Salt, the 

 Curse of England ! " 121 ; Saturn, The Planet, 

 255; Simplicity, 247; Sincerity, 268; Spirit- 

 Rapping, 252; Superstition, 247, 315, 317; 

 Tahitan Love- Letter, A, 121; Thought, The 

 Value of, 348 ; Tight Lacing, 189 ; Toothache, 

 Odd Remedy for the Cure of, 315; Vowels, 

 The, 247; "Under the Rose," 61 ; Whitlow, 

 Cure for a, 251 ; Widower, The, 374 ; Woman 

 —dear Woman ! 374 



Mitford, Miss, A Reminiscence of, 259 



Modern Education, 58, 204, 353, 36V 



Mole, The, 152 



Moon, The — Its Influence in Tropical Climates, 



123 

 Mount ^Etna by Night, 268 

 Moustache Movement, The, 375 

 Music and its Associations, 127 



Naples, and its Wonders, 342 

 Naturalists, Notes for, 78 

 Nature, The Modesty of, 183 



The Sensibility of, 94 



Nightingale, The, 373 



Northern Seas, — their Brightness, 128 



" Number Seven," 317 



Obituary :- John Martin, 159 ; Professor Wilson, 

 243; George Newport, Esq., F.R.S. (Naturalist), 

 248 



Panopticon of Science and Art, 191 

 Pantheon at Rome, The, 342 

 Photography, Notes on, 133, 203, 292, 322 

 Phrenology for the Million, 37, 100, 168, 231, 



295 

 Pictures of Life,— All "Portraits," 138 

 Pigeons, 189, 330 

 Pike, The, 48 



POETRY. 



A Beam of Braided Moonlight fell, 373 ; A Little 

 Seed at random thrown, 135; All's for the 

 Best, 325; Appearances Deceitful, 108; As 

 Spring upon a Silver Cloud, 243; Beauty, 229, 

 331; Begone, Dull Care, 76; Bell, Maud, and 



