INDEX AND CONTENTS OF VOLUME III. 



Advantages of (so called) Vermin, 319 

 Animals, Their Art of Self-Preservation, 318 

 Ants and Bees, 57 



Aquatic Vivarium in the Regent's Park, 351 

 Ardent Spirits, Beer, Tobacco, &c, 186, 253, 263, 



287 

 Australia, Notes on, 17, 125, 314, 319 

 Auto-Biography of a Dog, 33, 101, 167, 233, 298, 



358 

 Aviary, The, and its Occupants, 26, 90, 154, 215, 



281 

 Aviary at Rugby, 56, 376 



Baker's Poultry Fountains, 371 



Bathing, Its Use and Abuse, 196, 249 



Beauty, 268, 272 



Beautiful Lily, A, 310 



Birds of Song, — Reprinted, with Additions, from 



the Gardeners' Chronicle— -23, 88, 152, 216, 



283 

 Birds' Nests, Curious Situations for, 375, 376 

 Bird's Nest, a Costly, 319 

 Birds, Singularity of, 256 

 Birds, Tameness of, 188 

 Birds in Town and Birds in the Country, 181 

 Birds and Bird-Catchers, 370 

 Blackbird, The, 23, 88, 95, 122, 152, 316 

 Blessing of Sight and Hearing, 6 

 Blood, The, of Animals, 202 

 Blue-cap, The, 54, 375 

 Bread. Experiments on, 300 

 Bullfinch, The, 53 



Camel Journey across the Desert, 350 

 Canary, The, 57, 182, 244, 309 

 Canaries Breeding in the Open Air, 253 

 Cats, 124, 311, 318 

 Cats without Tails, 55, 57 

 Cats and Dogs Contrasted, 35 

 Cats and Squirrels, 220 

 Chaffinch, The, 318 



Character Reading by the Handwriting, 336 

 Chemistry of Nature, The, 309 

 Christmas Rose, The, 62 

 Chrysanthemums for Seed, 189 

 Coal, History of, 291 

 Cockatoo, The, 54 

 Cod, The, 181 

 Cold and Thirst, 208 

 Color imparted to Oil, 180, 245 

 Cricket, The, 256 



Cruelty to Animals, 56, 63, 83, 121, 185, 226, 248, 

 317 



Cuckoo,'The, 161,1166, 244, 318 



Dahlia, The, 311 



Death in the Pot! 191 



Destructive Birds, 313 



Dew, 19 



Dog, Distemper in the, 21 



Dogs, Anecdotes of, 54, 62, 121, 126, 191, 235, 



246 

 Dormouse, The, 255, 315 

 Dressmakers of London, The, 267 



Earwig, Notes on the, 364 

 Eating and Drinking, &c, 340 

 Editorial Secret, 335 

 Electric Telegraph in America, 83» 

 Emperor Moth, The, 253, 309 

 Enchanted Valley, 348 

 England, — or the Tropics? 313 

 Epping Forest, — A Ramble, 316 



ESSAYS AND SKETCHES. 



An Afternoon Ramble, 327 ; Art of Success, 207 ; 

 Blessing of Moderation, 136 ; Character from 

 the Handwriting, 336 ; Cheapness and Mean- 

 ness, 70, 180 ; Childhood, 273 ; Child's Heart, 

 A, 209 ; China and the Chinese, 258, 273, 289 ; 

 Country Pleasures and Dangers, 200 ; Cup of 

 Tea, A, 49 ; Delights of a Garden, 326 ; Edi- 

 torial Secret, 335 ; Education in England and 

 Germany, 270; England and America, 199; 

 Fashion, The Tyrant, 159, 160; Gems at Home, 

 323 ; Gentility ! 159 ; Gulls and their Victims, 

 11, 333; Happiness and its Opposite, 65; 

 Honesty and Deception, 365 ; Human Misery 

 in the Streets, 211 ; Industry and Idleness, 366 ; 

 Letters and Letter-Writers, 257 ; Little Kind- 

 nesses, 7; Love of Flowers, 134 ; " Mistress and 

 Servant," 129, 135, 143, 265; Moon's Rays, 

 The, 225 ; Nature and Art, 140 ; Nature's 

 Holiday, 4; Order and Method, 142 ; Our Notes 

 of the Months, 14, 85, 149, 218, 286, 321, 341 ; 

 Painter's, The, Revelation, 269 ; Past, Present, 

 and Future, 1 ; Pictures of Life, 103 ; Poets 

 and Versifiers, 201 ; Poetry, 20 ; Poetry of Life, 

 193; Pleasures of Sleep, &c, 145; Sea-Shore, 

 The, 81 ; Shrove-Tuesday, 51 ; Summer Ramble 

 in Croydon, 84 ; Things beyond the Eye, 74 ; 

 Thoughts suggested by the New Year, 3 ; Time 

 and Chance, 262 ; Valentine's Day, 9 ; Wild- 

 Flowers, 321; Winter, 13; Woman and Her 

 Maker, 160; World we Live in, 129 



Evergreen Shrubs, 192 



