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INDEX. 



Fine Arts, — Paintings by the Brothers Foggo, 



292 

 Fish, New Mode of Breeding, 278 

 Fish, Their Powers of Vision, 320 

 Flowers and Their Charms, 293 

 Flowers, Relative Colors of, 249 

 Fox, " Scent " of the, 123 

 Fresh Air, 203, 250 

 Frog, The, 29 



Gold Fish, 190 



Great Cormorant, The, 147 



Gutta Percha Manufactory, 353 



Happy Mouse, A, 190 



" Happy Families " in Cages, 154 



Hare, Notes on the, 31 



Hedgehog, The, 94 



Heliotrope, The, 318 



Hempseed, Use and Abuse of, 309 



Heron, The, 31 



Hening Gull, 93 



Hints to Amateur Gardeners, 39, 105, 174, 236, 



302, 368 

 Hoar Frost, 19 



Honey Bees, 57, 164, 246, 250, 345 

 Horse, The, 187 

 Horsehair Gifted with Life, 125 

 House Fly, The, 30 

 Human Mouth, The, 77 

 Human Stomach, The, 337 



Imagination, The Mighty Conjuror, 288 

 India Pink, 191 

 Indian Scenery, 204 

 Insanity, 60, 223, 247 

 Insects,— A Hint, 250, 251 



Ravages by, 126 



Cossus, Centra, Vinula, Ligniperda, 



Potatoria, &c, 192, 252, 253, 310, 



311, 374 

 Larvae of, 32, 125, 126, 189 



Jackdaw, The, 185, 285, 313 



Kaffirs, Notes on the, 207 

 Kew Gardens, 301 



Light, Indispensable for Plants, 275 



Lightning, Force of, 250 



Lincolnshire as We saw it, 99 



Linendrapers, — An Expose, 180 



Literary Paupers, 204 



London Milk and Cream, 374 



Long Faces — Should be handsomely paid for, 



261 

 Love for Birds, 187, 252 



Marine Polvpes, 28 

 Marten, The, 184 

 Marvels of Creation, 339 

 Mesmerism as a Curative Power, 375 



MISCELLANEOUS PARAGRAPHS. 



Bouquet, The, 112; Chance, 192; Charity, 8; 

 Cheerfulness, 240 ; Child and the Gossamer, 

 244 ; Christian, A Real, 226 ; Chloroform ad- 

 ministered to a Horse, 371 ; Contentment, 154 ; 

 Cupid and the Revenue, 186; Dead Leaves, 



56 ; Diaries and Note-Books, 40 ; Depths of the 

 Ocean, 124; Early Rising, 267, 311; Earth- 

 quakes, 181 ; Effects of Study, 346 ; Eggs, 

 How to Preserve, 303 ; Electric Cable, 122 ; 

 Electricity applied to Plants, 310 ; Eloquence of 

 Flowers, 367; Emigration, 65, 260; Energy 

 and Victory, 350 ; England and Turkey, 82 ; 

 English Beauty. 293 ; Epitaph on a Mouse, 311 ; 

 Epitaphs, 124; E very-Day Life, 294; Example, 

 263 ; Externals and Internals, 94 , Fidgets, 

 The, 32 ; Fog, 191 ; Forest Trees of England, 

 218 ; Forgiveness, 200 ; Genius, 348; Gentle Sex, 

 The, 291 ; Good Company, 172 ; Good Nature, 

 94 ; Goodness of Providence, 212, 373 ; Growth 

 of Salmon, 372 ; Grief, 208 ; Happiness, 294 ; 

 Heat Marks on a French-Polished Table, 319 ; 

 Heraldic Figures, 127 ; Hints on Wooing, 214 ; 

 Honest Trick, 46 ; How to get Introduced to 

 " a Beautiful Family," 334 ; Hydrograph, The, 

 319; Innocence, 112; Joy, 7; Keeping up 

 Appearances, 294 ; Ladies, The, and their 

 Ridiculous " Monster Petition," 192 ; Landslip 

 in Ireland, 189 ; Laurel Bewitched, The, 59 ; 

 Lesson to Parents, 58 : Life, 308 ; Life Assurance, 

 245; Little Secret, A^ 256 : Loss of The " Vic- 

 toria " Steamer, 185; "Love One Another," 

 62 ; Love of Children, 320 : Love's Loveliness, 

 338 ; Maids, Wives, and Mothers, 144; Morality 

 in Manchester, and Gross Immorality in Glas- 

 gow, 253 ; Morning Dew, 198 ; Moth, The, 310 ; 

 Nature's Love-Knot, 300 ; Oak- Apples, 370 ; 

 Paired, not Matched, 252 ; Plants Blossoming 

 at Will, 370 ; Peculiarity of the Human Mind, 

 264 ; Perpetual Youth, 134 ; Portraits, or 

 " Daubs," of Mrs. H. B. Stowe, 248 ; Poetry of 

 Simplicity, 224; Post-Office Statistics, 248; 

 Pride, 297 ; Prosperity and Adversity, 141 ; 

 Religion, 330, 343 ; Remembrance, 16 ; Re- 

 sponsibility of Man, 364 ; Righteous Judgment, 

 34 ; Road and the Rail, 249 ; Rose, The, 136 ; 

 Roses and Rosebuds, 370 ; Sensibility, 367 ; 

 Sincerity, 233 ; Singular Case of Poisoning, 

 318 ; Smiles, 319 ; Snow and Steam, 330 ; Snow 

 and Salt, 127 ; Social Conversation, 301 ; Song 

 for May-Day, 249 ; Stephens's Cabinet of British 

 Insects, 192 ; Subdivision of Time, 96 ; Sugar 

 made from Maize, 189 ; Take care of your 

 Eyes, 368 ; Thoughts on Borrowing, 176 ; 

 Thoughts on Spring, 121; Toothache, 320; 

 Trees Covered with Ivy, 372 ; True Happiness, 

 84 ; True Love, 95, 160, 272 ; Value of a Thick 

 Skull, 122; Virtue, 223; Vital Point, The, 322; 

 Voice of the Skylark, 371 ; What is Logic ? 266; 

 " Why and Because," 188 ; Wishes, 247; Wis- 

 dom, Sign of, 362 ; Wood Engraving, 127 ; Wit 

 and Genius, 308 



Mouse, Peculiarities of the Common, 231 



Mice, To Destroy, 124 



Mildness of the Season, 1852—53; 55 



Modern Education, Defects in, 330 



Mother and Child in Chili, 290 



Mount Etna in Winter, 332 



Mule, Sagacity of the, 292 



Mussel, Beard of the, 232 



"My Dog Knew It!" 333 



Naturalists, — Proper and Improper, 120, 184 

 Naturalist-Clubs, 127 

 Nature's Simplicity, 292 

 Nightingale, The, 246 



