INDEX TO VOLUME II. 



Aberdevine, The, 61 



Abstinence from Food in Animals, 122 



Affection for Animals, 126 



Agitation of Birds, 54 



Air and Atmosphere, 322 



" All is not Gold that glitters," 158 



American Aloe, 316 



Cress, 379 



Animals, Cruelty to, 235, 283, 297, 376 



— Absurd Anecdotes of, 11 



and their Prejudices, 93 



in their proper Places, Dogs, 206 



— ■ Birds, &c, Art of Taming, 47, 170, 177 



Animalcules and their Instincts, 1 

 Ants, 50, 58, 65, 203 



— and Fairy Eings, 333 



Ant Flies, 188 

 Ardent Spirits, 32, 60 

 Artificial State of Society, 104, 200 

 Ass, Revenge in the, 362 

 Atheism, a Blow to, 157 

 Atrophy in Birds, 61 



Australian Gold Fields, Panorama of the, 176 

 Autumn Wild Flowers, 147 

 Aviary, The, and its Occupants, 277, 308, 340, 

 371, 403 



Birds, 77 



Avidavats, 58, 91 



Babillard, The, 243 



Bamboo, and its Applications, 346 



Bed-room Walls, 188 



Bees, 41, 69, 155, 172 



in Canada, S31 



in New South Wales, 378 



Birds of Song — reprinted with additions, from 

 the Gardeners 1 Chronicle, 3, 20, 45, 53, 93, 99, 

 115, 132, 146, 161, 179, 193, 211, 227, 243, 

 261, 277, 308, 340, 371 



Is it cruel to confine them ? Ill 



their Affection for their Young, 



Nests of, perforated ; and the 



moved, 11, 41, 142 



Bird-Cages with Painted Wires, 125 



Bird-sellers, Tricks of, 395 



Blackbird, The, 26 



A White, 91 



Black-Cap, The, 26, 115, 132, 146, 161, 179, 193, 

 283 



Boarding Houses, 169 



Bookseller, An Honest ! 158 



Brain, Phenomena of the, 143 



Breath, The, 35 



Bullfinch, The, 273, 300 



Cactus, The, 395 



Camel, The, 236, 316 



Canaries, 9, 58, 60, 61, 74, 75, 186, 187, 395 



in the open air, at Maidstone, 9 



Canary Shows, 376, 412, 413 



Carbonic Acid. 140 



Cat, An amiable, 299 



172 



eggs 



re- 



Cats, Bats, and Kittens, 235, 283, 

 - 43, 189 

 without Tails, Philosophy of, 172 



Caterpillars, 37, 76 

 Chameleon, The, 205 



Cheap Immoral Periodicals, 120, 185, 271, 330 

 Glass for Window-Gardening, 314, 363 



Cheerfulness and Uniformity of Temper, 206 



Cheese-Mite, The, 397 



Chemistry of Nature and Art, 382 



Children, 55, 151, 239 



Cobra-di-Capello, The, 302, 313 



Cocoa-nut Crab, The, 397 



Cod-Liver Oil, 347 



Combustion, Philosophy of, 12 



Contemplation of Nature, 199 



Coral, The, 395 



Cruelty of Children towards Animals, 147, 170 



Cuckoo, The, 156 



Dahlia, The, 235 



Damp in Walls, 156 



Dawn of Day, 181 



Delirium, 111 



Destruction of Birds and its Consequences, 90 



Distinctions and Differences — The Crow and the 



Rook, 17 

 Dogs, 28, 47, 76, 142, 165, 190, 203, 206 

 Dogs, A Lady's Apologies for, 165 — 168 

 Dog and Kitten, 93 



Rabbit, and Cat, 391 



Dolphin, The, 365 



Eagle and the Salmon, 27 



Early Education, 106, 138, 170, 349 



Rising, 73, 77, 139, 188, 348 



Eggs without Shells, 45 



carried off by Crows, 236 



Englishman, An, proof against Gold ! 362 

 English Birds and Plants acclimated in the 



United States, 290 



ESSAYS AND SKETCHES. 



Affection, 375 ; Angling, 291 ; Appearances 

 often Deceitful, 97 ; Ardent Spirits, Eng- 

 land's Curse, 386 ; August and its Insects, 

 213 ; Australia, 234 ; Auto-biography of 

 a Dog, 279, 290, 325, 341, 354, 374, 389, 405 ; 

 Beauties of Autumn, 319 ; Boarding-houses, 169 ; 

 Character Reading, 280, 312 ; Childhood, 55 ; 

 Christmas, 392, 409 ; Christmas-Tree, The, 306 ; 

 Confirmation-Day, 358 ; Dawn of Day, 181 ; Days 

 without Nights, 271 ; December, 1852, 360, 414 ; 

 Delights of the Tea-table, 264 ; Departing Year, 

 The, 328 ; Destruction of Birds, 90 ; Dream, a 

 Remarkable, 250 ; Every-day Life in India, 87 ; 

 Field Paths and Country Stiles, 29 ; First Feel- 

 ing of Winter, 373 ; Fish-ponds and Tittle-bats, 

 390 ; Floods, 323, 412; Gold, 234 ; Hanwell Asy- 

 lum, 257 ; Happiness, 120 ; Holly, The, 401 ; 

 Human Pulse, 94 ; Human Sorrow transient, 414 ; 

 Humanising Influences of Summer, 73 ; Human- 



