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Sea Weeds in Ordinary Earth 288 
Shades, Cooling 302 
Sharpening Tools 3 
Shelves in Room 256 
Shooting Board for Amateurs 113 
Siberia, Nature in 243 
Silverware, Preserving 256 
Skeleton Leaves 65 
Skill of Old Workmen 60 
Skin%, Dressing 381 
Smoking, Evil Effects of 30 
Snakes, Florida. 254 
Soap 1 213 
Soapsuds, Effects of, on Hands 320 
Songs, Famous 335- 
Sounds; Distances Heard 319 
Springs, Coiled, To Wind 274 
Stain for Wood, Violet 127 
Stains, Acid 31 
Stamps, How to Affix, to Envelopes 352 
Stamps, Rubber 237, 293 
Stars, Morning and Evening 58 
Steamboats 192 
Stephanoceros, The 154 
Stones, Precious, Properties of. 256 
Stove, the. Invention of. 30 
Sun Dial, Large 63 
Sunflowers 147 
Sunshine, Signalling by 225 
Superstitions, West India 245 
Swimming 248 
Table, Folding 93 
Telegraphy in Rhyme ...••.,.,«,« 318 
Theatricals, Amateur 277 
Tools, Sharpening 3 
Tower of London 246 
Tower of Nanking 59 
Trees, Age of, by Rings 95 
Trees, Christmas 372 
Trees, Pruning 211 
Trees, Useful 287 
Tricycle for Girls 287 
Varnish, Black Leather 63 
"Venus, Transit of 50 
Violin, Practical Hints on the Construction of 39 
Walking Sticks; How to Make 9 
Washstand, A Simple 8 
Water, Boiling, Curious Fact Concerning 286 
Weapons, Strange 274 
Weather Science, Photography in 243 
Wedding, A Grand 342 
Weights and Measures, International 254 
Well, Caving in 223 
Winter Rambles 82, 139 
Wire Rope 320 
Wood, Artificial 95 
Wood Carving 35, 109, 133, 239, 263 
Wood Carving, Amateur 41, 69 
Wood Pohshing 161 
Woods, Hard 29 
Workmen, Skilled 60 
Worms, Baked Angle 28 
Wounds, Treatment of. 380 
Zoological Collections 956 
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