INDEX ГО ТНЕ Ancient crypts, 9 Egyptian custom, 38 philosophers, maxims of the, 93 Anecdote of Sir Ralph Abercrombie, 8 Animal food, 91 Animals, effects of music upon, 99 Art of story-telling, 232, 235 Balance of advantages in different con- Bank-notes, invention of, by the Chi- Banks of the Thames, I., 201-II., 225 Bejapoor, in Hindostan, 140 Belief in supernatural appearances, 38 spirit of, 60 Burnt pillar at Constantinople, 12 I. Napier's bones; the Abacus, 11 II. The apparatus of Sanderson, III. Babbage's calculating engine, 52 Caddis, or Spring-fly, 223 Canova and his Works, I., 18-II., 50, Sect. II. Coins and medals in a ca- Sect. III. Modern coins-foreign Sect. IV. Anglo-Saxon coins-eccle- Peter's pence-coins used in Eng- land till the reign of Charles II.- coins once used for legal fees- coinage of Charles II-bad state of the coinage at the Revolution- the mill and screw-copper money medals-comparison of ancient and Sect. VI. Study of coins and medals -Pembroke collection-utility of 248 Flowers, manufacture of artificial, 244 Forest, considerations on a, 131 Fresh-water Fish:- I., II. The Salmon, 137, 174 III. The Trout, 191 Gloves, a brief history of, 151 Glue, on the manufacture of, 71 Government of the universe, 7 Guyana, British, I., 177-II., 185-III., Hanseatic League, brief Account of the: I. Historical Introduction, 249 II. Formation of the Hanseatic III Commercial advantages of the IV. Extent and internal government V. Monopolizing spirit of the Hanse merchants, and its consequences, VI. Decline and fall of the Hansea- Moral feeling and cleanliness, con- Mount Ossa, description of, 73 Music, effects of, upon animals, 99 Obstinate man, the, 232 1. Wroxton Abbey, 2 III. Littlecoates, 130 Optical Illusions, I., 203-11., 228- Overland Journey from India to Eng- First Route-By way of the Persian Second Route.-By way of the Per- Third Route. By way of Lahore, Imitation from I. Kings, xix, I1, 12-23 ludia, overland journey from, to Evg. Journey, overland, from India to Eng- Landscapes, English and Indian, 150 Lanterns, Chinese feast of, 96 League, Hanseatic, account of the, 249 Machines, calculating, 11, 28, 52 Malicious wit. 183 Mansions, Old English:- 1. Wroxton Abbey, 2, II. Knole, 90 III. Littlecoates, 129 |
