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TEN THOUSAND

WONDERFUL THINGS

COMPRISING

WHATEVER IS MARVELLOUS AND RARE, CURIOUS

ECCENTRIC AND EXTRAORDINARY

IN ALL AGES AND NATIONS

ENRICHED WITH

HUNDREDS OF AUTHENTIC ILLUSTRATIONS

EDITED BY

EDMUND FILLINGHAM KING, M.A.

LONDON

GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, Limited

BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL

MANCHESTER AND NEW YORK

1894

STANDARD WORKS OF REFERENCE.

UNIFORM WITH THIS VOLUME.

LEMPRIÈRE'S CLASSICAL DICTIONARY.
WALKER'S RHYMING DICTIONARY.
MACKAY'S THOUSAND AND ONE GEMS OF ENGLISH POETRY.
D'ISRAELI'S CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE.
BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS.
CRUDEN'S CONCORDANCE TO THE BIBLE.
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

PREFACE.

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A Book of Wonders requires but a brief introduction. Our title-page tells its own tale and forms the best exposition of
the contents of the volume.
Everything that is marvellous carries with it much that is instructive, and, in this sense, "Ten Thousand Wonderful
Things," may be made useful for the highest educational purposes. Events which happen in the regular course have no
claim to a place in any work that professes to be a register of what is uncommon; and were we to select such Wonders
only as are capable of familiar demonstration, we should destroy their right to be deemed wondrous, and, at the same
time, defeat the very object which we profess to have in view. A marvel once explained away ceases to be a marvel.
For this reason, while rejecting everything that is obviously fictitious and untrue, we have not hesitated to insert many
incidents which appear at first sight to be wholly incredible.
In the present work, interesting Scenes from Nature, Curiosities of Art, Costume and Customs of a bygone period
rather predominate; but we have devoted many of its pages to descriptions of remarkable Occurrences, beautiful
Landscapes, stupendous Water-falls, and sublime Sea-pieces. It is true that some of our illustrations may not be
beautiful according to the sense in which the word is generally used; but they are all the more curious and characteristic,
as well as truthful, on that account; for whatever is lost of beauty, is gained by accuracy. What is odd or quaint, strange
or startling, rarely possesses much claim to the picturesque and refined. Scrape the rust off an antique coin, and, while
you make it look more shining, you invariably render it worthless in the eyes of a collector. To polish up a fact which
derives its value either from the strangeness of its nature, or from the quaintness of its narration, is like the obliterating
process of scrubbing up a painting by one of the old masters. It looks all the cleaner for the operation, but, the chances
are, it is spoilt as a work of art.
We trust it is needless to say that we have closed our pages against everything that can be considered objectionable in

its tendency; and, while every statement in this volume has been culled with conscientious care from authentic, although
not generally accessible, sources, we have scrupulously rejected every line that could give offence, and endeavoured, in
accordance with what we profess in our title-page, to amuse by the eccentric, to startle by the unexpected, and to
astonish by the marvellous.

INDEX TO ENGRAVINGS

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PAGE

ABYSSINIAN ARMS,
509

—— LADIES,
492

—— ORNAMENTS OF,
493

—— LADY TATTOOED,
496

ALTAR-PIECE OF SAN MINIATO,
601

AMULET WORN BY EGYPTIAN FEMALES,
452

AMULET BROTCHE,
332

ANCIENT METHOD OF KEEPING A WASHING ACCOUNT,
3

—— NUT-CRACKERS,
236

—— SNUFF-BOXES,
210

ANGLO-SAXONS, SEPULCHRAL BARROW OF THE,
27

APTERYX, THE, OR WINGLESS BIRD,
308

ARCH, A BEAUTIFUL, IN CANNISTOWN CHURCH,
433

—— OF TRAJAN AT BENEVENTUM,
445

ARCHITECTURE FOR EARTHQUAKES,
324

ARMLET, AN ANCIENT,
425

ARMOUR, ANCIENT, CURIOUS PIECE OF,
341

ASH, THE SHREW,
397

AZTEC CHILDREN, THE,
37

BAGPIPES,
505

BANDOLIERS,
560

BANNERS AND STANDARDS, ANCIENT,
584,
585

BASTILLE, STORMING OF THE,
195

BEAU BRUMMELL (A), OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY,
61

BECTIVE ABBEY,
392

BEDESMEN IN THE TIME OF HENRY VII,
593

BELLOWS, A PRIMITIVE PAIR OF,
637

BELL SHRINE, AN ANCIENT,
348

—— OF SAINT MURA,
412

BIBLE USED BY CHARLES I. ON THE SCAFFOLD,
271

BILLY IN THE SALT BOX,
181

BLACKFRIARS, PARIS GARDEN AT,
465

BLIND GRANNY,
70

—— JACK,
23

BOAT, A BURMESE,
668

BOOK-SHAPED WATCH,
328

BRACELET, A MAGICIAN'S,
345

BRAMA, THE HINDOO DEITY,
556

BRANK, THE,
2

BRASS MEDAL OF OUR SAVIOUR,
241

BRITANNIA TUBULAR BRIDGE,
173

BROOCH, ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN,
401

BRICKS OF BABYLON,
613

BRIDGE OVER THE THAMES, THE FIRST,
428

—— A CHINESE,
440

—— CROMWELL'S, AT GLENGARIFF,
648

BUCKINGER, MATTHEW,
53

BUCKLER OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, WITH PISTOL INSERTED,
30

BUNYAN'S (JOHN) TOMB,
157

BURMESE PRIEST PREACHING,
266

BUST, AN ANCIENT ETRURIAN,
677

CAMDEN CUP, THE,
250

CANDLESTICK, A REMARKABLE, IN FAYENCE,
592

—— OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS,
436

CARFAX CONDUIT,
333

CARRIAGE, A TURKISH,
656

CASCADE DES PELERINES,
135

CATACOMBS AT ROME,
87

CAVE, PORT COON,
516

—— THE TIGER, AT CUTTACK,
361

CHAIR BROUGHT OVER TO AMERICA BY THE PILGRIM FATHERS,

186

—— DAGOBERT'S, ANCIENT,
421

—— HENRY VIII.'S,
488

—— THE DUCHESS OF LAUDERDALE'S,
401

CHAPTER-HOUSE, A, IN THE TIME OF HENRY VII.,
600

CHARLEMAGNE, CROWN OF,
377

CHIEFTAIN, ANCIENT SCOTTISH,
500

CHINESE METHOD OF FISHING,
316

—— PUNISHMENT OF THE KANG, OR WOODEN COLLAR,
134

CHRISTMAS, PROCLAIMING THE NON-OBSERVANCE OF,
19

CISTERN OF MAJOLICA WARE,
597

COFFEE POT, IN STONEWARE, A CURIOUS,
649

COIN, THE FIRST, WITH BRITANNIA ON IT,
468

COLLARS, ANCIENT STONE,
665

COLUMN AT CUSSI,
533

COMB, A CURIOUS INDIAN,
657

CORAL REEFS,
74

CORPSE BEARER DURING THE PLAGUE,
284

COSTUMES, ANCIENT,
18,
71,
78,
86,
212,
213,
220,
296,
297

—— GERMAN, OF THE 16TH CENTURY,
548

COSTUME, FOREIGN, IN 1492,
543

—— OF A GERMAN NOBLE,
536

COUTEAU-DE-CHASSE,
633

CRADLE OF MOSS,
325

—— HENRY V.,
416

CROSBY, SIR JOHN, HELMET OF,
520

CROSS OF CONG,
457

—— MUIREDACH,
369

CUCKING STOOL,
1

CUPID OF THE HINDOOS, THE,
552

CURFEW BELL, THE,
33

CURIOUS FIGURES ON A SMALL SHRINE,
203

DAGGER OF RAOUL DE COURCY,
263

—— AN ANCIENT,
673

DAGOBERT, ANCIENT CHAIR OF,
421

DANCING NATIVES OF NEW SOUTH WALES,
225

DARNEY (JENNY), A HARMLESS ECCENTRIC OF THE YEAR 1790,
187

DERVISHES DANCING,
669

DIAL AND FOUNTAIN IN LEADENHALL STREET,
553

DINNER PARTY IN THE 17TH CENTURY,
609

—— TABLE, AN EGYPTIAN,
537

DIOGENES IN A PITHOS—NOT TUB,
524

DOG-WHEEL, THE OLD,
101

DRINKING CUP, A CURIOUSLY SHAPED,
413

—— EARLY GERMAN,
460

—— VESSEL, A DECORATIVE,
336

—— GLASS, ANCIENT,
153

DROPPING WELL OF KNARESBOROUGH,
143

DRUID'S SEAT, THE,
464

DUCK-BILLED PLATYPUS, OR ORNITHORYNCHUS PARADOXUS,
273

DYAK WITH HEADS, SKULL HOUSE, AND HOUSE OF SEA DYAKS,
276,
277

—— WAR BOAT IN BORNEO,
540

DYAKS OF BORNEO, WAR DANCE OF THE,
541

EAST INDIA HOUSE, THE FIRST,
206

EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE,
109

EGYPTIAN TOYS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM,
130

EMBROIDERED GLOVE, PRESENTED BY MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND, TO AN

ATTENDANT ON THE MORNING OF HER EXECUTION,
263

EXTRAORDINARY CATARACT,
224

—— SITUATION FOR A TREE,
313

—— TREE,
183

FASHIONABLE DISFIGUREMENT OF THE TIME OF CHARLES I.,
213

FAWKES HALL, OLD MANOR HOUSE OF,
380

FETE OF THE FEDERATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARDS OF FRANCE, 1790,
289

FIGG (JAMES), THE CHAMPION PRIZE-FIGHTER OF 1733,
113

FISH, SHOOTING,
432

FISHERMAN, BULGARIAN,
497

FLOATING CITY OF BANKOK,
309

FONT AT KILCARN, THE,
417

FRENCH ASSIGNATS, FAC-SIMILE OF THE FORMS IN WHICH THEY WERE ISSUED TO THE

PUBLIC,
254

FULLERTON'S (COLONEL) DEVICE FOR PASSING A MOUNTAIN TORRENT,
194

FUNEREAL JAR,
481

GARDEN, EGYPTIAN,
349

GARRICK'S CUP,
232

GATE, THE, ON OLD LONDON BRIDGE,
561

GAUNTLET OF HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES,
661

GIANT TREE,
229

GLAIVE, A,
504

GRACE KNIVES,
641

GRAVES OF THE STONE PERIOD,
364

GREAT WALL OF CHINA,
233

GREY MAN'S PATH, THE,
528

GUN, A CELEBRATED,
568

GUY, THOMAS, PORTRAIT OF,
605

HACKNEY COACHMAN OF THE TIME OF CHARLES II.,
258

HACKNEY COACH, THE EARLIEST,
211

HEAD-BREAKER, A,
665

—— ORNAMENT, ANTIQUE,
393

HEART OF LORD EDWARD BRUCE AND CASE,
246,
247

HELMET, AN EARLY ENGLISH,
632

HELMET OF SIR JOHN CROSBY,
520

HENRY V., CRADLE OF,
516

—— VII., BEDESMEN IN THE TIME OF,
393

—— VIII., CHAIR OF,
488

—— I. (KING) DREAM OF,
26

—— VIII.'S WALKING STICK,
30

HINDOO ADORATION OF THE SÁLAGRÁM,
588

HOLY-WATER SPRINKLER,
532

HOOPS, LADIES', IN 1740,
6

HUDSON, JEFFERY, THE DWARF OF THE COURT OF CHARLES I.,
472

IMPLEMENTS USED IN BUDDHIST TEMPLES,
621

INCENSE CHARIOT, AN ANCIENT,
513

INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE:—THE EXECUTIONER'S AXE; THE BLOCK ON WHICH LORDS

BALMERINO AND LOVAT WERE BEHEADED; THE SCAVENGER'S DAUGHTER;
SPANISH BILBOES; MASSIVE IRON COLLAR FOR THE NECK; THUMB SCREW. BRAND
FOR MARKING FELONS: IMPRESSION OF BRAND; PUNISHMENT FOR DRUNKARDS,
FORMERLY IN USE AT NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE; THE WHIRLIGIG, A MILITARY
METHOD OF PUNISHMENT; PILLORY, STOCKS, AND WHIPPING-POST FORMERLY ON
LONDON BRIDGE,
60, 90

IRRIGATION, TURKISH MACHINE FOR,
681

JAMES I., CURIOUS JEWEL WHICH BELONGED TO,
456

—— II., AND THE CHURCH OF DONORE,
557

JEWEL PRESENTED BY MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS, TO EARL HUNTLEY,
243

JOHNSON'S (DR. SAMUEL), RESIDENCE IN INNER TEMPLE LANE,
48

— — OLD STAIRCASE IN,
49

JOY (WILLIAM), THE ENGLISH SAMPSON,
177

KING'S STONE, THE,
461

KNIGHT'S COSTUME OF THE 13TH CENTURY,
480

LAMPS, ANCIENT ROMAN,
437

LOCOMOTIVE, THE FIRST,
96

—— THE PRESENT, AND TRAIN,
97

LORD OF MISRULE,
15

LOUIS XII., IVORY SCEPTRE OF,
476

LOUIS XVI., EXECUTION OF,
255

LUTHER'S (MARTIN) TANKARD,
150

LYNCH'S CASTLE, GALWAY,
581

MAGICIAN'S MIRROR,
344

—— BRACELET,
345

MAY-POLES,
101

MAIL, ANCIENT SUIT OF,
484

MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS', CANDLESTICK,
436

MEDMENHAM ABBEY,
429

MILITARY HATS IN THE OLDEN TIME,
75

MILL AT LISSOY,
469

MIRROR, A MAGICIAN'S,
344

MONSOONS,
180

MONSTROUS HEAD-DRESS OF 1782,
242

MONUMENTS, WAYSIDE,
588

—— ROCK CUT, OF ASIA MINOR,
444

MORAYSHIRE FLOODS,
126

MOSQUE OF OMAR,
317

—— ST. SOPHIA,
104

MUMMERS, OR ANCIENT WAITS,
14

MUMMY CASES,
409

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, HINDOO,
684

—— —— A CURIOUS BURMESE,
628,
629

—— —— EGYPTIAN,
405

NAORA, THE,
636

NEBUCHADNEZZAR, MASK OF,
105

NECKLACE, ANCIENT JET,
529

NELL GWYNNE'S LOOKING-GLASS,
237

NEWTON CHURCH, DOORWAY OF,
473

NEWTON'S (SIR ISAAC) OBSERVATORY,
10

—— HOUSE, ST. MARTIN'S STREET,
11

NORMAN CAPS,
44

NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN WAR DESPATCH,
45

OLD LONDON BRIDGE, GATE ON THE,
561

—— —— SIGNS,
120

ORNAMENTS ABYSSINIAN FEMALE,
493

—— ANTIQUE HEAD,
393

—— FEMALE, OF THE IRON PERIOD,
400

—— EGYPTIAN FEMALE,
448

—— PERSONAL, OF EGYPTIANS,
453

—— OF FEMALE DRESS IN THE TIMES OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS,
79

PAGODA, THE GREAT SHOEMADOO,
572

PAILOOS, CHINESE,
625

PAPYRUS ROLL, FROM A SPECIMEN IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM,
82

—— SYRIAN, WITH AND WITHOUT FLOWERS,
83

PARIS GARDEN AT BLACKFRIARS,
465

PASS OF KEIM-AN-EIGH,
329

PENN'S (WILLIAM) SILVER TEA SERVICE,
202

PENNSYLVANIA JOURNAL, FAC-SIMILE OF THE HEADING OF THE LAST NUMBER, 1765,
63

PEST HOUSE DURING THE PLAGUE IN TOTHILL FIELDS,
573

PETER THE GREAT, HOUSE OF, AT ZAANDAM,
545

PLOUGHING, ANCIENT MODE OF,
66

POISON CUP, THE,
485

PONT DU GARD, THE GREAT AQUEDUCT OF,
312

POPE'S CHAIR,
577

POPULAR AMUSEMENTS IN 1743,
56

PORCELAIN FIGURES,
517

POTTERY IN CHINA, THE ART OF,
321

POWERSCOURT FALL, PHENOMENON AT,
305

PREACHING FRIAR,
221

PRE-ADAMITE BONE CAVERNS,
199

PRIESTS OF SIKKIM,
664

PRINCE RUPERT, HEAD QUARTERS OF, DURING THE SIEGE OF LIVERPOOL, IN 1644,
292

PULPIT OF JOHN KNOX AT ST. ANDREW'S,
270

PUNISHMENT, ANCIENT INSTRUMENT OF,
680

PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT,
131

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S STATE COACH,
198

—— —— SIDE SADDLE OF,
340

RAFFAELLE, TOMB OF,
569

RALEIGH'S (SIR WALTER) ANCIENT RESIDENCE AT BLACKWALL,
161

REVOLVER, A, OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY,
30

RING, FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF CHARLES I.,
263

RINGS, CALCINATED,
408

—— SARDONYX, WITH CAMEO HEAD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH,
372

—— A TOAD STONE,
424

ROCK OF CASHEL, THE,
352

RUINS OF CLONMACNOIS,
612

SACK-POT, OLD ENGLISH,
521

SAINT GEORGE, TOMB OF,
281

SAINT GEORGE'S HALL, GIBRALTAR,
7

SALAGRAM, HINDOO ADORATION OF THE,
589

SARDONYX RING, WITH CAMEO HEAD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH,
373

SCEPTRE, IVORY, OF LOUIS XII.,
476

SCHOOL, A CHINESE,
525

SCRIPTURAL ANTIQUITIES:—DRUM, OR TIMBREL; DRUM IN USE IN THE EAST; HARP;

LUTES; INSCRIBED STONE; SANDALS; DISTAFF; ROMAN FARTHING; STONEMONEY-
WRIGHTS; HAND MILL; EASTERN WINE AND WATER BOTTLES,
217

SELKIRK (ALEXANDER) AND THE DANCING GOATS,
22

SEPULCHRAL VASE,
320,
608

SHAKESPEARE'S JUG,
576

SHIELD, ANCIENT DANISH,
420

SHRINE OF ST. SEBALD AT NUREMBERG,
604

SILVER LOCKET IN MEMORY OF THE EXECUTION OF CHARLES I.,
263

SNAKE CHARMER,
300

SOUTH STACK LIGHTHOUSE,
240

SPANISH DAGGER OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY,
263

SPIDER, THE TRAP-DOOR,
384

—— NEST OF THE,
385

ST. WINIFRED'S WELL,
304

STAMP, MEDICINE, ANTIQUE ROMAN,
449

STANDARDS, EGYPTIAN,
396

—— ASSYRIAN,
584,
585

STEAM BOAT, FAC-SIMILE OF THE FIRST,
301

STICKS, OLD WALKING,
388

SWORD BREAKER, ANCIENT,
672

—— AN EXECUTIONER'S,
676

—— CURIOUS ANTIQUE,
596

—— THE HAWTHORNDEN,
353

—— THE SETON,
357

SUMMERS' MAGNET, OR LOADSTONE,
41

TEMPLAR'S BANNER, CALLED BEAUSEANT,
565

TEMPLE AT SIMONBONG, INTERIOR VIEW OF,
620

THRASHING CORN, ANCIENT METHOD OF,
67

TILBURY FORT, WATER-GATE OF,
190

TOILET BOXES, EGYPTIAN,
381

TOMB, ANCIENT GREEK, INTERIOR VIEW OF,
617

—— A CHINESE,
508

—— OF RAFFAELLE,
569

TOMB OF CÆCILIA METELLA,
477

TOPE, THE SANCHI,
389

TORTURE CHAMBER AT NUREMBERG,
616

TOWER OF THE THUNDERING WINDS,
93

TRAJAN, ARCH OF, AT BENEVENTUM,
445

TREATY STONE AT LIMERICK,
564

TRIPOD, AN ANCIENT,
549

TUMBREL, THE,
2

TUNISIAN TURNER, A,
652

TYRIAN PURPLE, THE SHELL FISH FROM WHICH IT IS OBTAINED,
644

UMBRELLA, ANGLO-SAXON,
624

VASES, ANCIENT,
337

—— GREEK,
501

—— ROMAN, IN BLACK WARE,
372

—— A SEPULCHRAL, OF ANCIENT EGYPT,
608

VASES TEUTONIC, HUT-SHAPED,

580

VAUXHALL,
380

VESSEL, A CURIOUSLY SHAPED,
376

VESUVIUS, CRATER OF, IN 1829,
165

VISHNU, THE GOD,
645

VOLCANO OF JORULLO, MEXICO,
161

WAR CHARIOT OF EGYPT,
365

WATCH, ANTIQUE,
368

—— PRESENTED BY LOUIS XII. OF FRANCE TO CHARLES I. OF ENGLAND,
640

—— PRESENTED BY MARY OF SCOTLAND TO MARY SKATON,
285

WATER CARRIER OF THE OLDEN TIME,
259

WEAPON, AN ANCIENT,
660

—— A POISON,
672

WEAVER BIRD, SOCIAL NEST OF,
441

WIGS OF VARIOUS PERIODS,
31

INDEX.

PAGE

Abbey Buildings, The Arrangement of,
658

Abraham and Sarah,
101

Abyssinian Ladies, Dress of the,
491

Abyssinian Lady, Tattooed,
495

Advertisement, an American,
111

Advertisements, Curious,
406, 447, 455, 478

—— in the last Century,
207

—— of a Dying-speech Book,

116

—— New Style of,
249

—— a Pudding as an,
228

—— of a Fleet Parson,
116

A False Find,
31

A Female Sampson,
62

A Fine Old Soldier,
314

A Floating City,
308

A Funeral appropriately conducted,
235

Aged Persons, instances of many Dying,
283

Ages of Celebrated Men,
102

A Great Marvel seen in Scotland,
138

A Happy Family,
28

A Harmless Eccentric,
186

Albertus Magnus, Receipts from,
91

Ale Too Strong,
267

Alexandria, Pharos at,
274

Algerine Invasion of Ireland,
176

A Last Chance,
103

All Humbugs,
85

A Lucky Find,
6

A Man in a Vault Eleven Days,
69

—— Carries his House on his Head,
290

—— Selling his own Body,
95

—— aged One Hundred Years,
256

A Monster,
287

Ambassador, French, Entry into London,
262

—— why Held by the Arms,
162

Amphitheatres,
102

Amulets worn by Egyptian Females,
120

—— Brotche,
332

Amusements in the 15th Century,
254

—— in 1743, Popular,
56

An apparent Singularity accounted for,
93

An Eccentric Tourist,
139

Ancients, Credulity of the,
144

Anglo-Saxons, Sepulchral Barrow of,
26

Animals, Food of,
24

—— Communication between,
294

Animation, Suspended,
374

Anne Boleyn, Execution of,
375

Antimony,
570

Antipathies,
391

—— Unaccountable,
196

Antiquities, Egyptian,
642

Apollo, Oracles of, in France,
675

Arabian Horses,
291

Arabs, Horses of the,
498

Archbishop, an, Washing Feet,
5

Arch, A Beautiful,
433

A remarkable Old Man,
214

Armlet, Ancient,
425

Armour, Ancient, Curious Piece of,
341

Arms, Abyssinian,
509

Artists, Duration of Life amongst,
196

A Sea above the Sky,
81

Ash, the Shrew,
397

Ass, The,
116

Assiduity and Perseverance,
304

Attar of Roses, Origin of,
343

Attar of Roses,
298

A Woman takes the Lighted Match,
40

—— Defends a Post singly,
52

Authors, some Learned, Amusements of,
137

A Unique Library,
211

Aztec Children,
37

Babes of Bethlehem, The,
660

Bagpipes, Irish,
505

Ballot, Origin of the,
673

Bandoliers,
560

Bank, A Mattrass for a,
323

Banner, The Templars', called Beauseant,
564

Banquets of the Ancients,
439

Bara, a Machine used in Sicily,
415

Barbers,
94

Barometer, Incident connected with,
136

Bartholomew Fair in 1700, Handbill of,
148

Bastille of Paris, Storming of the,
194

Bazaar, a Turkish,
614

Bear, a Shaved,
17

Beard, Care of the,
503

Beau Brummell (a) of the 17th Century,
61

Bective Abbey,
392

Bedesmen in the time of Henry VII.,
593

Bedford Missal, The,
407

Bee, The Queen,
25

Bees, Obedient to Training,
95

Beggars, Severe Enactment against,
302

—— selected as Models by Painters,
281

Bell, The Great, of Burmah,
559

—— of Rouen,
650

Bells,
193

—— of the Ancients,
279

—— of St. Mura,
411

Bell-Shrine, an Ancient,
347

Bellows, Primitive Pair of,
637

Bible,
118, 372, 490

—— Bunyan's,
121

—— Summary of the,
169

—— used by Charles I. on the Scaffold,
271

Billy in the Salt-box,
181

Birds, The Ear of, not to be Deceived,
228

Blind Jack,
23

—— Granny,
70

—— Workman,
155

Boat, Burmese,
667

Bobart, Jacob,
22

Boiling to Death,
663

Bolton Abbey, Origin of,
273

Bombardier Beetle, The,
68

Bones, Adaptation of to Age,
52

Book-shaped Watch,
328

Boots an object of Honour,
232

Boydell, Alderman,
9

Brama, the Hindoo Deity,
555

Bramins, Philosophy of the,
371

Brank, The,
2

Brass Medal, of our Saviour,
241

Breakfasting Hut in 1745,
158

Bribery,
141

Bricks of Babylon, The,
612

Bridge, Old London, The Gate of,
561

—— Chinese,
439

—— Suspension, at Freybourg,
166

Britannia Tubular Bridge,
172

British Islands, Size of the,
245

Brooch, Ancient Scandinavian,
401

Bruce, Lord Edward, Case containing the Heart of,
215

Brunswick, House of, Anecdote of the,
459

Buckinger, Matthew,
53

Buddist Temples, Instruments used in,
621

Bumper,
153

Bunyan's, John, Tomb,
156

Burial Places of Distinguished Men,
390

Burmah, Elephant God of,
537

Bust, Etrurian, An Ancient,
677

Byng, Admiral, Execution of,
182

Cader Idris,
118

Cagots, The,
638

Calculation, Interesting,
474

Cambridge Clods,
20

Camden Cup,
250

Camel, as a Scape-Goat,
522

Cameleon, The Eye of the,
479

Candles in the Church,
449

Cannon, Ancient, raised from the Sea,
40

—— at the Siege of Constantinople,
69

—— First Iron,
320

Canute, The Discovery of the Body of,
176

Cardinals, Colour of the Hat for,
234

Cards, Games with, in the 16th Century,
618

Carfax Conduit,
333

Carronades,
149

Carrara, Francis, Cruelty of,
504

Carriage, Turkish,
655

Cascade des Pelerines,
135

Cat, Instinct in a,
353

Catacombs at Rome,
87

Cataract, Extraordinary,
223

Cat-Clock, A,
631

Cats, White,
51

—— with Knotted Tails,
238

Caves, The Hawthornden,
382

Chaffinch Contest,
651

Chalice, Iona, The Golden,
422

Changes of Fortune,
371

Chaplain, Instructions to a,
458

Chapter-House in Henry VIIth's time,
599

Charing Cross, Autobiography of,
128

Charity instead of Pomp,
407

—— Rewarded by a Mendicant,
257

Charlemagne, Clock presented to,
145

Charles I., Anecdote relative to,
174

—— II., Privy Purse, Expenses of,
234

Cherry Tree,
458

Chess, in India, How it Originated,
305

Chieftain, Ancient Scottish,
500

Chilcott, the Giant,
71

Child, Test of Courage in a,
132

Children of Aged Parents,
319

China, Origin of the Great Wall of,
233

Chinese Dainties,
91

—— Ivory Balls,
144

—— Method of Fishing,
315

—— Punishment of the Kang,
134

—— Ladies, Small Feet of,
475

—— Mirrors,
425

—— School,
525

—— Therapeutics,
369

Chocolate, Early use of,
52

Christmas Customs, Bygone,
14, 19

Christening, Novel Mode of Celebrating a,
393

Chronology of Remarkable Events,
218

Church of Donore, James II. and the,
557

Cigars, Extraordinary Fashion in,
274

Circumstance, a Curious,
430

—— Extraordinary,
15

Cistern of Majolica Ware,
597

Clock at Hernhuth, Watchmen Imitating,
20

—— Wonderful,
167

Clocks, Early,
171

Clonmacnois, Ruins of,
289

Coachmen of the Time of Charles II.,
257

Cock Fighting at Schools,
219

Coffee,
153

Coffee and Tea,
122

Coffee-house in London, the First,
4

—— Attractions in 1760,
41

Coin, The First, with Britannia on it,
468

Coinage, Variations in the,
650

Coincidences, some Curious,
434

Collars, Stone, Ancient,
665

Column at Cussi,
533

Comb, Curious Indian,
657

Conecte, Thomas,
433

Confectionary Art in 1660,
373

Conjuring, Public Taste for in 1718,
122

Conway Church, Inscription in,
112

Coral Reefs,
73

Coronations, Prices for Seats at,
160

—— Expenses at,
283

Corpulent Man,
78

Corpulence, Cure for,
80

Cost of Articles in the 14th Century,
330

Costume, Ancient Female,
71, 78

Costumes,
395, 437, 536, 544, 547,

630, 651

Couteau-de-Chasse, Ancient,
633

Cranmer's (Archbishop) Dietary,
137

Credulity, Extraordinary Instance of,
311

Cricket-Matches, Extraordinary,
408

Criminal, a Rich and Cruel,
450

Criminals, Old Custom Relating to,
598

Cromwell's Bridge at Glengariff,
648

Cross of Cong, The,
457

—— —— Muiredach,
369

—— Ordeal of the,
463

Crown of Charlemagne,
377

Cucking-Stool, The,
1

Cupid, The, of the Hindoos,
230

Curious Feats,
181, 239

—— Law,
8

—— Manuscript,
214

Curiously-shaped Vessel,
376

Curiously-shaped Drinking Cups,
413

Curiosities, Strange,
457

Custom, Means of attracting,
683

Customs, Singular Local,
653

Daffeys' Elixir,
173

Dagger, An Ancient,
673

Dagobert, Ancient Chair of,
421

Dance, Curious Provincial in France,
679

Dances, Fashionable of the last Century,
220

Dancing Rooms,
57

Dead, Fashions for the,
523

Dead Bodies, Preservation of,
251, 280, 638

Death, Boiling to,
663

—— Lunar Influence in,
346

—— Pressing to,
515

Decorative Drinking Vessel,
336

Della Robbia Ware,
601

Demons, Bribing the,
531

Dervishes, Dancing,
669

Desolation, Scene of,
329

Destitute Cats, Asylum for,
280

Dial and Fountain in Leadenhall Street,
553

Dilemma,
499

Dinner, an Egyptian,
537

—— in China,
596

—— Party in the 17th Century,
609

Diogenes in a Pithos, not Tub,
101

Disorders Cured by Fright,
307

Dispute and appropriate Decision,
140

Dog (A) Extinguishing a Fire,
20

—— Combination of Instinct and Force,
284

—— A Sensible, Refusing to Bait a Cat,
76

—— Persevering,
80

—— Friendship,
84

—— A Piscatorial,
367

—— Sensible,
376

—— in Japan,
622

—— Figures of on Ancient Tombs,
682

Dog-wheel, The Old,
101

Dole in consequence of a Dream,
503

Doles,
399

Down among the Dead Men,
185

Dress, Forty years ago,
212

Dress in London,
18, 114, 253, 295

—— Fastidiousness at an Old Age,
243

—— of the Ancient Britons,
79

Drinking Bouts in Persia,
547

Drinks, Intoxicating, Antiquity of,
611

Dropping Wells,
142

Druids' Seat,
464

Drunkenness, the Offspring of,
666