CONTENTS. TAGS ABOARD a " Banker" . . . 508 Accommodation . . . 164, 260 Advertising, An Idea for . . 246 Agricultural Value of London Sewage . . . . 162 Agriculture, Chemical Experiments in . . . . . 157 All Sorts of Things . . . 561 Amusements of the People . 375 Anchovies . . . . 544 Aiming (Miss), the Fossil-Finder . . . . . 60 Annuities, The Government Scheme of . . . . 225 Another Flight of Birds . . 450 Another Gun . . . . 571 Antlers . . . . . 302 Arctic Circle, Life in the . . 448 Area Sneak, An . . . . 282 Army Education . . . 400 Army, How to Recruit the . 172 Army Schoolmasters . . 400 Artificial Fertility . . .157 Astley's Theatre . . . 272 Astronomical Discoveries . 151 At the Great Reformatory Exhibition . . . . . 469 At the Opening of the Budget 396 At tho Opening of the Royal Dramatic College . . . 515 Australia, Red Jim . . . 477 Australian Plains, The Traveler on . . . . . 371 Authors and Talkers. . . 284
BAKERS . . . . . 474 Bank, How it came to Grief . 102 Bank, How it was Wound up . 276 Bank of Patagonia (Limited) . 485 Battle Bridge . . . . 254 Beef Drying . . . . 79 Bill Discounters . . . 260, 557 Bill-Sticking . . . 246 Birds, A Flight . . . 366, 450 Birds, Legends concerning 366, 450 Black John . . . . . 454 Bokhara . . . . . 71 Borrowing One Hundred Pounds . . . . . 164 Bow-street . . . . . 256 British Columbia, The Lamp Fish of . . . . . 199 Broughton de Broughton . . 88 Budget, Mr. Gladstone's Oratory . . . . . . 399 Bull and Mouth in Coaching- days, The . . . . . 254 Bundleman on the Plains . 371 Bushrangers, A Story of . . 477 Business, Going into . 378, 404, 428
CARPENTER (Miss), upon Convicts . . . . . . 204 Central Asia, A Dervish in . 66 Chassaing (M.), the Lion- Killer 390 Chemistry in Farming . . 158 Chemistry of Tobacco . . 416 Chemistry of Washing . . 248 Chess Chat 345 China, Voyage in a Gunboat to 222 PAGE Chinamen's Tails, Bistory of . 13 Chinese Amusements . . 12 Chinese Drama, The . . 14, 29 Chinese Philosopher, The . 352 Chinese Suicides ... 14 Chinese Superstitions . . 16 Cigar Manufactory . . 35 Cigars 35 Circumlocution Vaccination . 376 Circus Ring, The ... 18 Coaching 134 Coachmakers' Exhibition . . 136 Coast Rights .... 55 Cobden's Grave . . . .342 Cod Fishing . . . .508 Concerning the Cheapness of Pleasure ..... 349 Confucius 352 Conjurors of India ... 57 Conservancy of the Thames . 64 Convent, Life in a . . . 7 Convict System, The . . 204 Convict's Food. A ... 205 Copenhagen, A Fancy Ball at . 116 Copenhagen, The Ballet at . 119 Cornish Vicar's Remembrances 153 Cornish Wreckers . . . 153 Cornwall, Black John . . 454 Cornwall, Superstition in . . 333 Courier Evening Paper, The . 256 Cricket on the Continent Last Year 403 Crystal Palace on Good Friday 375 Customs and their Origin . 418 Cyclone at Masulipatam, The . 107 DANES at Home, by a French- man Abroad .... 115 Death in the Latest Fashions . 181 Deer in the Highlands . . 233 Deer's Antlers .... 302 Denmark, by M. Coinettant . 115 Derby, Two Visits to the . . 490 Dervish, M. Vambery the . 66 Discounters . . . 260, 557 Djins, Stories of . . . . 132 Dr. Dodd 255 Down in Cornwall . . . 333 Drama at Copenhagen . . 117 Dramatic College, Opening of the ...'... 515 Drink 350 Dry Meat 79 Dublin Exhibition, The . . 421 Dublin May Morning . . 421 Duchy, A Very Grand . . 212 Duffers 538 EATING and Drinking . . 349 Eavesdropping .... 442 Election Time .... 605 Ether 209 Exeter Change, Killing the Elephant in . . . . 257 Exhibition at Dublin, The . 421 Exhibition, The Reformatory . 469 FALSE Fears . . . .201 Fancy Ball at Copenhagen . 116 Farming Manures . . . 158 Fashionable Life . . .351 PA OS Fashions, Death in . . 181 Fat Convicts .... 204 Fat Little Book . . . .472 Fears 201 Fever Hospital .... 16 Field of Forty Steps . . .255 Fight with Fever ... 16 Fishery (Salmon) Act . . 382 Fishing for Cod . . . .508 Fishing in British Columbia . 199 Fit of Ailsie's Shoe . . .611 Fleet Market . . . .254 " Flower j" Drama . . 14,29 Food for Powder . . .400 Foreshore Rights ... 55 Forty Years in London . . 253 Fossil Finding .... 60 Fountain Tavern . . 257 France, Milk in . . . . . 126 French Army, Promotion in the 172 French Lion-Killer . . .390 French Officers . . . .172 Funerals 181 GAS 318 George the Third at Whit- bread's 2S8 George the Third, Illness of . 253 German Opera and its Makers , 583, 607 Gladstone, Mr., on the Budget 399 Going into Business . 378, 404, 42S Going into Housekeeping . . 564 Good Friday, and a Better Friday 373 Government Annuities . . 225 Government Life Insurance . 223 Grand Duchy, A ... 212 Great Bear and the Pole Star . 591 Great Chinese Philosopher . 352 Greenwich Hospital . . . 494 Gun, The Palliser . . .571 Gunboat, Voyage in a . . 222 HACKNEY Coaches . . . 254 HALF A MILLION OF MONEY , 313, 337, 361, 385, 409, 433 , 481, 505, 529, 553, 577, 601 Harvey's Sauce Shop . . 257 Haunted London . . . 253 Heat Is it Motion ? . . . 534 Henrietta Caracciolo . . 7 Hero Misunderstood . . . 321 Highland Deer . . . 233, 302 Holborn Bridge .... 254 Holy Land, Idyls of the . . 541 Housekeeping . . . 564 How I Discounted my Bill . 557 How the Bank came to Grief . 102 How to Recruit the English Army 172 How the Bank was Wound Up 276 Hungarian Dervish ... 66 IDYLS of the Holy Land . . 541 In the Arctic Circle . . . 44S In the Ring . . . . 18 In the Untrodden Ways . . 109 India, The Cyclone in . 107 Indian Conjurors ... 57
