watchman, 523; fires in London, 570; | Minuets, laborious study of, 61.
Londiniana, 587; giants in Guildhall, 609.
See Islington, &c.
Longevity of a Highlander, 213.
Misers, notices of, 72, 77, 78, 118, 153, 242,
Lord Mayor's show, giants in, &c. 609.
Lords and ladies, vegetable, 369.
"Love Tricks," old play, 172.
Love, David, walking stationer, 177.
Lovers, hostility of time to, 337.
"Love's Dominion," old play, 456.
"Love's Metamorphosis," old play, 265.
Loyola, Ignatius, and his boot, 512.
Luck and labour, 160.
Lyttleton, sir George, notice of, 590.
Macdonald, John, a Highlander, 213,
"Mad Dog," 666.
Magpie, anecdote of, 608.
Maid of honour, curious patent to one, 413.
"Maid Marian," letter respecting, 10.
Mallet, David, notice of, 110.
'Mamamouchi," old play, 231.
Man, description of, 809.
"Man in the Moon," tract called, 252.
Manners of old times, 581, 829.
Manufactures, celerity of processes of, 86;
of Birmingham, 595.
Manuscripts, curious restoration of one, 415.
Mariner, (an ultra) 188.
Mark, St., customs on St. Mark's eve, 99, 159,
231.
Markets (fruit) of London and Paris, 138.
Marlow, poet, merit of, 498 (note.)
Marot, Clement, French poet, notice of, 766.
Marriage, the Gimmal Ring, 1; a happy mar-
riage, 116; Gretna Green parsons, 125; old
customs at, 239, 348, 873; ungallant toll
on brides, 843; marriage under the pro-
Mayor's feast, temp. Elizabeth, 617.
Mechanical power, 85; ancients' knowledge
of, 794, 822, 821.
Medals; commemoration medal of diet of
Augsburgh, 321.
Medicine, skill of the ancients in, 743, 746.
Melancthon and Calvin, 736.
Melons, varieties and weights of, 141.
Memory with stupidity, instance of, 571.
Menage, advice of, touching poetry, 512.
Mendip mines and miners, 695.
Merrow, in Surrey, 705.
Meum et Tuum, 250.
Mice, field, for preventing injuries from, 467.
Michaelmas day, customs on, 464.
Misery, a bond of affection, 806; trial
through, 807.
Miss, designation of, 831.
Mitcheson, Tommy, of Durham, 287.
Moderns and ancients, discoveries of, 58, 83,
120, 182, 202, 214, 245, 342, 875, 406, 438,
472, 503, 692, 721, 713, 788, 819.
Moris, (Lake) in Egypt, 823.
Moles, lacteals in, 191.
Mompesson, Rev. W., and his wife, 481, &c.
Monarchs, most ancient of, 385; ill-fated
ones, 895, 397; a pure and exemplary one,
520.
Money, rareness of due care of, 78.
Monkey, gallant comparison with, 573.
Monmouth, duke of, 702.
Montmorenci, Ann, anecdotes of, 174, 208.
Moon, philosophy of, 473; tincture of moon,
658; moonlight view of Niagara, 543
More, sir T., 704.
Mosaics of the ancients, 826.
Mother and her children, 441.
Mummies, 744.
Music, superiority of the ancient, 202, 826,
musical anecdotes, 204; memoir of Bee-
thoven, 206; the music which old Time
delights in, 336.
My Pocket Book, 403.
Mysteries dramatized, 118.
Nails and nail-makers, 602.
Names, scriptural, &c. 767.
Nationality, 331.
Nature, animated, 216
Newspapers; newspaper orthography, 229;
Navarino, description of, 513.
classification of readers of newspapers, 570.
See Advertisements.
Newtonian philosophy and the ancients. See
Ancients.
Niagara, cataracts of, 531.
Norfolk, custom in, 333.
Nixon's prophecies, notice of, 224.
Northumberland, custom in, 21.
Norwich Guild, 617.
Nottingham, custom at, 180 (note): Notting
ham and the revolution, 513.
Oaks, fine ones in Holland, 460.
Oddities, Whims and," by T. Hood, 559.
Offerings to infants, 21.
Offices, estimates of value of, 76.
Oglethorpe, general, notice of, 693.
"Old England for ever," pamphlet called, 353.
Opinions, former authority of, 59.
Opium-eater, the, notices of, 277, 278.
Microscopes, whether known to the ancients," Oranges, The Three," play called, 11.
Millhouse, Robert, his Poems, 161.
Orleans, duchess of, ingenuous disclaimer by,
Ostler, derivation of, 49.
Oyster cellars, entertainment of, 40.
Mines, descent into, 137; Mendip mines and Page's Lock, near Hoddesdon, curious chair
miners, €95.
Party of pleasure, interesting, 289.
Polkinghorne, a famous wrestler, 499.
Polypi, 793.
Pope, Alexander, notice of, 109.
Pastoral and tragi-comedy, definitions of, 621. Portraits, picture of taking, 452.
Pavy Labathiel, 526.
Pawning, valuable resource of, 78.
Peal (dumb) of Grandsire Triples, 527.
Pearce, Dr. Z., anecdote of, 103.
Pearl, Cleopatra's, 789.
Portuguese mysteries, 114.
Preacher, (Puritan) 808.
Prescription of money, instead of physic, 286.
Presents, to infants, custom of, 21; at wed-
dings, 373.
Pride, remarks on, 600; instances of, 751.
Pegge, Rev. S., revolution centenary sermon Princesses, mode of carrying, 174.
of, 516, 517, 697.
Pemberton, sir J., lord mayor, 19.
Penn, William, and the Indians, engraving,
417.
Penny, (The Lee) an antique, description of,
Pickpockets, 232.
Pickworth, Mr. C., letter to, 605.
Pikeman, or turnpike-man, 684.
Pipes, Irish tobacco, 769.
Prisons, ancient and modern, 92.
Processions at funerals, 479; at the restora-
tion, 505; on centenary of the revolution,
518.
Public-houses, 37, 39, &c. 51.
Puddle-dock, duke of, 291.
Pulpits; pulpit desk, 195; pulpit in the
rock, 495.
Punch bowl, Devil's, 145.
Punctilio, Spanish, 254.
Purple of the ancients, 636 (note.)
Pyramids of Egypt, 823.
Pythagoras, power of his music, 203; Pytha-
See An-
goras and other ancients, 819.
cients.
Pytheas and other ancients, 819. See An-
cients.
Quakers; The Three Quakers, 50; quakers
under William Penn, 417, &c.; origin of
the term quaker, 429.
Queenborough, curious account of, 297.
Qualities, sensible, doctrine of, 182.
Quid pro quo, 31.
Pitt, Mr. W., notices of, and of his seat at Quin, notices of, 111, 589.
Plague at Eyam, 481, &c. 629.
Planets, material of 252.
Planting in Scotland, 326; planting recom-
mended, 459, 470.
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Plato, mode of studying, 174; Plato and
other ancients, 820. See Ancients.
Plays at Linton and Grassington, 247; play-
wrighting, 411; acting of extraordinary
children in plays. 526; performance of
plays at Christian Malford, 553; definition" Return, The Soldier's," 576.
of pastoral and tragi-comedy, 621; expe- Rhodian Colossus, 823.
dients and difficulties of players, 554; se- Rhodope and Cinderella, 720.
lections contributed by Mr. C. Lamb from Ridicule, 174.
the Garrick plays, 6, 52, 67, 106, 131, 171,
200, 232, 265, 328, 36, 393, 456, 497, 524,
551, 579, 619, 711, 739, 771, 806.
"Plea of the Fairies," 340.
Pleasures of Illusion, 757.
Plotting Parlour, (The)" 514.
Plurality of worlds, doctrine of, 375.
Poaching, vindication of, 115.
Ringing, memorial of, at Bromley, 527,
anecdotes of ringers, 529.
Rings; the Gimmal ring, engraving and notice
of, 1.
Rivers, opinions on, 697.
Roasting, musical, 204.
Robertson, J., a friend of Thomson, 379.
Romans, customs of, 37; fatality of Roman
emperors, 395; doubts on Roman history, | Shoeblacks, notices respecting, 435.
413; Roman remains, 626, 629, 641.
Romuald, St., 593.
Rope-riding, at Venice, 251.
Royal families, ill-fated ones, 397.
Shoemakers, an ambitious one, 341.
Shoes, old, curious application of, 348.
Shorland, Lord, old legend and monument of
300, 317,
Royal King and Loyal Subject, (The)" old Showers, summer, 253.
play, 497.
Ruptures, curious application for, 466.
Rushes, houses and churches strewed with,
277, &c.
Scarfs and tippets, 235.
Scheveling scenery, 460.
"School of Adults," 662.
Schools, chastisement in, 174; schoolboys'
anticipations of home, 268.
Sciences and arts, skill of the ancients in-
See Ancients.
Scotland, customs in, 23, 40, 148; Scotch
lairds and judges, 255; Highland emigra-
tion, 322; forests of Scotland, 324.
Scott, sir Walter, letter of, to sir A. Ferguson,
508.
Thomas, shepheid, anecdote of, 510.
Sculpture of the ancients, 825.
Sects, exclusiveness of, 808.
Self-devotion, clerical, 536.
Self-esteem, 751.
Selling and buying, 211.
Sensualist and his conscience, 410.
Servants; servant maid's pocket-book, 404;
old and faithful servants, 818.
Servetus and his works, 726.
Session, court of, satire on judges of, 255.
"Shakerley, my aunt," 663.
Shakspeare, Time's rival, 339, 340.
Sham-fights and invasion, 55.
Sheep, their injury to young woods, 324;
superstition touching sheep and mice, 467;
sheep-shearing in Cumberland, 559.
Sheepshanks, Whittle, 267.
Sheriff's, female, 571.
Ships, descent of one over Niagara falls, 531.
Shirley Common, broom-maker's at, 419.
Shirts, wearing two in travelling, 352.
Shuttle, hanging the, 221.
Siam, summer-house in, 253.
Signs; sign-seeking, 412; curious signs, 448
501, 756.
Silchester, Hants, Roman station, 556.
Simcoe, general, notice of, 422.
Singing, test of excellence of, 210.
"Sir Giles Goosecap," old play, 329.
Skimmington, procession called, 360.
Skipton in Craven. See Craven.
Sleeves, pockets formerly in, 231.
Smith, Thomas, a quack, 722.
Smoking and snuffing, oriental temple for,
678, 679; antiquity of smoking, 771.
Snitzler, an honest organ-builder, 26.
Snuffing and smoking, 673, &c.; Laurence-
kirk snuff-boxes, 680.
Soames, Dr., master of Peterhouse, 264.
Soldiers; a soldier's age, 352; a soldier's
return, 576.
Somerset, proud duke of, 751.
Son, father and, 81.
Sophia Charlotte, sister of Geo. I, 479.
Southey, poet, residence of, 282.
Spa-fields, sketch in, 764.
Spaniards, spare diet of, 772.
Spanish-mysteries, 113; punctilio, 254.
Speculation, folly of, 352.
Spinning, tenuity of, 85.
Spit, movement of to music, 204.
"Spoons, Apostle," 817.
Stanley, Rev. T., rector of Eyam, 629.
Starch-wort, an herb, account of, 369.
"Stare and Gossip, the," 61.
Stars, fixed, the, 375, 795.
Statesmen, model of, 429.
small farming proprietors called,
378.
Statues, stupendous, 823.
Steam-engines, 85.
Steel manufacturers, 600.
Stones, (precious) ancients' imitation of, 745.
Stories, (long) 210.
Storks, habits and treatment of, 464, 564.
Strutt, Mr., new edition of his "Sports and
Pastimes," &c. by editor of the Table
Book, 177.
Stuarts, (The) unfortunate line of, 398.
Summer; summer-house at Siam, 253; sum-
mer showers, an effect of, 253; summer
garden of Peter the Great, 457.
Surgery, skill of the ancients in, 742, 746.
Sweetheart-seeing, 159.
Sympathy, supposed effect of, 334.
Table Book, editor of about to publish a
cheap edition of "Strutt's Sports and Pas-
times," 177; editor's severe domestic afflic
tions, 737.
Table rock at Niagara, 541.
Tailor, origin of the word, 717.
Taibot inn, Borough, 45.
Talkington, George, casualties that befell,127.
Tanner, Dame, gleaning cake of, 346.
Tasting days, 447.
Taverns and inns, notices of, 41, &c. 49, &c.
Taylor, John, of Birmingham, notice of, 595.
Temple of Health, Dr. Graham's, 561; for
sn.oking, Mr. Gliddon's, 673.
Temple, Sir W., disposal of his heart, 460.
Tenter, (Bear and) boys' play, 361.
Thales and other ancients, 819. See Ancients.
Theatres. See Plays.
Thunder, opinions on, 632.
Tippets and scarfs, 235.
Thomson, poet, notices of, 108, 378, 588.
Thou and you, in poetry, 332.
Thread and thread-makers, 603
"Thyestes," old play, 645.
Tides, opinions on, 634.
Tie and bob wigs, 434.
"Time, the defeat of," 335.
Virtue and Death, dialogue between, 19.
Voice, restoration of, by anchovy, 544.
Volunteer reminiscences, 55.
Vortices, doctrine of, 377.
Wagstaff, Mr. E., 183.
Wake-Robin, a plant, 869.
Wakefield, custom near, 21.
Walker (Willy) and John Bolton, 409.
Waller, sir E., his tomb at Beaconsfield, 469
Walpole, sir H., and Hogarth, 290, 291.
sir R., notice of, 192
Walls of plaster advised for fruit, 141.
Wards, court of, abuses of, 76.
"Wars of Cyrus," old play, 621.
Warwickshire, custom in, 466.
Watchmen, (London) 523.
Water having the effect of fire, 535.
Wedding. See Marriage.
"Weston Favel History, &c.," remarks on
"Whims and Oddities," by T. Hood, 559.
Whittington, revolution house at, 513.
Tobacco, or a substitute, ancient use of, Wight, Isle of, custom in 714.
771. See Ancients.
Toll, ungallant, 243.
Tours, a curious one, 291.
Townsend, (Bow street) evidence by, 149.
Trade, good and ill of, 211.
Tradition, picture of, 366.
Tragi-comedy and pastoral comedy, 621.
"Traitor, (The)" old play, 580.
Transmigration, explanatory of antipathies,
Travelling, precautions for, 352, 381.
Treasure-digging, patent for, 413.
Treaties; one between W. Penn and the In-
dians, 417, &c.; treaty of Uxbridge, 521.
Trees; skeletons of, 325; a memorable elm,
421; noble trees near Amsterdam, 461;
superstition about passing patients through
a split ash, 465; trees poetically and na-
tionally considered, 469; height of the
cabbage tree, 471.
Tricks of the Fairies, 389.
"Triumphant Widow, (The)" old play, 232.
Troller's Gill, (The) 653.
Tromp, Van, gallantry of, 773.
"True Trojans, (The)" old play, 328.
Turk, the Great, 754.
Turnpikeman, (The) 684.
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Wigs, formerly general, 434.
Wilson, Rev. Mr., curious tract by, 252
professor of moral philosophy, no-
tices of, 279.
Wiltshire, custom in, 197.
Winter flowers, 737.
Witchcraft, decree against, 144; "burning
the witch," 582; guard against witchcraft,
583; the wise woman of Littondale, 776.
Wives; Mr. E. Wagstaff's, 185; lively let-
ter from one, 442; consolation for loss of
one, 479; evidence of affection in wives,
514; a wife taking liberties, 751.
Wizard's Cave, 747, 750.
Wolves; forests burnt in Scotland to exter-
minate them, 324.
Women; customs at lying-in, 23; former
freedom of society with men, 40, 41;
Egyptian compliment to, 405; ingenuous
admission of ugliness by one, 414; a
young one's pocket-book, 404; women
sheriffs and justices, 571; antiquarians'
supposed dislike to, 572; dower of wo-
men, 573; an amiable woman described,
682;
"The Wise Woman of Littondale,"
777. See Wives.
II. CORRESPONDENTS' INDEX.
A. B., 715.
A. W., 709.
A. W. R., 559.
Alpha, 747.
Auctor, 411.
Barley Mow, (The) 220.
Bob Short, 487
C. D., 604.
C. L., 10, 68.
C. W. P., 212.
City Volunteer, (A) 55.
Curio So, 411.
D. A. M., 505.
Dick Dick's Son, 714.
E. J. H. 12, 135.
Elia, 835.
F. C. N., 239, 512
F. S., jun., 20.
G. B., 617
G. H. I., 588.
Gaston, 436.
Gilbertus, 550.
Gulielmus, 735.
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