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[Illustration:  CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL

                        OF

                POPULAR LITERATURE

                _Science and Arts_


                       1877


                 W. & R. CHAMBERS

                LONDON & EDINBURGH]





                    Edinburgh:
          Printed by W. and R. Chambers.

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[Transcriber's Note: This cross reference of issue number to page
number was provided by the transcriber.

   Issue         Pages              Date
  No. 680.        1-16        January 6, 1877
  No. 681.       17-32       January 13, 1877
  No. 682.       33-48       January 20, 1877
  No. 683.       49-64       January 27, 1877
  No. 684.       65-80       February 3, 1877
  No. 685.       81-96      February 10, 1877
  No. 686.       97-112     February 17, 1877
  No. 687.      113-128     February 24, 1877
  No. 688.      129-144         March 3, 1877
  No. 689.      145-160        March 10, 1877
  No. 690.      161-176        March 17, 1877
  No. 691.      177-192        March 24, 1877
  No. 692.      193-208        March 31, 1877
  No. 693.      209-224         April 7, 1877
  No. 694.      225-240        April 14, 1877
  No. 695.      241-256        April 21, 1877
  No. 696.      257-272        April 28, 1877
  No. 697.      273-288           May 5, 1877
  No. 698.      289-304          May 12, 1877
  No. 699.      305-320          May 19, 1877
  No. 700.      321-336          May 26, 1877
  No. 701.      337-352          June 2, 1877
  No. 702.      353-368          June 9, 1877
  No. 703.      369-384         June 16, 1877
  No. 704.      385-400         June 23, 1877
  No. 705.      401-416         June 30, 1877
  No. 706.      417-432          July 7, 1877
  No. 707.      433-448         July 14, 1877
  No. 708.      449-464         July 21, 1877
  No. 709.      465-480         July 28, 1877
  No. 710.      481-496        August 4, 1877
  No. 711.      497-512       August 11, 1877
  No. 712.      513-528       August 18, 1877
  No. 713.      529-544       August 25, 1877
  No. 714.      545-560     September 1, 1877
  No. 715.      561-576     September 8, 1877
  No. 716.      577-592    September 15, 1877
  No. 717.      593-608    September 22, 1877
  No. 718.      609-624    September 29, 1877
  No. 719.      625-640       October 6, 1877
  No. 720.      641-656      October 13, 1877
  No. 721.      657-672      October 20, 1877
  No. 722.      673-688      October 27, 1877
  No. 723.      689-704      November 3, 1877
  No. 724.      705-720     November 10, 1877
  No. 725.      721-736     November 17, 1877
  No. 726.      737-752     November 24, 1877
  No. 727.      753-768      December 1, 1877
  No. 728.      769-784      December 8, 1877
  No. 729.      785-800     December 15, 1877
  No. 730.      801-816     December 22, 1877
  No. 731.      817-832     December 29, 1877

End of Transcriber Note.]




INDEX.


FAMILIAR SKETCHES AND ESSAYS.

                                 Page

Air and Water Pollution (W. C.), 513

Boarding-out System (W. C.), 353

Charley Ross (W. C.), 305

Christmas-time, 801

Cornish Haven, a, 449

Costers and their Donkeys (W. C.), 753

Derelicts, 97

Experiences of a Knocker-up, 721

Fairbairns, Story of the (W. C.), 417

Female Professionals (W. C.), 65

Gaelic Nuisance, the (W. C.), 689

Good Manners, 390

High-mettled Racer, the (W. C.), 209

Holiday in the Lake Country, 369

Hygeia: a Model City of Health, 33

Kingsley (Charles) at Home, 497

Live to a Hundred, To (W. C.), 113

'Lives o' Men,' 193

Ludicrous, the, 287

'Making Pretend,' 257

Marvel of Artistic Genius, 241

Names (W. C.), 177

Peter Botte (or Pieter Both), 465

Predominant Delusions (W. C.), 481

Rabbits, About (W. C.), 145

Rich Folks, a Word on, 625

Rob Graham: a Tweedside Reminiscence (W. C.), 129

Romance of Accident, 817

Royal Game of Golf, 705

Seventy Years Since, 385

Sir Walter Scott and his Dogs (W. C.), 273

St Kilda, Life in, 284, 312, 331

Strange Family History, 529

Sunny Days on the Thames, 321

Thrift and Unthrift (W. C.), 641

Treatment of Animals (W. C.), 545

'Village Home,' a, 433

Vital Force, 293

Wasted Existence (W. C.), 17

Waste of Life, 173

Window Willie (W. C.), 337

Wooden Leg, the (W. C.), 81


POETRY.

Autumn in the Woods, 608

City Weed, a, 448

Coming Flowers, To the, 144

Deserted Garden, the, 624

Desolate, 800

Duffers Yet.--By Two 'Long Spoons,' 707

'Ever Believe Me Affectionately Yours,' 400

Fairies, the, 384

Fall of the Year, the, 640

Language of Flowers, the, 416

Leaf Prophetic, the, 32

Lenachluten, a Waterfall in Argyleshire, 368

Let Bygones be Bygones, 816

Monument and Turf, 736

Mountain Lamb, Lines to a Late-born, 64

My Baby, 496

My Sweetheart, 576

Pet Dove Killed by a Dog, On a, 432

Reinterment of John Hunter, 96

Robin Redbreast, To My, 752

Rocky Boulders of Cornwall, 160

Roll-call of Home, the, 832

Sisters, 288

Song of the Carilloneur, 48

---- ---- ---- Irwell, 515

Sonnet, 224

Sunset, 592

Spring Showers, 256

Sweet Love and I, 656

Thomas Tyrie, Lines to the Memory of, 192

Tomb and the Rose, the, 240

Walmer Life-boat, the, 464


POPULAR SCIENCE.

'Bell-animalcules,' 190

Changes of Colour in the Chameleon, 575

Colour-blindness, 152

Electricity as a Light-producer, 667

Errors concerning Animals and Plants, 110

Fossil Men, 200

French Notes, 607

Froth, 447

Germ Theory Again, 717

Odd Fishes, 78

Photographic Progress, 134

Porcelain-painting, 169

Prism, the, 341

Science and Arts--62, 126, 206, 269, 334, 413, 477, 542, 621,
    685, 748, 829

Sea-eggs, 325

Telegraph, Singing and Talking by, 554

Telegraphy and War, 737

Telephone, the, 811

Voice, Curiosities of the, 471


TALES AND OTHER NARRATIVES.

ADMIRAL'S SECOND WIFE, THE--
     I. Surmises, 633
    II. A Quiet Evening at Home, 635
   III. At Government House, 636
    IV. Laura brought to Task, 650
     V. The Question Answered, 651
    VI. Family Counsel, 652
   VII. Coming Home, 664
  VIII. Return of the _Leo_, 665
    IX. Tangled Threads, 682
     X. Only Two Letters! 696
    XI. The Charade Party, 698
   XII. Other Events of that Evening, 712
  XIII. Confession, 714
   XIV. Through the Grim Gates, 724
    XV. News at Last, 725


Archie Raeburn, 47

Bunch of Keys, a, 785

Cast of the Net: the Story of a Detective Officer, 756, 775, 789, 803

Cousin Dick, 424

Cross-purposes, 441, 457

Curate's Holiday, a, 11, 28, 43, 58

Dawn to Sunset--548, 563, 579, 595, 611, 627, 643, 659, 675, 691, 708

Diamond cut Diamond, 600

Difficult Question, a, 808, 819

Dream and its Consequences, a, 821

Duke's Piper: a Story of the West Highlands, 376, 392, 410

Faithful unto Death, 401

Fanchette, the Goat of Boulainvilliers, 365

Gold-mine Experiences, 154

Gordon, 793

Hidden Box, the, 769

Inn at Bolton, the, 745

Irish Mistake, an, 237


LAST OF THE HADDONS, THE. By Mrs Newman, Author of _Too Late_, &c.
       I. 'Incongruous Materials,' 1
      II. Success, 20
     III. Flitting, 35
      IV. Fairview, 37
       V. 'I am Lilian,' 53
      VI. First Impressions, 67
     VII. Vanquished, 82
    VIII. 'Through the Valley of the Shadow,' 85
      IX. Arthur Trafford's Chivalry, 99
       X. Marian, 116
      XI. Cross-purposes, 137
     XII. Under-currents, 146
    XIII. Arthur Trafford's Tactics, 148
     XIV. A Revelation, 164
      XV. Robert Wentworth's News, 180
     XVI. Marian's Rise in Life, 197
    XVII. Mrs Tipper to the Rescue, 210
   XVIII. Marian's Generosity, 227
     XIX. Mrs Chichester's Arrangement, 243
      XX. Mrs Tipper at Home, 259
     XXI. Our Experiment, 276
    XXII. More Weak than Wicked, 279
   XXIII. Nancy Dean, 295
    XXIV. A Death-blow, 308
     XXV. In the Lane, 323
    XXVI. Preparation, 339
   XXVII. Philip, 354
  XXVIII. Congratulations, 371
    XXIX. Philip and Robert, 387
     XXX. Mrs Trafford's Happiness, 406
    XXXI. At the Stile, 420
   XXXII. Bent, but not Broken, 436
  XXXIII. 'A Woman's Errand,' 452
   XXXIV. Two Letters, 468
    XXXV. A Twelvemonth After, 483
   XXXVI. Wages, 499
  XXXVII. Rest and Peace, 515


Legend of 'The Forty-five,' 683

Major Hammond's Ring, 617

Masonic Incident, 524

Minding the Bairn, 222

Mrs Petre, 104, 123


NEARLY WRECKED--
    I. The Betrothal, 728
   II. The Parting, 731
  III. Wilfred's Letter, 739
   IV. The Journey, 740
    V. Saved, 741


Queer Clue, a, 488, 504

Ready-money, 75

Rob Graham: a Tweedside Reminiscence (W. C.), 129

Romance of a Lodging, 344, 359

Shamrock Leaves--
  A Wedding, 654
  A Wake, 671

'Softie's' Dream, the, 761

Strong-minded Woman, the, 170, 185

Such Old Friends, 202


SUNSHINE AND CLOUD.--In Two Parts.
  PART I.--SUNSHINE.
      I. Isaac Webb, 217
     II. Our Hero Prepares to go to London, 218
    III. In the Metropolis, 219
     IV. Miss Angela Faithful, 233
      V. Our Hero is Fulfilling his Destiny, 234
     VI. A Pressing Invitation, 235
    VII. Isaac is Touched, 249
   VIII. The Leap, 249

  PART II.--CLOUD.
      I. The Sun is Slightly Obscured, 250
     II. Shadows Deepen, 251
    III. Too Bad of Mr Scamplin, 265
     IV. Webb vice Ashton, 266
      V. Where is the License? 266
     VI. Checkmated, 267
    VII. The Moral, 268


Tim Baylis, 585

Tim Hargaton's Courtship, 568


TWELFTH RIG, THE--
    I. The Charm Suggested, 289
   II. The Charm Tried, 291
  III. The Flight, 316
   IV. The Glamour Fades, 318
    V. The Working of the Charm, 327
   VI. The Charm Dissolved, 329


NOTICES OF BOOKS.

Aitken's (Dr) Science and Practice of Medicine, 396

Arnold's Summer Holiday in Scandinavia, 631

A Thousand Miles up the Nile, by Miss Edwards, 485

Baldwin's (Captain) Large and Small Game of Bengal, 230

Baron de Hübner's Ramble Round the World, 122

Burton's Helen's Babies, 556

---- Other People's Children, 556

Cameron's (Commander, R.N.) Across Africa, 214

Carpenter's (Dr W. B.) Mesmerism and Spiritualism, 481

Charley Ross: the Story of his Abduction, by C. K. Ross (W. C.), 305

Claretie's Camille Desmoulins and his Wife, translated by
    Mrs Cashel Hoey (W. C.), 17

Clark's Golf--a Royal and Ancient Game, 705

Dampier's (Rev. W. J.) Memoir of Carter, 241

Davies' Swan and her Crew, 157

Hamerton's Round my House; Notes on Rural Life in France, 8

Human Nature, by David Mitchell, 102

Hygeia (City of Health), by Dr Richardson, 33

Jones' Finger Ring Lore, 319

Kingsley's (Rev. Charles) Biography, 497

Lakes in Sunshine, the, by J. Payn, 369

Lord and Baines' Shifts and Expedients of Camp Life, Travel,
    and Exploration, 362

Mandl's (Dr) Larynx, 471

Margary's Journey from Shanghae to Bhamo, 40

Payer's New Lands within the Arctic Circle, 55

Rimmer's Ancient Streets and Homesteads of England, 780

Saxby's (Mrs) Rockbound, a Story of the Shetland Isles, 746

Schuyler's Journey in Turkestan, 72

Smiles' Huguenots (W. C.), 177

---- Life of a Scotch Naturalist--Thomas Edward (W. C.), 49

Squier's Land of the Incas, 787

Streeter's Precious Stones and Gems, 742

Symondson's Two Years Abaft the Mast, 520

Timbs' Anecdote Lives of the later Wits and Humorists, 6

Timbs' English Eccentrics and Eccentricities, 535

Trade-mark Journal, 491

Wallace's Russia, 374

Warren's (Captain), Underground Jerusalem, 182


MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF INSTRUCTION AND ENTERTAINMENT.

About Rabbits (W. C.), 145

Advertisements, Deceptive, 70

Advice to Young Women, 192

Affection in Bird-life, 268, 368

Africa, a Walk Across, 214

After-dinner Anecdotes, 91

Air Pollution (W. C.), 513

Amazonia, a Visit to, 501

American Bench, Drolleries of the, 382

Ancient Streets and Homesteads of England, 780

Animals and Plants, Errors concerning, 110

Archie Raeburn, 47

Arctic Regions, Christmas in the, 734

Arrows, Poisoned, 220

Artificial Eyes, the Trade in, 704

Artistic Genius, a Marvel of, 241

Austrian Arctic Discovery, 55

Banffshire Naturalist, the (W. C.), 49

Beche-de-Mer, the, 15

Bee-keepers, Hints to, 301

'Bell-animalcules,' 190

Big Trees of Mariposa, the, 122

Bird-life, Affection in, 268, 368

Boarding-out System (W. C.), 353

Breithorn, a Lady's Ascent of the, 533

Bridge Pool, the, 589

Brigade of Foot Guards, the, 23

Brigandage, Italian (W. C.)--4, 46, 336, 727

British Angler on the Continent, 404

---- Navy, as it Was, 161

'Broads,' Cruising on the, 157

Bunch of Keys, a, 785

Burial Eccentricities, 593

Buried City, a, 766

Cables, Submarine, 281, 357, 454

Canine Attachment, a Local Instance of, 736

Carrier-pigeons, 672

Cast of the Net, 756, 775, 789, 803

Caterpillars, Processionary, 240

Cats, 128

Change-ringing, 731

Changes of Colour in the Chameleon, 575

Charley Ross (W. C.), 305

Children's Troubles, 13

China, Notes from, 445

Christmas in the Arctic Regions, 734

Christmas-time, 801

Cleopatra's Needle, 225

Clerks, 570

Cod-fishing in Iceland, 662

Coincidences, Some Curious, 510

Colonisation, Polar, 461

Colour-blindness, 152

Commercial Travellers' Schools, 144

Cornish Haven, a, 449

Costers and their Donkeys (W. C.), 753

Cousin Dick, 424

Cricket, the Morale of, 298

Crime in Italy, 46

Crocodile and Gavial, the, 653

Cross-purposes, 441, 457

Cruising on the 'Broads,' 157

Curate's Holiday, a, 11, 28, 43, 58

Curiosities of the Railway-ticket Manufacture, 140

Curiosities of the Voice, 471

Curious Pick-ups, 429

---- Picture Book, a, 491

Deceptive Advertisements, 70

Delusions, Predominant (W. C.), 481

Derelicts, 97

Diamond Cut Diamond, 600

Dickens' (Charles) Manuscripts, 710

Difficult Question, a, 808, 819

Donkeys and their Costers (W. C.), 753

Dream and its Consequences, a, 821

Drolleries of the American Bench, 382

Duke's Piper, the, 376, 392, 410

Earning a Livelihood, Unsuspected Ways of, 446

Eccentric People, 535

Editorial Note, 16

Electricity as a Light-producer, 667

Emergencies, 703

Emigrants, a Promising Field for, 399

England's Ancient Streets and Homesteads, 780

Errors concerning Animals and Plants, 110

Experiences of a Knocker-up, 721

Extraordinary Project, an, 792

Fairbairns, Story of the (W. C.), 417

Faithful unto Death, 401

Famous British Regiments, the Brigade of Foot Guards, 23

Fanchette, the Goat of Boulainvilliers, 365

Fans, Japanese, 783

Fearful Swing, a, 751

Feats of Endurance, 806

Female Professionals (W. C.), 65

Few Words about Poultry, 462

Fighting for Life, 526

Fijian Tragedy, a, 480

Fires and their Causes, 772

Fishing Extraordinary, 141

Foreigners' English, 561

Fossil Men, 200

Fox-hunting on the Mountains of Scotland, 473

France, Rural Life in, 8

French Fisher-folk, 701

---- Notes, a Few, 607

Froth, 447

Gaelic Nuisance, the (W. C.), 689

Gavial and Crocodile, the, 653

Gems at Random Strung, 742

Germ Theory Again, 717

Gigantic Moa Bird, 587

Glimpse of the Indian Famine (W. C.), 764

Gold-mine Experiences, 154

Golf, the Royal Game of, 705

Good Manners, 390

---- Templars, the, 167

Gordon, 793

Gossip about Tails, 351

Green Flag of the Prophet, 609

Grist-tax, the Italian, 655

Guacho, the, 715

'Helen's Babies,' 556

Hidden Box, the, 769

High-mettled Racer, the (W. C.), 209

Hindu Fellow-subjects and Ourselves, 88

Hints to Bee-keepers, 301

---- ---- Sick-nurses, 396

Holiday in the Lake-country, 369

Homesteads of England, 780

Hotel Hospitals, 599

Hyderabad and its Rulers, 518

Hygeia: a Model City of Health, 33

Iceland, Cod-fishing in, 662

Imported Beef and Mutton, 253

Incas, Land of the, 787

Incubation, Snake, 538

India, Tea-culture in, 559

Indian Border Warfare, 590

---- Famine, Glimpse of the (W. C.), 764

Indian Military Sports, 398

---- Pets, Our, 694

Inn at Bolton, the, 745

Irish Mistake, an, 237

Iron-clads, Our, 759

Is the Telephone a Practical Success? 811

Italian Brigandage (W. C.), 4

---- Grist-tax, the, 655

---- Vagrant Children, 614

Japan, a Railway Trip in, 26

----, Mushroom Cultivation in, 512

Japanese Fans, 783

---- Wrestlers, 669

Jerusalem, Underground, 182

Journey in Turkestan, 72

Jungle and its Inhabitants, the, 230

Keepsake, a Restored, 95

Kingsley (Rev. Charles) at Home, 497

Knocker-up, Experiences of a, 721

Lady's Ascent of the Breithorn, a, 533

---- Journey in Moldavia, 573

Lake-country, a Holiday in the, 369

---- Nyassa, a Trip on, 428

Lamp-forge, the Quichenot, 112

Lampreys, 409

Land of the Incas, 787

---- ---- ---- Pharaohs, 485

Legend of 'The Forty-five,' 683

Life in a Military Prison, 798

---- ---- St Kilda, 284, 312, 331

Lime-juice, 188, 367

Lion Kings, Queens, and Trainers, 174

Live to a Hundred, To (W. C.), 113

'Lives o' Men,' 193

Lost in Magellan's Straits, 620

Ludicrous, the, 287

Mafia and Camorra (W. C.), 727

Major Hammond's Ring, 617

'Making Pretend,' 257

Man on Man, 102

Manuscripts of Charles Dickens, 710

Margary's Journey from Shanghae to Bhamo, 40

Mariposa, the Big Trees of, 122

Market-garden Women, 646

Marvel of Artistic Genius, 241

Masonic Incident, a, 524

Medium's Correspondents, a, 236

Memory, 349

Military Sports, Indian, 398

Minding the Bairn, 222

Missing Articles, More, 272

Mistakes and Misconceptions, Odd, 605

Mistletoe, the, 735

Moa Bird, the Gigantic, 587

Model City of Health (Hygeia), 33

Modern Superstitions, 603

Moldavia, a Lady's Journey in, 573

Mongoose, the, 508

MONTH, THE: Science and Arts--62, 126, 206, 269, 334, 413, 477,
    542, 621, 685, 748, 829

Morale of Cricket, the, 298

Morning in a London Hospital, 195

Mother Goose, 320

Mount Pisgah, London, W., 255

Mrs Petre, 104, 123

Mushroom Cultivation in Japan, 512

Mystical Plants, 347

Names (W. C.), 177

Narcotism, 797

New Zealand, Rabbits in, 205

Noble Occupation, a, 704

Norway, a Summer Holiday in, 631

Notes from China, 445

Obelisk, the Coming, 225

Ocean-voyages in Small Boats, 719

Odd Fishes, On Some, 78

Odd Mistakes and Misconceptions, 605

Odd Notes from Queensland, 824

Old Friends, Such, 202

Old Showman's Recollections, 94

'One Shilling,' 120

'Only Trifles,' 523

Ostriches, Capturing, 224

'Other People's Children,' 556

Our Indian Pets, 694

Our Iron-clads, 759

Ourselves and our Hindu Fellow-subjects, 88

Partridge and Her Chicks, Story of a, 640

Peter Botte (or Pieter Both), 465

Pets, Some Uncommon, 31

Pharaohs, Land of the, 485

Photographic Progress, 134

Pick-ups, Curious, 429

Picture Book, a Curious, 491

Pixies, the, 784

Plants, Errors concerning, 110

----, Mystical, 347

Playtime at Oxford, 540

Poisoned Arrows, 220

Polar Colonisation, 461

Poppet's Pranks, 494

Porcelain-painting, 169

Post-letter Items, 107

Poultry, a Few Words About, 462

Predominant Delusions (W. C.), 481

'Prentice-life at Sea, 520

Prism, Story of the, 341

Processionary Caterpillars, 240

Prodigies, Youthful, 577

Project, an Extraordinary, 792

Promising Field for Emigrants, 399

Quack Medicine, 528

Quebec, Reminiscences of, 699

Queensland, Odd Notes from, 824

Queer Clue, a, 488, 504

Quichenot Lamp-forge, 112

Quigrich or Staff of St Fillan, Story of the, 422

Rabbits, About (W. C.), 145

---- in New Zealand, 205

Railway Accidents, 379

Railway-ticket Manufacture, Curiosities of, 140

Railway Trip in Japan, 26

Railways, Three Wonderful, 246

Ready-money, 75

Relic of Antiquity, 143

Reminiscences of Quebec, 699

Restored Keepsake, 95

Rich Folks, a Word on, 625

Ring Lore, 319

Rob Graham (W. C.), 129

Rockbound, 746

Romance of a Lodging, 344, 359

---- ---- Accident, the, 817

Roughing It, 362

Round the World, Voyaging and Studying, 304

Royal Game of Golf, the, 705

---- Naval Reserve and Royal Naval Volunteers, 566

Rural Life in France, 8

Russia and her People, 374

Rusty Iron, 432

Schools, the Commercial Travellers', 144

Scotland, Fox-hunting on the Mountains of, 473

Sea-eggs, 325

Sea-lions, 778

Sea-monsters, 673

Sea-shore Rambles, 262

Sea-spoil, 648

Seventy Years Since, 385

Shamrock Leaves, 654, 671

Shanghae to Bhamo, Margary's Journey from, 40

Showman's Recollections, an Old, 94

Sicilian Brigandage (W. C.), 336

Sick-nurses, Hints to, 396

Siege of Paris, Episode of the, 365

Singing and Talking by Telegraph, 554

Singing Mice, 814

Sketches in Vancouver Island, 680

Smuggling in its Droll Aspects, 476

Snake-incubation, 538

'Softie's' Dream, the, 761

Solan Goose, the, 416

Some Curious Coincidences, 510

Spread of Disease, 560

St Kilda, Life in, 284, 312, 331

Staff of St Fillan, the Story of the Quigrich or, 422

Story of a Partridge and Her Chicks, 640

Story of the Fairbairns (W. C.), 417

---- ---- ---- Prism, 341

---- ---- ---- West Highlands--376, 392, 410

Strange Family History, 529

---- Pair, a, 688

Strong-minded Woman, the, 170, 185

Studying Round the World, 304

Submarine Cables--
  Their Manufacture, 281
  Laying, 357
  Working, 454

Summer Holiday in Norway, 631

Sunny Days on the Thames, 321

Sunshine and Cloud--217, 233, 249, 265

Tails, Gossip About, 351

Taking it Coolly, 826

Tea-culture in India, 559

Telegraph, Singing and Talking by, 554

Telegraphy and War, 737

Telephone, Is it a Practical Success? 811

Templars, the Good, 167

Thrift and Unthrift (W. C.), 641

Tim Baylis, 585

Tim Hargaton's Courtship, 568

Tit for Tat, 638

Torpedoes and Infernal Machines, 438

Toy-land, 60

Toys, 657

Treatment of Animals (W. C.), 545

Tricks in the Wine Trade, 637

Trip on Lake Nyassa, 428

Turkestan, a Journey in, 72

Tweedside Reminiscence (W. C.), 129

---- Tradition, a (W. C.), 337

Twelfth Rig, the, 289, 316, 327

Tyndall (Professor) on the Spread of Disease, 560

Tyrolese Catastrophe, 552

Underground Jerusalem, 182

Unsuspected Ways of Earning a Livelihood, 446

Using up Waste Substances, 816

Vagrant Children, Italian, 614

Vancouver Island, Sketches in, 680

'Village Home,' a, 433

Visit to Amazonia, 501

Vital Force, 293

Voice, Curiosities of the, 471

Volunteers, Royal Naval, 566

Voyaging Round the World, 304

Walk Across Africa, 214

Walter Scott, Sir, and his Dogs (W. C.), 273

War and Telegraphy, 737

Waste of Life, On, 173

Wasted Existence, a (W. C.), 17

Watchmaking by Machinery, 92

Water Pollution (W. C.), 513

Weaving-schools, 583

Welsh Coal-mine, Story of a, 526

Window Willie (W. C.), 337

Wine Trade, Tricks in the, 637

Wits and Witticisms, 6

Wonderful Railways, Three, 246

Wooden Leg, the (W. C.), 81

Word on Rich Folks, a, 625

Wrestlers, Japanese, 669

Young Nobles, Hint to, 592

---- Women, Advice to, 192

Youthful Prodigies, 577