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CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL
OF
POPULAR LITERATURE
Science and Arts
1877
W. & R. CHAMBERS
LONDON & EDINBURGH
Edinburgh:
Printed by W. and R. Chambers.
[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.]
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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{vi}
- 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
| 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
| 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{vii}
- 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{viii}
- 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
*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 52120 ***
