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Newspaper, reading the, in the olden
time, 521.

New World, discovery of the, 264, 360.
Night, beauty of, 96.

Night-hawk, notice of the, 225.

Nobili, Roberti di, Jesuit, his pro-
ceedings in India, 525.

'Notes on the Seasons:' spring, 290.
'Notes upon Coffee:' introduction of the
coffee-plant to the west, 382; descrip-
tion of the shrub, 382; its culture, 383;
the early trade, 383; dispersion of the
plant by the Dutch, 383; enormous
production, 384.
'Nothing,' 255.

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Pale azure butterfly, notice of the, 553.
Palmas, Cape, colony of, 519.
Paraguay, Jesuit empire of, 527.
Patn, the old capital of Nepaul, 191.
Paul's, St., cathedral, discovery of a
curious relic in, 514; ancient inscrip-
tion on
the monument of William

Lambe, 515.
Pekin, present interest in, 355; its situa-
tion, 356; two cities, 356; palace of
the emperor, 356; the streets, 357;
routine of Pekin life, 357; the city-
walls, 358; temples, 358; particulars
by Sir George Staunton, 358; the
present crisis, 359.

Pepys, Samuel, his search for treasure in
the Tower, 137.

'Peveril of the Peak,' supposed origin of
the novel, 27.
Philadelphia, city of, 40.

Pines of North California, 238.
Pink, the Indian, 224.
Pinkwing moth, the, 345.

Plants, geographical distribution of, 230,
415; hybernation of, 294.
Poissy, conference of, 436.
'Poland' its former boundaries and pro-
vinces, 311; fertility of the soil, 311;
rivers, 311; export of corn, 311; inha-
bitants, 312; introduction of Chris-
tianity and subjection to the Empire,
312; the yoke thrown of by Boleslaus
I., 312; who invades the dominions of
the emperor, 313; progress of Poland
in his reign, 313; division into palati-
nates, 313; constant wars, 313; Vladis-
laus proclaimed king, 313; the Jagellon
dynasty, 314; wise government of
Vladimir II., 314; accessions of terri
tory, 314; prosperity after the peace of
Thorn, 314; political condition-the
diets, 315; invasion of Russo-Polish
provinces by the Lithuanians, and their
subsequent submission, 315; adminis-
tration of justice, 316; continued pros-

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perity, 316; the kingdom a refuge
against religious persecution, 316;
union of Poland and Lithuania, 317;
election of a king on the extinction of
the Jagellon family, 317; attempt of
Stephen Battory to render the crown
hereditary, 318; commencement of the
anarchy which led to the downfall of
Poland, 318.

Poltrot, John, assassinates the duke of
Guise at Orleans, 441.
Prairie-plants, 343.

Prickly pear, the, 449.

Printing, history of, 78; notice of the
invention of the art and its early pro-
fessors, 538.

'Progress

of

Vegetation

Buildings,' 229.

Quail, the, its peculiar call, 451.

on

Old

Rabbit, the, of Alabama, 219; mode of
taking, by the "twisting-stick," 220.
Rahere, founder of St. Bartholomew's
priory and hospital, his youth, 326;
his pilgrimage to Rome, vow, and
vision, 327; obtains a grant of land,
327; proceeds to erect the priory and
hospital, 328; different estimations of
him, 329; his death, 329; his tomb in
St. Bartholomew's church, 329.
'Rainbow, The,' 229.

Read, necessity of learning to, in Sweden,

154.

'Reading the Newspaper in the Olden
Time,' 521.

Religious wars of France, sketches of
the, 256, 428, 481.

Renaudie, La, nominal leader of the con-
spiracy of Amboise, his proceedings
and death, 430, 431.

Ricci, Matthew, founder of the mission
to China, 526.

Rice, its abundance in Siam, 479.

Rich, Sir Richard, lord chancellor, 337.
Richard II., his fondness for plays and
tournaments, 202; his danger and
intrepidity in Wat Tyler's rebellion,

207.

'Rising Moon, The,' 354.

Roberts, Joseph John, president of
Liberia, his visit to England, and inter-
view with Lord Ashley and Mr. Gur-
ney, 518.

Rookery, a, in spring, 291.
Russian prisoners at Lewes, 319.

Sahara, nature of the, and its vegetation,
419.

Salisbury, countess of, her execution,

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Sclaves, migrations of the, 312.
Seasons, notes on the, 290.
'Sebastian Gomez, or the Young Mulatto,'

97.

Sensitive-plants, different species of, 455.
Shakspere, Edmond, his name in the
church register of St. Mary Overies,
414.

Siam and the Siamese, sketches of, 376,
477.

Sicily, varied vegetation of, 232.
Siege-work, account of, 276.
Sigismund Augustus, king of Poland, his
encouragement of learning, 316; unites
Poland and Lithuania, 317; profligacy
of his latter years, 317.
'Silence,' 275.

'Sketches of the Religious Wars of
France,' 256, 428, 481.-Conduct of
France in the great struggle of the
sixteenth century, 256; introduction
of the reformed doctrines under
Francis I., 257; conduct of that mon-
arch, 257; Calvin, 259; massacre of
the Waldenses, 259; spread of the
new opinions, 259; proceedings under
Henry II., 260; the Jesuits, 260;
Francis de Coligny, 260; meetings of
Calvinists, 261; Anne de Montmo-
renci, 261; leaders of the reformers,
262; the duke of Guise, 262; Cathe-
rine de Medicis, 263; conspiracy
against the Guises, 428; mission of the
king of Navarre, 429; triumph of the
Guises, 429; organization of the Jesuits,
430; conspiracy of Amboise, 430;
assembly at Nantz, 431; failure of
the conspiracy, and arrest of Condé, 431;
laxity of the moral code of the age,
432; attempt to convict the prince of
Condé, 432; he is seized and condemned
to death, 433; intercession of his wife
and of the king of Navarre rejected, 433;
death of Francis II. and accession of
Charles IX., 434; political changes by
the chancellor de l'Hôpital, 434; pro-
ceedings of the States-general, 435;
the "Triumvirate," 435; influence of
Spain, 435; "Edict of July," recon-
ciliation of Condé and Guise, 436;
conference of Poissy, 436; Theodore
Beza, advocate of the reformers, 437
reply of the cardinal of Lorraine, 438;
fruitlessness of the conference, 438;
assembly at St. Germain, address of
de l'Hôpital, 438; triumph of the
Calvinists, 439; interference of Spain,
439; policy of the queen-mother, 439;
massacre at Voissi, 440; irritation of
the Calvinists, fanatical riots in Paris,
440; Catherine's letter to Condé, and
his appeal to the country, 440; restraint
of the king, 441; treaty between Condé
and Elizabeth of England, 441; death
of the king of Navarre, 441; Condé
and Montmorenci taken prisoners at
Dreux, 441; assassination of the duke
of Guise, 441; his energy and ambition,
442; close of first civil war by the
convention of Amboise, 482; dissatis-

faction with its provisions, 482; fatal
policy of Catherine, 482; the baron
des Adrets, 483; Catherine favours
the Romanists, 483; interview between
Charles IX, and the queen of Spain,
484; intolerant sentiments of the duke
of Alva, 484; the prince of Bearn
(Henry IV.), 484; assembly at Mou-
lins, 484; hypocrisy of Charles, 485;
hollow reconciliations, 485; zeal of
Coligny, 485; interference of German
princes, and furious anger of the king,
485; he determines to extirpate heresy,
485; takes Swiss troops into pay, 486;
they are attacked by the Calvinists,
486; Condé summoned to disband his
troops, 486; meeting between him
and Montmorenci, 487; the latter
mortally wounded at the battle of St.
Denis, 487; his character, 487; Condé
besieges Chartres unsuccessfully, 487;
repeated duplicity of the king, 488;
preaching of the Jesuits, 488; Cathe-
rine's change of policy, 488; escape of
Calvinistic leaders, 489; third war,
489; d'Acier joins the Huguenots, 489;
battle of Jarnac and death of Condé,
489; and of Robert Stuart, 490; com-
plete defeat of the Calvinists, 490;
address of the queen of Navarre, 490;
the prince of Bearn elected general-
issimo, 491; junction with the German
auxiliaries, 491; death and character
of d'Andelot, 491; the Calvinists agaîn
defeated at Moncontour, 492; dissen-
sion between Catherine and the Guises,
492; victory of the Calvinists in Bur-
gundy, 492; resignation of Tavannes,
492; peace of St. Germain-en-Laye,
and concessions to the Huguenots, 493.
'Sketches of Siam and the Siamese,' 376,
477.-Present interest of the subject,
376; native name of the country, 377;
its dimensions, 377; population, 377;
various races of inhabitants, 378;
political division, tributary states, 379;
aspect of the country, mountains, the
grand plain, 379; sea-coasts and islands,
380; port of Bang-kok, 380; floating
shops, 381; method of clearing water,
381; port of Chantaban, 382; gulf of
Siam, 477; rivers and their inunda-
tions, 477; timber, 478; abundant
growth of rice, 479; fish, 480.
Smithfield, described by Fitz-Stephen as
a horse-market and race-course in the
twelfth century, 200; pageants there
temp. Edward III., 201; great tourna-
ment before Richard II., 202; play and
joust, temp. Henry IV., 202; executions
at the Elms, 203; judicial combats, 204;
assemblage of the rebels under Wat
Tyler, 205; death of their leader, 207;
the stake, 326; St. Bartholomew's
priory, churches, and hospital, 326-
339.

'Soldier's Dream, The,' 208.
Spanish moss, the, 454.

Spanish women in Gibraltar, dress of,
125.

Sphinx, or hawk-moth, the, 227, 460,

554.

Spiders used as food, 543.

Spring: beauties of the season, 290; the
thrush, 290; the rookery, 291; magpie
parliaments, 291; hybernation of
animals and plants, 292; migration of
birds, 294; the swallow and martin,
295; the farmyard, 295; breathings of
spring, 296; Joanna Baillie's lines on
Spring, 427.

Squirrels, their haunts and manners, 461;

good eating, 462; incorrigible robbers,
462; ingenious plan for preventing their
depredations, 463.

Stanhope, earl, his estimate of the
waste of time by snuff-taking, 63.
States-general, assembly of the, at
Orleans, 435.

Stephen, king, disasters of his reign,
404.

Stephen Battory, duke of Transylvania,

elected king of Poland, 317; attempts
to render the crown hereditary, 318.
Stockholm, the streets of, on Christmas-
eve, 72.

Strait of Gibraltar, difficulty of the pass-
age, 129.

Stuart, Robert, kills the constable Mont-
morenci at the battle of St. Denis, 487;
his death at the battle of Jarnac, 490.
-Sub-arctic region, vegetation of the, 235.
Sumboonath, temple of, 189.

Sweden, Christmas-Eve in, 70; Christmas-
Morn in, 151.

Tapir, the, 169.

Taste, force of habit on, 217.
Tavannes, marshal, gives information to
the prince de Condé of an intention to
seize him, 488; gains the battle of
Jarnac, 489; his reply to the cardinal of
Lorraine, 492; resigns the command
of the king's army, 492.

Temperature, its effect on vegetation,
232.

Temple, Roman, on the site of Bow
church, 195.

Teneriffe, vegetation of, 422.

Teutonic knights, their contests with
Poland, 313, 314.

Tick, annoyances of the insect so called,

222.

Tierra del Fuego, vegetation of, 236.
Tobacco: its moral and social effects,
prejudices in its favour, 61; evils of its
use, 62; provocative of intemperance,
63; estimated waste of time by
snuff-taking, 63; value of tobacco and
snuff consumed annually, 64; tobacco
much used by the upper classes, 64;
reproof by a Taheitean, 64; middle-
class smokers, 65; miseries entailed on
the lower classes by its use, 65; ob-
servations by Dr. A. Clarke, 66, 67;
influence of tobacco on the manners of
its votaries, 67; its effects on non-
smokers, 67; American "chewers," 68;
the pipe and the snuffbox among the
clergy, 69.

Tortoises the mud-turtle, 352; the
alligator tortoise, 353; the soft-back,
353; mode of taking them, 354; their
ferocity, 353, 354.

Tower of London, the: the White Tower,
18; St. John's Chapel, 18; the duke of
Wellington and the Navy Records, 18;
Longchamp's wall, 19; the Salt Tower,
20; inscriptions by prisoners, 21, 22;
additions and repairs, 23, 24; collection
of animals commenced by Henry III.,
25; the Lions' Tower, 25; increase
and removal of the collection, 26; the
Beauchamp Tower, 26; the Bloody
Tower, 27; traditions, 28, 29; escape
of bishop Flambard, 29; unsuccessful
attempt of Griffith, son of the last
prince of Wales, 29; literary captives
and their works, 131; imprisonment of
the abbot and monks of Westminster,
132; Scotch prisoners taken at the
battle of Neville's Cross, 132; prisoners
from the French wars, 132; lord
Cobham, 133; prisoners during the
wars of the Roses, 133; Henry VI., the
young princes, and the duke
Clarence, 133; Tower-green-Has-
tings, countess of Salisbury, lady Jane
Grey, 134; St. John's Chapel-Anna
Boleyn, Talbot Edwards, 135; Paul
Hentzner's account of a visit to the
Tower, 136; reports on its condition,
137; Pepys, his search for treasure,
137; Tower-hill-Sir Simon de Burley,
138.

Tower-green, 134.
Tower-hill, 138.

of

Toys made by Russian prisoners at
Lewes, 321.

Trehearne, John, his monument in the
church of St. Mary Overies, 410.
Trial by battle, 204, 205.

Tropics, varied vegetation of the, 232;
general character of, 417; forests of
Tropical America, 419.
Trumpet-flower, the, 453.

Turenne, marshal, anecdote of, 375.
Turkeys, wild, and mode of taking them,
223.

Turkey-vulture, voracity of the, 349.
Turtles, immense numbers of their eggs
on the banks of the Amazon, 170 ; mode
of shooting the turtle, 170.
Turtle-dove, notice of the, 224.
'Twenty-four Hours with a Bedouin,'
53; nuptial carpets, 54; a festival
procession, 55; the lost tent, 56; the
thief's story, 57; reward of dexterous
robbery, 61.

Type, specimens of different kinds of,
used in book-printing, 84.
Type-founders and their art, account of,
79-84.

'Vagaries, The, of Man's Appetite,'

540.

'Vain Warnings,' 497.

Vanity a source of disagreements, 296.
Vegetation, its progress on old buildings,
229; agents in promoting vegetation,

231; influences on, 231; variations of,
232; vegetation of various countries,
234-239.

Vendôme, conference of Huguenots at,
429.

Viper, the scarlet, 452.

'Visit, A, to the Birthplace of St. Bernard:'
early home of the saint, 510; approach
to Fontaine, 511; group of vintagers,
511; chapel of St. Bernard, 512; tradi-
tion of his birth, 512; the village
church, 512; a doubtful effigy, 513;
statue of St. Bernard, 513.

'Visit, A, to Sark :' the island little known,
467; mode of communication with
Guernsey, 468; strangers' letters, 468;
appearance of Sark from the sea, 468;
interest of the passage, 469; the landing,
469; the tunnel, 469; lodgings, 470;
the aborigines, fairies or Druids, 470;
feudal constitution, 470; early mission-
aries, 471; religious establishment, 471;
abandoned to pirates and wreckers,
471; their destruction, 472; Sir Walter
Raleigh's account of the capture of the
island, 472; local tradition, 473; de-
population of Sark, 473; rehabited, and
a grant of the island obtained by De
Carteret, 474; feudal powers of the
seigneur, 474; natural defences, 475;
good works of De Carteret, 475; various
proprietors, 475; fatal accident in
1839, 476; the present seigneur, 476.
Vladimir II. of Poland, his wise govern-
ment, 314.

Voissi, massacre of Huguenots at, 440.

"Walcheren Expedition, The :' its date,
493; its object, 493; cause of its failure,
494; its early successes, 494; neglect
of the commander-in-chief, 495; suffer-
ings of the troops from the Walcheren
fever, 495; the island abandoned, 496;
result of parliamentary inquiry, 496;
ministerial changes consequent there-
upon, 496.

Waldenses, massacre of the, 259.
Warren, earl, supposed monument of, in
the church of St. Mary Overies, 408.
Wars, religious, of France, sketches of
the, 256, 428, 481.

Wasp's nest, progress of a, 551.
Wat Tyler's rebellion, origin and pro-
gress of, 206; meeting of the rebels
with the king at Mile-end, 206; at
Smithfield, and death of Wat Tyler,
207; dispersion of the rebels and exe-
cution of their leaders, 208.

Water, simple method of clearing, 381.
'Weeds,' 305.

Wellington, duke of, anecdote of, 18.
William the Conqueror, his proceedings
after the battle of Hastings, 17; builds
the White Tower, 18; his entry into
London, and coronation, 139; his
charters to the city, 140.

William Rufus, his encouragement of the
Jews, 196.

William IV., anecdote of, 112.

Wilson, John, his improvements in type-
founding, 81.

Wisdom not necessarily connected with
knowledge, 562.

Woffles, what, 217.

Wolves, former existence of, in Britain,
and modes adopted for their extirpa-
tion, 136, note.

Woman, the domestic, preferable to the
heroine, 214; her governing principle,
562.

Woodpecker, gold-winged, habitation of
the, 345; the ivory-billed, 350.
Worde, Wynkyn de, introduces the
Roman letter into England, 79.
Worms used as food, 545,

Wren, his observations on Bow church,
195.

Wren, Carolina, confidence of the, 346.

Xavier, Francis, becomes a disciple of
Loyola, 524; his missions to India and
Japan, 524; his death near Canton,
525.

Yule-sheaf, the, in Sweden, 156.

Zouaves, notice of the tribe, 92; their
numbers, 94; formation of the French
corps of Zouaves, 94; abandoned by
the natives, 95; its importance, 95;
fondness of the Zouaves for cats,
96.

END OF VOL. II.

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