Earth to earth, 424. Epitaph, historical, 396. on a chemist, 421. dog, Byron's, 426. printer, 420. Epitaphs, aboriginal, 416. acrostical, 415. African, 416. biographical, 396.
curious and puzzling, 410.
eulogistic, apt, appropriate, 389. Greek, 417.
Hibernian, 416. miscellaneous, 422.
moralizing and admonitory,
on eminent men, 383.
on infants and children, 394. self-written, 398. transcendental, 414.
unique and ludicrous, 400. Mortuary puns, 406.
Parallels without a parallel, 414.
CONCATENATION, OR CHAIN VERSE,
Trying skying, 59.
CONFORMITY OF SENSE TO SOUND, 378.
Articulate imitation of inarticu- late sounds, 378.
Imitation of difficulty and ease,
time and motion, 378.
CURIOUS Books, 480.
Book-amateurs, 482.
Most curious book in the world, 482.
Odd titles of old books, 480.
Silver book, 482.
CUSTOMS, SINGULAR, Page 330. Abyssinian beefsteaks, 331. Beautiful superstition, 330. Foundations of Druidical temples,
Hair in seals, 334.
High life in the 15th century, 333. Lion-catching in South Africa, 332. Making noses, 332.
Matrimonial advertisement, 334. Memento mori, 330.
Ostiak regard for bears, 331. Scorning the church, 334.
Strange fondness for beauty, 330.
DIFFICULT VERSIFICATION, 375.
ECCLESIASTICÆ, 109,
Excessive civility, 109.
Bascom, eloquence of, 111.
Clerical blunders, 114.
Lord Bishop, the, 112.
Origin of texts, 113.
Preachers of Cromwell's time, 113
Sermon on malt, 110.
Short sermons, 109.
ECHO VERSE, 172.
Acoustics, extraordinary facts in
Bonaparte and echo, 176. Echo answering, 177.
and the lover, 174.
on woman, 175.
Echoes, remarkable, 177.
Gospel echo, 173.
Pasquinade, 173.
Song by Addison, 173.
Synod of Dort, 177.
EMBLEMATIC POETRY, 64.
Altar inscription, 68.
Cross, the, 66.
Crucifixion, curious piece of anti
Author, to a living, 362.
Bed, to our, 361.
Bonnets, 365.
Butler's monument, 362.
Campbell's album verse, 365.
Clock, the, 367.
Commissary Goldie's brains, 363.
Compliment, overdrawn, 362.
Dentist, definition of, 366.
Determination, a funny, 368.
Dum vivimus, vivamus, 360.
D.D., on a certain, 365.
Eternity, 362.
Law, after going to, Page 368.
Lawyer, on an ill-read, 364.
Lover to his mistress, with a mir-
ror, 363.
Mariage à la mode, 368.
Marriage of Webb & Gould, 368.
Martial's, on Epigrams, 359.
Masculine, 367.
Medical advice, 366.
Mendax, 364.
Midas and modern statesmen, 359.
Molly Aston, to, 360.
One good turn deserves another,
364.
One ignorant and arrogant, on,
360.
Pale lady with red-nosed husband,
361.
Parson and butcher, 367.
Portmanteau, clergyman's, loss of,
362.
Queen, the frugal, 363.
Quid pro quo, 369.
Reception, a warm, 366.
Rogers on Ward's speeches, 368.
Same jawbone, 368.
Selvaggi's distich to Milton, 361. Amplification, by Dryden, 361. Simplicity, prudent, 366.
Sleep, inscription on a statue of, 360.
Snow, that melted on a lady's breast, 361.
Songsters, bad, 364.
Terminer sans oyer, 369.
Gasconade and hoaxing, 341.
Hippophagy, 343.
Jests of Hierocles, 335.
Mathews and the silver spoon, 341.
Relics, 342.
Royal quandary, 342.
Same joke diversified, 339. Titles for library-door, 335.
FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS FROM UN- FAMILIAR SOURCES, 380. HIBERNIANA, 166.
I. H. S., 98.
Beautiful legend, 99.
Death-warrant of Jesus Christ, 102.
De nomine Jesu, 98.
Description of the Saviour's per-
son, 101.
Flower of Jesse, the, 99.
Persian apologue, 100.
IMPROMPTUS, 370.
INSCRIPTIONS, 427.
Bells, inscriptions on, 433.
Books, fly-leaf inscriptions in, 436.
English inns in olden time, 432.
Eolian harp, inscription on, 440.
Francke's discovery, 441.
Golden mottoes, 441.
Motto on a clock, 439.
Bodies, preserved, 540.
Bone not described by modern
anatomists, 536.
Charter rhyming, 534.
Common heritage, the, 547.
Corpses, folly of embalming, 543. Death's final conquest, 547. Definitions, rhyming, 534.
Dying words of distinguished per- sons, 537.
Earth, 534.
Lawyers, nice questions for, 534.
Life, beautiful illustrations of, 530.
Living life over again, 533.
Mary, Queen of Scots, last prayer
of, 539.
Moral code, Dr. Franklin's, 532.
Questions for discussion, 540.
Remarkable trance, 539.
Round of life, the, 531.
Rules of living, 532.
Time, employment of, 533.
LITERARIA, 483.
Additional verses to Sweet Home,
504.
Anachronisms of Shakspeare, 501.
Books and studies, 508.
Gray's elegy, 489.
Hamlet's age, 503.
Hamlet's insanity, 504.
Heraldry, Indian, 500.
Letters of Junius, 483.
Parting interview of Hector and
Andromache, 494.
Punctuation, importance of, 497.
Shakspeare's sonnets, 503.
Stereotyped falsehoods of history,
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