PETER PARLEY’S ANNUAL. [Illustration: _The death of Cardinal Wolsey._] [Illustration: PETER PARLEY’S ANNUAL 1855 NEW YORK EVANS & DICKERSON. 697 BROADWAY ] PETER PARLEY’s ANNUAL. A Christmas and New Year’s Present FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. NEW YORK: EVANS AND DICKERSON, 697, BROADWAY. MDCCCLV. Contents. PROSE. PAGE An Adventure with a Bear 92 A few words about the Egyptians, Ancient and Modern 142 ” ” Soluble Glass 221 A Mysterious Adventure 135 A Touch with the Brigands 19 A Visit to the Royal Polytechnic Institution 205 Boiling Springs 224 Cardinal Wolsey 83 Christmas Day at the Diggings 200 Exploits in the Desert 9 Glastonbury Abbey, with the Story of King Arthur 217 Gustavus Vasa 30 Jack and Jill 243 Juvenile Day at the Hall 171 Manufacture of Ropes 188 Oranges and Lemons; or, the Bells of St. Clement’s 71 Passage of the Desert 212 San Rosalia 196 Sledging 7 Something about Boiling Springs 224 ” ” the Chinese 116 Something more about the Chinese 234 ” about Lighthouses 97 ” ” the Old Abbeys and Castles of England 61 ” ” Ships and Shipping 178 ” ” the Turkish Provinces 55 Story of the American Sea Serpent 227 Story of an Anchorite 1 The Boy Bachelor; or, Something about Cardinal Wolsey 83 The Two Middies; or, a Fearful Encounter with a Shark 259 The Town Pump: a Story of the Cow with an Iron Tail 34 The Youthful Nelson 42 The Old Abbeys and Castles of England 104