[Illustration: THE LOST FOUND.... See January No. 1843.] ROBERT MERRY’S MUSEUM: VOLUMES III. IV. [Illustration] BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY BRADBURY, SODEN & CO. 10, SCHOOL STREET, AND 127, NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. 1843. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, by S. G. Goodrich, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. ROBERT MERRY’S MUSEUM. EDITED BY S. G. GOODRICH, AUTHOR OF PETER PARLEY’S TALES. VOLUME III. BOSTON: BRADBURY, SODEN, & CO., NO. 10 SCHOOL STREET, AND 127 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK. 1842. CONTENTS OF VOLUME III. JANUARY TO JUNE, 1842. The New Year, 1 Wonders of Geology, 3 The Siberian Sable-Hunter, 7, 65, 122 Merry’s Adventures, 12, 36, 79, 150, 177 Repentance, 16 Indians of America, 17, 41, 74, 97, 131, 165 Story of Philip Brusque, 21, 60, 87 Solon, the Grecian Lawgiver, 25 How to settle a Dispute without Pistols, 26 The Painter and his Master, 27 The Turkey and Rattlesnake,--a Fable, 28 Flowers, 28 Christmas, 29 Puzzles, 31, 95, 126, 159, 190 Varieties, 31, 188 Hymn for the New Year,--_Music_, 32 Anecdote of a Traveller, 33 Dr. Cotton and the Sheep, 34 The Robin, 34 Echo,--A Dialogue, 35 The Lion and the Ass, 35 National Characteristics, 35 The Two Seekers, 38 Resistance to Pain, 40 The Voyages, Travels and Experiences of Thomas Trotter, 45, 84, 102, 139, 182 Cheerful Cherry, 48 The War in Florida, 56 Composition, 58 Natural Curiosities of New Holland, 59