Maternal Affection in a Dumb Woman, 140 May-pole in the Strand, 534 ---- Fate of the Last, in the Strand, 682 May-poles, 100 Mecca, The Black Stone at, 550 Medmenham Abbey, 429 Memento-Mori Watch, 285 Mental Affection, A Curious, 335 Merman, A, 16 Mexican Tennis, 375 Michaelmas-day, Origin of eating Goose on, 198 Military Hats in Olden Time, 75 Mill at Lissoy, 469 Miraculous Escape, 266 Misers, Two, 459 Missal, The Bedford, 163 Mob Wisdom, 294 Monasteries, Libraries of destroyed, 334 Monkeys Demanding their Dead, 415 Monkish Prayers, 383 Monks, Gluttony of the, 347 ---- and Friars, 680 Monsey (Dr.) bequeaths his own Body, 93 Monsoons, 179 Monument, Rock-cut, of Asia Minor, 441 Monuments, Wayside, 587 Mosque of Omar, 316 Mother Mapp, the Bone Setter, 158 Mountains, Height of, 148 Mouth, Character of the, 106 M.P.'s and Mayors, Privateers, 176 Mulgrave, Origin of the House of, 602 Mullet and Turbot, with the Romans, 488 Mummy Cases, 409 Murderess, a Young but Cruel, 392 Music, Effect of, on a Pigeon, 64 ---- of the Hindoos, 683 ---- ---- ---- Sea, 351 Musical Instrument, A Curious, 628 Musical Instruments, Burmese, 629 ---- ---- Egyptian, 404 Names, Strange Custom about, 295 Naora, The, 635 Narrow Escape, 121