Pre-Adamite Bone Caverns, 199 Precocious Children, 64 Presence of Mind--Escape from a Tiger, 330 Priests in Burmah, Knavery of the, 266 ---- of Sikkim, 663 Prince of Wales, Origin of the Crest of the, 115 Prince Rupert, at Everton, 291 Prolific Author, 320 Proteus Anguinus, The, 152 Psalm, Value of a Long, 512 Pterodactylus, The, 360 Pulpit, Refreshments for the, 262 Punishing by Wholesale, 680 Punishment, Ancient Instrument of, 680 ---- Russian, 654 ---- and Torture, Ancient Instruments of, 58, 88 Puritan Zeal, 579 Purple, Tyrian, 643 Quackery in the Olden Time, 671 Queen Elizabeth, Banquets of, 414 ---- ---- Dresses of, 501 ---- ---- Old Verses on, 204 ---- ---- saddle of, 340 ---- ---- State Coach of, 128 ---- ----'s Laws, 151 Raffaelle, Tomb of, 568 Raffle, A, in 1725, 47 Raleigh, Sir Walter, Residence of, 160 Ranelagh, 204 Ranz des Vaches, 173 Rats, Destructive Force of, 463 Ravilliac, Execution of, 132 Receipts, Quaint, 153 Red Sea, Luminous Appearance of the, 454 Regiments, The Modern Names of, 639 Reichstadt, The Duke de, 435 Relics, 393 ---- A Group of, 261 ---- Rescued, 618 Remarkable Events and Inventions, 145 Revenge, New Mode of, 423 Rheumatism, Strange Cure for the, 201 Rhinoceros, First in Europe, 655 Richardson, the Showman, 251