Ten Thousand Wonderful Things: Comprising whatever is marvellous and rare, curious, eccentric and extraordinary in all ages and nations
History
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things: Comprising whatever is marvellous and rare, curious, eccentric and extraordinary in all ages and nations
Curiosities and wonders; Encyclopedias and dictionaries; Folklore
PUNISHMENT, ANCIENT INSTRUMENT OF, 680
PYRAMIDS OF EGYPT, 131
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S STATE COACH, 198
---- ---- SIDE SADDLE OF, 340
RAFFAELLE, TOMB OF, 569
RALEIGH'S (SIR WALTER) ANCIENT RESIDENCE AT BLACKWALL, 161
REVOLVER, A, OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, 30
RING, FORMERLY THE PROPERTY OF CHARLES I., 263
RINGS, CALCINATED, 408
---- SARDONYX, WITH CAMEO HEAD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, 372
---- A TOAD STONE, 424
ROCK OF CASHEL, THE, 352
RUINS OF CLONMACNOIS, 612
SACK-POT, OLD ENGLISH, 521
SAINT GEORGE, TOMB OF, 281
SAINT GEORGE'S HALL, GIBRALTAR, 7
SALAGRAM, HINDOO ADORATION OF THE, 589
SARDONYX RING, WITH CAMEO HEAD OF QUEEN ELIZABETH, 373
SCEPTRE, IVORY, OF LOUIS XII., 476
SCHOOL, A CHINESE, 525
SCRIPTURAL ANTIQUITIES:--DRUM, OR TIMBREL; DRUM IN USE
IN THE EAST; HARP; LUTES; INSCRIBED STONE; SANDALS;
DISTAFF; ROMAN FARTHING; STONEMONEY-WRIGHTS; HAND
MILL; EASTERN WINE AND WATER BOTTLES, 217
SELKIRK (ALEXANDER) AND THE DANCING GOATS, 22
SEPULCHRAL VASE, 320, 608
SHAKESPEARE'S JUG, 576
SHIELD, ANCIENT DANISH, 420
SHRINE OF ST. SEBALD AT NUREMBERG, 604
SILVER LOCKET IN MEMORY OF THE EXECUTION OF CHARLES I., 263
SNAKE CHARMER, 300
SOUTH STACK LIGHTHOUSE, 240
SPANISH DAGGER OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, 263
SPIDER, THE TRAP-DOOR, 384
---- NEST OF THE, 385
ST. WINIFRED'S WELL, 304
STAMP, MEDICINE, ANTIQUE ROMAN, 449
STANDARDS, EGYPTIAN, 396
---- ASSYRIAN, 584, 585
STEAM BOAT, FAC-SIMILE OF THE FIRST, 301
STICKS, OLD WALKING, 388
SWORD BREAKER, ANCIENT, 672
---- AN EXECUTIONER'S, 676
---- CURIOUS ANTIQUE, 596
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