Valentines, ancient, 178. Valletort, Viscount, lines to, 378. Vampire Bat, 40. Vapour Bath in Cholera, 6--55. Vegetable Wonders, 200. Vegetation, curious facts in, 344. Venice described, 429. Venice, sonnet to, 69. Ventilation of Rooms, 152. Victor Hugo, drama by, 118 lines by, 318. Village, Cemetery, the, 216 Hampden, 175. Virginia Water, cascade at, 81--210. Visit to the Morgue, at Paris, 349. Voices of the Night, 259. Waller, the poet, tomb of, 233. War Song against the Chinese, 14. Warton, Thomas, the poet, 421. Washington Irving, Medwin, and Grattan, 421. Water from the Rock in Horeb, 428. Watering-places in the fifteenth century, 431. Waverley Novels, character of, 284--365. Waverley Novels, heroines of, 365 Plots of, 366 Scenic description, 366 Scott and Shakspeare, 367 Style, 367. Weather Rhymes, by the Monks, 228. Wedgewood's Ware, manufacture of, 363. Weighing in the Balance, 429. West, sign painted by, 432. Western Church, corruption of, 372. Westminster Hall, Old, 251. Whale Chase in the Hebrides, 297. Widow, paraphernalia of, 271. Wife, an American one, 272. Wilderness described, 397. William IV. and Queen Adelaide, 143. William Tell, legend of, 430. Wills of bachelors, 271 curious facts respecting, 270 compulsory, 271 of criminals, 271. Wilton Castle, history of, 305. Windsor Castle from the N.E., 177. Wine, bramble, to make, 15 grape, to make, 15. Wit, lines on, 9. Witchcrafts in 1647, 174. Wolf, anecdotes of, 171 Dog in Cumberland, 426. Woodpecker, arctic, 356. Wordsworth, recollections of, 255. Wreck, lines on the, 322. Xenophon, picture by Haydon, 218. Zebu, or Indian Ox, the, 385. Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, 114--273--385 picture of, 386. Zoological Gardens, Surrey, 1--273 Society, report of, 275. * * * * * LIST OF SIXTY-THREE ENGRAVINGS IN THE PRESENT VOLUME. * * * * * _STEEL-PLATE PORTRAIT OF THE RT. HON. EARL GREY._ Three Views in the Surrey Zoological Gardens. Fishmongers' Hall. -----------------Arms. Law Institution, Chancery Lane. Pontefract Castle. Castle of Robert the Devil. Cavern of Robert the Devil. Cascade at Virginia Water. Brighton in 1743. Lady Chapel, St. Saviour, Southwark. Three Views in the Zoological Gardens. Entrance to the Botanic Garden, Manchester. Tucopia, in the Southern Pacific Ocean. Piercy Islands. Seven Cuts of the Arbalest, or Cross-Bow. Windsor Castle (N.E. View.) Burial-place in Tongatabu. Ancient Bankside. Two Cuts of Bull and Bear-baiting Theatres. Lowther Arcade, West Strand Beulah Saline Spa, Norwood. Tomb of the poet, Waller. Melrose Abbey.