Blood, curse of innocent, 228. Of the martyrs, 338. Showers of, 299. Stanching, 346. Blue Beard, 151. Blunders, Dr. Johnson's, 22. Of painters, 23. Thackeray's geographical, 23. Boards, groaning, 212. Boast, Richelieu's, 79. Bodach Glas, 240. Bogus dragon, 68. Book-keeping in Norway, 75. Book-shaped watch, 87. Books—Huge copy of the Koran, 12. Imperishable prison literature, 16. Library, King of India's, 19. Library, unique, 13. Long lost book recovered, 8. Lost book, 13. Lord Kingsborough's Mexico, 15. Missal, Bedford, 14. Most curious book in the world, 7. New England primer, 14. Odd titles of old books, 29. Printed in gold letters, 10. Prophetic almanacs, 17. Puffing their own books, 16. Queen Elizabeth's "Oone Gospell Book," 11. Remarkable instance of perseverance, 27. Riddles, 13. Sibylline books, 16. Silver book, 12. Swearing on the book, 172. Title pages that mislead, 31. Without words, 9. With unpronounceable names, 7. Book worms, 291. Boone's spelling, 33. Boots an object of honor, 193. Born of a Peri, 214. Born within sound of Bow Bells, 61. Borrowed days, 209. Borrowing watches, 88. Bottle, mammoth, 109. Brass medal of the Saviour, 94. Breaking a piece of money, 314. Bricks, durability of, 208. Brick, he's a, 76. Bride of Abydos, 25. Buddah, mammoth bell of, 119. Buffalo's skull, 322. Bug Bible, 8. Burial customs, singular, 236. Burned wastes replenished, 311. Burree churree, 251. Burn's snuff-box, 103. Butterfly, first, 350. Butterfly, leaf, of Java, 290. Butter, perfumed, 194. Buttons, none but brass, 73. Buying and selling, 220. Cabinet, immense Zoological, 298. Cader Idris couch, 216. Cæsar's wife must be above suspicion, 43. Camel as a scape-goat, 275. Kicked by a, 281. Superstition about the, 284. Can a clergyman marry himself? 211. Can dogs count? 279. Can hens count? 280. Candle clock, 196. Canes, gold-headed, for physicians, 207. Canute, the great, 154. Captain Kidd's vision, 242. Carara's toilet box, 100. Care of the beard, 214. Carmelite friar's poem, 31. Carrying coals to Newcastle, 170. Cashing lottery prizes, 63. Cats, asylum for destitute, 163. Cats with knotted tails, 287. Cat clock, 84. Concert, 173. Worship, 286. Whittington and his, 153. Caterpillar, muscles of the, 292. Caul, 312. Cavern chapel, 219. Cavern, St. George's, 165. Certificates of Gretna Green marriages, 41. Chaffinch contest, 269. Changing colors in a dying mullet, 298. Changes, ringing the, 122. Changes in signification, 40. Change in the sight of birds, 273. Chank shell, 298.