Nature, copied from, 303. Nebuchadnezzar's golden mask, 98. Nest of the flamingo, 274. Why the cuckoo builds no, 256. Why the magpie builds but half a, 257. Nettles, striking with, 236. Newcastle, carrying coals to, 170. New England primer, 14. New moon, welcoming the, 240. New nose, effect of a, 215. Newspapers, vascillating, 22. Nightingale, 252. Night owls, 271. Nile, crocodiles of the, 282. No buttons but brass buttons, 73. No lead in lead pencils, 177. Nonius, opal of, 195. Normandy treasures, 201. Nose, following his, 133. Noted anachronisms, 27. Not buried at night, Sir John Moore, 28. Not divine until smeared with red paint, 169. Nothing new under the sun, 142. Novel way of curing vicious horses, 211. Number one, superstitious notion of, 323. Seven, virtue in the, 325. Six, manna marked with the, 324. Oaks, felling, 246. Oaths, Chinese, 172. Oaths, Hindoo, 57. Oddly addressed letters, 43. Odd bill of repairs, 63. Mode of revenge, 287. Titles of old books, 29. Way to discover a dead body, 334. Odor of patchouli, 141. Odors, tenacity of, 202. Offending barbers, 77. Oldenburg, Horn of, 98. Oldest ballad, 40. Old Grimaldi's death, 244. Old pike, 297. Old weather rhymes, 127. Omens, cock-crowing, 319. Picture, 245. Poetry of, 329. Reckless disregard of, 247. Twelfth-night, 244. One hundred years too soon, 55. One meal a day, 206. Onomancy, 326. Opera, first, 197. Opal of Nonius, 195. Oranges, curious, 304. Orchards, wassailing the, 235. Ordeal in Africa, 308. Of chewing rice, 309. Of the cross, 307. Of cold water, 309. Of the Eucharist, 308. By fire, 309. By touch, 310. Origin of attar of roses, 215. Blue-tinted paper, 132. Long-toed shoes, 209. Orthography, singular specimen of, 34. Orpheus, head of, 104. Ostrich, 252. Outburst, grandiloquent, 25. Oval lathe, first, 131. Owl, 259. Owl, night, 271. Owl's claws, 340. Oyster dredging chaunt, 201. Oysters growing on trees, 301. Painters, blunders of, 23. Paint, mummies converted into, 174. Paint, not divine until smeared with, 169. Pagoda-shaped head-dresses, 157. Palindromes, 20. Paper, blue-tinted, origin of, 132. Paper, note, diminutive, 135. Papers, watch, 78. Parallel passages between Shakespeare and the Bible, 32. Parallel, curious, 80. Parisian scarlet, 139. Paradise of old hats, 205. Paradise, bird of, 259. Passage through the Isthmus of Panama suggested three hundred years ago, 52. Passion flower, 311. Passing bell, 121. Pastor, how the Chinese secure a, 238. Patagonian superstitions, 312. Patchouli, odor of, 141. Pawning Bibles and Waterloo medals, 212. Pawnbroker's shop, mammoth, 170. Pea crabs, 288. Peacock at home, 268. Peacocks' crests, 263.