Pearl, egg mistaken for a, 170. Pearl, essence of, 134. Pedigree of Arabian horses, 284. Pelican, fable of the, 270. Penguin breeding-grounds, 271. Penguin's solitary egg, 262. Peri, born of a, 214. Perfumes, Egyptian, 293. Perfumed butter, 194. Perfume, saffron as a, 202. Perforated stones, 328. Persistent fly, 292. Phantom menageries, 60. Physicians, Egyptian, 169. Gold-headed canes for, 207. Symbol, 162. Phœnix, 260. Phosphorescent insects, 292. Picnics centuries ago, 182. Picture omens, 245. Pigmies, 161. Pike, an old, 297. Pillory in Philadelphia, 54. Pin superstitions, 345. Pious guide posts, 68. Pipe, meerschaum, first, 130. Plague, red tape a protection against, 339. Play bill, curious, 32. Plate, Wesley's, 107. Plover, crocodile, 263. Poem, Carmelite friar's, 31. Poetry of omens, 329. Politeness, strained, 210. Polypi edifices, 299. Pontius Pilate at Vienne, 149. Pope's skull, 211. Portland vase, 93. Porcelain, 132. Posies for wedding rings, 52. Post-office, curious, 76. Potatoes, light from, 178. Prayers, curious locality for saying, 169. Prayers, monkish, 180. Praying for revenge, 189. Practice of medicine, ancient, 337. Prescriptions, Chinese medical, 182. Predictions, Lilly's, 36. Preserved in salt, 157. Preservative against toothache, 338. Prices, Scripture, 175. Primitive tavern signs, 78. Primer, New England, 14. Prince of Charlatans, 206. Prints, lightning, 72. Printed in gold letters, 10. Prison literature, imperishable, 16. Private expenses of Charles II., 53. Prizes, early lottery, 63. Prophetic almanacs, 17. Prologue, high-sounding, 34. Provision against famine, singular, 283. Psalm, value of a long, 210. Puffing their own books, 16. Pulpit, refreshments for the, 61. Punch and Judy in 1669, 77. Puritan surnames, 38. Pyed Piper, 147. Queer arctic music, 174. Evidence of divinity, 182. Legend about fish, 296. Place to secrete a diamond, 222. Quaint epitaphs, 110. Quaint recipes, 46. Queen's vow, 171. Queen Anne's farthings, 177. Queen Elizabeth's dresses, 166. Queen Elizabeth's "Oone Gospell Book," 11. Rain doctors, African, 152. Magic stone, 203. Whipping toads to produce, 349. Rats and mice, how they use their tails, 280. Raven, 250. Recipes from Albertus Magnus, 74. Recipes, quaint, 46. Reckless disregard of omens, 247. Red tape a remedy for the plague, 339. Refreshments for the pulpit, 61. Regal hunting party, 214. Remarkable events, chronological table of, 47. Remarkable perseverance, 21. Remarkable echoes, 166. Remedy for bad dreams, 225. Remedy for fleas, 256. Relics, religious, 108. Resurrection watch, 88. Retailing a lion, 277. Reticence, gipsy, 170. Retort, drop-letter, 67. Revenge, odd mode of, 287.