While cordially reiterating the sentiments expressed in the first of the preceding paragraphs, the publisher can assure his Subscribers that the work, intended as a boon to themselves, has proved an equal source of gratification to him; and so, with mutual good wishes, trusts they may long continue, in the words of Milton, "with plain and lightsome brevity to relate well and orderly things worth the noting." INDEX. (_The Articles marked thus * are illustrated by wood engravings._) Abracadabra, 22. Adelgitha, 78, 88. Advertisements, 56. Albums, _see_ Hood, Hook, Shee, Southey. Alchemists, 64, 75, 88. Allegory of Mortality, 90. American Eloquence, 69. ----Go-a-Headism, 69, 87. ----Improvement of English Language, 63. ----Free Libraries, 96. ----Shaksperian Club, 38. ----Testimonial, _see_ Clarke. *Antiquities, sale of, 27. Apograph, 75. Archæological Associations, 22, 58. Archæological Publications, 6, 12, 25, 34, 35. ----Societies, 29, 34. Architectural Restorations, Ireland, 5. *----Slang, 70. ----Terms, 76. Archiduc d'Autriche d'Este, 76. Arctic Expedition, 32. ****Arms of Isle of Man, 18, 79, 90, 91, 101, 102. Ashbury, Joseph, 78, 93. Assignats, 82, 83. Athenæum, _see_ Eboracon. Athens, _see_ Tomb. Atlas of Epochs, 58, 71. Auctions, Literary, 8. *Author of Narrative of Transactions in British India, 75. Autographic Biography, 6, 15, 31. Autograph, _see_ Holograph. *Autographs, Admiralty, 85. Automaton Chess Player, 64, 71, 78, _see_ Advertisements. Ballads, Rare, 100. **Bawdrick, 5, 9. Bibliomaniacs, _see_ Smith, Richard. Blackwood's Magazine, 2, 12. Blair's Monument, 31. Bobart's Dragon, 53. Boddington, Mrs. 31, 39. Boccaccio's Decamerone, 31. Bones, Fossil Human, 83. Booksellers and Publishers, 38. ----in Seventeenth Century, 97. *Booth, Bishop, 67. ----Family, 80. Botany of the Bohereens, 88, _see_ Wild Flowers. Brasses, Monumental, 2, 15, 29. Brougham, Lord, on France, 39. Brown, Dr. Thomas, _see_ Paradise of Coquettes. Bruce, J. 8. Burns's MSS. 96. Campanalogia, 20. Capping a story, 7. Castle Cornet, 94. Caussin's Holy Court, 2. Cavendish, _see_ Wolsey. *Chair, Ancient, 95. Cheques, crossed, 58. Chinese Literature, 87. Clarke, Mrs. Cowden, 3, 13. *Coins, 3, 21, 81, _see_ Phœnician--Hebrew Harp. Coleridge, _see_ Penny Postage. Copyright, American Opinion on, 34. Coronation by a Pope, 98. Cow Chase, 62. Crabb, Mrs. 24. Cromwell, Print of, 7, 15, 21, 30. Current Notes and Americanisms, 7. Daniel O'Rourke, 18, 55, 61, 73. Darwin, _see_ Steam. *Denham, W. 31, 36. Dental Surgery, 6. Devonshire Collection, _see_ Coins. *Doorway in Woking Church, 33. Dowden, Alderman, 79.