BOTANY-FERNS AND MOSSES. 22 July August CHESS. ....... 148 HOUSEHOLD MATTERS, cont.- Page NEEDLEWORK, cont.- Ginger, Essence of .......................................... 327 Bouquet, Diamonds and Rubies.. 317 Mock Preserved ........ 147 | Chemisette, Embroidered........ 21 Counterpane, in Mosaic Needle- Herbs, Winter .................. 327 Lemon Cheesecakes............ 203 Wine.................... 147 Wax-flowers .................... 258 Scarf and Flounce, Lace........ 201 Table-cover, Heraldic............ 78 Vest, New Design for a Gentle- 139 Waxen Flowers, Vase of.......... Mutton, Sauce for Boiled........ 203 Nutmeg, Esseuce of.............. 327 Orange Jelly ........................................ 147 Oyster Powder .................. 295 Peaches, To Pickle.............. 295 Salmon, Dried ............................................ 147 Siberian Crabs .................. 147 Soup without Meat, Italian ...... 203 ...................................... 147 Sponge Cake, To make a ........ 203 Summer Drink .................. 147 Tea Cakes .............................................................. 203 Tomato Ketchup ................ 327 Tomatoes, To Pickle............ 295 Walnuts, To Pickle.............. 147 GAMES BETWEEN- .... 212 Deacon and Greenaway........ 182 Lowenthal and Kieseritzky .... 302 Mongredien and Harrwitz...... 32 Peregny and Harrwitz ........ 354 Storey and Harrwitz .......... 122 M'Combe.............................. Turton.................................. Turton.................................. M'Combe.............. 354 92 BOTTLES AND DECANTERS- 182 INDEX. Apples, Preserved ...................................... 147 Beef, Potted .................................. 295 Beer, To prevent Acidity of...... 261 Chops and Steaks, Sauce for .... 203 Chowder, (a Sailor's dish) ...... 147 Cutting, Grinding, and Writing on...................................... 113 Decanting, Straining, and Fil- tering....... ....................... 172 EXHIBITION FANCY AND Poached .................. 295 Filberts, To Keep................ 327 Fish, To Dress cold.............. 147 -Sauce for .................. 203 NEEDLEWORK. American Periodic Literature.... 236 Breadmaking, Economy of...... 102 Chemical Transmutations........ 306 Education, A Good............. Eloquence, Instructive ......... Emersonian Treasures...... 120, 146 ................................ 126 Epitaph on a Miser .............. 351 Family Festivities.............. 164 Florists, Results of the Art of the 312 Genius, Men of .................. 189 Good Habits.................................................. 292 Happiness ...................... 101 Heart, The Unfading How Hodge goes to London...... 170 Industry, Beneficial Effects of.... 18 Influence of a Remark..... 290 81 50 Lady Travellers, A Hint to ...... 28 Linden Tree .................... 286 Loans ........................................... Philosopher, Sketch of a ........ 110 Readers, Different Classes of.... 251 Steam, Condensed History of.... 324 Statistics, Interesting........ 176, 247 Agon, or the Queen's Guards, a Hobbs is defied to pick ...... 271 Frederick's, Uncle, Prize Enigma, Bruises, Stings, &c. Corns, To Remove Soft Facsimile of a Leaf in Copper, To Furniture, Cream Polish for .... 103 Gloves, An Excellent Paste for.. 112 Headache, A Cure for the........ 327: Ink Stains and Iron Moulds, Mix- 177. Aged, Plea for the............... 175 ........................................... 20 Birds at Evening ................ 111 Death's Final Conquest.......... 342 December, To ................................. 342 Departed, The .................. 293 Marble, To take Iron Stains out of 327 Meat, To Restore Tainted........ 112 Muffs and Tippets, On the Method ..... 293 Plate, To remove Black Spots from 327 Pomatum, To Colour............ 177 Poultices, Mustard.............. 177 Saline Draughts, Effervescing.... 11 ........................................ Falling Leaf, The Fragment ...... ..................................... 20, 233 Grace ....... ....................................... 202 Irish Girl, The .................. 175 Light in the Gloom .............. 145 Lines.............................................. 83 Love-Melody .................... 202 Mother's Eye, A................................... 83 Silver, To Remove Ink Stains from Summer Drink, Refreshing ...... As a general rule the Answers to Enigmas, &c., upon any given page will .......... 325 ........................................... 111 ...25, 132 Retrospection................................................ 342 Robin .......................... 260 Song ...................... 83, 175 Page mology ............................................ 93, 161, 217 Events of a Night.... Family Friend, Simple History of a .......... .... THE EDITOR AND HIS FRIENDS.-[APPENDIX.] Bissextile or Leap-Year.. Bittern, Mode of obtaining Mag- nesia from... Black-mail TALES, cont.- 106 Children, Manners of at Meals Anomalistic Year................ 120 Cocoa Paste .................... 209 ....... 217 Cornet Bandanas, or Bandannas ........ 167 Courtship... Bathing-Accidents.............. 42 Crests.. 103 Freezing Preparations, The New.. 95 ............. 109 French Polish, Recipe for ........ 37 201 Dog Days.... 253 119 Electricity 39, 77 Jiunting Hens' Nests......... 45 WORK-TABLE FRIEND. Joseph and Castor ....... Old Man's Tale, An.............. 223 Shoes... Paulina and Berenice, A Tale of Neck-tie, Balmoral, in Chinchilla Pearl of The Forty-fifth........ Polish Daughter, The, a true Tale Stocking, A Plain Knitted ...... 339 76 Table Cover, Knitted, or Cover Schoolmaster of Bonchurch, The.. 213 Toilet Candlestick, A Mat for a .. 339 for, or Anti-Macassar.......... 288 Watch-pocket.................... 107 Thrush, The Rescued............ 255 130 Two Legacies, The .............. 213 Bristol Bronzing Powders.. 202 Engraving, Discovery of........ 207 .......... 128 English Language, The ................ 271 Calcutta, Black Hole at.......... 132 Enlisting.. Candles, Economy in ............ 272 79 Entremets 250 Canterbury Settlement .......... 179 Epigram 76 168 129 Carriages...... ........ 142 Epitaphs 270 Eye Lashes and Brows........ 22, 54 147 Exchange, Bills of Eye, Evil... 29 Fine Paintings, Copal Varnish for 267 68 Finger, How to get a Tight Ring 241 32 .......... 111 Garden, Kitchen Escurial, The..... Etiquette 91 Enigma ...................... 7, 107 [The Noa. refer to the paragraphs.] 12 Marble, to Remove Ink and Oil Statistics of Mite .................................................... 153 Mottoes, Royal Gobelin Tapestry Graphiology .......... Gunpowder.... Hair Dye...... Hair, Grey ........................................ 19, 182 Insects for Cabinets, Killing.... 92 Interest.... 82 Invalids, Clothing for............ 235 Lamp, Argand .................................................. 165 Letters from................................................... Lip Salve... 35 ... 259 66 72 43 Shepherd, Jack ........ 204 Silk Weaving 49 Silkworms... 34 53 ..... 181 133 33 Mysteries...... Parthenon ...................................................... 220 $7 14 Pin Money ........................ 69 ...... 155 Unicorns in the Royal Arms of 164 172 84 ********. Washing, Materials for .......... 245 206 We. .....་...་་་་་་ *********.. Portland Vase............................... Sea Anemone Sedentary Occupations 50 .................. 16 Prize Conundrums .............................. 45 Raffles........ 24 ............. Locks, Secure .................................... 30 ................... ...... 208 ..... FOR THE ACCUMULATED CONTENTS OF THE FIRST FOUR VOLUMES, REFER TO THE THE SIMPLE HISTORY OF A FAMILY FRIEND. customary when penning the biographies of illustrious individuals, to commence with their birth; but in the simple memoir that I am about to chronicle, the subject of which possessed accomplishments and virtues that deserved to be known beyond the narrow circle in which it was his fate to move, no such important record will be found. The fact is, I know not where he was born. A mystery-an impenetrable mystery, enshrouds his earlier days; and though I would gladly take up my staff and make a pilgrimage to the place of his nativity-if the locality of that sacred spot could be identified-I fear that I must content myself with calling in the aid of fancy, and satisfy the reader's curiosity and my own enthusiasm with an ideal portrait. I BELIEVE that, generally speaking, it is | scarce a sound broke the stillness. A falling leaf-a goid-crowned wren, snapping up an adventurous fly-a hare rushing across some distant vista in the trees, were all the indications that Nature gave of her active existence; and were it not for these, one might have deemed that the denizens of that silent forest had been bound by the spell of dreamless slumber that held the beautiful maiden, chained in her enchanted palace. This spot hath Fancy chosen as the birthplace of my hero. "But his name?" cries the impatient reader. Patience, hasty mortal, and I will give you a formal introduction. Look up there, where that slender bough has interlaced his slender offshoots until they have formed a leafy cradle! Do you not see a small round object, clasped as it were in the amorous embrace of the young tendrils of that stout old tree? You do! Excellent! Now look close, you perceive that it is a tiny vase-a cup-a chalice of such delicate workmanship, that Benvenuto the Mad never wrought anything so exquisite. Slender fibres of pliant plants are woven and interlaced Imagination depicts that unknown spot, hallowed by the companionship of youthful genius, as a silent, shadowy forest. Huge trees, whose rugged trunks, furrowed by the waves of Time, were thickly draped in veils of velvet moss, and pale feathery lichen threw their restless shadows far along the brown paths. Round their twisted and gnarled roots, that writhed into the ground like snakes at play, whole sheets of blue-together, in an inextricable web, modelled bells waved their slender stems, and drooped and rounded into a species of inverted their heads sorrowfully, like a crowd of dome. A border of green moss, cemented captive fairies, over whom the giant trees wonderfully to the edge, forms a charming kept watch and ward. Tall ferns were frosted emerald rim around this beautiful there, tossing their delicate plumes at chalice. every breath of air, as if they were coquetting with the wind, ere they granted it a kiss; while through the waving canopy of foliage overhead shot some stray beams of sunlight, that, like the elfin forester of the legend, turned into evanescent gold the withered leaves that lay below. All was dim, shadowy, and full of that solemn mystery that dwells in woodland solitudes; VOL. V,-NO. XLIX. "Stay!" cries this eternally interrupting reader, "why this is only a bird's nest." Wonderful sagacity! singular penetra-tion! May your shadow never be less, my friend! You have discovered it—it is only a bird's nest! Climb on one of those thick boughs, and just peep into this little habitation. You will see there, comfortably reclining in the white wool and B |
