Contents.PROSE.PAGEAn Adventure with a Bear92A few words about the Egyptians, Ancient and Modern142” ”Soluble Glass221A Mysterious Adventure135A Touch with the Brigands19A Visit to the Royal Polytechnic Institution205Boiling Springs224Cardinal Wolsey83Christmas Day at the Diggings200Exploits in the Desert9Glastonbury Abbey, with the Story of King Arthur217Gustavus Vasa30Jack and Jill243Juvenile Day at the Hall171Manufacture of Ropes188Oranges and Lemons; or, the Bells of St. Clement’s71Passage of the Desert212San Rosalia196Sledging7Something about Boiling Springs224””the Chinese116Something more about the Chinese234”about Lighthouses97””the Old Abbeys and Castles of England61””Ships and Shipping178””the Turkish Provinces55Story of the American Sea Serpent227Story of an Anchorite1The Boy Bachelor; or, Something about Cardinal Wolsey83The Two Middies; or, a Fearful Encounter with a Shark259The Town Pump: a Story of the Cow with an Iron Tail34The Youthful Nelson42The Old Abbeys and Castles of England104The Queen at Spithead: Review of the Fleet110The Rain; or, the Child, the Fairy, and the Magic Bird156The Regimental Goat153POETRY.The Electric Telegraph169The Owl202The Sailor’s Grave5The Willow Tree152