Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by S. G. Goodrich, in

the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

TO THE

FIRST VOLUME.

page 1

,

IN D E X

FROM FEBRUARY TO JULY 1841, INCLUSIVE.

Address to the Reader,

Story of Philip Brusque, 19, 47, 73, 97

About Labor and Property,

3 Spring is Coming; a Song,

64

Anecdote,

- 102 Sketches of the Manners, Customs, and

Absence of Mind,

- 126 History of the Indians of America, 116

Antiquities of Egypt,

• 149

140, 141, 181

A Drunkard's Home,

- 152 Something Wonderful,

141

Architecture of Birds,

· 158 The Sociable Weavers,

2

A Philosophical Tea-pot,

- 171 The Human Frame likened to a House, 18

Astonishing Powers of the Horse, - 172 The Sailor's Family,

21

A Good Reply,

- 187

The Groom and the Horse,

23

Chinese Spectacles,

18 The Druids,

24

Contentment,

50 The Re-entombment of Napoleon,

27

Curious way of Keeping Accounts, 189 The Pelican,

36

Death of the President,

127 The Three Friends,

41

Fanny Gossip and Susan Lazy; a Dia The Fox and the Tortoise,

43

logue,

145 The Travels, Adventures and Experi-

Hogg's Father,

- 102 ences of Thomas Trotter, 44, 81, 120, 138

Hunting Wild Animals in Africa, - 111 The Month of March,

60

Hymn,

· 159 The Child and the Violets,

62

Importance of Attention ; a Dialogue, - 174 The Great Northern Diver, or Loon, 71

Instinct,

190 The Spectre of the Brocken,

79

John Steady and Peter Sly, a Dialogue, 38 Trifles,

80

My First Whistle,

4 The New Custom House, Boston,

86

My own Life and Adventures; by Rob. The New Patent Office, Washington,

89

ert Merry,

9, 33, 65, 129, 161

The River; a Song,

96

Music-Jack Frost, a Song,

32 The Sun,

- 101

Madagascar,

168

125

Napoleon's last Obsequies

51 The April Shower,-a Song,

128

Night,

101 The Artist's Cruise,

- 133

Owls and Eagles,

5 The Boastful Ass;

157

Origin of The House that Jack Built,' 7 Travelling Beehives,

158

Origin of Words and Phrases,

35 The Secret,

- 158

Our Ancestry,

53 The Logue Family,

- 159

Plain Dealing,

26 The Humming Birds,

· 167

Peach Seeds,

37 The Moon,

. 173

Professions and Trades,

94 The Horse and the Bells,

- 178

Peter Pilgrim's account of his School The Crane Family,

- 179

mates, No. 1,
· 107 The Shetland Pony,

• 188

Pet Oysters,

· 187 Varieties,

30, 62, 127, 190

Poetry and Music,

• 192 What is Truth?

28

Queen Elizabeth of England,

. 103 What sort of Heart have you got?

90

Swallows,

15 What is Poetry?

95