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PUBLISHED FOR WILLIAM KIDD, BY

WILLIAM SPOONER, 379, STRAND;
AND PROCURABLE, BY ORDER, OF ALL BOOKSELLERS.
AGENT FOR DUBLIN, JOHN WISEHEART; EDINBURGH, J. MENZIES;
GLASGOW, JOHN M'LEOD; 66, ARGYLE STREET.

M. DCCC. LII.

LONDON :

M. S. MYERS, 22, TAVISTOCK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

7298

TO THE READER.

THE TIME has again come round, for us to submit to the Public eye our Collected Sayings and Doings of the last six months.

In our former Preface, we intimated a hope,—a belief, that our CHRISTMAS VOLUME would be even more interesting than that of MIDSUMMER. We trust our prophecy will be recognised as " fulfilled." Our heart has been in our work. It is not therefore a matter for surprise if we should succeed in pleasing.

Let us again predict that, when our next Volume appears, we shall excel even more than we do now. Perfection is worth striving after; and as we are supported by a powerful body of Choice Spirits, we shall pursue it with untiring and unceasing energy.

NEW ROAD, HAMMERSMITH,

January 1st, 1853.

WILLIAM KIDD.

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Australian Gold Fields, Panorama of the, 176
Autumn Wild Flowers, 147

AVIARY, THE, AND ITS OCCUPANTS, 277, 308, 340, 371, 403

Birds, 77

Avidavats, 58, 91
Babillard, The, 243

Bamboo, and its Applications, 346
Bed-room Walls, 188

Bees, 41, 69, 155, 172

in Canada, S31

in New South Wales, 378

BIRDS OF SONG-reprinted with additions, from the Gardeners' Chronicle, 3, 20, 45, 53, 93, 99, 115, 132, 146, 161, 179, 193, 211, 227, 243, 261, 277, 308, 340, 371

Is it cruel to confine them? 111
their Affection for their Young, 172,
Nests of, perforated; and the eggs re-

moved, 11, 41, 142

Bird-Cages with Painted Wires, 125 Bird-sellers, Tricks of, 395

Blackbird, The, 26

A White, 91

Black-Cap, The, 26, 115, 132, 146, 161, 179, 193, 283

Boarding Houses, 169

Bookseller, An Honest! 158

Brain, Phenomena of the, 143

Breath, The, 35

Bullfinch, The, 273, 300

Cactus, The, 395

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Cats, Rats, and Kittens, 235, 283, 43, 189

without Tails, Philosophy of, 172 Caterpillars, 37, 76

Chameleon, The, 205

Cheap Immoral Periodicals, 120, 185, 271, 330 Glass for Window-Gardening, 314, 363 Cheerfulness and Uniformity of Temper, 206 Cheese-Mite, The, 397

Chemistry of Nature and Art, 382

Children, 55, 151, 239

Cobra-di-Capello, The, 302, 313
Cocoa-nut Crab, The, 397
Cod-Liver Oil, 347

Combustion, Philosophy of, 12

Contemplation of Nature, 199

Coral, The, 395

Cruelty of Children towards Animals, 147, 170 Cuckoo, The, 156

Dahlia, The, 235

Damp in Walls, 156

Dawn of Day, 181
Delirium, 111

Destruction of Birds and its Consequences, 90
Distinctions and Differences-The Crow and the
Rook, 17

Dogs, 28, 47, 76, 142, 165, 190, 203, 206
Dogs, A Lady's Apologies for, 165-168
Dog and Kitten, 95

Rabbit, and Cat, 391

Dolphin, The, 365

Eagle and the Salmon, 27

Early Education, 106, 138, 170, 349
Rising, 73, 77, 139, 188, 348
Eggs without Shells, 45

carried off by Crows, 236
Englishman, An, proof against Gold! 362
English Birds and Plants acclimated in the
United States, 290

ESSAYS AND SKETCHES.

Affection, 375; Angling, 291; Appearances often Deceitful, 97; Ardent Spirits, England's Curse, 386; August and its Insects, 213; Australia, 234; Auto-biography of a Dog, 279, 290, 325, 341, 354, 374, 389, 405; Beauties of Autumn, 319; Boarding-houses, 169; Character Reading, 280, 312; Childhood, 55; Christmas, 392, 409; Christmas-Tree, The, 306; Confirmation-Day, 358; Dawn of Day, 181; Days without Nights, 271; December, 1852, 360, 414; Delights of the Tea-table, 264; Departing Year, The, 328; Destruction of Birds, 90; Dream, a Remarkable, 250; Every-day Life in India, 87; Field Paths and Country Stiles, 29; First Feeling of Winter, 373; Fish-ponds and Tittle-bats, 390; Floods, 323, 412; Gold, 234; Hanwell Asylum, 257; Happiness, 120; Holly, The, 401; Human Pulse, 94; Human Sorrow transient, 414; Humanising Influences of Summer, 73; Human

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