OWN JOURNAL;

FOR

INTER-COMMUNICATIONS ON NATURAL HISTORY,

POPULAR SCIENCE, AND THINGS IN GENERAL..

CONDUCTED BY

WILLIAM KIDD, OF HAMMERSMITH.

VOLUME II.

Oh, speak the joy! ye, whom the sudden tear
Surprises often, while you look around,
And nothing strikes your eye but sights of bliss
All various NATURE pressing on the heart :
An elegant sufficiency, Content,
Retirement, Rural quiet, Friendship, Books,
Ease, and alternate Labor, useful Life,
PROGRESSIVE VIRTUE, AND APPROVING HEAVEN.

THOMSON.

LONDON:

PUBLISHED FOR WILLIAM KIDD, BY
WILLIAM SPOONER, 379, STRAND;

AND PROCURABLE, BY ORDER, OF ALL BOOKSELLERS.
AGENT FOR DUBLIN, John WINEHEART; EDINBURGH, J. MENZIES ;

Glasgow, John M'LEOD ; 66, ARGYLE STREET.

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.

UMMER.

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.

WILLIAM KIDD.

New Road, HAMMERSMITH,

January 1st, 1853.

INDEX TO VOLUME II.

Aberdevine, The, 61

Cats, Rats, and Kittens, 235, 283,
Abstinence from Food in Animals, 122

43, 189
Affection for Animals, 126

— without Tails, Philosophy of, 172
Agitation of Birds, 54

Caterpillars, 37, 76
Air and Atmosphere, 322

Chameleon, Thé, 205
“ All is not Gold that glitters," 158

Cheap Immoral Periodicals, 120, 185, 271, 330
American Aloe, 316

- Glass for Window-Gardening, 314, 363
- Cress, 379

Cheerfulness and Uniformity of Temper, 206
Animals, Cruelty to, 235, 283, 297, 376

Cheese-Mite, The, 397
- Absurd Anecdotes of, 11

Chemistry of Nature and Art, 382
- and their Prejudices, 93

Children, 55, 151, 239
- in their proper Places, Dogs, 206

Cobra-di-Capello, The, 302, 313
- Birds, &c., Art of Taming, 47, 170, 177 Cocoa-nut Crab, The, 397
Animalcules and their Instincts, i

Cod-Liver Oil, 347
Ants, 50, 58, 65, 203

Combustion, Philosophy of, 12
- and Fairy Rings, 333

Contemplation of Nature, 199
Ant Flies, 188

Coral, The, 395
Ardent Spirits, 32, 60

Cruelty of Children towards Animals, 147, 170
Artificial State of Society, 104, 200

Cuckoo, The, 156
Ass, Revenge in the, 362

Dahlia, The, 235
Atheism, a Blow to, 157

Damp in Walls, 156
Atrophy in Birds, 61

Dawn of Day, 181
Australian Gold Fields, Panorama of the, 176 Delirium, 111
Autumn Wild Flowers, 147

Destruction of Birds and its Consequences, 90
AVIARY, THE, AND ITS OCCUPANTS, 277, 308, 340, Distinctions and Differences The Crow and the
371, 403

Rook, 17
- Birds, 77

Dogs, 28, 47, 76, 142, 165, 190, 203, 206
Avidavats, 58, 91

Dogs, A Lady's Apologies for, 165—168
Babillard, The, 243

Dog and Kitten, 95
Bamboo, and its Applications, 346

- Rabbit, and Cat, 391
Bed-room Walls, 188

Dolphin, The, 365
Bees, 41, 69, 155, 172

Eagle and the Salmon, 27
- in Canada, S31

Early Education, 106, 138, 170, 349
- in New South Wales, 378

- Rising, 73, 77, 139, 188, 348
BIRDS OF SONG—reprinted with additions, from Eggs without Shells, 45
the Gardeners' Chronicle, 3, 20, 45, 53, 93, 99, - carried off by Crows, 236
115, 132, 146, 161, 179, 193, 211, 227, 243, Englishman, An, proof against Gold! 362
261, 277, 308, 340, 371

English Birds and Plants acclimated in the
- Is it cruel to confine them ? 111

United States, 290
- their Affection for their Young, 172
— Nests of, perforated; and the eggs re-

ESSAYS AND SKETCHES.
moved, 11, 41, 142

| Affection, 375; Angling, 291; Appearances
Bird-Cages with Painted Wires, 125

often Deceitful, 97; Ardent Spirits, Eng-
Bird-sellers, Tricks of, 395

land's Curse, 386 ; August and its Insects,
Blackbird, The, 26

213; Australia, 234 ; Auto-biography of
-- A White, 91

a Dog, 279, 290, 325, 341, 354, 374, 389, 405 ;
Black-Cap, The, 26, 115, 132, 146, 161, 179, 193, Beauties of Autumn, 319; Boarding houses, 169;
283

Character Reading, 280, 312; Childhood, 55;
Boarding Houses, 169

Christmas, 392, 409 ; Christmas-Tree, The, 306;
Bookseller, An Honest! 158

Confirmation-Day, 358; Dawn of Day, 181; Days
Brain, Phenomena of the, 143

without Nights, 271; December, 1852, 360, 414 ;
Breath, The, 35

Delights of the Tea-table, 264 ; Departing Year,
Bullfinch, The, 273, 300

The, 328; Destruction of Birds, 90 ; Dream, a
Cactus, The, 395

Remarkable, 250 ; Every-day Life in India, 87;
Camel, The, 236, 316

Field Paths and Country Stiles, 29; First Foel-
Canaries, 9, 58, 60, 61, 74, 75, 186, 187, 395 ing of Winter, 373; Fish-ponds and Tittle-bats,
in the open air, at Maidstone, 9

390; Floods, 323, 412; Gold, 234 ; Hanwell Asy-
Canary Shows, 376, 412, 413

lum, 257; Happiness, 120; Holly, The, 401 ;
Carbonic Acid. 140

Human Pulse, 94; Human Sorrow transient, 414;
Cat, An amiable, 299

Humanising Influences of Summer, 73; Human-