-in the Field, the Forest, and by the Fireside-which will not be found in that volume. The two works must go together to complete the round of subjects on which they treat.

Some few articles have appeared in a partial medium of circulation, but the whole have been written with the design of their present systematic arrangement, and will be new to the reader in general.

Upper Avenue-road, Regent's Park,
July 1st, 1850.

CONTENTS.

JANUARY.

Old-fashioned Winters

Skating

-

Sledging Abroad-Social

Amusements at Home and Abroad-Symptoms of Spring-

HOAR FROST-THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER-Farm-houses dan-

gerous Places-Perils indicated-Pretty Anne Field and Captain

Jenkinson-Dolly Cowcabbage-Miss Nancy Farley and her

Metamorphoses

FEBRUARY.

PAGE

1-20

Its Thaws and its House-flowers-Flight of Birds-Symptoms of

Spring-Sonnet-FEBRUARY WEATHER-OLD ENGLISH CAR-

NIVAL BEFORE LENT, a plea for Holidays-Folly of attempting

to bring back the old ones-Must prepare new ones suited to

the age-THE COUNTRY SCHOOLMASTER-Ten thousand new

ones wanted to order-The Schoolmaster's Love-letter-The

Schoolmaster in a thousand picturesque Places-The Rev. Robert

Walker-The School at Firbank Chapel-Our debts to the

Country Schoolmaster-A WINTER PICTURE

MARCH.

21-51

March in its wakening strength-The Country all alive—MOTHER-

ING SUNDAY-Customs at this season here and abroad-Preser-

vation of the poetical life abroad-Tomb of the Maiden of

Archangel-THE SABBATH-Nooks of England - SINGULAR

SECTS-The Liver by Faith-The Mysterious Preacher; his

singular Story-Bryonites and Thornites-Their prevalence in

Cornwall-Mulockites-Visit to the Chapel of Thomas Mulock,

who wanted to teach Lord Byron "a new kind of Christianity"

-William Theobald, the Quaker-Swedenborgian-The Roeites,

or Deformed Quakers-Singular scenes in their Chapel 52-92

APRIL.

Charms of the Season-Verses to a "Dear little Girl"-Stanzas
from Elliott expressive of the Spirit of the Season-Old English
Flowers and their Associations - Shakspeare's Love of April,
Daffodils and Violets-Scenes in the Country-Poem by a Shef-
field Grinder-EASTER-Customs Abroad and at Home-Pace-

PAGE

Egg-Ludicrous Epping-Hunt-THE OLD SQUIRE-His Cha-

racter-His Silent Friend, Wagstaff-His son Tom-His

Daughter, Lady Spankitt-His Annoyances at Upstart Families;

the Upstart of Upstarts, Abel Grundy-THE PRIMROSE

GATHERER-Outpouring of the London Artizans into Epping

Forest at different Seasons-Scene in Bethnall-Green-Sunday

Morning Market for Singing-birds and Penny Plants— The Prim-

rose Gatherer there-COMING SPRING, by Mary Howitt 93-128

MAY.

The Cowslip-A Record of the Progress of the Month as kept in

Surrey-Poem, "the Nightingale”—Stanzas from a Spanish Poet

-Singular change of Note in the Nightingale-Stanzas, "May

is come, and May is flying"-MAY-DAY-Formerly the Festival

of Spring-Traces of its Antiquity-May-Day Customs in

France, Germany, Sweden, and England-A Different Festival

proposed-THE YOUNG SQUIRE; a Type of the Change of the

Times-His Education and Progress—Marries Lady Barbara

Ridemdown-Lady Barbara's Beauty and Literary Taste. They

Travel; become Patrons of Literature and Patterns of Style-

Lady Barbara's Life of Glory and Christian Benevolence

amongst Authors and Publishers-They invade the Old Squire

annually with a Visit, which he terms "The Annual Hurri-

cane"-Plan great Changes when the Old Squire is gone 129-157

JUNE.

66

Record of June, as kept in Surrey-Strolls through the Woods—

Cuckoo's Eggs, Butcher-birds, black Adders-Poem, Spring

Flowers"-Poetry of June Nights-June Flowers-June in the

Peak of Derbyshire-June Excursions-WHITSUNTIDE-Its

Clubs and Village Processions-Decay of these-A new Festival

proposed, adapted to present Tastes—GREEN BOUGHS FROM THE

FOREST-Queen Elizabeth's Lodge in Epping Forest-The Two

Thompsons, of Sherwood Forest-Curious History of each-

THE YOUNG BIRD OF PASSAGE
158 190

JULY.

Don't you scent the Hay?-Call to enjoy July-Cheap Trains a

new feature of the Times-MIDSUMMER MUSINGS-BATHING-

Growing obstructions to its enjoyment in the Country-Increased

facilities in Towns-River Baths on the Continent-SINGULAR

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SAND-WASP-BRINGING HOME-Under

this head how many striking and touching events of human life

-The Peasant General-The new Rector-The fallen one-

DREADFUL CHANGES-AN OLD MAN'S STORY

191-223

AUGUST.

Sentiment of Divine greatness and goodness inspired by the

month of Harvest-HARVEST-HOME, a holiday-Harvest-home

as it used to be in good old Farm-houses-Misery of the English

Peasantry of late years-Hope of better times-A DAY AND

NIGHT IN THE FOREST-The Day there-Visit to Oxton Com-

mon-Hunting Snipes' Nests amongst the Sedges-Magnificent

spectacle of burning Gorse-The Bailiff-The old Gravellers-

Bailiff invites us to his house-Scenes there-The Night there-

The Bailiff's Story of the Death of the Gamekeeper—A FOREST

REVERIE

SEPTEMBER.

PAGE

224-263

Gathering of Fruits-Picking of Hops-Sportsmen in the Fields—

Adventure-The Country-fellow who found Don Quixote and

Sancho Panza trespassing in a Nut-wood- MICHAELMAS: for-

merly a jolly Goose-eating Season-Now only the Landlords' Fes-

tival-A Rent-night and Supper in the Author's Youth-Rents

and not Tenants the Predominant Idea-Signs of Social Improve-

ment-Vans of Londoners going out to Epping Forest-AUTUMNAL

EXCURSIONS-A FEW DAYS' TOUR IN THE ODENWALD-Meli-

bocus-The Old Village Schoolmaster-Primitive People and

Manners-Threshing out Corn in the Field-The Sea of Rocks

and the Giant's Pillar-A Scene in the Woods-Rodenstein the

Scene of the Legend of the Wild Hunter-The Castle of Erbach,

and its Story of the Daughter of Charlemagne-Hunting-Box of

the Prince of Leiningen-The Katzenbuckel-Drive along the

Neckar Thal-Castle of Götz von Berlichingen-The Coachman

and the Brandy-bottle-Weinsberg and the Peasants' War-The

Seherinn of Prevorst-Justinus Kerner, the Poet and Ghost Seer

-Heilbronn and Homewards

264-324

OCTOBER.

The Season of Forest Splendour-THE THISTLE DOWN-Warnings

of the Declining Year-THE Departure of THE SWALLOW—

AUTUMNAL EXCURSIONS-Trip to the Heidenmauer, or Camp of

Attila; and to Trifels, the Prison of Cœur de Lion in the Vosges

-Drive amongst the Vineyards-Dürkheim-Fine Scenery

about it-The Inn of the Four Seasons-The Heidenmauer, or

Camp of Attila, scene of Cooper's Novel-Christian Kinzel, the

Tailor, Cooper's Guide-Abbey of Limburg-Scene of Siegfried's

Combat with the Dragon-Castle of Hardenburg, former seat of

the Princes of Leiningen-The Teufel-Stein, or Devil's Stone-

Wild Scenery and Legends of the Spot-Further Drive amongst

the Vineyards by Neustadt, Edenkoben, etc., to Annweiler-

Striking character of the Country-The Castle of Trifels on its

Lofty Height-Where did Blondel discover Richard?-Richard's

sojourn here View of the Place and of the Country round-

Vicinity of the Ban de la Roche

NOVEMBER.

PAGE

325-350

Circumstances of Life, rather than the Month, melancholy-What

have we won from our Civilisation?-Approach of Winter-

THE FOREST POOL-THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN CHARNWOOD—

The Mystery solved-THE ENGLISH PEASANT-His multifarious

Character-His appearance in different Parts of the Country-

The Peasant as a walking Machine-The Peasant as a Man-

In his Youth; at the Fair, or Statutes-The Peasant when

irritated to Vengeance
351-382

DECEMBER.

The severity of the Season reminds us of the Necessities of our

Neighbours-COLD ABROAD AND WARMTH AT HOME-HOW

much is endured for the Warmth of the Fireside - Peasants

gathering Fuel Abroad - Peasants' Literature Abroad - The

Legends and People's Romances of Scandinavia, Germany, and

France-Miseries of the Poor in London in Winter-Out-of-

Door Pleasures - The Farmer's Occupations- REMARKABLE

DREAMS, WARNINGS, AND PROVIDENCES-The Winter Fireside

the Place for Legend and Story-The Old Well in Languedoc-

Smaller Incidents of realised Dreams and Warnings - The

Needlewoman's Dream-The Mission of Old Thomas Waring to

the Town of Ross-The forewarning Dream of an American

Lady-Lady Esmond and her Children-The Quakers during

the American War-The Rev. George Biddulph's Dream-Dream

revealing the Relative of Serjeant B, murdered at Plymouth

-The Dutch Fisherman's Wife -THE DISASTERS OF HANS

NADELTREIBER-His Troubles through not trusting his Wife—

GOD AND GOOD EVERYWHERE-NEW YEAR'S EVE-The Year has

once more rolled round-The Impression which the close of a

Year makes on the Mind in all Nations-Customs Abroad-

Santo Claus in America-Conclusion

383-445