Customs & Social Life

Weddings and funerals, fashions and feasts, games, ceremonies and the manners of many nations.

87 curiosities

A Life Saved by a Night-CapVol. II
A Life Saved by a Spider'S WebVol. II
A Pun that Cost a LifeVol. I
An Ancient Dressmaker'S BillVol. III
An Odd Custom: "Telling the Bees."Vol. I
An Unsubdued Province in TurkeyVol. I
"Benefit of Clergy."Vol. II
Burial of Alaric the Goth and Attila the HunVol. I
Burial of Gen. Kellerman'S HeartVol. I
"Cabal."Vol. II
"Charing Cross."Vol. II
ChessVol. II
"Christ with the Tribute Money."Vol. II
Color in ShellsVol. II
Curious Customs in ParliamentVol. I
Dak-BungalowsVol. III
Don QuixoteVol. I
Fifteen Stars and Fifteen StripesVol. III
Francois ChateaubriandVol. III
Granite Columns of St. Mark'SVol. I
HypatiaVol. I
In God We TrustVol. III
Inscriptions on BellsVol. II
"Last of Romans."Vol. I
Marian GamesVol. I
Mary'S LambVol. I
Miles StandishVol. II
Modern Postal SystemVol. III
Nearest Fixed StarVol. II
Origin of Casting a Shoe after a BrideVol. I
Origin of Lifting the HatVol. I
Origin of Theatrical PerformancesVol. II
Our Flag Victorious in the Old WorldVol. I
Our Moral and Physical AntipodesVol. I
Pawnbrokers' BallsVol. II
Penelope'S WebVol. I
Pouring Oil on Troubled WatersVol. III
Roman-Catholic and Protestant Service Held in the Same Place and at the Same TimeVol. I
RosicruciansVol. II
Sabbath, or SundayVol. I
Schoolmen or ScholasticsVol. II
"Sixty Minutes Make an Hour."Vol. III
South Sea BubbleVol. III
"St. Ursula and her 11,000 Virgins."Vol. III
"The Alabama."Vol. III
The Arundel SocietyVol. II
The BasquesVol. III
The Bone Said to Be the Nucleus of the Resurrection BodyVol. I
The Bull-FightVol. III
The Burial of the Duke of WellingtonVol. III
The Chair of IdrisVol. I
"The Chian Hath Bought Himself a Master."Vol. II
The Court of St. JamesVol. III
"The Cups that Cheer, But Not Inebriate."Vol. II
The DanneborgVol. III
The Eras B.c. and A.dVol. I
The Eugubine TablesVol. I
The Funeral of a Spanish KingVol. III
The Game of "Soule."Vol. III
"The Golden Number."Vol. II
The Great Bed of WareVol. I
The Great Fire of HamburgVol. II
The Greek SlaveVol. II
The Horseshoe as a CharmVol. II
"The Immaculate Conception."Vol. II
The Key of DeathVol. I
The LaocoonVol. I
"The Last of the Greeks."Vol. II
The LollardsVol. I
The MacheteVol. III
The Naming of AmericaVol. III
The NorsemenVol. III
The OriflammeVol. I
The Origin of "Honeymoon."Vol. II
The Original BluebeardVol. I
The Ring in the Marriage CeremonyVol. I
"The Ring of Amasis."Vol. II
The Round TowersVol. II
The Seven Sleepers of EphesusVol. I
The Sunday Stone of the Oxford MuseumVol. I
The SybaritesVol. II
"The Traveled Horses."Vol. II
The TuaregsVol. III
The Tub of DiogenesVol. I
"The Walter Scott of the Middle Ages."Vol. II
The Wandering JewVol. I
Velasquez (1599-1660)Vol. III