Museum of Wonders, or Curiosities of the World

A cabinet of curiosities in book form, 1890: monsters of the ancient world, wild animals, queer wanderers in the vasty deep, famous inventions and sublime scenery — assembled to astonish the young and, the preface admits, their elders too.

An Incident of the Crimean War

5 pages in this part of Museum of Wonders.

An Incident of the Crimean War

APTAIN GRAHAM, the men were sayin' Ye would want a drummer lad, So I've brought my boy Sandie, Tho' my heart is woful sad; But nae bread is…

An Incident of the Crimean War: Sandie

For Sandie's aye been good and gentle, And I've nothing else to love, Nothing-but the grave off yonder, And the Father up above."

An Incident of the Crimean War: Raven

The Compassionate Raven; or, Sympathy for Suffering.

An Incident of the Crimean War: Cock-lane

T the commencement of the year 1760, there resided in Cock-lane, West Smithfield, a Mr.

An Incident of the Crimean War: Parsons

Parsons could not forgive the indignity of having been sued for the borrowed money, and now began to hint that Fanny had come to her death…

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