OWN JOURNAL; FOR INTER-COMMUNICATIONS ON NATURAL HISTORY, POPULAR SCIENCE, AND THINGS IN GENERAL. CONDUCTED BY WILLIAM KIDD, OF HAMMERSMITH, VOLUME III. COME, come, dear friends! Beneath the open sky abroad, The blessed, peaceful works of God,- BRYANT. LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR WILLIAM KIDD, BY AND PROCURABLE, BY ORDER, OF ALL BOOKSELLERS. Glasgow, JOHN M'LEOD, 66, ARGYLE STREET. TO THE READER. On the completion of our THIRD VOLUME, it may be expected that we should, as usual, offer a few passing remarks. It will be remembered, that the Editor of this Periodical has ever been proudly desirous that it should stand “ alone” among the Serials. This, at a considerable pecuniary cost, and an immense amount of mental and bodily labor, has been accomplished. Its genial tone, and lofty aim, have been recognised and appreciated; its fame has gone abroad; and its patrons—not a few, are the very choicest of " choice spirits." All the supporters of our JOURNAL have indeed been fairly “won.” We hardly need say that we hate “fine writing.” We love Nature; and therefore write “naturally." All our Correspondents are of the same “ happy family.” Hitherto, ours has been a “ labor of love" only. Not one penny in the way of remuneration have we yet received. “Faith" and “Hope” have supported us thus far. Now let the public kindly play the part of “ Charity,” and philanthropically enlarge the sphere of our usefulness; then are we willing to credit the hint given us-that “ another six months must see us triumphant." Bold as the effort may be deemed, we will e'en make it. WILLIAM KIDD. New Road, HAMMERSMITH, July 1st, 1853. 287 Advantages of (so called) Vermin, 319 | Cuckoo, The, 161, 166, 244, 318 Dahlia, The, 311 Aquatic Vivarium in the Regent's Park, 351 Death in the Pot! 191 Ardent Spirits, Beer, Tobacco, &c., 186, 253, 263, Destructive Birds, 313 Australia, Notes on, 17, 125, 314, 319 Auto-Biography of a Dog, 33, 101, 167, 233, 298, Dogs, Anecdotes of, 54, 62, 121, 126, 191, 235, 246 Dressmakers of London, The, 267 Earwig, Notes on the, 364 Baker's Poultry Fountains, 371 Bathing, Its Use and Abuse, 196, 249 Editorial Secret, 335 Electric Telegraph in America, 83. Birds of Sons,-Reprinted, with Additions, from Enchanted Valley, 348 the Gardeners' Chronicle,--23, 88, 152, 216, England, or the Tropics ? 313 Birds' Nests, Curious Situations for, 375, 376 An Afternoon Ramble, 327; Art of Success, 207 ; Blessing of Moderation, 136; Character from Birds in Town and Birds in the Country, 181 the Handwriting, 336; Cheapness and Mean- ness, 70, 180; Childhood, 273; Child's Heart, Blackbird, The, 23, 88, 95, 122, 152, 316 A, 209; China and the Chinese, 258, 273, 289; Blessing of Sight and Hearing, 6 Country Pleasures and Dangers, 200; Cup of Tea, A, 49; Delights of a Garden, 326; Edi- torial Secret, 335; Education in England and Germany, 270; England and America, 199; Fashion, The Tyrant, 159, 160; Gems at Home, 323; Gentility! 159; Gulls and their Victims, Camel Journey across the Desert, 350 11, 333; Happiness and its Opposite, 65; Honesty and Deception, 365; Human Misery in the Streets, 211; Industry and Idleness, 366; Letters and Letter-Writers, 257; Little Kind nesses, 7; Love of Flowers, 134 ; " Mistress and Cats and Dogs Contrasted, 35 Servant," 129, 135, 143, 265; Moon's Rays, The, 225; Nature and Art, 140; Nature's Holiday, 4; Order and Method, 142 ; Our Notes Painter's, The, Revelation, 269 ; Past, Present, and Future, 1; Pictures of Life, 103 ; Poets and Versifiers, 201 ; Poetry, 20; Poetry of Life, 193; Pleasures of Sleep, &c., 145; Sea-Shore, Cockatoo, The, 54 The, 81; Shrove-Tuesday, 51 ; Summer Ramble in Croydon, 84; Things beyond the Eye, 74 ; Thoughts suggested by the New Year, 3; Time Color imparted to Oil, 180, 245 and Chance, 262 ; Valentine's Day, 9; Wild- Flowers, 321; Winter, 13; Woman and Her Cruelty to Animals, 56, 63, 83, 121, 185, 226, 248, Maker, 160; World we Live in, 129 | Evergreen Shrubs, 192 |