CHAMBERS'S

POCKET MISCELLANY.

VOLUME XVII.

EDINBURGH:

PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS,

1859. July 7.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY W. AND R. CHAMBERS.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

YOUNG NAPOLEON,

1

THE TWO BLIND FIDDLERS,

9

THE LITTLE FOWLER,

18

STATE OF CRIME IN THE GOOD OLD TIMES,

23

TALE OF THE PATIENT GRISELDA,

29

NATURE'S HAUNTS -(VERSES),

39

WILLIAM TELL,

40

COLTER'S ADVENTURE,

47

THE MYRIADS OF CREATION,

51

STORY OF EGYPTIAN OPPRESSION,

58

SHIPWRECK OF THE ENGLAND OF NEWCASTLE,

61

DRAWERS OF THE LONGBOW,

71

DISCHARGING OF A SWISS LAKE,

79

PAUL CUFFEE,

85

STORY OF THE SLOOP PEGGY,

ADMIRAL BYNG,

104

PITTSBURG,

112

ESCAPES OF CHARLES THE SECOND,

117

MARY OF BUTTERMERE,

126

A SOUL IN ALL THINGS -(VERSES),

135

HOUSE OVERWHELMED BY AN AVALANCHE,

136

WILLIAM BEGBIE: AN EDINBURGH FIRESIDE TALE,

140

STORY OF THE PYRENEES,

147

THE BRAGGE FAMILY,

154

THE MYSTERIOUS ROBBERY,

167

THE SAILOR AND THE BEAR,

174

PERSONAL NARRATIVE RELATING TO THE FALL OF THE

BRUNSWICK THEATRE,

176

ANECDOTES OF THE ORIGIN OF WORDS,

184

92