Peter the Great, anecdotes of, 300--308
character of, 361
Peter Pence, origin of, 343
Peter Simple, life of, 121
Petition to Time, 11
Petit-or, value of, 425
Petrarch's Tomb, 169
Phillips, Col., recollections of, 402
Phrenology, curiosities of, 45
Physician's Fees, 261
Pic Nic at Tempe, 15
Pickpockets, qualifications of, 334
Piracy in olden times, 26
Pitch-in-the-hole, ancient, 320
Pitt, Mr., statue of, 40
Plaint of certain coral beads, 406
Plants, light and air on, 262
in rooms, 263
Poets, Major and Minor, 51
Pompadour, Madame de, her toilette, by Voltaire, 163
Pompeii, antiquities of, 412
Poor Laws, origin of, 327
Popes, List of, 416
Portdown Fair described, 121
Portugal, antiquity of, 48
manners and customs in, 69
Posts for Letters, origin of, 322
Post Office, revenue of, 440
Potato, economy of, 127
Poverty, Owen Feltham on, 414