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Alfred the Great 1 False Religion 70 Antipodes, A Trip to Our 10, 22, 33, 46, 59 Fortress of Ham 90 Arizona, Ancient Ruins in 21 Freak of a Dog, Curious 156 Animal Trades and Callings 40 Fred.- Danielson's Lesson 165 Australia 130 Familiar Plants 225, 245, 281 Act from Principle 191 Flying Squirrels 247 Anomalies of English Spelling 242 Ambition 250 "Great Harry," The 25 Architecture in Salt Lake City 259 Great Cemetery, A 126 Great Calamity, A 166 Biography, Joseph Smith, the Prophet 9. 15, 20, 38, 53, 62, Golden Rule, The 215 81, 92, 106, 111, 129, 137, 153, ICi, 171, 183, 200, 206, 218, Giant Emperor, The 263 238, 242, 254, 267, 278 Getting on in Life 2(13 Best Friend, The 35 Gas—its Origin and Manufacture 272 Blushing 126 Great Difference With You, A 275 Brevity 147 Guinea-Pigs 277 r Book of Mormon, The 147, l. ,9, 170, 182, 212 Great Wall of China, The 281 Bright Side, The 202 Beautiful Allegory, A 204 Hannah Praying in the Temple 61 Borrowing Trouble 257 Happiness 89 Bird Housekeeping 271 Honolulu to Hilo, From 94 Hunters of the Sea 151 Centennial Exhibition, To the 8, 14, 32, 40, 51, 86, 99, Hawaiian Islands 152 116, 124, 135 Hilo 'J h ough Puna, From 154 Christ Weeping over Jerusalem 19 Human Hand, The 178 Country Without Women, A 23 House on the Wall of a City 21 Choking 29 How to be Somebody 221 Correspondence 34, 88, 155, 178, 250 How They Pull Teeth in Japan 257 Contentment 50 Hedgehogs 265 Charade 60, 180, 252, How to be Handsome 274 Character 69 Human Food, Curiosities in 283 Curious Sight at Sea, A 73 Indian Vision, 11 Chinese Hall of Justice, A 85 An India- Rubber Tree 79 Chapter lor the Little Ones 93, 105, 113, 142, 155, 167, 173, 189, 202, 214, 227, 237, 245, 261, 274, 284 "ICan" 107 Childish Wishes loo Icebergs 115 Charity 101 Icelanders Fishing for Narwhals 181 Cunning Fox, A 190 Idleness 190, 283 Chaux de Fonds 227 Indian Curiosities 239 Intemperance 248 Camel and Caravan, A 241 Coffee 273 Indian Remains, Ancient 275 Curious Custom, A 2S5 Jesus Blessing Little Children 7 Jonah Cast into the Sea 109 David Playing Before Saul 3 Meeting 145 Drunkenness 98 Jethro Moses 244 Damascus 112 Jealousy Dolphins Pursuing a Boat 157 Keep Straight Ahead 192 Dutch Language, The 158 King and the Farmer, The 198 Disrespect at Home 1 66 Dull Great Men 189 Log Book, Leaves From a 5, 20 Dying, How it Feels to be 197 Little "Tcnie" 172 Duckbill, The 205 Lead Pencils 248 Don't Lose a Minute 214 Learning the Alphabet 258 Dark Hour Before Day, The 219, 232 Life's Eyening Gray 274 Drunken Monkeys 263 Look on the Cheerful Side 277 Daniel in the Lions' Den 283 Music— Praise ye the Lord 12, Christmas Carol 24, (iather Editorial Thoughts 6, 18, 30, 42, 54. 66, 78, 90, 102, 114, 126, Round the Standard Bearer 36, Temple Song 47, We Meet 138, 150, 162, 171, 186,198, 210, 222,234,246,258,270, Again 60, We Meet Again in Gladness 72, Sunday School 1 282 Volunteers 84, The "Mormon ' Lad 96, Go When the Moru- Enigma 12, 108, 120. 132, 192, 228, 276 incr Shineth 108, A Thanksgiving Hymn 120, A Sunday Evil Reports, Listening ti> 32 School Call 132, A Jubilee Song 144, Never From Thee 156, Experience in Preacliiusr, Early is Glad Tidings 168, Children's Song 180, Sunday School Educated Feet 77 Hymn 192, A Song ot Praise 204, To-day 216, A Call, and Extremes Meet 88 Answer 228, Beautiful Day 240, What Prize Shall be Your Experience of an Elder, Early 100, 118, 128, 146, 179, 208, Reward 252, A Song of Faith 264, A Prayer 276, Celettial 260 City 288. Enthronement of Joash 133 Mahomet's Call to Prayer 23 Egypt 163 Mission, Incidents of a 35, 44, 57, 64, 82, 87, 104, 117, 123, Egypt, More About 169 142, 148, 164, 237, 247, 256, 268, 279 Eastern Custom, An 187 Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh 121 Early Rising 188 Money, Wishing for 124 Encouragement 188 Misnomers 172 Edible Nuts 201 Metals, Minerals and Gems 177 Excursion, An 214 Mosques 193 1 1 Religious Inconsistent of the World 74 Missionary Incidents 10 Mimmoth, The 199 Reading 128 Regularity 215 Moral Character 199 Russians and Turks 223 Midnight l>uel, A. 229 Manatee, The 235 Raie Dinner, A 249 257 .Mountain Alligator, 1 he 230 Recrimination Miraculous Healing 251 Reputation vs. Character 202 Mandrill, The 253 Shun Affectation 1 Men Without Occupations 260 Sunday Lessons 12. 36, 41,60, S3, 89, 107, 119, 132, 141, 149, 284 Nature, Beauties of 160 108, 173, 202, 225, 239, 250, 262, Natural Talent 191 Shipping, Ancient 13 Navajo Cunning 231 "Snake Charmer," A 37 Sunday School Mattel s 50 ( (live Tree, The 42 Sunday School Statistics 68 The 194 ( runoe of Prevention, Susquehanna, Jottings on the 69, S2 Only a Bug 287 Small Means 213 Scandal 273 Education 28 Physical Singular Interposition 270 1'izzaro 55 ,- o- ti li.Sir Hot pur ( ock 94, Poetry—The Good Boy b Resolve Travels in India 4, 16, 27, 43, 52, 03, 76, 130. 158, 176, 184, h at am It I '.i Repentance 108, Grasshopper Sports 127, W I, 195, 207, 224, 235, 243, 255, 260, 280 ' 2b8 I'll be a Little Moruioo' 228, The Grumbler Tea-lea', Story of a 103 Palestine, Tombs iu I 18 Tobacco, The Use of 119 Puzzle 156 Trifles, Ingenious 123 Prejudice 179 Travels on Hawaii 1 05 Plant Lite 190 Towzer and Tom 175 Plants and l'heir Uses 201 Two Sides 209 Practical Advice 203 Tabernacle, The 271 Porcupine Ant-eater, The 217 War ( lalley, Ancieot 2 2'Ji > I 'raver Pumas, The 251 Writing on the Wall 97 Poverty a Blessing 256 Wonderful Memories 107 Pangolin, The 285 Water Dog, The 213 Why They Often Fail 213 ,'i. c,:,. in"' 131, Questions and Answers l", 41, 89, '•Will it Wash?" 221 233, 244, 269 1 I.:, I4v, 177. 185, 203, 209, 226, Wholesome Lesson, A 243 Quakers, Persecution of the 39 Washing Day 251 William Blake, The Painter 280 K.ihab Hiding the Spies 19 Rubens, the Painter 66 Yew Tree, The 272 VOL XII. SALT LAKE CITY, JANUARY !, 1877. NO. 1. ALFRED THE GREAT, HERE is a picture that carries our thoughts back for a doubt, taxed their ingenuity to devise the most destructive thousand years, to the primitive days in England's his- weapon?. Their weapons were not then cannons and guns tory, when the peonle of th:it country were not the enlishtened and pistols, Mich as are now used, but the bow and arrows, nation that they such as are shown are now known to in the engraving, be—foremost in short spears, literature, arts which, when thrown at an just emerging enemy, were jerk- from a condition ed back by means of barbarism. It of a string or strip makes us think of of rawhide attach- the time when ed to them, rude England was not swords and scythes the populous or knives attached country that it is to their war now, but when ehariots, which vast forests and were intended to extensive bog?, or cut down the marshes, covered enemy. mostof itssurface, It may not bo instead of the easy for some of magnificent and our young readers thickly built cities, to believe that the rich farms and England, that gardens and the wonderfully old- beautiful parks fashioned country, that are found where so many there now. It of their fathers brings to our came from, and minds the time which they arc when the inhabit- wont to speak of ants of that coun- as the "old coun- try had not attain- try,'' ever was in ed to their preset] such a condition perfection in the as thtil described, art of killing one and thai its early - another, although i n )i abi t a n i they were a war- the ancient Bril like people, who ons were a race of : •-. spent a great jmr- 1 fl ll -r tinn of their time i lo of life was in fighting, and little if any better trying to kill one than that of the er tribes o another, and, no I UYENILE I1TSTBTJCTOR. Indians that inhabit this western country. But ii' they will This is the scene we have pictured in the engraving.