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ONCE A WEEK.

AN

Illustrated Miscellany

OF

LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE, & POPULAR INFORMATION.

VOLUME X.

DECEMBER, 1863, TO JUNE, 1864.

LONDON:
BRADBURY & EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET.

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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
(For an alphabetical and subject index, see below)

No. 235. December 26, 1863.
Illustrated by
Norman's Visit to Guestford (Part 1). By George Stott.
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Charles Green.
Legend of the Castle of Monetier. By Sarah T. Bolton.
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Charles Green.
Curiosities of Cats. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
Exploded Superstitions. By Thomas L. Nichols.
No. 236. January 2, 1864.
Illustrated by
Duties on Playing-Cards. By Harry Jones.
Norman's Visit to Guestford (Part 2). By George Stott.
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Charles Green.
Architecture of Birds. By Edward Jesse.
Round the Irish Coast (Part 1). By G. Phillips Bevan.
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Thomas Sulman.
A Night in a Snowdrift. By Edward Duron.
No. 237. January 9, 1864.
Illustrated by
Bracken Hollow (Part 1). By Rosa Mulholland.
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G. J. Pinwell.
Our Bankers. By E. P. Vardon.
John of Padua: A Legend of Longleat. By Walter Thornbury.
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M. J. Lawless.
The Austrians at Home. By W. Bertram Edwards.
The Mullet and the Gurnard. By Astley H. Baldwin.
No. 238. January 16, 1864.
Illustrated by
Bracken Hollow (Part 2). By Rosa Mulholland.
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G. J. Pinwell.
Green and Dry. By Arthur J. Munby.
Schloss Schaubek. By Matilda Betham-Edwards.
The Expiation of Charles V. By Robert Reece.
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G. J. Pinwell.
The Shakespeare Jubilee. By Dutton Cook.
Treasure-Trove. By John Andrews.
No. 239. January 23, 1864.
Illustrated by
The Blacksmiths of Holsby (Part 1). By Louisa Crow.
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G. J. Pinwell.
Winter Memories. By James Mew.
A Crinoline Manufactory. By Frederick H. Whymper.
A Long Agony. By George Lumley.
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Charles Green.
British Pearl Fishers. By J. Hamilton Fyfe.
Round the Irish Coast (Part 2). By G. Phillips Bevan.
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Thomas Sulman.
No. 240. January 30, 1864.
Illustrated by
The Lady of the Grange. By W. Green.
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Charles Green.
Our Great Iron-Workers. By Andrew Wynter.
New Year's Day in China. By W. H. Medhurst.
The Blacksmiths of Holsby (Part 2). By Louisa Crow.
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G. J. Pinwell.
No. 241. February 6, 1864.
Illustrated by
The Gentleman with the Lily (Part 1). By Leopold Lewis.
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Charles Green.
Four-and-Twenty Hours in a Newspaper Office (Part 2). By Charles T. Browne.
Calypso. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
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G. J. Pinwell.
Machine Tool-Makers. By Andrew Wynter.
Round the Irish Coast (Part 3). By G. Phillips Bevan.
No. 242. February 13, 1864.
Illustrated by
The Gentleman with the Lily (Part 2). By Leopold Lewis.
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Charles Green.
Fishing at Philæ. By Mrs. Hibbert.
Dipsomania, or Thirst-Madness. By Andrew Wynter.
Horace Winston. By Emma Treherne.
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G. J. Pinwell.
Wheels in Workshire. By George Burton.
No. 243. February 20, 1864.
Illustrated by
The Veiled Portrait. By Charles Coghlan.
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George du Maurier.
The Burlesque of Life. By Edward Dicey.
The Concierge in Paris. By Blanchard Jerrold.
Prosperine. By James Mew.
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G. J. Pinwell.
Notes on Dandies (Part 1). By Dutton Cook.
Round the Irish Coast (Part 4). By G. Phillips Bevan.
Merlin and the White Death. By Robert Buchanan.
No. 244. February 27, 1864.
Illustrated by
A Stormy Night. By John Harwood.
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G. J. Pinwell.
Titled and Untitled Aristocracy. By Edward Walford.
Valentine's Day. By W. J. Linton.
Body-Snatching and Burking. By Alfred Marks.
The Moon's Wanderings. (From Reinick.) By Margaret Swayne.
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Robert Barnes.
A Border Wooing. By J. Wykeham Archer.
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J. Wykeham Archer.
The Widowed Queen of the Sandwich Islands. By W. W. Follett Synge.
No. 245. March 5, 1864.
Illustrated by
Mistaken Identity. By George Lumley.
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G. J. Pinwell.
Notes on Dandies (Part 2). By Dutton Cook.
The Mermaid. By Walter Thornbury.
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Charles Green.
A Skating Rink in Canada. By Reginald Fowler.
Every Inch a King. By Manley Hopkins.
The Carp. By Astley H. Baldwin.
Waiting for the Spring. By Walter J. Lawrence.
No. 246. March 12, 1864.
Illustrated by
The Uninvited. By Josiah Walker.
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George du Maurier.
Learnt by Heart. By Astley H. Baldwin.
Sweets for the Million. By Andrew Wynter.
The Officer. (From Béranger.) By Francis Hitchman.
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Robert Barnes.
Mademoiselle Clemence, Cook. By Blanchard Jerrold.
The Foundling Hospital at Moscow. By Walter Thornbury.
Sleep and Death. By E. King Harman.
No. 247. March 19, 1864.
Illustrated by
Pawns, Pawners, and Pawnbrokers. By George Dodd.
Hero. By James Mew.
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G. J. Pinwell.
The Old House at Pound's Bridge. By Robert T. Pritchett.
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Robert T. Pritchett.
The Battle Painter. By Walter Thornbury.
No. 248. March 26, 1864.
Illustrated by
Turberville and the Heiress of Coity. By Charles H. Williams.
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Frederic Shields.
Studios in Florence (Part 2). By Isa Blagden.
Days in the Black Forest (Part 1). By G. C. Swayne.
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Thomas Sulman.
No. 249. April 2, 1864.
Illustrated by
My Aunt Tricksy. By Isa Blagden.
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George du Maurier.
The Vizier's Parrot. By Walter Thornbury.
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G. J. Pinwell.
Days in the Black Forest (Part 2). By G. C. Swayne.
No. 250. April 9, 1864.
Illustrated by
"Wish Not;" or, Something New. By Henry Hill.
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Thomas Morten.
London Omnibuses. By Andrew Wynter.
Clerical Costume. By Dutton Cook.
A Legend of Northampton. By Astley H. Baldwin.
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Robert Barnes.
The Roach. By Astley H. Baldwin.
Out with McClellan. By George Manville Fenn.
In Memoriam. J.A.M. By B. G. Johns.
No. 251. April 16, 1864.
Illustrated by
German Co-operative Societies. By Burton S. Blyth.
The Old Corporal. (From Béranger.) By Francis Hitchman.
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George du Maurier.
Dartmoor Streams: An Angler's Week Among the Tors of South Devon. By Edward Lethbridge.
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Robert T. Pritchett.
No. 252. April 23, 1864.
Illustrated by
The Seasons in Italy. By Isa Blagden.
Shakspeare's Gloves. By Dutton Cook.
Three Days at Portland, U.S. By Wiltshire Stanton Austin.
A Pastoral. By Arthur J. Munby.
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G. J. Pinwell.
The Midge-Lake (Part 1). By Sabine Baring-Gould.
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Thomas Sulman.
No. 253. April 30, 1864.
Illustrated by
Detur Digniori (Part 1). By George Stott.
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George du Maurier.
Lobsters. By Astley H. Baldwin.
Marshal Storck: Who Was He? By C. M. Ingleby.
The Madonna della Seggiola. By Walter Thornbury.
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Robert Barnes.
The Modern Pulpit. By Charles B. Gibson.
The Midge-Lake (Part 2). By Sabine Baring-Gould.
May-Day Prayer. By Paul Richardson.
No. 254. May 7, 1864.
Illustrated by
Detur Digniori (Part 2). By George Stott.
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George du Maurier.
Weights and Measures. By George Lumley.
Legends of the Nursery. By Ernest R. Seymour.
The Stalking-Horse. By Ralph A. Benson.
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A. R. Fairfield.
On Spring. By Edward Jesse.
Fielding's Grave. By J. C. Hordern.
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Thomas Sulman.
My Double-Blossoming Cherry-Tree. By Henrietta Tindal.
No. 255. May 14, 1864.
Illustrated by
The Coast Guardsman's Tale. By C. O. Welby.
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Thomas Morten.
Garrick's Mulberry Tree. By John Plummer.
A'Beckett's Troth. By Robert Buchanan.
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G. J. Pinwell.
Parallel Passages. By Dutton Cook.
No. 256. May 21, 1864.
Illustrated by
A Painter's Courtship (Part 1). By Edward Whitaker.
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A. R. Fairfield.
An Extraordinary Sect. By Walter Thornbury.
The Romaunt of the Rose. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
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W. S. Burton.
Adventures in the Wilds of Connemara (Part 1). By Charles B. Gibson.
No. 257. May 28, 1864.
Illustrated by
A Painter's Courtship (Part 2). By Edward Whitaker.
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A. R. Fairfield.
A Day's Fishing on the Avon. By Edward Jesse.
T'Runawaa Lass. By Arthur J. Munby.
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Charles Green.
The Downs. By E. P. Vardon.
"The Glove." By A. M. Beamish.
No. 258. June 4, 1864.
Illustrated by
The North Coast of Devon and Cornwall (Part 1). By E. Hepburn.
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Robert T. Pritchett.
How to Buy Your Own House or Land. By Andrew Wynter.
Bacchus and the Water-Thieves. By Walter Thornbury.
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John Tenniel.
No. 259. June 11, 1864.
Illustrated by
The North Coast of Devon and Cornwall (Part 2). By E. Hepburn.
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Robert T. Pritchett.
The Skipper's Wife. By Randolph Pigott.
Typographical Errors. By David MacRae.
Meyerbeer. By George Lumley.
The Carnival at Venice. By Walter Thornbury.
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A. R. Fairfield.
Columbus. By J. C. Hordern.
No. 260. June 18, 1864.
Illustrated by
The Stonemason's Yard. By Rev. T. H. Butt.
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G. J. Pinwell.
A Lesson on Bogs. By G. Phillips Bevan.
The Rueful Ride. By Matilda Betham-Edwards.
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A. R. Fairfield.
Plots for Plays. By Alexander C. Fraser.
The Earth to the Sea. By T. Farrow.

A'Beckett's Troth 573
Adventures in the Wilds of Connemara 614
Agony, A Long 127
Apostle Indeed, An 415
"April" 456
Architecture of Birds 47
Aristocracy, Titled and Untitled 261
Arnulph, The Story of Sir 126
Art, A Suppressed 368
At Copenhagen 164
Aunt Tricksy, My 393
Austrians at Home, The 72
Avon, Fishing on the 628

Bacchus and the Water-Thieves 657
Bankers, Our 65
Banting, Mr. 696
Battle Painter, The 364
Beppo, the Conscript 21, 29, 79, 100, 132, 145, 189, 221, 248, 273, 298, 323, 337
Birds, Architecture of 47
Black Forest, Days in the 390, 418
"Blacklegs" 570
Blacksmiths of Holsby, The 113, 154
Body-Snatching and Burking 261
Bogs, A Lesson on 705
Border Wooing, A 268
Bracken Hollow 57, 85
British Pearl Fishers 130
Brothers Moginié, The 345, 371
Burking 261
Burlesque of Life, The 232

Calypso 183
Canada, A Skating Rink in 296
Card Games, Obsolete 362
Cards, Playing 34
Carnival at Venice, The 685
Carols, Christmas 10
Carp, The 306
Castle of Monetier, Legend of the 14
Cats, Curiosities of 16
Charles V., Expiation of 99
Cherry Tree, My Double-Blossoming 560
China, New Year's Day in 151
Ch-ng P-ng; or, The Sphinx of Pekin 654
Christmas Carols 10
Clemence, Mademoiselle, Cook 327
Clerical Costume 431
Clerk’s Story, A 598
Coast Guardsman's Tale, The 561
Coity, The Heiress of 376
Columbus 699
Comte, M. Le 62
Concierge in Paris, The 234
"Confidence" 588
Connemara, Adventure in 614
Cook, Mademoiselle Clemence, 327
Cookery, An Old Chapter in 708
Co-operative Societies in Germany 457
Copenhagen, At 164
Corporal, The Old 461
Costume, Clerical 431
Courtship, A Painter's 589, 617
Covenham Bridge, Legend of 671
Crinoline Manufactory, A 124
"Crowning In, A" 365
Curiosities of Cats 16

Dandies, Notes on 240, 288
Dartmoor Streams 473
Day, Valentine's 261
Day's Fishing on the Avon, A 628
Days in the Black Forest 390, 418
Derby, The 640
Detur Digniori 505, 533
Downs, The 640
Duties on Playing-Cards 34

Earth to the Sea, The 724
Embankment, The Thames 611
Epsom Downs 640
Every Inch a King 304
Expiation of Charles V., The 99
Exploded Superstitions 18
Extraordinary Sect, An 595

Father Mathew 415
Feast, A Funeral 41
Fielding's Grave 559
Fishing at Philæ 206
Fishing on Dartmoor 473
Fishing on the Avon 628
Florence, Studios in 388
Fossil Thunder and Lightning 652
Foundling Hospital at Moscow, The 330
Four-and-Twenty Hours in a Newspaper Office 178
Fruitful Vine, A 456
Funeral Feast, A 41

Games at Cards, Obsolete 362
Garrick, Mrs. D. 622
Garrick's Mulberry Tree 571
Gentleman with the Lily, The 169, 197
German Co-operative Societies 457
"Glove, The" 644
Gloves, Shakespeare's 483
Grange, The Lady of the 141
"Greater Light, The" 565
Greek Church, The 595
Green and Dry 90
Guestford, Norman's Visit to 1, 43
Gurnard, The 82

Haddock and John Doree, The 8
Heiress of Coity, The 376
Hero 349
Holsby, The Blacksmiths of 113, 154
Horace Winston 211
Hospital at Moscow 330
House or Land, How to Buy your Own 648
How to Buy your Own House or Land 648
Hrolf Krake 585
Hunters, The Three 639

Identity, Mistaken 281
Illusion, Piper's Spectral 449
In Memoriam 448
Irish Coast, The 138, 194, 245
Iron-Workers, Our Great 142
Italy and England 556
Italy, Seasons in 482

Jack the Giant Killer Married and Settled 38
Johann Zoffany 402
John Doree, The 8
John of Padua 71
Jubilee, The Shakespeare 104

King of the Sandwich Islands 304
Krake, Hrolf 585
 
Lady of the Grange, The 141
Lass, T'Runawaa 629
Learnt by Heart 318
Legend of Longleat, A 71
Legend of the Castle of Monetier 14
Legend of Covenham Bridge, The 671
Legend of Northampton, A 432
Legends of the Nursery 543
Lesson on Bogs, A 705
Life, Burlesque of 232
Light, The Greater 565
Lobsters 512
London Omnibuses 426
Long Agony, A 127
Lord Oakburn's Daughters 351, 379, 407, 435, 463, 491, 519, 547, 575, 603, 631, 659, 687, 715
Love-Cheat, The 654

McClellan, Out with 445
Machine Tool-Makers 184
Mademoiselle Clemence, Cook 327
Madness, Thirst 209
Madonna della Seggiola, The 517
Maïa 564
Manufactory of Crinoline 124
Marshal Storck 514
Mathew, Father 415
May-Day Prayer 532
Measures, Weights and 540
Memories, Winter 124
Merlin and the White Death 251
Mermaid, The 294
Meyerbeer 683
Midge-Lake, The 500, 530
Million, Sweets for the 318
Mistaken Identity 281
M. le Comte de Pontis de Sainte-Hélène 62
Modern Pulpit, The 528

Moginié, The Brothers 345, 371
Monetier, Legend of 14
Moon's Wanderings, The 267
Moscow, Foundling Hospital at 330
Mrs. David Garrick 622
Mulberry Tree, Garrick's 571
Mullet and the Gurnard, The 82
My Aunt Tricksy 393
My Double-Blossoming Cherry-Tree 560

Newspaper Office, Twenty-four Hours in a 178
New Year's Day in China 151
Night, A Stormy 253
Night in a Snowdrift, A 52
Night's Lodging in Paris, A 477
Norman's Visit to Guestford 1, 43
Northampton, Legend of 432
North Coast of Devon and Cornwall, The 645, 673
Notes on Dandies 240, 288
Nursery, Legends of the 543

Oakburn.—See Lord Oakburn.
Obsolete Card-Games 362
Officer, The 322
Old Chapter in Cookery, An 708
Old Corporal, The 461
Old House at Pound's Bridge, The 360
Omnibuses 426
On Spring 558
Our Bankers 65
Our Great Iron-Workers 142
Our Once-fat Friend 696
Out with McClellan 445

Padua, John of 71
Painter’s Courtship, A 589, 617
Parallel Passages 583
Paris, A Night's Lodging in . 477
Paris, The Concierge in 234
Parrot, The Vizier's 405
Pastoral, H 489
Pawns, Pawners, and Pawnbrokers 340
Pearl-Fishers, British 130
Pekin, the Sphinx of 651
Philae, Fishing at 206
Piper's Spectral Illusion 140
Playing-Cards . 34
Plots for Plays 721
Pontis, M. le Comte de . 62 4
Poor Clerk's Story, A . 598
Portland, Three Days at 434
Portrait, The Veiled . . . 225
Pound's Bridge, Old House at . 360
Prayer, May-Day . . . . 632
Princess of Wales, Th . 392
Proserpine . . . . 238
Pulpit, The Modern . . 528

Queen of the Sandwich Isles, The 280

Ride, The Rueful . . . . 711
Rink, A Canadian Skating . 206
River System at Shefield, The 667
Roach, The 143
Romaunt of the Rose, The 601
Round the Irish Coast 138, 194, 245
Rueful Ride, The 711

Sandwich Islands, The King of the 304
Sandwich Isles, The Queen of the 280
Schloss Schanbek 90
Sea, The Earth to the . . 724
Seasons in Italy, The 482
Sect, An Extraordinary 595
Seggiola, Madonna della . 517
Shakespeare's Gloves 483
Shakespeare Jubilee, The 104
Sheffield River System, The 667
Sir Arnulph, Story of 126
Skating Rink in Canada, A 296
Skipper's Wife, The 678
Sleep and Death 336
Smelt, The 97
Snowdrift, A Night in a 52
Something New 421
Spectral Ilusion, Piper's 449
Sphinx of Pekin, The 654
Spring, On . . . 658
Spring, Waiting for the . 308
Stalking-Horse, The . . . 544
Stonemason's Yard, The . . . 701
Storek, Marshal . . . 514
Stormy Night, A . . 253

Story, A Poor Clerk's . 50
Story of Sir Arnulph, The 126
Studios in Florence 388
Sun, The . . . . 565
Superstitions, Exploded 18
Suppressed Art, A . . . . 868
Sweets for the Million . . . 318

Tale, The Coast Guardsman's 561
Thames Embankment, The . 611
Thirst Madness . . . 209
Three Days at Portland, U.S. . 484
Three Hunters, The . . 63
Thunder and Lightning, Fossil . 652
Titled and Untitled Aristocracy . 261
Tool-Makers, Machine . . . 184
Treasure-Trove . . . . 112
Tricksy, My Aunt 393
T' Runawaa Lass . . . . 629
Turberville, and the Heiress of Coity . . . . . . 8'6
Twelve Mont . 392
Typographical Errors 682

Uninvited, The 309

Valentine's Day . 261
Veiled Portrait, The . ‘Z25
Venice, The Carnival at 685
Vine, A Fruitful . 456
Vizier’s Parrot, The . 406

Waiting for the Spring 308
Wales, the Princess of . 392
Wanderings, The Moon's 267
“Weep thou no More !" . . 28
Weights and Measures . . 540
Wheels in Workshire . . . 218
Widowed Queen of the Sandwich Islands, The . . . 280
Winston, Horace . . . . 211
Winter . . . . . . 7
Workshire, Wheels in 218

Zofanny, J. 402


INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.

ARCHER,. W.—272.
BARNE, R—267, 322, 434, 518.
BURTON, W.S.—602
DU MAURIRER, G.—255, 309, 393, 462, 565, 533.
FAIRFIELD, A. R.—546, 589, 617, 686, 712.
GREEN, C—1, 14, 43, 127, 141, 169, 197, 295, 630.
LAWLESS, M. J.—71.
MORTEN, T.—421, 561.
PINWELL, G. J.—57, 85, 99, 113, 154, 183, 211, 239, 253, 281, 350, 406, 490, 574, 701
PRITCHETT, R.T.—360, 475, 645, 673.
SHEILDS, F.J—378.
SULMAN, T.—51, 139, 391, 594,559.
TENNIEL, J.—658.
DIAGRAMS and MISCELLANEOUS—196, 388, 565, 567, 651, 700.

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