Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 5

OAW volume 6 title page

ONCE A WEEK.

AN

Illustrated Miscellany

OF

LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE, & POPULAR INFORMATION.

VOLUME V.

JUNE TO DECEMBER, 1861.

LONDON:
BRADBURY & EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET.

[The Right of translating Articles from “Once a Week” is reserved by the Authors.]

 

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

 

No. 105. June 29, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Silver Cord (Part 34). By Shirley Brooks. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Tenniel.

America Militant (Part 2). By Francis Morton.

Blondin. By Albany Fonblanque Jr.

Jessie Cameron's Bairn. By Robert Buchanan. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

The Bashkirs. By W. K. Westly.

Some Notes on the Tobacco College of King Frederick William the First of Prussia. By Edward H. Michelsen.

What Is Coal? By Mrs. Taylor.

Only a Penny. By Harry Jones.

Student's Song. By F. Valentine. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

H. K. Browne.

No. 106. July 6, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Silver Cord (Part 35). By Shirley Brooks. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Tenniel.

Representative Men—Progressive Statesmen: Canning, Huskisson, Peel. By Harriet Martineau.

The Great Fire at London Bridge. By Andrew Wynter.

The Painter-Alchemist. By Dutton Cook. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Charles Keene.

The Mill on the River Mole. By Louisa Crow.

Sagartia Anemones, or My Drawing-Room Pets. By Selina Jane Macleod.

Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Blind Man!. By Louis Sand.

The Steelyard. By J. Wykeham Archer. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

H. G. Hine.

The Congress at Rhinocorura. By Edward H. Michelsen.

No. 107. July 13, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Silver Cord (Part 36). By Shirley Brooks. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Tenniel.

Deaths by Fire. By Harriet Martineau.

Slapton. By James Stuart Vaughan.

My Burglary. By Wyndham Smith.

The Father of the Regiment. By Walter Thornbury. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Thomas Morten.

"Cato" on the Boards. By Dutton Cook.

The Origin of the Lake of Gidden. By W. K. Westly.

Our Schools of Design. By Isabella Kentish.

The Deserted Diggings. By R. K. Hervey. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

A Definition. By Horace Moule.

No. 108. July 20, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Silver Cord (Part 37). By Shirley Brooks. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Tenniel.

Queer Culprits. By Sabine Baring-Gould.

Shady Valley. By Arthur J. Munby.

Count de St. Germain. By Lascelles Wraxall.

Our Secret Drawer. By Isabella Law. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Miss Wells.

How I Invested My Legacy in the Purchase of Leasehold Property, and What Came of It. By Thomas King.

An Artist's Ramble Along the Line of the Picts' Wall (Part 1). By J. Wykeham Archer. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

H. G. Hine.

No. 109. July 27, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Silver Cord (Part 38). By Shirley Brooks. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Tenniel.

The Worthies of Twickenham. By Edward Jesse.

Tartars and Taepings: A Personal Narrative of the Recent Expedition up the Yangtze Kiang. By Alexander Michie.

Souvenirs. By Robert Buchanan.

"Pray, Sir, Are You a Gentleman?" By Charles Temple. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

How We Saved Our Madeira. By Robert Reece.

The Comet of 1861. By R. B. McCrea.

Relics of Byron.

No. 110. August 3, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Silver Cord (Part 39). By Shirley Brooks. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Tenniel.

The Fourth of July, 1861. By Harriet Martineau.

"Bell's Life," and Our Sports and Pastimes. By Andrew Wynter.

The Mill-Fiend. By Arthur J. Munby. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

H. K. Browne.

The Turkish Almanac (Takvim). By Edward H. Michelsen.

The Alibi.

The Docks and the Dock-Gates. By John Plummer.

Mother Shipton: Her Life and Prophecies. By George Lumley.

An Old Story of Old Gibraltar. By Albany Fonblanque Jr.

An Artist's Ramble Along the Line of the Picts' Wall (Part 2). By J. Wykeham Archer. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

H. G. Hine.

A Ballad of the Five Rivers. By Edwin Arnold.

No. 111. August 10, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Silver Cord (Part 40). By Shirley Brooks. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Tenniel.

What Women Are Educated For. By Harriet Martineau.

Our Critic upon Cricket: Second Innings. By Henry Silver.

Stock Incidents of Fiction. By S. Theyre Smith. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Leech.

Usury and Usurers. By Frederick Gale.

Among the Deaths. By Annie Edwardes.

The Literature of the Shop. By Cuthbert Bede.

The Ghost That My Grandmother Saw. By Bianca Bertoni.

Sketches from My Italian Household. By Isa Blagden.

No. 112. August 17, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Silver Cord (Part 41). By Shirley Brooks. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Tenniel.

Representative Men—Merchants: The Polos, Sir Josiah Child, Sir Dudley North, the Rothschilds, John Jacob Astor. By Harriet Martineau.

A Day's Fishing. By Frederick Gale.

Tannhäuser. (From the German.) By Lucie Duff-Gordon. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

J. E. Millais.

Cotton and the Cotton-Supply (Part 1). By E. P. Vardon.

A Prima Donna. By Dutton Cook.

An Artist's Ramble Along the Line of the Picts' Wall (Part 3). By J. Wykeham Archer. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

H. G. Hine.

No. 113. August 24, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Silver Cord (Part 42). By Shirley Brooks. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Tenniel.

American Soldiering. By Harriet Martineau.

The Spring of Clear Water. By W. K. Westly.

Welsh Eisteddfods. By G. Phillips Bevan.

From My Window. By Frederick H. Whymper. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Sandys.

Cotton and the Cotton-Supply (Part 2). By E. P. Vardon.

Misapplied Ornamentation. By Andrew Wynter.

Business with Bokes. By Dutton Cook. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Charles Keene.

The Russian as a Shopkeeper. By Edward H. Michelsen.

No. 114. August 31, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Silver Cord (Conclusion). By Shirley Brooks. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Tenniel.

Half Hours at the Kensington Museum (Part 1). By Andrew Wynter.

Green Seaweeds. By Charles Crump.

Adalieta. By Edwin Arnold. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Charles Keene.

Our First English Regatta. By G. G. Alexander.

The Suction Post. By Bedford Pim.

Our First Curate. By Miss Overton.

An Artist's Ramble Along the Line of the Picts' Wall (Part 4). By J. Wykeham Archer. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

H. G. Hine.

No. 115. September 7, 1861.

Illustrated by

Lilian's Perplexities (Part 1). By Augustus William Dubourg. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Charles Keene.

Representative Men—Political Philosophers: Machaivelli, Montesquieu, De Tocqueville. By Harriet Martineau.

The Harvest Mouse (Mus Messorius or Mus Minutus). By Edward Jesse. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Joseph Wolf.

Town Transit—the Air Line. By W. Bridges Adams.

Guilbert Fitz-Richard. By W. B. B. Stevens.

Her Majesty's Birthday Celebrated on the Peak of Teneriffe. By Bedford Pim. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Percival Skelton.

Cagliostro. By Lascelles Wraxall.

A Run for Life: A Railroad Adventure. By Daniel Pidgeon. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

No. 116. September 14, 1861.

Illustrated by

Lilian's Perplexities (Part 2). By Augustus William Dubourg. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Charles Keene.

The Harvest. By Harriet Martineau.

A Phase of the Paper Question: The Rag Merchant in Brittany. By Edward H. Michelsen.

The Cinque Ports and the Bredenstone at Dover. By Edward Walford.

Cader Idris—the Chair of Idris. By John Harwood. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

A "Medium" in 1772. By Louis Sand.

Compensation. By Louisa Anne Meredith. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

W. Harry Rogers.

An Artist's Ramble Along the Line of the Picts' Wall (Part 5). By J. Wykeham Archer. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

H. G. Hine.

Ramparted War-Ships and Smooth Bore Guns. By W. Bridges Adams.

Pasquin and Marforio. By Walter K. Kelly.

No. 117. September 21, 1861.

Illustrated by

Lilian's Perplexities (Part 3). By Augustus William Dubourg. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Charles Keene.

Ireland and Her Queen. By Harriet Martineau.

The New Zealand Difficulty. By Isabella Fenton.

The Lass of Richmond Hill. By Edward Jesse.

The Cockhorse Regiment. By Edward H. Michelsen.

The Angel and the Infant. (From Reboul.) By Theodore Martin. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Lorenz Frølich.

Railway Risks: Horse Feet and Road—Engine Feet and Rails. By W. Bridges Adams.

The Channel Fleet in the Clyde.

Within Twenty Miles of London in the Nineteenth Century. By Louisa Crow.

September the Third. By Horace Moule.

Recollections of an English Gold Mine. By George du Maurier. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

George du Maurier.

No. 118. September 28, 1861.

Illustrated by

Lilian's Perplexities (Part 4). By Augustus William Dubourg. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Charles Keene.

What Is Flint? By Daniel Pidgeon.

How to Steal a Feather-Bed. By Lovell Burchett Clarence.

The Robber Saint. By J. L. Stackhouse. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederic Shields.

The Tale He Told the Marines. By G. Phillips Bevan.

How the Rains Come upon Us in India. By Vivian Dering Majendie.

Fairy Children. By John Addis.

Old English Prodigies. By Louis J. Jennings.

Allan Ramsay, Junior. By Dutton Cook.

The City of the Tribes. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

J. Leech & H. G. Hine.

Ana.

No. 119. October 5, 1861.

Illustrated by

Lilian's Perplexities (Part 5). By Augustus William Dubourg. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Charles Keene.

Representative Men—Self-Made Men: Richard Grainger. By Harriet Martineau.

How the O'Donnells First Went to Spain (Part 1). By William Bernard McCabe. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Leech.

Civile Bellum. By Charles D. Shanly.

Dinner. By Harry Jones.

The Montenegrins. By H. R. Fox Bourne.

High Elms. By Walter Thornbury. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

M. J. Lawless.

No. 120. October 12, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Settlers of Long Arrow (Part 1). By Louisa Murray. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

Footprints on the Sands. By Mrs. Taylor.

The Domestic Service Question. By Harriet Martineau.

Swing Song. By J. E. Millais. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

J. E. Millais.

How the O'Donnells First Went to Spain (Part 2). By William Bernard McCabe.

A Day at Woolwich. By Mackenzie Walcott.

Monsieur the Governor. By Louis Sand. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

George du Maurier.

Fish and Fowl at the Land's End. By Charles Elton.

Not Yet. By S. W. Williams.

The Steelyard (postscript). By J. Wykeham Archer.

No. 121. October 19, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Settlers of Long Arrow (Part 2). By Louisa Murray. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

Our Peasantry in Progress. By Harriet Martineau.

Why I Left the Volunteers. By W. H. R. Simpson.

By the Rosanna. By George Meredith.

Of a Man Who Fell Among Thieves. By George Lumley. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

George du Maurier.

Revenge for a Lady. By Shirley Brooks.

A Solo on the Serpent. By Albany Fonblanque Jr.

Ana.

Richer Than Ever: A Wife's Story. By Louisa Crow.

No. 122. October 26, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Settlers of Long Arrow (Part 3). By Louisa Murray. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

The Last of the Condés. By R. M. Hayley.

The Three Statues of Ægina. By Walter Thornbury. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Sandys.

Hopping in Kent. By Isabella Kentish.

Justine’s Gage d’Amour. By Mark Lemon.

Knocking Down an Old Friend. By W. D. Parish.

Red Seaweeds. By Charles Crump.

Rathlin Island (Part 1). By Rev. Robert Gage. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

H. G. Hine.

Ana—Serfdom and Emancipation in Russia; A Reverse of Fortune; Ready, Aye Ready!

Richard Grainger (postscript). By Harriet Martineau.

No. 123. November 2, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Settlers of Long Arrow (Part 4). By Louisa Murray. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

Prince Kaunitz. By Lascelles Wraxall.

My Long Vacation. By Frederick Gale.

The Hostelry. By John Francis O'Donnell.

The English in Paris. By Andrew Wynter. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Charles Green.

Deep Calling to Deep. By Harriet Martineau.

Awake at Last. By Vaughan Morgan.

The Temple Chrysanthemums. By C. B. Borradaile.

A Walk from Rochester to Maidstone.

Professor Bessel and His Tailor. By Edward H. Michelsen.

Twilight. By Walter Thornbury. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

M. J. Lawless.

No. 124. November 9, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Settlers of Long Arrow (Part 5). By Louisa Murray. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

Representative Men—The Soldier: The Maccabees, Wallentstein, the Napiers. By Harriet Martineau.

The Foundry at Moorfields.

Sea-Bathing in France. By Harry Jones. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

George du Maurier.

"And Back Again." By Shirley Brooks.

Our Lodgers from Abroad. By Louisa Crow.

Rathlin Island (Part 2). By Rev. Robert Gage. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

H. G. Hine.

No. 125. November 16, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Settlers of Long Arrow (Part 6). By Louisa Murray. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

An American Boarding-House in Havana. By Robert Temple.

King Dyring. By George Goldie. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

M. J. Lawless.

Coin Collecting. By Reginald Stuart Poole.

One Moment of Suspense. By Thomas Heaphy.

Half Hours at the Kensington Museum (Part 2). By Andrew Wynter.

A Medal from the Royal Humane Sociey, and How It Was Won. By Miss H. A. Rudall.

Chevalier d'Eon. By Lascelles Wraxall.

No. 126. November 23, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Settlers of Long Arrow (Part 7). By Louisa Murray. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

An Electrotype Wedding. By Shirley Brooks.

Phantasy. By George Meredith.

Sketches at Brighton—No. I. Aqua Marina. By Sydney Whiting. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Leech.

Education: The Racing Season. By Harriet Martineau.

High Days in the Temple. By J. Hamilton Fyfe.

London Cemeteries. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

H. G. Hine.

Birds and Insects. By Edward H. Michelsen.

No. 127. November 30, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Settlers of Long Arrow (Part 8). By Louisa Murray. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

Messages under the Sea. By Andrew Wynter.

"Othello" at the Princess's. By Charles Henry Butcher.

Rosamond, Queen of the Lombards. By Charles Elton. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Sandys.

Sketches at Brighton—No. II. The Joneses of Montpelier. By Sydney Whiting.

New Phase of the American Strife. By Harriet Martineau.

The City of the Flying-Fox. By R. B. McCrea. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Thomas Sulman.

Ana—Can a Clergyman Marry Himself?; Russian Discipline.

No. 128. December 7, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Settlers of Long Arrow (Part 9). By Louisa Murray. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

"Irene" at Drury Lane. By Dutton Cook.

Visits to the Irish Convict Prisons—No. I. By Mary Carpenter.

Mark Bozzari. (From Müller.) By Theodore Martin. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

John Tenniel.

Three Hours Underground. By Arthur Arnold.

The Confession of a Tea-Kettle; or, a Hint to Housewives. By Charles Strange.

The River Walls of Father Thames. By J. W. Brooks. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

J. W. Brooks.

Duplicate Security. By Thomas King.

Our Chase. By John Alfred Langford.

No. 129. December 14, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Settlers of Long Arrow (Part 10). By Louisa Murray. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

The Last Sheffield Outrages. By Harriet Martineau.

The Cattle Show: Its Last Year in Baker Street. By Robert Black.

The Patriot Engineer. By George Meredith. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Charles Keene.

Unfashionable Preachers. By John Plummer.

Sketches at Brighton—No. III. A Reception. By Sydney Whiting.

A Bit of Practical Entomology. By Louis Sand.

Representative Men—Political Agitators: Rienzi, Cade, Lafayette, O'Connell, Mazzini, John Bright. By Harriet Martineau.

Fleurette. (From Gustave Lemoine.) By Julia Goddard. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

M. J. Lawless.

No. 130. December 21, 1861.

Illustrated by

The Settlers of Long Arrow (Conclusion). By Louisa Murray. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Frederick Walker.

Mudie's Circulating Library. By Andrew Wynter.

Fechter's "Othello." By Charles Henry Butcher.

My Arrival in Australia. By Harriet Cawse Fiddes.

Meg of Meldon. By T. Wemyss Reid.

Evander. By Arthur J. Munby. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Lorenz Frølich.

Chinese Poetry. By James Mew.

The Invasion of Yorkshire. By J. Hamilton Fyfe.

The Poisoned Mind. By Allan George Gray. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

George du Maurier.

Dulce Domum! By John Francis O'Donnell.

 

alt = INDEX.

 

PAGE

Adalieta ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

263

Ægina, The Three Statues of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

491

Alibi, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

154

Allan Ramsay, Junior ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

384

Almanac, The Turkish ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

153

America Militant.—Part II ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

7

American Boarding-house in Havana, An ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

569

American Soldiering ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

230

American Strife, New Phase of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

635

Among the Deaths ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

188

Ana ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

644, 476, 504, 392

“And Back Again” ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

549

Anemones, Sagartia ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

46

Angel and Infant, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

350

Arrival in Australia, My ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

707

Artist’s Ramble along the Line of the Picts’ Wall, An ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

106, 163, 221, 278, 330

Astor, John Jacob ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

203

Australia, My Arrival in ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

707

Awake at Last ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

524

 

Ballad of the Five Rivers, A ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

168

Bashkirs, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

21

“Bell’s Life,” and Our Sports and Pastimes ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

151

Bessel and his Tailor ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

531

Birds and Insects ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

616

Bit of Practical Entomology, A ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

692

Blondin ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

12

Bozzari, Mark ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

658

Bredenstone, The, at Dover ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

320

Bright, John ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

693

Brighton, Sketches at ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

602, 632, 688

Burglary, My ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

68

Business with Bokes ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

246

By the Rosanna. To F. M. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

460

Byron, Relics of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

140

 

Cade, Jack ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

693

Cader Idris.—the Chair of Idris ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

322

Cagliostro ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

302

Can a Clergyman Marry Himself? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

644

Canning George ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

35

“Cato” on the Boards ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

72

Cattle Show, The. Its Last Year in Baker Street ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

683

Cemeteries, London ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

612

Chair of Cader Idris, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

322

Channel Fleet in the Clyde, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

353

Chevalier d’Eon ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

585

Child, Sir Josiah ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

203

Children, Fairy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

382

Chinese Poetry ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

714

Cinque Ports, The, and the Bredenstone at Dover ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

320

City of the Flying-Fox, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

639

City of the Tribes, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

388

Civile Bellum ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

406

Coal, What is ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

23

Cock-horse Regiment, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

349

Coin Collecting ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

576

Comet of 1861, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

138

Compensation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

329

Condés, The Last of the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

485

Confession of a Tea-kettle, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

663

Congress at Rhinocorura, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

56

Convict-Prisons in Ireland ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

656

Cotton and the Cotton Supply ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

212, 238

Count de St. Germain ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

95

Cricket, Our Critic upon ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

179

Crysanthemums in the Temple ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

529

Curate, Our First ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

269

 

Day at Woolwich, A ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

439

Day’s Fishing, A ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

209

Deaths by Fire ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

63

Deep Calling to Deep ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

520

Definition, A ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

84

Deserted Diggings, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

79

De Tocqueville ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

289

Dinner ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

413

Docks and the Dock-Gates, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

157

Domestic Service Question, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

430

Dover and the Cinque Ports ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

320

Drawing-room Pets, My ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

46

Dulce Domum! ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

724

Duplicate Security ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

670

Dyring, King ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

574

 

Easterling Money ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

476

Education.—The Racing Season ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

607

Eisteddfods, Welsh ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

235

Electrotype Wedding, An ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

597

English in Paris, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

518

Entomology, A Bit of Practical ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

692

Erskine, Lord ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

476

Evander ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

713

 

Fairy Children ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

382

Father of the Regiment, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

70

Feather-Bed, How to Steal a ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

377

Fechter’s “Othello” ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

706

Fiction, Stock Incidents of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

182

Fire at London Bridge, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

40

Fire, Deaths by ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

63

Fish and Fowl at the Land’s End ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

446

Fishing, A Day’s ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

209

Five Rivers, A Ballad of the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

168

Fleurette ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

700

Flint, What is ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

372

Flying-Fox, City of the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

639

Footprints on the Sands ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

429

Foundry at Moorfields, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

539

Fourth of July, 1861, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

147

France, Sea Bathing in ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

546

From my Window ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

237

 

Ghost that my Grandmother saw, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

190

Gibraltar, Old Story of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

162

Gidden, the Lake of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

76

Gold Mine, Recollections of a ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

356

Grainger, Richard ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

401, 504

Great Fire at London Bridge, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

40

Green Seaweeds ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

260

Guilbert Fitz-Richard. A.D. 1070. A Song of a Saxon Gleeman ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

297

 

Half-hours at the Kensington Museum ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

257, 579

Harvest, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

316

Harvest Mouse, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

294

Her Majesty’s Birthday on the Peak of Teneriffe ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

298

High Days in the Temple ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

610

High Elms ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

419

Hint to Housewives, A ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

663

Hopping in Kent ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

492

Hostelry, The. 1700 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

517

How I Invested my Legacy in the Purchase of Leasehold Property, and What Came of It ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

98

How the O’Donnells First Went to Spain ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

406, 435

How the Rains came upon us in India ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

381

How to Steal a Feather Bed ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

377

How We Saved Our Madeira ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

136

Humane Society, A Medal of the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

582

Huskisson, William ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

35

 

India, How the Rains came upon Us in ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

381

Insects and Birds ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

616

Invasion of Yorkshire, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

714

Ireland and her Queen ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

343

“Irene” at Drury Lane ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

651

Irish Convict Prisons ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

656

Italian Household, Sketches from my ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

192

 

Jessie Cameron’s Bairn ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

13

Justine’s Gage d’Amour ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

495

 

Kaunitz, Prince ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

512

Kensington Museum, Half-hours At ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

257, 579

Kent, Hopping in ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

492

King Dyring ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

574

Knocking Down an Old Friend ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

496

 

Lafayette ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

693

Lalor, The Late Mr. P. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

392

Land’s End, Fish and Fowl at the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

446

Lass of Richmond Hill, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

349

Last of the Condés, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

485

Last Sheffield Outrage, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

679

Legacy, How I Invested My ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

98

Lilian’s Perplexities ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

281, 309, 337, 365, 393

Literature of the Shop, The. A Country Rector’s Commentary ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

189

London Bridge, Great Fire at ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

40

London Cemeteries ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

612

 

Maccabees, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

539

Machiavelli ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

289

Madeira, How We Saved Our ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

136

Marforio and Pasquin ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

334

Marines, The Tale He Told to the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

379

Mark Bozzari ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

658

Mazzini, J. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

693

Medal from the Royal Humane Society, and How it was Won ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

582

Medium in 1772, A ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

327

Meg of Meldon ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

711

Messages under the Sea ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

623

Mill on the River Mole, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

42

Mill-Fiend, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

153

Misapplied Ornamentation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

245

Monsieur the Governor ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

444

Montenegrins, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

416

Montesquieu ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

289

Moorfields, Foundry at ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

539

Mother Shipton: Her Life and Prophecies ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

158

Mouse, The Harvest ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

294

Mudie’s Circulating Library ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

705

My Arrival in Australia ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

707

My Burglary. A Real Experience ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

68

My Long Vacation ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

514

 

Napiers, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

539

New Phase of the American Strife ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

635

New Zealand Difficulty, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

348

North, Sir Dudley ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

203

Not Yet ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

448

 

O’Connell, D. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

693

O’Donnells, The, How they first went to Spain ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

406, 435

Of a Man who fell among Thieves ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

462

Old English Prodigies ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

383

Old Gibraltar, Story of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

162

One Moment of Suspense ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

578

Only a Penny ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

25

Origin of the Lake of Gidden, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

76

Ornamentation Misapplied ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

245

“Othello” at the Princess’s ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

628, 706

Our Chase ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

672

Our Critic upon Cricket. Second Innings ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

179

Our First Curate ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

269

Our First English Regatta ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

267

Our Lodgers from Abroad ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

551

Our Peasantry in Progress ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

455

Our Schools of Design ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

77

Our Secret Drawer ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

98

 

Painter-Alchemist, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

42

Paper Question, Phase of the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

320

Paris, The English in ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

518

Pasquin and Marforio ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

334

Patriot Engineer, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

685

Peasantry in Progress, Our ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

455

Peel, Sir Robert ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

35

Phantasy ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

601

Phase of the Paper Question, A.—The Rag Merchant of Brittany ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

320

Picts’ Wall, An Artist’s Ramble along the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

106, 163, 221, 278, 330

Pity the Sorrows of a Poor Blind Man ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

50

Poisoned Mind, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

715

Polos, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

203

Post, The Suction ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

267

“Pray, Sir, are you a Gentleman?” ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

126

Preachers, Unfashionable ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

687

Prima Donna, A ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

218

Prince Kaunitz ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

512

Professor Bessel and his Tailor ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

531

 

Queen of the Lombards, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

630

Queer Culprits ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

 

Racing Season, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

607

Railroad Adventure, A ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

305

Railway Risks ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

351

Ramparted War-ships ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

333

Ramsay, Allan, Junr. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

384

Rathlin Island ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

501, 555

“Ready, aye Ready!” ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

504

Recollections of an English Gold Mine ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

356

Red Seaweeds ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

498

Regatta, our first English ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

267

Regiment, The Father of the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

70

Relics of Byron ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

140

Representative Men.—Canning: Huskisson: Peel ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

35

—— The Polos: Sir Josiah Child: Sir Dudley North: The Rothschilds: John Jacob Astor ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

203

—— Machiavelli: Montesquieu: De Tocqueville ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

289

—— Richard Grainger ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

401

—— The Maccabees: Wallenstein: the Napiers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

539

—— Rienzi: Cade: Lafayette: O’Connell: Mazzini: John Bright ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

693

Revenge for a Lady ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

470

Reverse of Fortune, A ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

504

Rhinocorura, Congress at ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

56

Richard Grainger ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

401, 504

Richer than Ever ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

476

Richmond Hill, The Lass of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

349

Rienzi ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

693

River Walls of Father Thames, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

664

Robber Saint, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

378

Rochester to Maidstone, A Walk from ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

530

Rosamond, Queen of the Lombards ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

630

Rothschilds, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

203

Run for Life, A.—A Railroad Adventure ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

305

Russia, Serfdom and Emancipation in ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

504

Russian as a Shopkeeper, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

252

Russian Discipline ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

644

 

Sagartia Anemones, or My Drawing-Room Pets ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

46

Schools of Design ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

77

Sea-Bathing in France ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

546

Seaweeds, Green ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

260

Seaweeds, „Red ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

498

September the Third ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

356

Serfdom and Emancipation in Russia ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

504

Serpent, A Solo on the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

473

Settlers of Long Arrow, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 589, 617, 645, 673, 701

Shady Valley ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

91

Shipton, Mother ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

158

Silver Cord, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1, 29, 57, 85, 113, 141, 169, 197, 225, 253

Sketches at Brighton ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

602, 632, 688

Sketches from my Italian Household ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

192

Slapton ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

67

Smith, James ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

392

Solo on the Serpent, A ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

473

Some Notes on the Tobacco College of King Frederick William I. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

22

Souvenirs ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

125

Sports and Pastimes, Our ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

151

Spring of Clear Water, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

234

Steelyard, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

52, 448

St. Germain, Count de ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

95

Stock Incidents of Fiction ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

182

Student’s Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

28

Suction Post, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

267

Swing Song ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

434

 

Tale he told the Marines, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

379

Tannhäuser ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

210

Tartars and Taepings ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

121

Tea-Kettle, Confessions of a ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

663

Temple Chrysanthemums, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

529

Temple, High Days in the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

610

Teneriffe, The Peak of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

298

Thames, The River Walls of the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

664

Three Hours Underground ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

660

Three Statues of Ægina, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

491

Tobacco College of Frederick William I. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

22

Town Transit.— The Air Line ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

296

Tribes, The City of the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

388

Turkish Almanac (Takvim), The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

153

Twickenham, Worthies of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

119

Twilight ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

532

 

Unfashionable Preachers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

687

Usury and Usurers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

186

 

Vacation, My Long ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

514

Vigors, the late Mr. N. A. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

392

Visits to the Irish Convict Prisons. No. I ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

656

Volunteers, Why I Left the ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

459

 

Walk from Rochester to Maidstone, A ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

530

Wallenstein ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

539

War-ships, Ramparted ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

333

Wedding, An Electrotype ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

597

Welsh Eisteddfods ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

235

What is Coal? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

23

What is Flint? ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

372

What Women are Educated for ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

175

Why I Left the Volunteers ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

459

Within Twenty Miles of London in the Nineteenth Century ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

354

Women, What Educated for ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

175

Woolwich. A Day at ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

439

Worthies of Twickenham, The ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

119

 

Yorkshire, The Invasion of ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

714

 

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INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.

 

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BROWN, HABLOT K.—28, 154.
BROOKS, J. W.—668, 669.
DU MAURIER, G.—356, 361, 445, 463, 547, 722.
FROLICK, L.—350, 713.
GREEN, C.—518, 519.
HINE, H. G.—53, 55, 108, 109, 110, 166, 167, 222, 223, 224, 278, 280, 331, 390, 503, 556, 557, 614, 615, 643.
KEENE, C.—43, 251, 266, 281, 309, 337, 365, 393, 686.
LAWLESS, M. J.—420, 532, 575, 700.
LEECH, J.—183, 391, 407, 603.
MILLAIS, J. E.—211, 434.
MORTEN, T.—71.
ROGERS, W. H.—329.
SANDYS, F.—238, 491, 631.
SHIELDS, F. J.—378.
SKELTON, P.—299, 301.
SULMAN, T.—643.
TENNIEL, J.—1, 29, 57, 85, 113, 141, 169, 197, 225, 253, 659.
WALKER, F.—15, 83, 127, 133, 306, 323, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 589, 617, 645, 673, 701.
WELLS, MISS.—98.
WOLF, J.—295.

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DIAGRAMS.—334, 373, 375, 501, 558, 666.
MISCELLANEOUS.—139, 193, 196, 474, 475, 476, 576, 577, 587.