Once a Week (magazine)/Series 3/Volume 5

Once a Week]	FRONTISPIECE			[July 1870
"We left the dreary spot, not wondering now  Why village youths and maidens shun the place.			The owl shrieked wildly in the rotting mill. A weary wind went rumbling in the hills"—p. 512.

 

Once a Week

 

NEW SERIES

 

Volume V.

 

February to August, 1870

 

LONDON:
PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICES, 81, FLEET STREET.

 

 

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Contents.

Vol. V. begins with the number for February 5th, 1870.

PAGE

The Mortimers: a Novel with Two Heroes. By the Editor. Illustrated by H. K. Browne (Phiz). Books I., II., III., IV., and V. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

1, 23, 45, 67, 89, 111, 133, 155, 177, 210, 232, 254, 276, 298, 320, 341, 363, 385, 406, 430, 450, 473, 500, 524, 537

The Temptation of Arthur (Poem) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

8

An Undergraduate's Story Chapters VI. to End. Illustrated ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

11, 31

Caught by a Thread A Story of Real Life. Book II. Chapters III. to End. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

15, 37, 61, 82, 102, 125, 147, 171, 192, 205.

Apophthegms from Helvetius ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

19

Table Talk. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

20, 42, 65, 86, 108, 131, 152, 175, 197, 218, 240, 263, 284, 307, 329, 350, 372, 394, 416, 438, 459, 483, 504, 526, 548, 566

Boss ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

29

Lost Eros (Poem) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

34

The Crusade of Children ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

39

Henri, Earl de Rochefort Lucay ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

53

The Isle of Avalon (Poem) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

59

Military Indophobia ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

72

The Natural History of the Eastern Archipelago ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

75

The Wanderers. Drawn by S. F. Hewett ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

79

Snakes and Snake-bites ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

95

The "Blues" ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

99

The Abbess of Marlow. (Poem) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

100

Death's Kinsman ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

107

Reflection. Drawn by R. Wagner ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

111

How we Started our Club ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

116

A Parson's Notes on Matrimony ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

120

Dick's Apophthegm, (Poem) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

122

English and French Burlesques ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

130

The Modern Cynic ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

142

Cynthia. (Poem) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

152

Our Soldiers. By a Private in the Ranks ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

162

Eagles and Swans ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

165

A Solitary Lament. (Poem) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

170

What will Mother Say? Drawn by S. F. Hewett ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

(facing) 177

Spelling ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

184

Missed the Pigeon and Hit the Crow ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

188

The Sword of Damocles; or. Memoirs of a Successful Family. By Percy Fitzgerald. Chapters I. to End. Illustrated ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

199, 221, 243, 265, 287, 309, 331, 375, 397, 419, 441, 463, 485, 507, 529, 55

Snake-bites and their Antidotes. Parts I. and II ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

215, 226

Episcopal Amenities a Century Ago ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

229

Sensation. By the Author of "Sir Guy de Guy." (Poem) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

231

The Birds of London ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

247

The Spring Exhibitions ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

251

Poems by the late William Leighton ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

259

The Knight's Lament. (Poem) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

261

Tufts and Tuft-hunters ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

270

Crocodiles' Nests ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

275

Notes on Imitation and Plagiarism ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

280

Wesley's Wig ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

282

By the Mere. (Poem.) Illustrated ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

293

Floating a Finance. (As Read by Mr. J. M. Bellero) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

293

Mysteries in Wasp Life ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

297

Oriental Gestures ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

301

Salmagundi ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

305

A Few Words about Klopstock and Quedlinburg ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

314

A Village May-day in 1870 ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

327

The Meeting. (Poem.) Illustrated ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

329

May Customs of the Black Country ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

335

The Battle of Cressy. (A Reading in Verse) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

337

The Dogs' Home ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

336

A Sketch from Life. (Drawing) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

343

Lothair ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

357

Badger's Debut as Hamlet. (As Read by Mr. J. M. Bellew) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

370

The Fern Gatherer. Drawn by S. F. Hewett ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

(facing) 375

The Story of a Window ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

379

Music of the Season ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

382

The Derby Day. (Sketch) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

387

The Fessen-penny ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

392

The Little Bribington Election, (A Reading) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

402

Spring. (Poem) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

411

An Old Hotel Bill ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

411

Post-horses. Parts I. and II ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

414, 435

The Plea of a Pecked Philistine ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

423

Whitsun-Monday with the Benevolent Shepherds ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

426

On a Sprig of Heath. (Poem) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

435

A Postal Courtship. (A Reading) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

446

The Education of the Future ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

456

The Young Soldier. (Poem) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

459

On Sleep and Dreams. Parts I. and II. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

467, 544

Social Grievances. No. I. — A Big Dinner. No. II. — Weddings and their Breakfasts ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

481, 496, 532

Starting an Evening Journal. (A Reading) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

488

Natural History of Wasps. Parts I., II., and III. ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

492, 520, 558

The Reveille. (Poem) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

496

Janet. (Poem.) Illustrated ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

510

Loafing Considered as a Profession ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

512

Carriage Paid ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

517

The Death of King John. (As Read by Mr. J. M. Bellew) ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

536

Fodgerby's Cricket Match ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

560