ONCE A WEEK.
AN
Illustrated Miscellany
OF
LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE, & POPULAR INFORMATION.
VOLUME XI.
JUNE TO DECEMBER, 1864.
LONDON:
BRADBURY & EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET.
[The Right of translating Articles from “Once a Week” is reserved by the Authors.]
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
(For an alphabetical and subject index, see below)
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No. 261. June 25, 1864.
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Illustrated by |
| Thomas Sulman. |
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My First Deal in Horse-Flesh. By Andrew Wynter.
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Angeln. By Burton S. Blyth.
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The Biography of a Plant. By Harland Coultas.
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Long Expected. By John Andrews.
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| W. S. Burton. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 15). By Ellen Wood.
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Heffie’s Trouble. By Isabella Law.
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G. J. Pinwell. |
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No. 262. July 2, 1864.
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Our Bet. By A. J. Haines.
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Robert Barnes. |
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The Painter-Stainers’ Exhibition. By George Dodd.
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The Dirge of De Clare. By Charles H. Williams.
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A. R. Fairfield. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 16). By Ellen Wood.
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Adventures in the Wilds of Connemara (Part 2). By Charles B. Gibson.
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A Declaration. By James Mew.
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No. 263. July 9, 1864.
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Philip Fraser’s Fate (Part 1). By F. K. J. Shenton.
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George du Maurier. |
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Archery. By George Agar Hansard.
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The Bride of an Hour. By Edward Smith.
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Frederick Eltze. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 17). By Ellen Wood.
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Ear for Eye. By G. M. Evans.
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Gustave Doré. By G. C. Swayne.
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No. 264. July 16, 1864.
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Philip Fraser’s Fate (Part 2). By F. K. J. Shenton.
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George du Maurier. |
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Our Furniture. By Andrew Wynter.
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Adventures in the Wilds of Connemara (Part 3). By Charles B. Gibson.
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Tintoret. By Walter Thornbury.
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J. Abbott Pasquier. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 18). By Ellen Wood.
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Heather-Bells. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
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Evening. By James Mew.
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Frederick Eltze. |
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No. 265. July 23, 1864.
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| F. J. Slinger. |
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The Poor Woman. (From Béranger.) Translated by W. J. Linton.
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The Daily Life of Plants. By Harland Coultas.
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The Hunt at Portskewitt. By Charles H. Williams.
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Charles Green. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 19). By Ellen Wood.
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From Darkness into Light. By George Lumley.
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“Late” Is Not “Never.” By Ellen Bragsher.
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Thomas Morten. |
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My First Two Days on the Grouse Hills. By Rev. M. Holland.
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The King’s Daughter: A Legend of Normandy. By G. J. De Wilde.
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A. R. Fairfield. |
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No. 266. July 30, 1864.
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 20). By Ellen Wood.
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The Savoy. By Robert Bell.
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Thomas Sulman. |
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Old Wit. By Blomfield Jackson.
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Clytie. By R. E. Francillon.
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No. 267. August 6, 1864.
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| Percival Skelton. |
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Human Wasters. By Andrew Wynter.
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Egypt in 1864. By Albany Fonblanque Jr.
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Earl Pembroke’s Monument. By Charles H. Williams.
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F. J. Slinger. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 21). By Ellen Wood.
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The Country Parsonage. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
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Whaling at the Cape de Verdes. By E. J. Morbey.
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Pictures. By J. K. Brown.
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No. 268. August 13, 1864.
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| Thomas Sulman. |
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A Northern Wedding. By William Black.
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Dame Eleanor’s Return. By Blomfield Jackson.
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W. S. Burton. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 22). By Ellen Wood.
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Steve Lidyard’s Adventure; or, the Mysterious City. By Edwin F. Roberts.
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No. 269. August 20, 1864.
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| Thomas Sulman. |
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The Loup-Garou: A Legend of Auvergne. By G. J. De Wilde.
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A Blow to “the Profession.” By Robert John Abraham.
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| Frederick Eltze. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 23). By Ellen Wood.
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The Pear. By Elizabeth Eiloart.
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A Procession. By Manley Hopkins.
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No. 270. August 27, 1864.
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| Robert T. Pritchett. |
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A Family Fix. By Alexander C. Fraser.
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Among the Reeds. By William Black.
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Frederick Eltze. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 24). By Ellen Wood.
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A Real Social Evil. By John Plummer.
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No. 271. September 3, 1864.
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| Thomas Sulman. |
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The Gentleman with the Camellias. By William Langford.
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Wigs. By Dutton Cook.
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The Pytchley Hunt. By John Plummer.
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The Harp of Invermorn. By William Black.
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T. R. Lamont. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 25). By Ellen Wood.
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Love’s Ending. By George Lumley.
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One Hour. By J. M. Hawcroft.
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No. 272. September 10, 1864.
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| Percival Skelton. |
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The Hake. By Astley H. Baldwin.
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| Frederick Eltze. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 26). By Ellen Wood.
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Eastern Travel. By Mrs. Hibbert.
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The Death of Buckingham. By J. C. Hordern.
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Autumn Time. By Walter Thornbury.
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No. 273. September 17, 1864.
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Miriam’s Birthday. By Isabella Law.
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W. J. Knewstub. |
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Sir Olaf. (From Heine.) Translated by Julia Goddard.
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A Chapter on Birds. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
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Joseph Wolf. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 27). By Ellen Wood.
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| Robert T. Pritchett. |
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No. 274. September 24, 1864.
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Mad Annette. By Blomfield Jackson.
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The City Companies. By Andrew Wynter.
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Una, the Moon-Fay; or, The Vision of Chastity. By Robert Buchanan.
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T. R. Lamont. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 28). By Ellen Wood.
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The Police and Mechanism of Railway Trains. By W. Bridges Adams.
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Weibertreu and Weinsberg. By G. C. Swayne.
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Thomas Sulman. |
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Albert Durer. By William Black.
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No. 275. October 1, 1864.
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L’Ancresse, Guernsey. By Robert T. Pritchett.
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Robert T. Pritchett. |
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Meteorology in 1864. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
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Arethusa. By James Mew.
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Fossil Man. By George Lumley.
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The Legend of Saint Vitus. By Walter Thornbury.
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Frederick Eltze. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Part 29). By Ellen Wood.
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The Case of Mons. d’Egville. By Robert Reece.
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No. 276. October 8, 1864.
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The Shrine of St. Eloi. By Cornelia A. H. Crosse.
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Lament of Anne Boleyn on the Eve of Execution. By Miss M. Thud.
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A Moorish Martyr. By Anna Mary Howitt Watts.
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| T. R. Lamont. |
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Lord Oakburn’s Daughters (Conclusion). By Ellen Wood.
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No Ghost. By Frances Martin.
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H. Lucas. |
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No. 277. October 15, 1864.
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Sark. By Robert T. Pritchett.
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Robert T. Pritchett. |
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Childe Roland. (From Uhland.) Translated by Blomfield Jackson.
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Two Lives in One. By C. W. Standidge.
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Ana. By George Lumley.
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| F. J. Slinger. |
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Pilchards. By Astley H. Baldwin.
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A Romance of Lima. By Alice MacDonald Kipling.
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Madame la Baronne de V——’s Diamond Bracelets. By Mariet.
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No. 279. October 29, 1864.
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Theo Leigh (Part 1). By Annie Thomas.
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In the Beck. By J. M. Hawcroft.
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Robert T. Pritchett. |
| F. J. Slinger. |
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The Work of Time. By Alexander Ramsay, Jr..
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The Perfect General Secretary. By Alfred Marks.
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“What Is My Love Like?” By R. H. Pye.
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No. 280. November 5, 1864.
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Theo Leigh (Part 2). By Annie Thomas.
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| T. R. Lamont. |
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Earl Eirek’s Voyage. By W. Alexander Smith.
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| F. J. Slinger. |
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Two Swiss Lakes. By Horace Moule.
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By the Night Train. By John Harwood.
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A. R. Fairfield. |
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No. 281. November 12, 1864.
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Theo Leigh (Part 3). By Annie Thomas.
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The Royal Sovereign. By C. D. Young.
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Charles Wolfe. By T. H. M. Scott.
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| T. R. Lamont. |
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Beyond Gower’s Land. By Isabella Fenton.
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Our Farms and Our Farmers. By J. R. Dobson.
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Delsthorpe Sands. By George Manville Fenn.
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G. J. Pinwell. |
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No. 282. November 19, 1864.
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Theo Leigh (Part 4). By Annie Thomas.
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| Frederick Eltze. |
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A Few Days at Lyons. By Deborah Bowring.
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| Thomas Morten. |
| Thomas Sulman. |
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No. 283. .November 26, 1864.
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Theo Leigh (Part 5). By Annie Thomas.
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The Stage Hamlet. By Dutton Cook.
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The Metropolis of Gabledom. By William Stebbing.
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A Love Tale. By Augustus William Dubourg.
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A. R. Fairfield. |
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The Whaler Fleet. By Arthur J. Munby.
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W. S. Burton. |
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An Ice Cavern in the Justisthal. By Charles T. Browne.
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No. 284. December 3, 1864.
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Theo Leigh (Part 6). By Annie Thomas.
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Eriphanis. By E. H. Pember.
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Lorenz Frølich. |
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The French Palmer. By Alfred Marks.
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Highwaymen. By Dutton Cook.
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Days in the Black Forest (Part 3). By G. C. Swayne.
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Thomas Sulman. |
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The Erl King’s Dying. By Clare Fitzgerald.
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No. 285. December 10, 1864.
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Theo Leigh (Part 7). By Annie Thomas.
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Waterloo, and Original Anecdotes of the Duke of Wellington. By Edward Jesse.
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A Fight at Sea. By S. J. Stone.
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T. R. Lamont. |
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Sailors of the Nile. By G. T. Lowth.
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The Legend of the Bleeding Cave at Pendine. By Isabella Fenton.
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G. J. Pinwell. |
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A Relic. By Horace Moule.
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No. 286. December 17, 1864.
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| T. R. Lamont. |
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Rosette. (From Béranger.) Translated by W. J. Linton.
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G. J. Pinwell. |
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The Morgue. By Alfred Marks.
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Dangerous Dresses. By Alexander C. Fraser.
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Kitty. By George R. Taylor.
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Frederick Eltze. |
Academy, The French 686
Ad Misericordiam 504
Adventures in Connemara 51, 93
Albert Durer 392
Allan Ramsay 613
Alps, Piercing the 415
Among the Reeds 266
Among the Sheaves 322
Ana 446, 461, 598, 653, 686, 712
Angeln 6
Annette, Mad 365
Archery 64, 107
Arethusa 403
Arrow, The Silver 107
Autumn Day at Winchilsea, An 604
Autumn Time 336
Auvergne, Legend of 228
Barber, A Poetical 613
“Behind the Scenes” 224
Bet, Our 29
Between Tragedy and Comedy 692
Beyond Gower’s Land 575
Biography of a Plant, The 8
Birds, A Chapter on 347
Black Forest, Days in the 670
Bleeding Cave at Pendine 698
Blow to “the Profession,” A 233
Blundell, Frank 708
Bohemia, Midsummer-Eve in 54
Boleyn, Lament of Anne 425
Bramber 253
Bride of an Hour, The 69
Brion, Frederika 358
“Brothers Davenport” 689
Buckingham, Death of 334
By the Night Train 553
By the Sea 280
“Bye-and-bye” 682
Canavan, Mary 723
Cape de Verdes, Whaling at the 194
Case of Mons. D’Egville, The 418
Chapter on Birds, A 347
Charlemagne’s City, Legends of 228, 484, 643
Charles I., Who was Executioner of 14
Childe Roland 451
Church at Yarmouth 542
Circassian Exodus, The 302
City Companies, The 371
Clytie 168
Companies, City 371
Connemara, Adventures in 51, 93
Corner of Essex Revisited, A 515
Country Parsonage, The 191
Court Etiquette 653
Cumæan Sibyl, The 602
Dace, The 152
Daily Life of Plants, The 119
Dangerous Dresses 719
Davenport, Brothers 689
Days in the Black Forest 670
Death of Buckingham, The 334
Declaration, A 54
De Clare, Dirge of 41
D’Egville, Mons. 418
Delsthorpe Sands 582
Deserted House on the Landes, The 37
De Verdes, Whaling at the Cape 194
Diamond Bracelets of Madame La Baronne 474
Dirge of De Clare, The 41
Doré, Gustave 83
Dovercourt 515
Dresses, Dangerous 719
Durer, Albert 392
Ear for Eye 80
Earl Eirek’s Voyage 545
Earl Pembroke’s Monument 181
Earl Strongbow’s Beacon 707
Earlswood Asylum 174
Eastern Travel 331
Egypt in 1864 179
Eriphanis 659
Erl King’s Dying, The 672
Essex, a Corner of 515
Etiquette, Court 653
Evening 112
Exhibition, The Painter Stainers’ 34
Exodus, Circassian 302
Eyes 344
Family Fix, A 258
Farms and Farmers 580
Fetters of a German, The 202
Few Days at Lyons, A 598
Fight at Sea, A 687
Fossil Man 403
Frank Blundell 708
Fraser, Fate of Philip 57, 85
French Academy, The 686
French Palmer, The 662
From Canada to Liverpool 340
From Darkness into Light 136
Furniture, Our 90
Gabledom, The Metropolis of 628
Gentle Lady Married to a Moor, A 113
Gentleman with the Camellias, The 284
German, Fetters of a 202
Ghost, No 447
Gipsies, Transformation of the 498
Goethe and Frederika Brion 358
Gower’s Land 575
Grouse Hills, My First Days on the 143
Guernsey 398
Hake, The 320
Hamlet, The Stage 622
Hampstead 169
Harp of Invermorn, The 293
Harvest Memories 237
Harwich 515
“Hé Lambert!” 544
Heather Bells 110
Highwaymen 666
Heffie’s Trouble 24
Horse-flesh, My First Deal in 2
Horses and Horse Copers 453
Hounds in the 17th Century 446
How to Deal with our London Poor 315
Hunt at Portskewitt, The 125
Human Wasters 174
Ice Cavern in the Justis-Thal, An 639
“In the Beck” 517
Invermorn, The Harp of 293
Irish Convict in the Federal Army, An 275
Johann Zoffany 307
King’s Daughter, The 153
Kitty 722
Lambert, Hé 544
Lament of Anne Boleyn on the Eve of Execution 425
L’Ancresse, Guernsey 398
“Late” is not “Never” 141
Legend of St. Gabriel’s, The 1
Legend of St. Vitus, The 405
Legend of the Bleeding Cave of Pendine 698
Legends of Charlemagne’s City 228, 484, 643
Leigh, Theo.—See Theo Leigh.
“Lesser Light, The” 654, 683
Lima, A Romance of 469
London Poor, How to Deal with 315
Long Expected 11
Long Firm, The 393
Lord Oakburn’s Daughters 15, 43, 71, 99, 127, 155, 183, 211, 239, 267, 295, 323, 351, 379, 407, 435
Lost Syrinx 433
Loup-Garou, The 228
Love Tale, A 631
Love’s Ending 308
Lyons, A Few Days at 598
Mad Annette 365
Madame La Baronne De V——’s Diamond Bracelets 474
Martyr, A Moorish 425
Mary Canavan 723
Mastai Family, The 653
Mechanical Sempstress, The 229, 448
Meteorology in 1864 400
Metropolis of Gabledom, The 628
Midsummer-Eve in Bohemia 54
Miriam’s Birthday 337
Moon, The 654, 683
Moon Fay, The 376
Moorish Martyr, A 425
Morgue, The 714
“Mrs. Smith” 597
My Grandfather’s Narrow Escape 443
My First Deal in Horse-Flesh 2
My First Two Days on the Grouse Hills 143
New Era in Portraiture, A 368
Night Train, By the 553
Nile, Sailors of the 690
No Ghost 447
Northern Wedding, A 200
Oakburn, Lord.— See Lord Oakburn.
Obeah, a Story of 443
Odenwald and Lindenfels, The 197
Olaf, Sir 346
Old Church at Great Yarmouth 542
Old Wit 167
One Hour 308
Our Bet 29
Our Farms and our Farmers 580
Our Furniture 90
Pacific, Islands in the 509
Painter-Stainers’ Exhibition, The 34
Palmer, The French 662
Palmerston, Lord 712
Parsonage, the Country 191
Pear, The 247
Peep at some Islands in the Western Pacific, A 509
Pendine, Legend of the Bleeding Cave at 698
Perfect General Secretary, The 530
Philip Fraser’s Fate 57, 85
Photography, A new Era in 368
Pictures 196
Piercing the Alps 415
Pilchards 467
Plant, Biography of a 8
Plants, Daily Life of 119
Poetical Barber, A 613
Poisoning by Tobacco 446
Police and Mechanism of Railway Trains, The 387
Polish Statistics 598
Poor, How to Deal with our London 315
Poor Woman, The 119
Portraiture, A new Era in 368
Portskewitt, The Hunt at 125
Procession, A 252
Pytchley Hunt, The 291
Railway Trains, Police of 387
Ramsay, Allan 613
Real Social Evil, A 278
Recruiting in Olden Time 653
Relic, A 700
Roland, Childe 451
Romance of Lima, A 469
Rosette 713
Royal Sovereign, The 565
Rubens in the Cloister 573
Sailors of the Nile 690
St. Alban’s 309
St. David’s 477
St. Eloi, The Shrine of 421
St Gabriel’s, Legend of 1
St. Vitus, Legend of 405
Sark 449
Savoy, The 163
Sea, By the 280
Secretary, The Perfect General 530
Sempstress, The Mechanical 229, 448
Sesenheim 358
Sewing Machine, The 229, 448
Shoreham 253
Shrine of St Eloi, The 421
Sibyl, The Cumæan 602
Silver Arrow, The 107
Sir Olaf 346
Skedaddlers from the Northern Army 340
“Slave or Free?” 476
Smith, Mrs. 597
Social Evil, A Real 278
Stage Hamlet, The 622
Steve Lidyard’s Adventure 219
Strongbow, Earl 707
“Stumpy Brown” 611
Summer Day at Hampstead, A 109
Summer Day at St. Alban’s, A 309
Summer Day at St. David’s, A 477
Summer Day at Shorebam and Bramber, A 253
Swiss Lakes, Two 550
Syrinx, Lost 433
Theo Leigh, 505, 533, 561, 589, 617, 645, 673, 701
Tintoret 97
Tipperary Shot, A 491, 519, 547
Tobacco, Poisoning by 446
Tragedy and Comedy, Between 692
Two Lives in One 459
Two Swiss Lakes 550
Transformation of the Gipsies 498
Una, the Moon-Fay 376
Waterloo and Wellington 681
Wasters, Human 174
Wedding, A Northern 200
Weibertreu and Weinsberg 389
Wellington, The Duke of 681
Whaler Fleet, The 638
Whaling at the Cape de Verdes 194
“What is my Love Like?” 532
Who was the Executioner of King Charles the First? 12
Wigs 287
Winchilsea 604
Windows of the Soul, The 344
Wit, Old 167
Wolfe, Charles 501, 572
Work of Time, The 525
Yapahoo 225, 281
Yarmouth, Church at 542
Zoffany, J. 307
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
BARNES, R. —29.
BURTON, W. S.— 14, 210, 638.
DU MAURIER, G. — 57, 85.
ELTZE, F. —70, 112, 238, 266, 322, 406, 597, 722.
FAIRFIELD, A. R.— 42, 154, 558, 631.
FROLICH, L. — 659, 661.
GREEN, C.— 126.
KNEWSTUB, W. J.— 337.
LAMONT, T. R.— 294, 378, 434, 546, 574, 687, 710.
LUCAS, H.— 447.
MORTEN, T.— 141, 603.
PASQUIER, J. A.— 98.
PINWELL, G. J.— 26, 586, 713, 699, 713.
PRITCHETT, R. T.— 253, 255, 362, 398, 399, 449, [451] 518.
SKELT0N, P. J.— 169, 309.
SLINGER, F. .— 113, 182, 462, 491, 519, 549.
SULMAN, T.— 1, 163, 197, 225, 226, 227, 281, 282, 283, 389, 391, 477, 479, 606, 607, 671.
WOLF, J.— 350.
MISCELLANEOUS. — 83, 279, 335, 426, 427, 514, 543, 654, 657, 658, 683.
DIAGRAMS. — 388, 567, 689.