ONCE A WEEK.
AN
Illustrated Miscellany
OF
LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE, & POPULAR INFORMATION.
VOLUME IV.
DECEMBER, 1860, TO JUNE, 1861.
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. 79. December 29, 1860
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
| M. J. Lawless. |
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Sam Bentley’s Christmas (Part 3). By T. Matthews.
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Charles Keene. |
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What? By W. H. Boughton.
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Phiz. |
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Last Week. By A. A. Knox.
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No. 80. January 5, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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Indian Juggling. By F. Swanwick.
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George du Maurier. |
| Frederick Walker. |
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Sam Bentley’s Christmas (Part 4). By T. Matthews.
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Charles Keene. |
| Charles Green. |
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Last Week. By A. A. Knox.
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No. 81. January 12, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
| Frederick Walker. |
| Frederick Sandys. |
| Frederick Walker. |
| T. R. Macquoid. |
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Last Week. By A. A. Knox.
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No. 82. January 19, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
| H. G. Hine. |
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The Fate of Tan-King-Chin, a British Subject. By Miss E. Piper.
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| J. E. Millais. |
| Frederick Walker. |
| Phiz. |
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Last Week. By A. A. Knox.
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No. 83. January 26, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
| J. E. Millais. |
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Heidelberg, at Fair-Time. By Cornelia A. H. Crosse.
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H. G. Hine. |
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The Black Spot. By John Harwood.
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George du Maurier. |
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She Never Told Her Love. By John Begg Shaw.
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Phiz. |
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Last Week. By A. A. Knox.
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No. 84. February 2, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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Baths of Aix and Annexation of Savoy. By Harriet Ludlow Clarke.
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Joseph Swain. |
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Cambridge Wranglers. By Henry Hall Dixon.
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The Mazed Fiddler. By W. J. Prowse.
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Charles Keene. |
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Our Modern Mercury. By Andrew Wynter.
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What Is Electricity? By Anne Gilchrist.
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| George du Maurier. |
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Last Week. By A. A. Knox.
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No. 85. February 9, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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The Months—February. By Harriet Martineau.
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T. R. Macquoid. |
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A General Practitioner in California. By John Harwood.
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Frederick Walker. |
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How I Did Not Prevent Sea-Sickness. By Godfrey Turner.
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Aux Bien-Aimées. By Ralph A. Benson.
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Phiz. |
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Last Week. By A. A. Knox.
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No. 86. February 16, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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Confessions of St. Valentine. By Mary Eliza Rogers.
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M. J. Lawless. |
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My Adventure in Search of Garibaldi. By John Harwood.
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George du Maurier. |
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Take Warning. By N. Joseph.
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Miss Taylor. |
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The Story of the Three Wonderful Companions. By W. Bruce.
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Phiz. |
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Last Week. By A. A. Knox.
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No. 87. February 23, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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Life at Charleston: In Quiet Times. By Harriet Martineau.
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The Maiden Masque. By Samuel Lover.
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John Leech. |
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Fishes. By Edward Jesse.
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Who Is Mr. Reuter? By Andrew Wynter.
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The Parish Clerk’s Story. By George Meredith.
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Frederick Walker. |
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Last Week. By A. A. Knox.
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No. 88. March 2, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
| Frederick Walker. |
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Time Tables. By William Cookson.
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The Annual Fair at Ostrovna. By W. K. Westly.
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Last Week. By A. A. Knox.
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No. 89. March 9, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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Life on an Alabama Plantation. By Harriet Martineau.
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Fair Rosamond. By Owen Meredith.
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John Tenniel. |
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The Turkish Bath. By Andrew Wynter.
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Insect Appetite. By Harry Jones.
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The Grassy Sea. By Katharine S. MacQuoid.
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Phiz. |
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Voltaire and M. Chapeau. By J. Wilson.
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Last Week. By A. A. Knox.
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No. 90. March 16, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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The Months—March. By Harriet Martineau.
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T. R. Macquoid. |
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Animal Instinct. By Edward Jesse.
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| Thomas Morten. |
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Cannibalism in Galacia. By Sabine Baring-Gould.
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Quackery in 1551. By Louis J. Jennings.
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An Old Man’s Musings. By Henry Righton.
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In Re Mr. Bubb. By Thomas Speight.
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Charles Keene. |
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Last Week. By A. A. Knox.
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No. 91. March 23, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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The Trapping of Wild Animals by the Tchuvashes of Simbirsk. By W. K. Westly.
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| Frederick Sandys. |
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Look After Brown. By Mark Lemon.
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The Beginning of the Russian Navy. By W. K. Westly.
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Algerine Interiors. By Bessie Rayner Parkes.
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Charles Green. |
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Last Week. By A. A. Knox.
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No. 92. March 30, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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Ocular Stereoscopy. By Daniel Pidgeon.
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Sir Joshua’s Pupil. By Dutton Cook.
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The Beard Movement. By James Stuart Vaughan.
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The Beggar’s Soliloquy. By George Meredith.
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Charles Keene. |
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Anecdotes of the General Alexander, Count Suvaroff. By W. K. Westly.
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Our Dogs. By Sarah Stickney.
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A Night Ride to the Guillotine. By George Lumley.
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George du Maurier. |
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No. 93. April 6, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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Life in Illinois. By Harriet Martineau.
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Effie Gordon. By B. S. Montgomery.
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M. J. Lawless. |
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Mr. Train and the Bayswater Tramway. By W. Bridges Adams.
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Dangerous! By Albany Fonblanque Jr.
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Frederick Walker. |
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No. 94. April 13, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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Pisciculture in France. By Anna Blackwell.
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The Sailor’s Bride. By Marian James.
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Frederick Sandys. |
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A Word on Wages. By John Plummer.
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The History of a Love-Letter. By Miss Overton.
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No. 95. April 20, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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A Fossil Piano. By Anna Blackwell.
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The Swallow. By Edward Jesse.
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Joseph Wolf. |
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The Jester’s Passing Bell. By Walter Thornbury.
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Mundic and Barytes: A Tale of the Squashmore Mine. By Frederick Gale.
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Charles Keene. |
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The Epping Hunt. By Frederick Gale.
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On the Cards. By Albany Fonblanque Jr.
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No. 96. April 27, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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Life in Massachusetts. By Harriet Martineau.
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Captain Macheath. By Dutton Cook.
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An Hour with the Dead. By Louisa Crow.
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Frederic Shields. |
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An Old Boy’s Tale. By Mrs. Bell.
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Frederick Walker. |
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No. 97. May 4, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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A Model Strike. By Dutton Cook.
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Charles Keene. |
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Our Nicknames at Playingfield College. By Philip S. Fletcher.
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Spring in Devonshire. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
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The Finishing Touch. By Albany Fonblanque Jr.
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Charles Green. |
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No. 98. May 11, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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A Forgotten Poet. By John Plummer.
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The Cholera Bed. By John Harwood.
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The Two Norse Kings. By Walter Thornbury.
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Charles Keene. |
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Thieves and Thieves’ Children. By Mark Lemon.
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Our Birds of Spring. By Edward Jesse.
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Shanklin. By Arthur J. Munby.
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The Roadside Inn. By Louisa Crow.
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A Visit to Tintagel. By Eyre Turquand.
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Percival Skelton. |
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No. 99. May 18, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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Volunteer Drill—An Adjutant’s Diary. I. By William Cookson.
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| J. W. Brooks. |
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Representative Men—Social Reformers: Pentalozzi, the Combes, Rowland Hill. By Harriet Martineau.
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Japanese Gardeners. By Edward Jesse.
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The First Bleeding in Russia. By Edward H. Michelsen.
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Romance of the Cab-Rank. By Frank Percival.
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Frederick Walker. |
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No. 100. May 25, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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A Bottle of Water. By Charles Crump.
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Card Sharping. By Lascelles Wraxall.
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Volunteer Drill—An Adjutant's Diary. II. By William Cookson.
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On Her Death-Bed: A Lullaby. By Arthur J. Munby.
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George du Maurier. |
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The Forts of the United States. By Francis Morton.
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No. 101. June 1, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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Larger Than Life. By Daniel Pidgeon.
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Volunteer Drill—An Adjutant’s Diary. III. By William Cookson.
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June. By Edwin Arnold.
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| Frederick Walker. |
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Sir James Tillie, of Pentillie. By J. L. Stackhouse.
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H. G. Hine. |
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Wrestling at Whitsuntide. By Frederick Gale.
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Lyrical Lines. By Eliza Cook.
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No. 102. June 8, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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Spiders. By E. Smith.
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Maidenhead and Cliefden. By Edward Jesse.
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H. G. Hine. |
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Volunteer Drill—An Adjutant’s Diary. IV. By William Cookson.
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Our Critic upon Cricket: First Innings. By Henry Silver.
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A Portuguese Tragedy. By George Lumley.
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George du Maurier. |
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Confession. By W. W. Follett Synge.
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No. 103. June 15, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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Verrio and Laguerre. By Dutton Cook.
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| M. J. Lawless. |
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The Doomed Cottage. By Miss Overton.
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The Poles and Their Prison. By Vivian Dering Majendie.
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The Illuminations at Heidelberg. By Charles Knight.
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William Harvey. |
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No. 104. June 22, 1861.
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Illustrated by |
| John Tenniel. |
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America Militant (Part 1). By Francis Morton.
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Count Cavour: In Memoriam. By Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell.
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The Aeroliths (Meteor-Stones) in the Village Juvinas, in France. By Edward H. Michelsen.
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The Revenue Officer's Story. By John Harwood.
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Charles Keene. |
| Harrison Weir. |
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Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States
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Adjutant's Diary, An
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567, 590, 626, 660 |
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Adonis, Dirge of
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582 |
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Aeroliths, The
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712 |
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Aged, The
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Alabama Plantation, Life on an
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287 |
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Algerine Interiors
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356 |
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Alnwick Castle
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571 |
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America Militant
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707 |
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Ana
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326, 445, 607 |
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Anecdotes of the General Alexander, Count Suvaroff
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379 |
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Animal Instinct
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321 |
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Annual Fair at Ostrovna, The
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274 |
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Australia, Explorations in
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214, 351 |
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Aux Bien-Aimées
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Bacon 343
Barbarians, The Outer 440
Barth 455
Baths of Aix and Annexation of Savoy 147
Bayswater Tramway, The 407
Beard Movement, The 377
Beggars in Italy 23
Beggar's Soliloquy, The 378
Beginning of the Russian Navy, The 365
Black Spot, The 132
Bleeding in Russia 581
Bottle of Water, A 595
"Bring me a Light!" 99
Burckhardt 455
Burgess, Sir J. B. 326
California, General Practioner in 186
Cambridge Wranglers 151
Cannibalism in Gallicia 324
Captain Macheath 487
Card Sharping 597
Cavalier's Escape, The 639
Cavour, Count 712
Chapter of Chinese History, A 607
Charleston, Life at 231
Chesil Bank, A Run on the 91
Cholera Bed, The 541
Combes, The 575
Confession 669
Confessions of St. Valentine 207
Courtier Philosophers 343
Cricket, Our Critic on 664
Crystal Palace, A Northern 720
Curiosities in Natural History 24
Dangerous! 415
Day's Deer-Stalking, A 52
Death of Œnone, The 14
Deer-Stalking 52
Devonshire, Spring in 527
Dirge of Adonis, The 582
Dogs, Our 381
Doomed Cottage, The 687
Dung-Beetle, The 428
Dying Heroes, The 71
Effie Gordon 406
Electric Telegraph in London 275, 319
Epping Hunt, The 468
Escape from Jersey, My 681
Experience of Jersey Law, An 681
Explorations in Australia 214, 351
Eugene Aram 445
Fair Rosamond 293
Fan, The 72
Fanshawe, Lady 652
Fate of Tan-King-Chin, The 95
February 175
Ficulea, Old 26
Finishing Touch, The 529
First Bleeding in Russia, The 581
Fishes 242
Fossil Piano, A 459
François de Civille 431
Franklin 455
From the German of Uhland 50
Frosts on the Thames 180
Fry, Elizabeth 652
Gallicia, Cannibalism in 324
Garibaldi, My Adventure in Search of 209
Garrison, W. L. 652
General Practitioner in California, A 186
Göthe 343
Grassy Sea, The 301
Guillotine, A Night Ride to the 384
Health of the Soldier and Sailor 35
Heart of Voltaire, The 63
Heidelberg, at Fair Time 128
„ The Illuminations at 696
Hill, Sir Rowland 575
History of a Love-Letter, The 435
Hogarth, The Widow 10
Hour with the Dead, An 491
How I did not Prevent Sea-Sickness 191
Howard, John 652
Humboldt, Baron 343
Illinois, Life in 399
Illuminations at Heidelberg, The 69
Imprisonment in Jersey, My 681
Indian Juggling 40
In Re Mr. Bubb 328
In the Woods 721
Insect Appetite 300
Iphis and Anaxarete 98
January 76
Japanese Gardeners 581
Jersey Law 681
Jester's Passing Bell, The 462
Jewel Case, The 630
June 629
King Olaf 445
Larger than Life 623
Last Week, 28, 54, 82, 110, 138, 166,
194, 222, 250, 278, 306, 334, 362,
390, 418, 446, 474, 502, 530, 558,
586, 614, 642, 670, 698, 722
Lavalette, Madame 652
Leibnitz 343
Life at Charleston 231
„ in Illinois 399
„ in Massachusetts 483
„ on an Alabama Plantation 287
Life Story, A 351
Lincoln, Abraham 7
Look after Brown 165
Love's Photograph 109
Lyrical Lines 641
"Magnolia, for London, with Cotton, The" 263
Maiden Masque, The 236
Maidenhead and Cliefden 658
March 315
Massachusetts, Life in 483
Mazed Fiddler, The 154
Men, Representative 343, 465, 575, 652
Mercury, Our Modern 160
Model Strike, A 515
Mohawks, Swift and the 322
Months, The 76, 175, 315
INDEX.
Sailor's Bride, The Sam Bontley's Christmas . Scientific Explorers
> Sea-Sickness
Serfdom in Russia . .
I Shade
Shauklin .... She Never Told Her Love .
Silver Cord, The, I, 29, 57, S5, 113, 141
109. 197, 225, 253, 281, 809, 337, 305,
393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 633, 561, 58i',
017, 1*5, 67:!. 701
I Sir .lames Tillie, ..fPontillio . . 639
Sir JosOua's Pupil . ... 378
Social Rofnrmcrs . . . 575, 652
Soldier and Sailor, Tho . . . S5
Sonnet from Petrarch . . .384
Spiders 651
| Spring in Devonshire . . . 527
Squashmore Mine. A Tale of the . 493
Steer N. W 404
Story of the Three Wonderful Com- panions, The 217
Suvarofl', Anecdotes of . . . 879
Swallow. The 461
Swift and the Mohawks . . . 822
Uhland, From the German of.
Under the Fir-Trees
United States, the Forts of
Valentine, Confessions of St. Veriiu and Ilnguerre . Visit to Tintagel, A Voltaire . . Voltaire, Tho Heart of Volunteer Drill .
Wages, A Word on . . . . 434
"Wanted a Secretary!" . . 492
Wator-pipes and Frost . . . 27
Water Stoppage, The . . . 159
What?............ 26
What is Electricity 1 . . .163
White Husbandry. The . . . 608
Whitsuntide, Wrestling at . . 640
Who is Mr. Router? . . . . 243
Widow Hogarth and her Lodger , 10
Women, Representative . . 203
Women's Work . . 124, 241, 208
Word ou Wages, A . . . . 434
Wranglers . ... 151
Wrestling at Whitsuntide . . . 640
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Tchuvashcs, TrappiDg of Wild :n:i
Animals by the . . . .
Telegraph. Tho London Electric. 275, 3!9
Temperanco Societies in Germany 5S:;
Thames, Frosts on the .
Thioves and t hieves' Children . . ;, , h
Thorr's Hunt for his Hammer
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Tillie. Sir James
Time Tables
Tintagol. A Visit to .
Train, Mr., and the Bayswater
Tramway
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Trapping of Wild Animals by the
Tchuvashes, Tho .... 349
Trimmings and Trimmers
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Turkish Bath. The Tuscan Nooks and Bye-paths 409, .01 1 517 Sailor's Bride. The . . .433 Two Norso Kings, The . Sam Bentley's Christmas . . 16, 44 Scientific Kxplorers . . . 455 «.'•" Sea-Sickness 191 UnLANP, From the German of 43 Serfdom in Russia .... 006 Under the Fir-Trees 604 Shado 473 United States, the Forts of Shanklin 551 207 She Never Told Her Lore . . . 137 Valentine, Confessions of St. Silver Curd, The, 1, 29, 57. S3, 113, 141, Veriiosiul i-aguerre . 679 1l19, 197, 225, 253, 2S1, 309, 337, 365, Visit to Tintayel, A . . . 653 . 843 393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561 589, Voltaire .... . 63 Volt-lii-e, The Heart of . 017, 645, 673, 701 Sir James Tillie, i.fPsntillio . . 609 Volunteer Drill . . . 599, 626, 660 Sir Joanna's l'npil . . , . 373 Social Reformers . . . 575, 652 Soldier and Sailor, The . . . 35 W>or.a, A Word on . . . . 434 Sonnet from Petrarch . . . S84 " Wanted a Secretary ! " . . 492 Spiders 651 Wator-piues and Frost . . • 27 Spring in Devonshire . . 627 Water Stoppage, The . . .159 ftuuiubmoro Mine, A Tale of tho . 463 What? 25 Steer X. W 404 What is Electricity? . . . 163 Story of the Throc Wonderful Com Whito Husbandry. Tho . . . 606 panions. The 217 Whltsuntulo. Wrestling at . . 640 Suvaroff, Aneedotes of . . . 379 Who is Mr. ReuterS . . . . 2-13 Swallow. Tho 461 Widow Hogarth and her Lodger . 10 Swift and the Mohawks . . . 322 Women, Representative . . *03 Women's Work . . 124, 241, 298 Word on Wages, A . . . . 434 Tarr Warning . 216 Wranglers . ... 151 Tau-King-Chin, Fate of . Wrestling at Whitsuntide . . . 640
ilundic and Barytes 403 Quacrlbv in 1551 . 326 .Sly Adventure hi Search of Gari baldi 209 Rapharl and Michaol Angclo . . 97 31 y Uncle's Handbook . . . 604 Recent Explorations in Australia, 214, 351 Representative Men, 343, 455, 575, 652 Napoleok Vine, Tho 607 Reprcsontativo Women . . . 203 Natural History. Curiosities in 24 Router, Mr 243 Nicknames at Playingfield Ci >iic^a 520 Revonuo officer's Story, Tho . . 713 Nervous System of the Metropolis, Roadside Inn. Tho .... 562 The 275 Romance of the Ob-Rank. . . 583 New Year's Evo SI Run upon the Chesil Bank, A . 91 Night Ride to the Guillotine, A . 3*1 Russia, Tho First Bleeding in . . 5*1 Niobe » I Russia, Serfdom in ... 806 Northern Crystal Palace, A . Russian Navy, Beginning of tho . 355 Ocular Stereoscopy . Olaf, King Old Moy's Tale, An . Old Ficulea Old Man's Musings, An On her Dcath-Bed . On the Cards Ostrovna, Fair at Our Birds of Spring 'lur Critic upon Cricket . . . ur Dogs >ur Modern Mercury . . . . lur Nicknames at Playingfield College 'Outer Barbariani'." The, from a Chinese Point of View . . .
371 445 4!>7 •J6 I 327 603 469 274 i 550 l'•04 3S1 100 SC0
Parish Clork's Story, Tho 210 Pattern-Designing 298 Patton, Mrs. . e.-.-j Pentilllc. Sir J. Tillie of i.;,9 ...7'1 Pcstalozzi
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Petrarch, Sonnet from Pise culture in Franco . 1-7 "luyingfiold College, Our Nick 5if> name* at ict, A Forgotten . les and their Prisons, Tho 694 >rtugucse Tragedy, A .
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
BROOKS, J. W.—572, 574.
BROWN, HABLOT K.—25, 109, 193, 220, 302.
DU MAURIER, G.—41, 134, 165, 210, 378, 603, 668.
GREEN, C.—52, 53, 357, 359, 361, 529.
HARVEY, W.—697.
HINE, H. G.—63, 92, 129, 131, 182, 183, 184, 639, 659.
KEANE, C.—19, 45, 155, 158, 330, 332, 378, 466, 519, 547, 713.
LAWLESS, M. J.—14, 15, 208, 406, 407, 687.
LEECH, J.—238.
MACQUOID, T. R.—79, 176, 315.
MILLAIS, J. E.—98, 126.
MORTEN, T.—323.
SANDYS, F.—71, 350, 434.
SHIELDS, F. J.—491.
SKELTON, P.—555.
SWAIN, J.—147, 149.
TAYLOR, MISS.—217.
TENNIEL, J.—1, 29, 57, 85, 113, 141, 169, 197, 225, 253, 281, 294, 295, 309, 337, 365, 393, 421, 449, 477, 505, 533, 561, 589, 617, 645, 673, 701.
WALKER, F.—43, 66, 75, 102, 105, 248, 263, 267, 416, 499, 585, 631.
WEIR, HARRISON.—721.
WOLF, J.—462.
DIAGRAMS.—275, 276, 277, 371, 372, 373, 472, 624.
CHINESE SKETCHES (after originals).—442, 443, 444, 608, 609, 610.
PORTRAITS.—A. Lincoln, 7; Ross, Mr., 53; Reuter, Mr. 244.