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• France signs armistice, Alsace-Lorraine ceded to Germany
• Trades Union Act legalises unions in Britain
• Stanley meets Livingstone in Africa
• The introduction of bicycle races to England at the Oval

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VOLUME 58, LONDON ILLUSTRATED NEWS, JANUARY-JUNE

. The Illustrated London News was to England what Harper's Weekly was to America. A reflection of culture, society, politics, and the world beyond...it was the 19th century television. Each 6 month volume contains literally hundreds of wood engravings from hand carved blocks, depicting a multitude of subject matter (maritime, royalty, war, ethnographic, sport, industry, maps, amusement , science, art and literature) and often full and double page or fold out size.

The news was printed 2 pages of text followed by 2 pages of illustration so wood cuts are never back to back.

The overwhelming theme of this volume is the

• 'Civil War in Paris'.
• The Germans in Paris,
• Vive La Commune!, the French Siege, Paris burning, street fighting, battle scenes, prison scenes, many death scenes, the burning of Tuileries, food shortages, the people suffering,
• King of Prussia proclaimed emperor at Versailles,
• bombings of Champs de Elysees, Bastille, the gunboat La Commune, civil unrest and uprising, marches through the burning streets of Paris,
• Fall of the column in Place Vendome, executions,
• Germans celebrating Christmas while children starve outside in the snow,
• Military triumph in Berlin, a
• Map of the new French/ German border
• New Thames Yacht club, and a ship in drydock.

• the marriage of Princess Louise to the Marquis of Lorne, and the many engravings on this include a 2 page wedding illustration, a 2 page portrait of the newlyweds, the attending bridesmaids, the jewelry, cake, bouquets, etc
• Plans for the new St Thomas Hospital
• Grand Opera House of Paris
• 2 page Derby Day horse racing illustration-
• International exposition at South Kensington-
• The opening of the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences by The Queen-
• University boat race Oxford V Cambridge-
• Portrait of Darwin
• The New Empire of Germany - President of the North German Federal Assembly,
• The Cathedral Tours,
• Some of the Defenders of Paris - Sketch by Balloon Post,
• German Army Crossing the Loire at Orleans,
• Retreat of the French Army of the Loire,
• Food Supply of Paris - Butchers Horse Market Boulevard (2 page),
• The German’s Christmas Eve in France,
• Christmas Day Sports at Versailles,
• Searching for Arms at Versailles,
• French Prisoners at the Orleans Railway Station,
• The Last Oxen in Paris,
• Defence of Paris - Barriere du Thone (2 page),
• Entry of the Viceroy of India into Jeypore,
• Floods at Rome - Plaza del Popolo,
• Waiting for Coke at the Gasworks Barriere Diatle,
• Valley of the Loire with the Lanterne de Rochecordon,
• Wounded From the Ramparts Landed at the Quai de la Megisserie Paris (2 page),
• Ironclad Fleet HMS Hotspur,
• The Half Hour Before Dinner,
• Killing an Elephant for Food in the Jardin Des Plantes Paris,
• View of the City of Tours,
• The Market for Dogs Flesh and Cats Flesh Paris,
• Private and Public Carriages Used for the Ambulance Service Outside Paris,
• The Late Sorties From Paris - The Arc de Triomphe Champs Elysees,
• Returning From the Pantomime,
• Proclaiming the King of Prussia as German Emperor,
• Proclaiming the German Emperor Religious Service,
• Municipal Canteen at the Corner of the Boulevard Poissonniere Paris,
• A Prussian Battery Before Paris,
• Prussian Shells Falling Inside Paris - Scene Near Mont Parnasse Cemetery (2 page),
• Hoisting the German Flag on Mont Valerien,
• The Germans Entering Mont Valerien,
• A Squadron of Cavalry of General Chanzzys Army,
• Washerwomen of the Banlieue at the Quai de la Conference Paris,
• The Last Sortie From Paris - Prussian Jagers Defending Montretout (2 page),
• The Fourteenth of February,
• French Coming into the Prussian Lines for Bread at the Ferry of Sevres,
• Visit of the German Prince Imperial to Mont Valerien,
• Movers and Seconders of the Address in the Lords and Commons,
• Ambulance at the Theatre Francais Paris,
• The City of Bordeaux,
• The Red Republican Insurgents Attacking the Hotel de Ville Paris, Politicians Discussing Affairs ont eh Boulevard Montmartre Paris,
• Meeting of the French National Assembly at Bordeaux,
• M. Flourens Released From Prison by the Insurgents in Paris (half),
• General Bourbakes Army at Travers in the Canton of Neufchatel Switzerland (2 page),
• National Assembly at Bordeaux Discussing the Terms of Peace,
• Relief of Paris - the English Gift fo Food,
• Relief of Paris - Distribution of the English Gift at the Magasin du Bon Marche,
• Relief of Paris - Vendors of Poultry and Rabbits,
• The Capitulation of Paris Scene on the Bridge of Neuilly (2 page),
• The Ruin Around Paris - The Town of St. Cloud Destroyed by Fire,
• Pillaging the First Vegetable Carts at the Gates of Paris (half),
• The First German in Paris,
• The Germans in Paris - the Palais de Industrie,
• Assemblage of Paris Republicans at the column of July Place de La Bastille,
• The Germans Entering Paris - the Champs Elysees (2 page),
• Relief of Paris - Distribution of the English Gift at the Maison du Gran Conde,
• Mob of Paris Rioters Drowning a Police Agent (half),
• Relief of Paris - The Rush to the Provision Shops,
• Mob of Paris Carrying off the Guns of National Guards,
• Relief of Paris - Dealers in Provisions From St. Denis at the Prussian Advance Post,
• Mr. C. R. Darwin Author of the "Origin of Species",
• The New French German Frontier (map),
• The Germans in Paris - Prussian Soldiers Visiting the Gardens of the Tuilleries,
• The Germans in Paris (many),
• Germans in Paris - General Blumenthal and Staff in the Place de la Concorde (2 page),
• Night Scene in Bordeaux,
• The First Departure of Germans From Paris,
• Floating of H. M. Twin Screw Ironclad Monitor Glatton,
• The Wedding of Princess Louise at Windsor (many),
• Princess Louise’s Wedding Gifts,
• Claremont Surrey the Residence of Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne,
• Inverary Castle the Seat of the Duke of Argyll,
• The Marquis of Lorne (portrait),
• Princess Louise (portrait),
• People of Alsace,
• Incident at the Battle of Le Mans,
• Marriage of Princess Louise and the Marquis de Lorne in St. Georges Chapel Windsor (2 page),
• The Conflict in Paris - Massacre in the Place Vendome, Cambridge Crew 1871, Oxford Crew 1871, The First of April - a Sketch at the Boat Race,
• Opening of the Royal Albert Hall (several),
• Opening of the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences by the Queen (2 page),
• The Civil War in Paris - The Cannon at Montmartre,
• Civil War in Paris - The Rue de la Paix and Place Vendome Guarded by the Insurgents,
• Civil War in Paris - Barricades in Front of the Hotel de Ville,
• The Commune in Paris - Sketch at the Hotel de Ville,
• Civil War in Paris - Barricades in the Place Clichy,
• Civil War in Paris - Communists Routed at the Bridge of Neully,
• Civil War in Paris - Men of the Barricades, Artillery fot he Brighton Volunteer Review (2 page), Brighton Volunteer Review, Civil War in Paris - Arrest of the Archbishop by the Communists,
• Civil War in Paris - Rout of the Communists at Nanterre, Civil War in Paris - Communists Defeated on the Plateau of Chatillon,
• Civil War in Paris - Burning of the Guillotine,
• The Ruins Round Paris,
• The Iron Gate of the Danube,
• The Book of Fate - A Sketch at the Royal Academy,
• Mrs. Rousby as Joan of Arc at the Queen’s Theatre (half),
• Scenes of the Late War in France (many),
• Civil War in Paris - Fort Valerein Firing at Paris,
• Civil War in Paris - Return of the Wounded to Paris (2 page),
• Civil War in Paris - Communists Routed to the Bridge at Asnieres,
• French Siege of Paris - Armour Plated Locomotive Battery,
• French Siege of Paris - Troops Encamped at the Palace of St. Cloud,
• International Exhibition Galleries Royal Albert Hall and Horticultural Society’s Gardens South Kensington,
• French Siege of Paris - Masonic Deputation to Versailles Going Out at the Porte Maillot,
• French Siege of Paris - Armistice at Neuilly, Chestnut Trees in Bushy Park, The Somerset Naval Dry Dock at Malta, French Siege of Paris - a Call Upon the Little Sisters of the Poor,
• French Siege of Paris - Bridge at the Point du Jour with Gunboats of the Commune,
• French Siege at Paris - Interior of the Gunboat,
• French Siege at Paris - Concert for the Wounded at the Tuilleries,
• The Eve of the Derby,
• Cutting the Base of the Column for the Place Vendome Paris,
• Communist Club Meeting in the Church of St. Eustace Paris (half),
• The Derby Day (2 page),
• Tichborne House Alresford Hants,

• The Fallen Column in the Place Vendome Paris,
• The Fighting in Paris - On the Housetops, The Burning of Paris - the Rue Royale, Burning of Paris - Saved From the Fire, The Fighting in Paris - Communist Prisoners (2 page),
• Fighting in Paris - Between Two Fires,
• Fighting in Paris - Communists Defending the Elysee Palace (half),
• Fighting in Paris - Attack of the Communist Staff in the Place Vendome,
• The South Kensington Museum on Whit Monday (2 page),
• Explosion in the Avenue Rapp Champs Elysee,
• The Late Events in Paris - A Woman Shot at the Louvre for Spreading Petroleum,
• Communist Prisoners Led Through the Place de L’Opera Paris, Paris May 1871 (2 page of ruins and bodies),
• Captive Insurgents of Belleville,
• Attack on the Barricades on the Pantheon Paris,
• The Burning of the Tuileries (2 page),
• Inside the Prison of La Roquette,
• The Khedive of Egypt Laying the First Stone of Harbour at Alexandria,
• Archbishop of Paris Lying in State,
• Shooting Communist Prisoners in the Gardens of the Luxembourg,
• The Grand Opera House Paris, Ruins of Paris (photographer in the middle of debris),
• Preparing for Croquet,
• New St. Thomas Hospital Opened by the Queen (2 page of buildings plus floorplans),
• Ruins of Paris Hotel de Ville,
• The New Thames Yacht Club Schooner Match,
• Military Triumph at Berlin - Passing under the Brandenburg Gate,
• Military Triumph at Berlin - The Sedan Trophy at the Potsdam Gate,
• Military Triumph at Berlin - Troops Passing Before the Emperor on the Opera Place (2 page),
• The Queen Opening St. Thomas’s Hospital, Garden Party at Buckingham Palace

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 The Statute Holiday - Margate Jetty ' full front page print from engraving showing crowds of holiday makers

'The Sir Walter Scott Centenary Banquet in The Corn Exchange, Grassmarket, Edinburgh ' a full pag eprint from engraving

' The Scott Centenary - Scene from Rob Roy at The Theatre Miel Royal in Edinburgh ' a full pag eprint from engraving

' The Twin Screw Steam Launch - The Ladybird ' built by Messrs Hedley and Farrow of Poplar - a beautiful print from engraving by E. Weedon

' The Camp at Shoeburyness - The Competition for The Army Prizes '

' President of The Wesleyan Methodist Conference - The Rev. John H. James DD. '

'The Communist Trials at Versailles - Interrogating The Prisoners in The Orangery '

' Scene at the Cafe des Princes on The Boulevard Montmartre in Paris - Une Folle ' - full page print from engraving - The Centre figure in a crowd, a wife of a journalist, rendered insane by the news of her husbands death - a man drinking absinthe

' In The Highlands ' full page print from engraving - a steamer taking holiday makers to Scotland

' Loss of the Megaera - The Island of St. Paul from the Sea ' - info. Île Saint-Paul of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands in the Indian Ocean Sleekburnc.

'The Island of St. Paul - The Crater '

'The Presentation of Colours to The 93rd Sutherland Highlanders in The Queens Park at Edinburgh '

' Pony Fair in The New Forest - Lyndhurst Fair ' full page print from engraving

' The Statute Holiday - The Zoological Societys Gardens, Regents Park ' full page showing crowds watching feeding time at the zoo

' The Earl of Dalkeith - Preisdent of The Scott Centenary Festival at Edinburgh ' print from engraving by R. Taylor

' Hopetoun House - Visited by The British Association '

This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include :-

Foreign and Colonial News includes:

France - with ref. to M. Thiers

Italy

Germany

Austro hungary

Russia

America

The Scott Centenary Festival

Illustrated London News Editoria

The Court - Royal Comings and Goings

The Church - Preferments and Appointments

Trial of the Communists in France

Fatal Explosion of Gun-Cotton at Stowmarket

The Farm

Wills and Bequests include:

Rear Admiral Reginald Yorke RN late of Cagebrook near Hereford

Colonel Sir William West Turner KCSI who died at Naples

Daniel Sutton Esq of 25 Earls Terrace Kensington

Rev W. F. Hamilton of Springfield Chelmsford

Weekly Return of Births and Deaths

Chess Match by Telegraph Between Sydney New South Wales and Adelaide in South Australia

Pony Fair in The New Forest - Lyndhurst Sleekburnc.

IMperial Parliament

Metropolitan News includes:

Meeting of the London School Board

The Marquis of Westminster

Annual Concert of the Tonic Sol Fa Association at Crystal Palace

Royal Botanic Society Meeting

The First Statute Holiday of the First Monday in August under the Bank holidays Act ...

Law and Police

Mr Simons Report on the Public Health

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January 28th ‘Killing an elephant for food in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris’

• Mr Childers on sick leave
• From inside Paris 16th week of the seige incl. great artwork for:
• Bursting of the Prussian shells within the Porte D'ateuil, Paris
• Corner of Bastion occupied by Bourgeois of the Garde Sedentaire, Paris
• View of the City of Tours
• The market for dogs & cats flesh
• Private & public carriages used for the ambulance service outside Paris
• The late sorties from Paris - The Arc De Triomphe, Champs Elysees - awesome double page artwork
• The Bois De Boulogne, Paris
• Lake in the Bois De Boulogne, Paris
• Non-Parisian artwork’:
• Returning from the pantomine - the last train (* The Months: January - ducks and snow (very arty!)
• The late Alexander Munro, sculptor (nice pen & ink portrait)
• The late very Rev. Dr. Alford, Dean of Canterbury (nice pen & ink portrait)
• News of Dr Livingstone
• Astronomical occurences in Feb

February 11th

No. 1636 Vol. LVIII

• Hoisting the German Flag on Mont Valerien (front cover).
• The Germans Entering Mont Valerien (full page).
• A Squadron of Cavalry of general Chanzy's Army (full page).
• Washerwomen of the Banlieue at the Quai De La Conference, Paris (full page).
• The Sortie from Paris, Jan 19: view from the Prussians left at Louviennes (half-page).
• French wounded in a cellar of the Ursuline Monastery, Beaugency (1/6 page).
• Graves of Prussians, Park of St Cloud (1/6 page).
• The last sortie from Paris: Prussian Jagers defending Montretout (double page - center pages).
• The 35-ton gun called "The Woolwich Infant" (half-page).
• Captain Scott's naval gun carriage and slide (quarter-page).
• The Turret-Ships Abyssinia and Magdala, for the defence of Bombay Harbour (half-page).
• The Right-Hon. W. Monsell, M.P. Postmaster-General (quarter-page).

Volume of July to December contains

• Meeting for the Royal Agricultural Society at Wolverhampton,
• The Tichborne Trial Sketch at Court,
• View in Tichborne Park,
• Review of the Household Brigade by the Queen,
• Road Steamer and Omnibus for the Indian Government ,
• The Fog Bow Seen From the Matterhorn,
• Danger in the Desert by Carl Haag (2 page),
• Presentation of New Colours to the 42 nd Highlanders,
• Review of the French Army at Longchamps,
• The Waverly Ball at Willis Rooms,
• Sketches in Epping Forest,
• Evening at the Volunteer Camp Wimbledon,
• Amusements in the Camp of the London Scottish Wimbledon,
• HMS Agincourt Aground on the Pearl Rock Gibraltar Bay,
• A Saturday Half Holiday,
• The Belgian Gardes Civiques at Wimbledon Camp,
• New Docks and Repairing Station at Chatham,
• Prize Cats at the Crystal Palace Cat Show,
• Our Ironclad Fleet - HMS Devastation,
• Worcester Porcelain in the International Exhibition, Mr. J. A. Proude the Historian, Meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute - View of Cardiff From the Castle (2 page), On the Sands (2 page - beach), The Scott Centenary - Sir Walter Scott From the Bust by Chantrey, Places Associated With Scott’s Life and Works, Abbotsford, Melrose Abbey, The Scott Monument Edinburgh, The Grave of Scott in Dryburgh Abbey, Croquet Under Difficulties, The Irish Orange Riots in New York (half), The Scott Centenary - A Dream of the Waverly Novels, Going North Dunblane Station, The Scott Centenary - Jedburgh Abbey, The Passion Play at Ober-Ammergau Bavaria (2 page), The Audience at the Passion Play, The British Association at Edinburgh, The Royal Visit tot he Irish Agricultural Society Show at Dublin, Town of Mohammed Adil Chah Beejapoor India (half), The Scott Centenary Banquet, The Scott Centenary - Scene From Rob Roy at the Theatre Royal Edinburgh, The Communist Trials at the Orangery Versailles - Interrogating the Prisoners (half), Scene on the Boulevard Montmartre Paris, In the Highlands, Pony Fair in the New Forest, The Statute Holiday - Zoological Society Gardens, Street in Morlain Brittany, Scene of the Gun Cotton Explosion at Stowmarket, A Picnic (2 page), Encampment of the Portsmouth Garrison, The Prince of Wales New Steam Yacht Osborne, The French Annex at the International Exhibition, British Archaeological Association - Weymouth & Portland, Scott Centenary Views at Abbotsford, Loch Marie Dingwall and Skye Railway, Sardine Fishery on the Coast of Brittany, A London School Board Capture, Sketches in the International Exhibition, Midland Railway Hotel Euston Road, Princess Louise and the Marquis of Lorne, The Communist Trials at Versailles Reading the Sentence, Antiquities of Carnac in Brittany (half vertical), Stampede of Cavalry Horses at Aldershott Camp, On the Findhorn, Examining Passports Dieppe, Lord Derby Laying the First Stone of the Seamen Orphan Institution Liverpool, Sketches of Hampstead Heath, Monday Afternoon at the London Zoological Gardens (elephants), The Home Campaign, Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel The Town of Susa, Highland Games at Aboyne, The Righi Mountain Railway Switzerland (half), Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, The Autumn Campaign - Sir Charles Staveley’s Force Attacking Sir Hope Grant’s Position on the Hogs Back (2 page), Regatta at Halifax Nova Scotia, Druidic Remains of Brittany (half), Blind Basket Makers, Autumn Campaign - Plan of Country Round Aldershott (map), Plan of Sir Hope Grants Intrenchments on Chobham Common (map), A Fish Auction in Columbia Market, Sketches of Goldsmith’s Deserted Village Near Athlone, On the Kursall Terrace Hombourg-es-Monts, Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel, Sunday Morning With the Hop Pickers (2 page), Fair of St. Cloud Near Paris, The Vintage in Medoc - Vineyards of Chateau Lafitte, Agriculture in the Doro Valley Mont Cenis Railway, The Dora Valley, The Gambling Table at Hombourg, The Vintage at Medoc - Cuvier or Pressing House at Chateau D’Estournel, Scarborough in Season (2 page), Waiting of the National Assembly at Versailles, The Great Fire at Chicago - Views in the City (several), The Trinkhalle and Spa at Hombourg, Great Fire at Chicago - Birdseye View of the City, Funeral of Sir John Burgoyne at the Tower, The Red River Expedition - Camp of the 60 th Rifles Near Sherandowan (half), The Red River Expedition, A Forest Fire in America (2 page), The Burning of Chicago, The Late Sir Roderick Murcheson, Demolition to the Great Eastern Railway Extension to Broad Street, Siege Operations at Chatham, Town Hall and Courthouse Calcutta (half), Chill October in Rotten Row, Great Meeting on Blackheath to Receive Mr. Gladstone, Siege Operations at Chatham - the Assault (2 page), The Last of the Megara (shipwreck), November Night in Ireland, The Great Forest Fires in America - View Near Fox River Wisconsin, Chicago Fire - Randolph Street Bridge, Ruins of Chicago After the Fire, The Chicago Fire, A Sketch in the Camp of Refugees at Chicago After the Fire (2 page), Ruins of Chicago Looking East Towards the Lake (half/2 page), Paris Fashions, The Ruins of Chicago (several), The New Steam Ship Egypt, International Yacht Race at New York, Old Tanneries on the Rhone Geneva, A Match at Football - the Last Scrimmage (2 page), Hunting the Sable Antelope in South Africa, The Famine in Persia, Plan and Section of Captain Scott’s Turkey Gun Carriage in the Glatton, The New Turret Ship Glatton, The Lecture Theatre London University, Hawking at Hendon, A Winter Evening in the Bavarian Tyrol, Prize Poultry and Dogs at the Birmingham Show (several), Smithfield Club Cattle Show at the Agricultural Hall (2 page), The Fire at Warwick Castle, Students Interceding With M. Thiers for the Life of Rossel, Execution of Rossel Ferre and Bourgeois at Satory Near Paris, Scene of the Murder of Bishop Patteson Santa Cruz Pacific Ocean (half), The Burning of Warwick Castle, Prize Cattle and Sheep at the Smithfield Show, Prince of Wales Physicians, Newsboys With Latest Accounts of the Prince of Wales (half), Wreck of the Mail Steam Ship Ragoon at Galle, The Westminster Play, Bringing in the New Year,

July 15th

price sixpence.

• Presentation of New colours to The 42nd Highlanders' (front page)
• Review of The French Army at Longchamps, Bois de Boulogne' (full page)

'The Waverley Ball, at Willis's Rooms' (full page)

Sketches in Epping Forest includes Fairmead Lodge - Chingford Church - The Roebuck, Buckhurst Hill - View from Highbeech - Ambresbury Banks, an Ancient British Camp - Old Hornbeams, Snaresbrook - Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge, - Epping Old Church' (full page)

'The Patient by P. E. Frere in The International Exhibition' full page shows a child administering medicine to her doll

Evening at The Volunteer Camp, Wimbledon' (double page)

Amusements In The Camp of The London Scottish, Wimbledon' (full page)

HMS Agincourt Aground on the Pearl Rock, Gibraltar Bay' (full page)

'A Saturday Half Holiday' (full page)

Wilton House, near Salisbury The Seat of The Earl of Pembroke'

Arrival of The Earl of Pembroke at Wilton'

Also articles (no engravings) including Foreign and Colonial News'
Thunderstorms over East Riding and other Places

Imperial Parliament'

Metropolitan News'

'The Church'

Wills and Bequests'

Life Boat Services'

Archaeology of The Month'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes The Righ Hon. Henry William Wilson, Lord Berners - The Right Hon. Joseph Thaddeus, Lord Dormer at his seat near Warwick - Colonel Charles Powell Leslie MP of Castlelesley - Sir Richard Tufton, Bart of Appleby Castle in Westmorland died at his residence 30 Place St Georges Paris - Mr Serjeant Woolrych, Humphry William Woolrych of Croxley House Herts JP - Colonel John Henry Poole CB who died at Clifton'

Imperial Parliament'

National Sports'

Weekly Return of Births and Deaths

'Law and Police'

August 5th

A twelve page issue price fivepence.

It features articles with prints from engravings including

• 'The Scott Centenary: Sir Walter Scott, from The Bust by Chantrey' (front page), Places Associated with Scotts Life and Works - Gateway Abbotsfore - Scott Monument & Townhall, Selkirk - Bedroom of Sir W. Scott, Abbotsford - Stirling Castle - Holyrood Palace - Door of The Old Tolbooth from Edinburgh - Scotts House in Castle St. Edinburgh - In Scotts Study - Entrance Hall Abbotsford - The Library at Abbotsford' (full page), 'Scott Centenary:Abbotsford' (full page),
• 'Return from Labour by W. Fyfe' (full page),
• 'Melrose Abbey' (full page),
• 'The Brighton Race Cup',
• 'The Scott Monument, Edinburgh' (full page),
• 'The Grave of Scott in Dryburgh Abbey painted by S. Read and Engraved by W. Palmer' (full page),
• 'The Late Sir Thomas Dyke Acland of Killerton Park Devon',
• 'Nottingham Bridge, Old and New',
• 'Croquet Under Difficulties',
• 'The Irish Orange Riots in New York, More than Eighty Persons Killed',
• 'Porcelain at The International Exhibition by W. T. Copeland and Sons',
• 'Presentation of The Child Moses by F. Barzeghi of Milan',
• Chess problem
• Articles (no engravings) icluding 'Foreign and Colonial News', 'Metropolitan News', 'National Sports', 'The Court', 'Civil List Pensions', 'The Farm', 'Wills and Bequests',
• 'Weekly Return of Births and Deaths',
• 'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes The Hon. Mrs Marion Russell Barrington of Hetton Hall Durham and Elmfield Park Doncaster at her residence Chester Place London - Colonel Charles Vandeleur Creagh Military Knight of the Upper Foundation Windsor Castle - George Nangle Esq of Kildalkey - The Rev. Ayscough Fawkes of Farnley Hall, York',
• 'Law and Police - France Rogers a baby farmer at Manchester was given twenty years penal servitude for the manslaughter of one child
• 'Imperial Parliament',
• It measures 400x275mm (16x10.75").

August 12th

A twelve page issue price fivepence.

It features articles with prints from engravings including

• 'Sir Walter Scott Centenary -Homes he lived in "Lasswade" - "Ashestiel" (front page),
• 'The Late Very Rev. H. L. Mansel, DD., Dean of St. Pauls',
• 'The Scott Centenary: Exhibition of Portraits and Relics at Edinburgh',
• 'Scott Centenary: A Dream of The Waverley Novels' (full page), 'Going North: Dunblane Station' (full page),
• 'Scott Centenary: Jedburgh Abbey' (beautiful full page),
• 'The Passion Play at Oberammergau, Bavaria' (splendid double page engraving), 'Audience at The Passion Play, Oberammergau ' (full page),
• 'The British Association at Edinburgh: The Great Hall of The Parliament House' (full page),
• 'Royal Visit to The Irish Agricultural Societys Show At Dublin' (full page),
• 'Porcelain at The International exhibition by Minton and Co.',
• 'Tomb of Mohammes Adil Chah, Beejapoor, India',
• 'Chess problem
• Also articles (no engravings) icluding 'Foreign and Colonial News France,
• The Trial and Court Martial of Members and Partisans of The Commune' Paris,
• 'The Volunteers', End of The Season', 'National Sports', 'In The Highlands', 'The Farm', 'Wills and Bequests', 'Weekly Return of Births and Deaths',
• 'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes The Right Hon. Henry Flower Viscount Ashbrook died at his seat Castle Durrow Kilkenny - The Right Rev. Henry Constantine Huxtable Bishop of Mauritius, - Colonel Frederick William Mann at De Beauvoir, Guernsey',
• Mr. Ruskins Gift',
• 'The Parliament House Edinburgh',
• 'Scientific Results of The Month',
• 'Law and Police', 'Imperial Parliament',

August 19th

• On 7th August The Nation Celebrated The First Ever Bank Holiday.
• The Crowded State Of Margate's Jetty As Hundreds Took Advantage Of This Holiday And Sailed From London To Margate And Took Their Youngsters, Of Both Sexes, On Short Rides On Camels And Elephants - "Audacious Feats To Be Told Of Years Afterwards".- 100,000's Took The Trains And Buses To Various Other Holiday And Picnic Areas.
  "By Rail And By River, More Than 10,000 Oddfellows Of The North London District Of The Manchester Unity Went Down To The North Woolwich Gardens To Take Part In A Fete Held For The Benefit Of The Widows And Orphans Of Deceased Members
  

August 26th

Complete list of the illustrations:

• Street in Morlaix, Brittany (front page)
  
• Street in Morlaix, Brittany (half page)
• Ancient chimney, tome of Francis Morlaix (half page)
• "a Breton girl - evening" by FJ Skill (full page)
• Scene of the gun cotton explosion in Stowmarket (full page)
• Leaves from a sketch book - Abbeville (full page with 3 illustrations)
• A picnic (double page illustration)
• Encampment of the Portsmouth garrison at Portsmouth and Gosport (full page)
• The months: August (stag / deer) (full page)
• The Prince of Wales's new steam yacht Osborne (full page)
• Signor Mario (famous Italian tenor) (half page)
• The Scott centenary: fete at Newark Castle, Selkirk (half page)

October 28

Complete list of the illustrations:

• Funeral of Sir John Burgoyne in St Peter's church at the tower (front page)
• Funeral of Sir John Burgoyne at the tower: the procession passing Traitors' Gate (full page)
• The late Mr R Young, sheriff elect of London / the late alderman Sir FG Moon (half page)
• The Red River expedition: camp of the 60th rifles near Shebandowan
• The Red River expedition: crossing a portage / camp at Malawin bridge (full page)
• The new Reform club, Manchester (half page)
• The burn of the vat, near Ballater, Deeside (half page)
• A forest fire in America (double page illustration)
• The burning of Chicago (full page)
• The late Sir Roderick Murchison (full page)
• Demolitions for the Great Eastern railway extension to Broadstreet (full page)
• Scene from "Rebecca" at Drury Lane Theatre (half page)
• Koldinghis Castle, Denmark (half page)

• After The Chicago Fire - The Randolph Street Bridge' : 'Ogden College': 'Crosby Opera House': 'Pacific Hotel': 'Catholic College': 'Michigan Railway Southern Depot': 'Post Office and Tribune buildings': 'Sherman House Block': 'Porter Palmer's Block; Field and Leiters Stores', 'Burnt Out People in The Chapel of Grace Church', 'Recovering Valuables From The Bank Vaults' ,'A Sketch inThe Camp of Refuge at Chicago, After the Fire' Double Page
• Siege Operations at Chatham: 'Stockade Prepared for Blowing Up With Gun cotton and Powder' - - 'Festoon of Gun Cotton on The Stockade' - - 'Lighting The Fuse for The Powder Bags' - - 'Necklace of Gun Cotton Round A Beam' - - 'Destruction of th eSotckade by Gun Cotton and Powder'
• 'The Right Hon. Sills Johbn Gibbons, The NEw Lord Mayor of London'
• 'Siege Operations at Chatham: Sappers Working Behind Sap Roller' - - 'Single Sap, With Shield'

'Lady Burdett Coutts Delivering Columbia Market to The Lord Mayor'

'Opening Queen Victoria Street, City'

'Ruins of Chacago, Looking East Towards The Lake' Half page panorama

'Chatham Siege Operations: Explosion of Mines Under The Medway'

'Chatham Siege Operations: Blowing up Rafts on The Medway'

'chess by Mr F. H. Bennett'

'paris Fashions: Head Dresses and Mantles'

'Scene From "Partners for Life" at The Globe Theatre'

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Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including:
'Foreign and Colonial News'

'The Burning of Chicago'

'Mewtropolitan News'

'The Farm'

'The Court' The Royal Family at Balmoral

' New Books'

'Law and Police' with reference to Tichborne v. Lushington'

'The Royal Instutution of Great Britain' with reference to Professor Tyndall and more

'Members Out of Parliament'

'Music'

'The Theatres'

'Wills and Bequests' includes The Rev Richard William Jelf DD Canon of Christ Church, Oxford - - - Dame sarah Paxton of Chatsworth Dervy - - - Thomas George Gosline Esq of 48 Portland Place - - - Lieutenant General Henry George Teesdale, RA'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes Sir Peregrine Palmer Fuller Palmer Acland of Fairfield Somerset at his seat near Bridgwater - - - Lady ktherine Margaret Frankland at her sons residence Stokesley, Co. York - - - Henry James Ramsden Esq of Oxton Hall, Tadcaster - - - William Rashleigh Esq of Menabilly, Cornwall JP and DL died at St Leonards hill, Windsor - - - Thomas Greenwood Esq MA Camb FRSL'

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