Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• Public Health Act passed
• London's main sewers built
• Bizet's Carmen given first performance in Paris
• August - Captain Matthew Webb is the first person to swim the English Channel

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January 3rd

• The Skating Season: " Un Coup D'Oeil En Passant " by E. Boutibonne ' Full Front page
• ' The Christmas Pantomimes - Scene From Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp at Drury Lane Theatre '- Scene From The Babes in The Wood at Covent Garden '
• ' A Juvenile Ball at The Mansion House ' Full page with lots of victorian children in their best dress, kilts etc
• ' The Grand Staircase in the New Opera House, Paris Ilst ' Double page engraving
• ' The Marchioness of Salisbury's Juvenille Fancy Dress Ball at Hatfield House ' Full page engraving
• ' The Great Disaster at Sea - The Late Mrs Elmslie - - - The Late Alexander Elmslie Aged Four Years - - - The Late Captain Elmslie of the Ship Cospatrick '
• ' The Cospatrick Emigrant Ship, Destroyed at Sea ' according to the article the ship left London bound for New Zealand with over 470 people on board, there were only three survivors

' The Fountain by G. D. Leslie ARA ' Double page engraving "...noble and gentle young woman who sits by the marble basin of a classic fountain with a rose pressed close to her bosom, might belong to the greek heroine of some poem by Keats or Shelley..."

' Chess Problem '

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

The Illustrated London News Editorial with reference to the war in Spain etc

The Court at Osborne House, etc

Marriages in High Life include Lady Clementina Ogilvie (Later Aunt of Clemintine Churhill ) to Mr Algernaon Bertram Mitford - Captain Montague Cecil Brown of Dumfries with Caroline Alice Jane daughter of Dr Leighton - Lord William Phipps and Miss Constance Keyser - Miss De Reuter and Count Otto Steenbockd - Mr Philip H. Howard and Miss Clare Maxwell

Foreign and Colonial News includes France - Spain and Princle Alfonso proclaimed King of Spain - Portugal - Italy - Germany - etc The Church - Preferments and Appointments

Metropolitan News

Law and Police

Echoes of the Week

Music

Scientific Results of the Month includes references to Professore Hare - Dr Fiske of Harvard - Professor Caruel - Mr Kingdon - Professor Haldeman

Renaming of Streets by The Metropolitan Board of Works with a list of the streets to be changed and their new names Winter Exhibitions - The Royal Academy

Royal Institution Lectures includes Voltaic Electricity, Voltaic Battery etc by Professor Gladstone FRS

Obituary of Eminent Persons includes The Duke of Montrose The Most Noble James Graham, Baron Graham of Belford in Northumberland etc died at Cannes in the South of France - - - Lord Macdonald The Right Hon. Somerled James Brudenell Bosville-Macdonald died in Edinburgh - - - The Right Hon. Rowland, Viscount Hill of Hawkstone of the County of Salop died at his seat near Wem - - - Sir Samuel Bignold JP Lord of the Manor of Walcot Norfolk - - - Edwin Sandys Bain, Serjeant at Law died at Easter Livelands, near Stirling - - - Major Charles Lennox Cumming-Bruce of Kinnaird Stirling

Wills and Bequests includes William Joynson late of St Mary Cray Kent, paper manufacturer - - - John Brown formerly of Great Yarmouth but late of 45 Thurloe Square, Brompton - - - Edward Colman late of Cannon Street and of Clapham Common - - - Charles Vickers late of Wormstall, Near Newbury Berks died at 11 Porchester Terrace paddington - - - Benjamin Bond Cabbell late of Cromer Hall Norfolk

May 1st

• 'The Fatal Balloon Ascent in France: Carrying Off The Dead Bodies' Front page
• 'A Solo by C. A. Smith from the Exhibition at The Dudley Gallery'
• 'The New Home and Colonial Offices, Parliament Street, Westminster' Full page
• 'Installation of the Prince of Wales as Grand Master of The Freemasons of England At the Royal Albert Hall'
• 'Paris Spring Fashions' Full page
• 'The Latye Count Brunnow, For Many Years Russina Ambassador in London'
• 'The New Racecourse at Sandown, Near Esher'

Fatal Baloon Ascent in France 'M. Sivel' - - 'M. Gaston Tissandier (the survivor)' - - 'M. Croce Spinelli'

'Funeral Discourse at The Railway station in Paris, on The Bodies of Sivel and Croce Spinelli'

'The Alexandra Palace, Views in The Park' Full page

'The Freemasons' Benevolent Institutions: Boys of The Royal Masonic Schol at Play'

'Inmates of The Royal Masonic Institution For The Aged and Widows'

'Chess'
The Court at Windsor Castle and Osborne'

'Foreign and Colonial News'

'National Sports'

'Metropolitan News'

'The Prince of Wales And The Freemasons '

'Scientific Results of The Month inlcudes New method of toughening glass discovered in France - Eclipse observations by Dr Schuster in Siam - Dr Beale on the distinction between living and non living matter - - Miss Anna J. Gurney'

'Royal Institution Lectures, Resemblances of the Pterodactyle to Living Animals by Professor H. G. Seeley'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes Sir Joseph Henry Hawley, Bart of Leybourne Grange, Kent died at 34 Eaton Place'

'Wills and Bequests includes Mr George Stockdale of 9 Hanover Terrace, Notting Hill and of the Stock Exhchange - - Mr Edward Warner of 49 Grosvenor Square - - Mr Horatio Clagett of 17 Lowndes Street, Belgrave Square - - The Hon William Rufus Rous of Worstead House, Norwich'

May 8th

price sixpence.

• 'Installation of The Prince of Wales as Grand Master of The Freemasons : Sir Albert Woods Proclaiming The New Grand Master' Full
• Grand Officers of The Order of Freemasons 'Sir Albert Woods, Grand Director of Ceremonies' - 'Mr John Hervey, Grand Secretary' - 'Mr T. Fenn, Assistant Director of Ceremonies' - 'Rev. R. P. Bent, Grand Chaplain' - 'Mr J. B. Monckton, President of The Board of General Purposes'

'American Sketches: Saloon of A Steam Boat' Wonderful engraving

'Opening of The New Alexandra Palace, Muswell Hill on Saturday May 1' Wonderful double page engravingK

'The Lord Mayor Declaring The New Alexandra Palace Open'

'Bunkers Hill Mine, North Staffordshire, The Scene of The Late Fatal Explosion' Owned by Messrs Rigby & Co, Forty Three Killed

'Camballo, Winner of the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes'

'Interior of A Gold Quartz Crushing Batter, Thames Gold Fields, New Zealand'

The Royal Academy 'Mr F. Walker ARA' - 'Mr H. S. Marks ARA'

Royal Institution Lectures 'Dimorphodon Macronyx' - 'Pachyrhamphus Crassirostris' - 'Cycnorhamphus Suevicus' - 'Pterodactylus Longirostris' Professor H. G. Seeley on Fossil Flying Animals

'The Convent of San Francesco During The Sacking of The City of Assisi By The Perugians, 1442, by Frank W. W. Topham' Double page

'Chess'
'The Court, The Queen at Windsor'

'Prince of Wales and the Freemasons'

' Foreign and Colonial News'

'The Church & The Universities and Public Schools'

'National Sports' includes racing

'Sketches in Parliament - The House of Lords - the House of Commons'

'Metropolitan News

'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes - The Right Hon Arthur Alexander Dalzell, The Earl of Carnwath died at 28 Eaton Place, London - Vere Henry, Lord Hobart Governor of Madras died in India - The Hon Sir Gillery Piggott, A Baron of the Court of Exchequer died at Sherfield Hill, Basingstoke - Lady Caroling Barrington, Bedchamber Woman to The Queen, died at her residence in Kensington Palace, daughter of Charles, Earl Grey - The Death of Brigadier General John Dobree Woollcombe at Nusseerabad - The Death of General John Briggs 'Wills and Bequests'

May 15th

price sixpence.

• New Volcano on Camiguin Island, Mindanao, Phillippines'
• 'The Late Mr H. W. Pickersgill RA'

'Alderman H. R. Marsden, Mayor of Leeds'

'Mr Thomas Wright of Salford, The Prison Visitor'

'The Emperor of Austria's Tour in Dalmatia - Ragusa - Grande Place, Ragusa - Cattaro - Civil Tribunal, Sara'

'Where Merchants Most Do Congregate' by F. Huard, In The Exhibition at The Dudley Gallery. Wonderful double page engraving.

'The American Schooner Jefferson Borden, on Board Which Occurred The Recent Mutiny' Engraving with a good descriptive article, approx 1000 words "...a three masted schooner belonging to Boston and chiefly owned by Mr G. Town of that port.....A pilot came on board off Beachy Head and the vessel arrrived on Thursday week at the London Docks, when the Captain made a report to the American Consul......a thoroughly Yankee looking craft..."

'International Horse Show at Manchester, Military Horses: Troop Horse, 12th Lancers - First Prize Charger, 12th Lancers - Non Commissiond Officers Horse, Royal Artillery'

'Testimonial To Sir George Elliot, Bart, MP' - 'Mr S. C. Allsopp MP' - 'Sir George Elliot, Bart., MP' - 'Mr Henry Allsopp MP'

'European Boat Race at Bangkok, Siam '

'The American Mail Steam Ship Schiller, Wrecked on The Scilly Isles' With three hundred lives lost. Also a very good article of about 1700 words

'Fog Horn For Warning Ships Off The Coast' The Siren Fog Signal

'The Mule and Donkey Show at the Crystal Palace' engraving

'The Bessemer Saloon Ship Running Foul of Calais Pier

'The Magdala Cup, Won By The 3rd Buffs at Calcutta'

'The Right Rev. Dr Colenso, Bishop of Natal' with a blank reverse
The Court at Buckingham Palace etc'

'Foreign and Colonial News'

'Parliament: The House of Lords - The House of Commons' with reference to Thre Chimney Sweepers Bill - Mr Gladstone - and more

'National Sports' with racing etc

'Law and Police '

'The Buffs at Calcutta'

''Wills and Bequests'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes Sir Sandford Graham, Bart of Kirkstall, Yorkshire - The Rev. John William King BD of The Hall, Ashby de la Launde, Leicester - Rear Admiral Sherard Osborn associated with Arctic research and Sir John Franklin - Admiral William Walpole died at Club Chambers, Regent Street, he served at Trafalgar in the Colossus'

'Musical Publications' .

May 22nd

• 'Wreck of The Schiller: The Ratarrier Ledges and Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Scilly Isles' Full Front Page
• Wreck of The Steamer Schiller: 'Landing of Some of The Rescued Passengers at Penzance Pier'
• 'Saving a Mail Bag onBoared The Queen of The Bay, Scilly Packet'

'General View of Bishop Rock Lighthouse and The Retarrier Rocks, From St Agnes Lighthouse'

'The Wreck of The Schiller: Funeral Procession At The Burial of The Drowned, St Mary's, Scilly Isles' Full page

'The Arctic Expedition' Full page engrving

'The British Lion' Southampton By Harry Leslie In the Late Exhibition of thye Dudley Gallery. Full page

' The Emperors of Austrias Tour in Dalmatioa - Knin - Spalatro - Turkish Caravanseria, Ragusa' small tear to bottom left engraving. Full page

'The Late Admiral Sherard Osborn'

'Giuseppe Verdi, The Composer'

'The Late Captain Johannes Thomas, Commander of The Schiller ' a native of Frankfort on the Maine

'Captain W. M. Patterson of The American Schooner Jefferson Borden'

'The Late Count Waldeck, of Paris, in his 106th Year'

'Wedding Gift Presented to The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh by The Corporation of The City of London'

'Testimonial to Sir Julius Benedict'

'The Duke of Edinburgh Opening The Yorkshire Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures at Leeds' Double page

An Extra Supplement 'A "Nip" in Melville Bay, Off The Devil's Thumb' Double page with a blank reverse

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Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including:
'The Court at Windsor Castle etc'

'Friendly Societies'

'The Whitsuntide Holidays'

'Foreign And colonial News'

'Metropolitan News'

'royal Insitutuion Lectures, Physio Chemical Research, Heat by Professor James Dewar - Evolutio in Ancient British Coinage by Mr John Evans FRS'

'Law and Police'

'The Austrian Maritime Provinces'

'The Arctic Expedition' commanded by Captain G. S. Nares RN "in an attempt to discovery of the North Pole by way of Smith Sound from Baffins Bay" with a list of some of the crew on board the "The Alert" and "The Discovery"

'The Wreck of The Schiller' with a loss of life numbering 312. "the German Atlantic Steamer was lost on the night of Friday the &th inst......on Penczance pier on Sunday morning when thirty three of the survivors, including Mrs Jones, the only woman saved, landed from the litttle steamer Lady of the Isles.....the little capital of the Isle, Hugh Town, one of the saddest sights in the procession was that of a husband walking feebly behind the carts which contained the remains of his wife and little child.......a group of young men who wore the insignia of the Order of Good Templars..."

'The Muderous Mutiny at Sea' the American schooner Jefferson Boreden

'Music, The Opera Season'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes Sir Eardley Gideon Culling Eardley, Bart of Hadley, Middlesex died at Paris - General Sir JohnAitchisonGCB died at his residence, 4 Devonshire Place'

'Wills and Bequests'

'Scientific Result5s of The Month'

June 5th

• The Alert and Discovery Leaving Portsmouth For The Arctic Expedition'
• Officers of The Arctic Expedition 'Lieutenant Wyatt RawsibHMS Discovery' - 'Lieutenant R. H. Archer, HMS Discovery' - 'Rev C. E. Hodson, Chaplain HMS Discovery' - 'Lieutenant W. H. May, HMD Alert' - 'Lieutenant R. B. Fulford HMS Discovery' there is a full list of all the crew in the article
• 'Trooping The Colours in St James's Park on Her Majesty's Birthday'

' Bushy Brattley During Bechmast' in the New Forest.

'The Arctic Expedition: Captian Nares Showing The Prince of Wales and Duke of Edinburgh Over The Alert at Portsmouth'

'HMD Valorous, Provision Ship For The Arctic Expedition'

'Civil War in Spain: Inhabitants of Guetaria Escaping With Their Goods'

'Bombardment of Guetaria by The Carlists'

'Galopin, The Winner of The Derby'

'Spinaway, the Winner of The Oaks'

'The New Royal Stand at Epsom'

'Epsom Races: Bringing in The Winner'

'Captain Boytons Successful Trip Across The Channel'

'Bath and West of England Agricultural Show, At Croydon'
'Metropolitan News'

'Foreign and Colonial News'

'Parliament'

'Epping Forest'

'National Sports'

'Law and Police'

'Royal Institution Lectures, Transformations of The Chemical Force by Professor Glasdstone FRS, Problems of Dissociation by Professor Dewar etc

' 'Wills and Bequests includes Mr Thomas Broadbent of Grove House, Ardwick Lancashire - - Mr Timothy Rhodes Cobb of Banbury - - Mr Henry William Pickersgill of 3 Blandford Square - - Mrs Eliza Jackson of Shide Villa, Carisbrook, sle of Wight - - Mr William Barton Panton of Garreglwyd, Holyhead, Anglesey'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes The Right Honourable Thomas Granville Henry Stuart Knox, Earl of Ranfurly age 26 died at Saukim on the Red Sea where he was on a shooting expedition - - The Hon Donald Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie died at Maulside, Dulwich Wood Park - - Lord Augustus Henry Charles Hervey MP for West Suffolk age 38 - - The Hon. Charles Henry Cust - - Sir Robert MArsh Horsford late Chief Justice of ANtigua died at his residence, 11, Delamere Terrace - - The Venerable John Sinclair, Archdeacon of Middlesex and Vicar of Kensington died at Kensington Vicarage - - Mr Dudley Baxter Esq died at his residence at Hampstead - - Mr William Henry Gore Langton Esq of Clifton Court, Gloucester died at his residence 2 Princes Gate

June 12th

• 'Tent Pegging at Hurlingham' Front page
• 'Mr Alexander Russel of The Scotsman'
• 'Mr John Lemoinne, of The Journal Des Debats'
• 'Regatta at Sydney New South Wales'

'Stream Launch for Lake Nyassa'

'The Late Archdeacon Sinclair, Vicar of Kensington'

'Mr E. D. Young, commander of The Expedition to Lake Nyassa'

'Count Munster, the German Ambassador in London'

'Civil Guards of Knin, Dalmatia, Taking Back a Robber From Zara to The Frontier of Bosnia'

'Admiral Keppel, Commander in Chief at Plymouth, Bidding Farewell to the Arctic Ships off The Eddystone'

'Commodor Sir W. Hewitt Delivering presents to African Chiefs on Bosard The Encounter at Bonny Town' Full page engraving

'For the London Market, Drawn by E. Buckman' A full page engraving of Dutch ladies picking flowers in the fields

'The Ascot Prize Plate'

'Tree Shrew, From {egu, in The Zoological Societys Gardens' - - 'Tree Porcupine, From Brazil, in The Zoological Societys Gardens'

'Cutter Match of The Royal Thames Yacht Club: Off Shoeburyness' Lovely engraving of sailing craft

'the Haytian, Belonging to The West India and Pacific Steam Ship Company'

'the Horses inThe Show at the Agricultural Hall: Best Roadster Stallion, Norfolk Hero, Mr James Coker - - Best Cover Hack or Roadster, Enterprise, Sir Gl Wombwell, Bart - - Best Hunter, Talisman, J. Tattersall Musgrave Esq - - Best High Stepping park Cob For Saddle, Tommy Dodd, Miss Ireland' Wonderful full page engraving of the horses 'Manchester Conserviative Clubhouse' 'Dental Hospital, Leicester Square'

'Chess'

'The Right Hon. Earl Russell KG' wonderful full page engraving with a blank reverse
Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including:
The Court at Windsor Castle, Balmoral etc'

'Foreign and Colonial News'

'Tent Pegging at Hurlingham'

'Expedition to Lake Nyassa'

'The Right Hon. Earl Russell'

'Mr Alexander Russel'

M. John Lemoinne'

'Dalmatian Rural Police'

'A West African King'

'The Law and Police'

'The Late Arch Deacon Sinclair'

'A Glance at The Ireland of Lewis ( Good long article)'

'The Dental Hospital of London'

'Royal Institution Lectures including Professor Gladstone on Copper Zinc - Professor Dewar on High Temperatures - Professor Tyndall on Whitworths Planes,

'Wills and Bequests includes Sir Gillory Pigott - Rear Admiral Sherard Osborn of Berkeley Square - Mr John Fisher Williams of Camden Town - Charles Blandy of Reading - Admiral Richard Strode Hewlett of Wokingham and Binfield

Obituary of Eminent Persons including Sir Eric Mackay, Lord Reay - - Admiral Scott of Harecroft - - Frederick Walker died at St Fillans, Perthshire - - Mr Thomas Webster of Notting Hill - - Mr Welby Pugin of Ramsgate

June 19th

• 'The Sultan of Zanzibar at Ascot' Front page
• 'The sultan of Znzibar Landing at Westminster Palace Stairs'
• 'Doncaster, Winner of the Ascot Cup'

'The Voyage of HMS Challenger: Village in Wild Island, Admiralty Islands'

'Voyage of Challenger: Village In D'Entrecasteaux Island, Admiralty Islands'

'Voyage of HMS challenger: Village in Humboldt Bay, New Guinea' Wonderful full page engraving of the local people

'A Holiday Spot by F. W. Hulme' Beautiful full page engraving

'Embarkation of Artillery in Railway Trains in India' Full page

'Principal Obsevatory, Chulai Point, Siam'

'The Transit of Venus@ No 1 Observatory, Chulai Point, Siam' - - 'Captain Loftus's Beacon, Chulai Point, Siam'

'The Late M. de Remusat, French Statesman'

'Syed Bargash Bin Said, Sultan of Zanzibar'

'The Arctic Search Ship Pandora'

'Cleopatra's Needle and The Fallen Oblisk at Alexandria' - - 'Carved Wooden Bowls from The Admiralty Islands' - - 'The Transit of Venus, As Observed in siam'

'Watchmaking by Machinery in America: View of the Waltham Factory - - Escapement Wheel Machine - - A Work Room - - Enamelling The Dials - - Engine Room - - and more'

'The Amphitheatre of Beliddea, Cornwall, From Pen Olver'

'Reopening of the Choir of Rochester Cathedral'

'Chess'
Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including:
The Court at Windsor Castle, Balmoral etc'

'Foreign and Colonial News'

'Benevolent Institutions'

'Wills and Bequests includes Philipe Ferdinand Augustus de Rohan Chabot, Comte de Jarnac formerly of Thomastown Castle, Tiperary and late of Albert Gate House, Hyde Park - - Mr Joseph Goff of Hale House, Southampton - - Mr Richard Godfrey Bosanquet of MAidstone Kent and of Great Ormesby, Norfolk but late of 1 Bryanston Place, London - - Hon George Chapple Norton of late of Kettlethorpe Hall, Yorkshire died at Wonersh Park, Guildford - - Rev George Carpenter Hale MA Trinity College,Cambridge and Vicar of Hayes Middx'

June 26th

• 'An Askenazim by Carl Haag' Full front page. Askenaz
• 'Sketches in Iceland: Reykjavik '
• Iceland: 'Haymaking' - - 'Mode of Carrying Hay'

'The Solar Exlipse observatory in The Nicobar Islands; - Brownings Reflector & Spectroscopic Camera - - The Equatorial Camera - - Sig Tacchinis Obserbvatory - - Observing Stations - - Village of Malakka - - View From Eclipse Station'

' Winnowing by F. Chester' beautiful full page engrav8ing of two girls out on the cliff top fields sieving the corn

'The Midsummer Eve Bonfire in The Bavarian Highlands' Full page

'Mdlle Zare Thalberg' (search Henry Irving )

'Mdlle Singelli'

'The Sultan of Zanzibar at Lady Frere's Garden party'

'Laying The Foundation Stone of the Church of the Sacred Heart at Paris'

'The Illustrated sporting and Dramatic News Cup, to be Shot for By The Irish and American Rifle Teams'

'West End Church, near Southampton, Struck By Lightning'

'Wicker Coffins Exhibited at Stafford House'

'The Gun Vessel Bermejo for the Argentine Republic'

'The Portuguese Government Transport Steam ship Africa'

'The Great Fire in Dublin: Sappers Cutting off The Whiskey'

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

'The Court at Windsor'

'Royal School of Art Needlework' opened by Princess Christian

'Mr Tennyson's Queen MAry'

'The Whiskey Fire in Dublin'

'Earth to Earth' Perishable Coffins

'Obituary of Emminent Persons includes The Right Hon Richard Pigot Molesworth, Viscount of Swords Dublin died at 43 Grand Parade Brighton - - - Captain Hubert Washington Hibbert Esq of Bilton Grange died at his residence Hill street Berkeley Square'

'Wills and Bequests includes Sir Joseph Henry Hawley, Bart late of Leybourne Grange, Kent and 34 Eaton Place - - - Mr William Norris late of Woodnorton, Norfold and of Belvoir, Torquay, Devon'

July to December

Some of the engravings (full page or 2-page size unless noted) are:

• Giant Tortoises from the Seychelles Islands for the Zoological Society’s Garden,
• Haymakers by Lawrence Duncan,
• An American Religious Camp Meeting,
• The Transvaal or South African Gold Fields,
• The Last Day in Old England (2 page - people waiting to travel to Melbourne),
• British Syrian Schools at Beyrout,
• The Floods in France ,
• The Floods in France ,
• Meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society at Taunton - General View of Taunton,
• Court Customs in Burmah,
• International Rifle Match Between American and Irish Teams at Dollymount Near Dublin,
• The Eclipse Expedition in Siam,
• The Sultan of Zanzibar at Liverpool,
• Sweet Seventeen From a Drawing by G. D. Leslie (2 page portrait of a seated girl),
• Effects of the Storm and Flood at Buda-pesth,
• Masquerade Festival of Berlin Artists,
• Floods in South Wales,
• American Sketches - The Ladie’s Window at the New York Post Office,
• Tomb of Edward the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral,
• Beech Tree Blown Down at the Burnham Birches,
• Canterbury Cathedral (2 page),
• Sketches in Berlin - A Seltzer Water Cart,
• The War in Spain - Soldiers of King Alfonses Army Foraging,
• Mr. H.M. Stanley’s Boat the Livingstone Carried Overland in Africa,
• Goodwood Races - Views of the Course,
• Goodwood Races - Here They Come,
• Admiral Sir William Winter in the Vanguard Engaging Two Large Galleons of the Spanish Armada 1588 - From the Picture by O.W. Erierly,
• International Municipal Festivities - The Lord Mayor in State,
• American Sketches - Shad Fishing on the Hudson,
• At the Piano by G. Kilburne,
• Rio Tinto Mines in Southern Spain,
• Mr. S. Plimsoll M.P. For Derby (portrait),
• International Municipal Banquet ,
• Boring the Trunnion Coil of the 81 Ton Gun at Woolwich Arsenal,
• Entrance of the First Locomotive into Indoor Central India,
• Morning on the Moors,
• Once Upon a Time by D. T. Lobrichon,
• Pembroke College Cambridge,
• Lighting the Beacon - Ha! Ha! Rescue by John Tenniel,
• The O’Connell Centenary at Dublin,
• Suburban Water Carts,
• International Maritime Exhibition at Paris,
• American Sketches - The Falls of Niagara ,
• British Archeaological Association at Eusham,
• Sketches in Saxony,
• Driving Cattle into a Corrall Nebraska,
• Royal Visit to Sheffield - Triumphal Arches,
• Sketches of the Royal Visit to Sheffield (shows the steel processes),
• Meeting of the British Association at Bristol - St. Mary Redcliffe Church,
• Wicks Harbor During the Herring Fishing (2 page - hundreds of small boats),
• Civil War in Spain,
• Collision of the Solent - The Wreck of the Yacht Mistletoe,
• Captain Webb Landing at Calais (swimming the English Channel - several including a full-page portrait),
• American Sketches - Bathing at Long Branch New York,
• Strathpeffer From the Highland Railway,
• Bathing Scene at Boulogne,
• The Wine Supply of England - Messrs Gilbeys Claret Stores ,
• Sinking of HMS Vanguard,
• Insurrection in the Herzegovina,
• The Discovery of Greenland by King Eric the Red AD 983 by Carl Rasmussen,
• The Arctic Expedition - The Valorous,
• Michelangelo - portrait,
• Fifty Years Ago from the picture by F. Barnard (2 page - barbershop),
• Doncaster Races,
• Courts Martial of the Officers of HMS Vanguard,
• Testing the 81 gun at Woolwich Arsenal,
• Operations of the Wreck of HMS Vanguard (2 page),
• Sketches at Ginca,
• How are the Mighty Fallen by Haywood Hardy (2 page - a dead lion & vultures),
• Paris in Summer,
• Prince of Wales Voyage to India (many),
• The Michelangelo Centenary Festival at Florence,
• Diving Operations at the Wreck of the Vanguard,
• HMS Serapis Equipped for the Voyage of the Prince of Wales,
• India Rubber Trees in the Forest,
• The King of Zululands Carriage,
• Railway Jubilee at Darlington (many),
• The New Aquarium and Winter and Summer Gardens Westminster,
• Quiet Times - A Sketch of Hampstead Heath,
• Street in Hong Kong by the Late E. Hildebrandt,
• Map of India (full page),
• Interior of the Westminster Aquarium,
• The Game of La Crosse as Played in Canada,
• Diagrams Illustrative of Mr. John Holms Scheme of Army Reorganization (chart),
• Visit of the Corporation of London to Epping Forest,
• Natives of Burmah,
• The Signal Pagoda at Rangoon,
• Arctic Sketches From the Pandora - Drawn on the Wood in the Polar Regions (several),
• Balaclava Banquet at the Alexandra Palace ,
• The Balaclava Charge - Redrawn by Sir John Gilbert From the Original Sketch ,
• Emperor of Germany in Italy (several),
• Operatic Company on Board the P. And O Steamer Going to Egypt,
• Prince of Wales and the King and Queen of Greece Being Photographed at Athens,
• The West African Squadron in the River Congo,
• Destruction of Manuel Vacca’s Town on the River Congo,
• View of Poonah near Bombay,
• On the Way to the Campo Santo - From the Picture by Miss Clara Montalba,
• The Great Roman Trial for Murder,
• The Late Overflow of the Thames,
• The Late Storms - Launching the Lifeboat at Brighton,
• The Late Floods at Windsor,
• Philadelphia Exhibition - (2 page with panoramic views of several buildings),
• Murder of Commodore Goodenough in the South Sea Islands,
• Hark - Our Steeds for Present Service Neigh by Sir John Gilbert ARA (2 page),
• Lois Lancaster Drawn by F. S. Walker,
• Prize Cattle at the Smithfield Club Show,
• Rescue of the Survivors of the Deutschland by the Harwich Steam Tug Liverpool (2 page),
• Dolly’s Dream Drawn by Kate Greenaway

July 3rd

• 'Giant Tortoises, From The Seychelles Islands ' Full front page
• New Zealand parliamentary Portraits 'Sir Julius Bogel KCMG Prime Minister of New Zealand ' - - - 'Wiremu Katene Member of the House of Representatives' - - - 'Makena, Member of the Legislative Council' - - - ' Karaitiana Takamoana, Member of the House of Representatives'
• 'The Last Day in Old England ' Double page with a blank reverse. The scene at the docks in the port of London where a number of emigrants are collected previous to their embarkation for one of Australias colonies
• 'Haymakers by Lawrence Duncan' Full page Engraving
• 'An American Religious Camp Meeting' Full page
• 'The Transvaal or South African Gold Fields' full page, four scenes

'Prize Rabbits at the Boston Show'

'The Diningh hall, Female Orphan Asylum, Beddington, Surrey'

' Garibaldi Greeted by The People at Frascati '

'The New Hill Station of Ranee Khet, North West Provinces of India'

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

'The Maori Members of Parliament'

'Parliament'

'National Sports'

'The Great Floods in Southern France'

'The Transvaal Gold Fields'

'Lifeboat Services'

July 17th

• 'Hardly Earned by Miss L. Starr' Full Front page. A lady sleeping in a chair in front of the fire
• 'The Eclipse Expedition in Siam: Gateway in Wat Poh - Observatory Camp - - View in Wat Poh - - Meniam River, Wat Chang in The Distance - - The Sideroslat Observatory - - Tombs in Wat Chang'
• 'The New Channel for the Danube At Vienna'
• 'Burmese at Prayer to Gaudama'

'The Sultan of Zanazibar at Liverpool' Full page engraving

'At Last Mother by D. W. Wynfiield in th Roayal Academy Exhibition' Beautiful full page

The Floating Swimming Bath in The Thames at Charing Cross'

'A Dalmatian Shepherdess'

'The Floods in France: Facsimile of Sketches by Our Artist at Toulouse' Full page

'The Sultan of Zanzibar at Manchester' Full page

'Effects of The Storm and Flood at Buda- Pesth' Full page, Torn but eaqsily repaired

' Masquerade Festival of Berlin Artists: Sham Pirates' Full page

'New Terminus Station of the Great Eastern Railway, Liverpool Street, city'

'Horses at The Royal Agricultural Societys Show, Taunton' Prizewinners and horses named

'Apollinaris Natural Mineral Water' Full page advert with prices list etc. Tear to lower part of page

'Sketches in Berlin: A Seltzer Water Cart' Full page Engraving

'Old Whitechapel Churxh' - - 'New Whitechapel Church' - - 'English Chapel on the Site of the Slave Market at Zanzibar'

'Asylum For the Deaf and Dumb at Margate, Opened on Monday By The Prince and Princess of Wales'

'Chess'
Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including:
The Court at Windsor Castle '

'Foreign and Colonial News'

'The Eclipse Expedition in Siam'

'Burmese Family Worship'

'Benevolent Institutions'

'The Wines of The World'

'Wills and Bequests includes Right Hon Charles Morgan Robinson, Lord Tredegar of Tredegar Park, Monmouthshire - - Mr Edward Lewis of Rye Bank, Chorlton Cum Hardy, Lancashire who die at 25 Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square - - Mr Benjamin Edwin Gammon of Herbert Lodge, Loughvorough park, Brixton and of York Road, Lambeth'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes Sir William Osborne, Bart. of Beechwood Park, Newtown, Tipperary died at Dunleckney Manor, Bagnalstown - - Professor John Elliott Cairnes AM LLD Emeritus Professor fo Political Economy in University College, London died at Rasay, Kidbrook Park Road

July 22nd

• 'Wreck of The Schiller: The Ratarrier Ledges and Bishop Rock Lighthouse, Scilly Isles' Full
• Wreck of The Steamer Schiller: 'Landing of Some of The Rescued Passengers at Penzance Pier'

'Saving a Mail Bag onBoared The Queen of The Bay, Scilly Packet'

'General View of Bishop Rock Lighthouse and The Retarrier Rocks, From St Agnes Lighthouse'

'The Wreck of The Schiller: Funeral Procession At The Burial of The Drowned, St Mary's, Scilly Isles'

'The Arctic Expedition' engrving

'The British Lion' Southampton By Harry Leslie In the Late Exhibition of thye Dudley Gallery.

' The Emperors of Austrias Tour in Dalmatioa - Knin - Spalatro - Turkish Caravanseria, Ragusa' small tear to bottom left engraving.

'The Late Admiral Sherard Osborn'

'Giuseppe Verdi, The Composer'

'The Late Captain Johannes Thomas, Commander of The Schiller ' a native of Frankfort on the Maine

'Captain W. M. Patterson of The American Schooner Jefferson Borden'

'The Late Count Waldeck, of Paris, in his 106th Year'

'Wedding Gift Presented to The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh by The Corporation of The City of London'

'Testimonial to Sir Julius Benedict'

'The Duke of Edinburgh Opening The Yorkshire Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures at Leeds' Double page

An Extra Supplement 'A "Nip" in Melville Bay, Off The Devil's Thumb' Double page with a blank reverse
Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including:
'The Court at Windsor Castle etc'

'Friendly Societies'

'The Whitsuntide Holidays'

'Foreign And colonial News'

'Metropolitan News'

'royal Insitutuion Lectures, Physio Chemical Research, Heat by Professor James Dewar - Evolutio in Ancient British Coinage by Mr John Evans FRS'

'Law and Police'

'The Austrian Maritime Provinces'

'The Arctic Expedition' commanded by Captain G. S. Nares RN "in an attempt to discovery of the North Pole by way of Smith Sound from Baffins Bay" with a list of some of the crew on board the "The Alert" and "The Discovery"

'The Wreck of The Schiller' with a loss of life numbering 312. "the German Atlantic Steamer was lost on the night of Friday the &th inst......on Penczance pier on Sunday morning when thirty three of the survivors, including Mrs Jones, the only woman saved, landed from the litttle steamer Lady of the Isles.....the little capital of the Isle, Hugh Town, one of the saddest sights in the procession was that of a husband walking feebly behind the carts which contained the remains of his wife and little child.......a group of young men who wore the insignia of the Order of Good Templars..."

'The Muderous Mutiny at Sea' the American schooner Jefferson Boreden

'Music, The Opera Season'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes Sir Eardley Gideon Culling Eardley, Bart of Hadley, Middlesex died at Paris - General Sir JohnAitchisonGCB died at his residence, 4 Devonshire Place'

July 31st

price sixpence.

• 'The War in Spain: Soldiers of King Alfonso's Army Foraging' Full
• 'The Late Sir Frederick Arrow, Deputy Master of The Trinity House'

'Mr H. M. Stanley's Boat, The Livingstone, For Crossing rivers and Lakes in Africa'

'Mr H. M. Stanley's Boat, The Livingstone, Carried Overland In Africa' Wonderful engraving

'Goodwood Races : - Views of The Course From Beacon Hill and From The Course Looking Towards Beacon Hill'

'Goodward Races: Here They Come' A view of the crowd as the race comes in to finish.

'New route To The Continent by Sheerness and Flushing: Prince Henry of The Netherlands Receiving The English Visitors'

'The New German Ironclad Deutschland'

'The Late Sir Francis Bond Head, Bart'

'The Floods: Overflow of The River Frome at Baptist Mills, Bristol' - 'Lower Bristol Road'
'The Court, The Queen etc'

' Foreign and Colonial News'

'The Church & The Universities and Public Schools'

'Work and Wages'

' 'National Sports' includes racing

'Sketches in Parliament - The House of Lords - the House of Commons'

'Metropolitan Streets'

'Scientific Results of The Month with reference to Sir Humphry Davey, Signor A. Casali, Mr Crookes'

'Progress of The Telegraph'

August 7th

list of illustrations (images available)

• The cover - International Municipal Festivities: The Lord Mayor in State.
• The Late Sir Charles Locock, Bart., M.D. and A Baby's Funeral at Madrid.
• American Sketches: Shad-Fishing on the Hudson
• From the exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours. "Treasure Trove." By E. F. Brewtnal
• From the exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours. "At the Piano." By G. Kilburne
• Statue of Richard Baxter, The Puritan Divine, at Kidderminster
• Lord Ernest Bruce turning The first turf of The Swindon, Marlborough, and Andover Railway.
• The Late Right Rev. Bishop Thirlwall.
• The Isaac Watts Memorial Hall.
• The South Metropolitan Temperance Hall, Blackfriars-Road.
• The International Municipal Banquet At The Mansion House
• .The International Municipal Ball At Guildhall
• Mr. S Plimsoll, M. P. For Derby (Plimsoll line??)
  
  

October 16th

• The Prince of Wales Embarking at Dover For India ' Front page
• The Royal Voyage to India ' Reception Saloon of the Prince of Wales on Board HMS Serapis '
• ' The Prince of Wales's Dining Saloon on Board the Serapis '

' Hauling Up Life Boat on Board HMS Serapis '

' Weighing Anchor on Board The Serapis '

' The Trysting Tree by E Wagner ' Full page engraving with a blank reverse

' Our Soldiers, Past and Future by Arthur Stocks ' an old man listening to a young boy read. Full page engraving with a blank reverse

' Interior of the Westminster Aquarium and Summer and Winter Gardens ' Full page engraving

' The War In Spain - Attack on the Carlist Position of Santiago Mendi near San Sebastian '

' Wounded Refugees From the Herzegovina in The Greek Convent at Cettigne, Montenegro '

' The Lord Mayor Driving a Pile for the Thames Steam Ferry at Wapping '

' A Sketch in the Jardin D'Acclimatation, Paris ' little girls being pulled in a chaise coach by an ostrich

' Praying to the Virgin in the Streets of Madrid '

' Weighing Charcoal in Madrid '

' Diagrams Illustrative of Mr John Holms' Scheme of Army Reorganisation - Prussian Army - British Army - British Army Home and Colonies ' Full page plan

' Presentation of Ashantee Medals to the 2nd West India Negro regiment at Barbadoes ' Barbados

' A Belgian Threshing Machine '

' Chess Problem by Mr J. G. Chancellor '

Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
The Illustrated London News - Editorial with reference to Lord Derby

The Court - at Balmoral etc

Foreign and Colonial News - France - Italy - Holland - Germany - Servia - Russia - America - Canada - Mexico - Brazil - Australia and New Zealand - China. Snips of news from abroad

Metropolitan News

Echoes of the Week

The Social Science Congress at Brighton

Agricultural Matters

The Universities and Public Schools - Oxford - Cambridge - London

The War in Herzegovina

National Sports

Our Military Difficulty. Scheme for Reorganising The British Army by Mr John Holms MP for Hackney

The MAgazines

The Second West India Regiment - at Barbados

Science and Art

Obituary of Eminent Persons includes The Hon. Laurence Harman King-Harman of Newcastle, County Longford and of Rockingham House in Roscommon - - - The Right Rev. Alexander Penrose Forbes, Bishop of Brechin died at his residence near Dundee - - - and more

Wills and Bequests includes Sir Glynne Earle Welby Gregory late of Denton Hall, Lincolnshire - - - The Hon. Ashley Carr Glyn late of Onslow Square Kensington who died at Brighton - - - Mr William Duesbery Thornton Duesbery late of 103 Jermyn Street - - - Mr Napoleon Aldridge of Oakfield House, Sutton, Surrey

December 18th

price sixpence.

• 'Elephant Fighting At Baroda Before the Prince of Wales'
• 'Prize Cattle at The Smithfield Club Show'

'La Petite Suedoise by Hugo Salmson' a beautiful of a little girl with her pigeons

'Rescue of TheSurvivors of The Deutschland By The Harwich Steam Tug Liverpool' Wonderful double page. Approx sixty four people drowned. Owned by the North German Lloyd Company. Of the dead were five nuns from a franciscan order in Westphalia

'Wreckers At Work in The Saloon of The Deutschland'

'Wreck of Thje Deutschland as it Appeared on the Morning of Thursday Week'

The Swaithe Main Colliery Explosion, Near Barnsley; The Colliery'

The Swaithe Main Colliery Explosion, Near Barnsley: Finding The Dead Bodies' nearly 130 men and boys killed

Visit of the Prince of Wales to India, Special Supplemet 'The Prince at Parbutty Hill, Poonah: His First Elephant Ride'

'TThe Majarajah Scindia, of Gwalior'

'The Maharajah of Cashmere'<> 'The Maharana of Qudeypore Introduced to The Princ of Wales at Bombay'

'The Prince of Wales Laying The Foundation Stone of New Docks at Bombay'

'Chess'

'Bombay Illuminations: Arch at Sans Souci, Parell'

'Purdah Log, Seeing Without Being Seen'

'Fishing on The Beach at Madras'

The Court at Windsor Castle and Frogmore'

'Foreign and Colonial News'

'The Swaithe Colliery Disaster'

'the Wreck of The Deutschland'

'Wills and Bequests'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons includes The Right Hon. Sir Brook William Bidges, Lord Fitzwalter of Woodham Walter Essex died at his seat Goodnestone Park near Wingham Kent - Sir Thomas John Burke, Bart of Marble Hill, Galway - Mr John Patteson Cobbold Esq MP for Ipswich age 44 - Admiral Sir Houston Stewart GCB died at Dowrie Bank, Port William, Wigtonshire - The Right Hon. Lady Louisa Stuart in her hundreth year'

December 25th

price sixpence.

• 'Dangerous Quarters by H. B. Roberts'
• 'An Insurgent Leader, Dubrovnik'

'Arrest of Our Special Artist at Ragusa, Facsimile of Sketch'

'A Rhinoceros Fight at Baroda Before the Prince of Wales'

'The War in the Herzegovina: Storming of the Fortress of Palanka by The Insurgents' Double page

'Electing of The Senators in The French Assembly'

'The Duke of Edinburgh Laying the Foundation Stone of The New Opera House on The Thames Embankment
'Foreign and colonial News'

'Metropolitan News'

Scientific Results of The Month'

'echoes of The Week'

'National Sports include Billiards and Steeplechase meetings

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