Events of this year in the Illustrated London News include

• Wimbledon Tennis championship inaugurated
• Stanley in Africa
• Russia declares war on Turkey in support of Serbia
• the work on the excavation of the Acropolis
• the Oxford - Cambridge Boat Race
• and sketches in Constantinople and the Transvaal.
• Queen Victoria is proclaimed Empress of India
• Thomas Edison developed his "wonderful acoustic machine" the wax cylinder phonograph
• Pics from this year

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Volume LXX, January to June, 1877: London: George C. Leighton, 1881. 16.25in x 11.75in Covers events such as: The Eastern Question,, Railway Accident,, Storms and Floods across the country, The Eastern Crisis, Antiquarian Discoveries in Greece, Proclamation of Queen Victoria as Empress of India, Scenes from The Imperial Durbar at Delhi, engraving of the new Avonmouth Dock near Bristol, War in Turkey, Schliemann’s Excavations at Mycenae (many reports and engravings), New Turkish Parliament, Troedyrhiw Colliery Accident, War In The East (Russia and Turkey) and War in the Balkans great many reports and illustrations, Civil War in Japan.

January 6th

• The Eastern Question: The Room in which the preliminary conferences were held, at Constantinople.
• Burning of the Brooklyn Theatre: The Ruins (New York)
• Christmas with Poor Jack at the seaman`s Hospital (Late Dreadnought), Greenwich
• The Eastern Question: A Cabinet Council in Downing Street
• The Railway Accident at Arlesey.
• Guillemots at the Brighton Aquarium
• Sea-Lions at the Brighton Aquarium
• 3 engravings titled The Late Storms: The Mouth of the Tyne: - 1) Wreck of the Albion at Priors Haven, North Pier. 2) The Claremont and Fenella ashore near the South Pier. 3) Entrance to the Tyne after the gale.
  The Eastern Question: Proclaiming the Constitution at Constantinople.
  The Eastern Question: The Conference at the Admiralty. Constantinople. Featuring General Ignatieff and others.
  3 Portraits. The Bishop of Truro. The Late Captain G F Day. The Right Rev Boshop of Calcutta.
  The recent election troubles in South Carolina, scene in the House of Representatives at Columbia.
  Article entitled The Presedential Election in America.
  

January 13th

• The Thames Tidal Flood: Entrance to Prince`s Square, Lambeth
• M Jules Simon, The new Prime Minister of the French Republic.
• 2 images titled: The Tidal Overflow of the Thames, showing - 1) Carrying Passengers at Nine-Elms Lane, and 2) A Room on Southampton Street, Nine Elms.
• Christmas Pantomimes, 1) Drury Lane and 2) Covent Garden.
• The Storms and Floods; destruction of part of the Admiralty, at Dover, on New Years Day.
• Heavy Rains at Constantinople.
• 3 images titled: The Storms and Floods - 1) Partial destruction of Eastbourne Pier. 2 and 3) Scenes at Guildford, Surrey.
• 2 images titled: The Floods at Lincoln - 1) Lincoln, from Bracebridge. 2) A street in Lincoln.
• Paris Fashions.
• Floods along the Thames showing 1) Hampton Court and Railway Stn Moulsey (Molesey) 2) View from Kingston Bridge. 3) Lower Ham Rd from Kingston to Richmond. 4) Teddington Weir.
• Article entitled The Ohio Railway disaster.
  

January 20th

• Countess Spencer, by Sir Joshua Reynolds
• Monument in honour of the Late Sir Titus Salt, at Bradford
• Medal to commemorate the Proclamation of the Quenn as Empress of India.
  The Imperial Durbar at Delhi: The Clock Tower, Delhi. : The Jumna Musjid
• The Floods: Eton College from the Datchet Road.
• The Late Storms: passing through the surf to the Bishop`s Rock Lighthouse, Scilly Isles : The "Loss-Book" , a sketch at Lloyd`s
• 2 pantomime scenes, 1) Scene from the Children`s pantomime at the Adelphi. 2) From "Hyldemoer" at the Polytecnhic.
• St Mary`s Cathedral Church, Truro.
• Obituary and portrait of the late R T Landells.
• The Eastern Question: Recruits from Salonica arriving in Constantiople to be clothed and armed. : Buying Sheep for the Koorban Bairam at Stamboul.
• The Turkish Admiralty buildings, Constantinople, where the conference is being held.
• High Quality plate: The Armourer`s daughter by G Catermole.
• The Late Storms: Partial destruction of Hastings Pier.
• Illustrated article titled Manchester Sanitary Improvements.
  

January 27th

• The Easter Crisis: Turkish Troops passing through Stamboul
• Interior of a Dutch House by P De Hooge, in the National gallery.
• The break of the conference. The Grand Vizier returning from the conference.
• 3 Maritime engravings of high quality titled as follows: 1) The Entrance to the Dardanelles. The Castle of Europe, Dardanelles. 3) The Castle of Asia, Dardanelles.
• The new Turkish Warship "Memdouhiye".
• Indian Sketches, The Modern Juggernauth.
• Obituary and portrait of the late Mr Alfred Smee, FRS.
• The Imperial Assembly of India at Delhi: Lord Lytton, Viceroy of India, passing the flagstaff tower. : The Imperial Heralds.
• Royal Institution Lectures: The Human Form, The Vertebral Column and the Skull, Chemistry of the Metals, and others.
• The Imperial Assembly of India at Delhi: The Vice Regal Procession.
• Abdul Hamid II, Sultan of Turkey, reviewing his troops.
• The Pandora Arctic Expedition, Walrus Shooting.
  

February 3rd

• Antiquarian discoveries in Greece, the entrance gate of the Acropolis at Mycenae.
• Sketches at the Imperial Durbar, Delhi. , The Nepalese Deputation.
• 3 engravings of high quality titled as follows: Recent Antiquarian Discoveries in Greece 1) General View of the Acropolis, Mycenae 2) View on New Mycenae. 3) Ruins and Excavations of the Acropolis (this plate spans the spread).
• Dinner given by the Mayor of Liverpool to the Poor.
• "Coming Through The Rye" by Hugh Carter.
• Illustrated article entitled The Glasgow Burns Memorial. With an engraving of The Statue of Robert Burns at Glasgow, and a image Uncovering the Burns Statue at Glasgow.
• Ashtabula Bridge, the scene of the disaster on the Lake shore railroad Northern Ohio.
• High quality engraving: "Grinding a Skate in Friezeland" by C Bischopp.
• Obituary with portrait of The Late Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York
• Obituary with portrait of The M Trautschold.
• H M S Euryalus
  

February 10th

• Movers and Seconders of the address in the Lords and Commons. (Portraits of Lord Grey de Wilton, The Earl of Haddington, Viscount Galway, Mr John Torr.)
• The Marble tower, Castle of the Seven Towers, Constantinople.
• The Eighty-one ton gun at Shoeburyness: The Target and effect of shot.
• Fight between two Polar Bears.
• The Imperial Durbar at Delhi: Proclamation of the Queen as Epress of India.
  Sketches at the Delhi Durbar. (Showing the various uniforms of Native Bodyguard Units)
• Opening of the new school of Science and Art at Brighton by Princess Louise.
• The Semon Convalescents` Home at Ilkley, Yorkshire.
• The Imperial Durbar at Delhi: The Chief Herald reading the Proclamation. : The Nizam of Hyderabad presenting his "Nuzzaur" : A Sketch at the Delhi Durbar. : The Vice-Regal howdah.
• Firing the Eighty-One Ton Gun at Shoeburyness.
• General Birds-eye view of the Imperial Durbar at Delhi
  

February 17th

• Opening of Parliament: Lord Beaconsfield taking oaths as a Peer.
• The Guicowar of Baroda`s Wrestlers.
• Boatmen of the Malabar Coast
• Feeding the Pigeons in the Courtyard of the Mosque of Bajazid, at Constantinople.
• Our Boys - Settling the eastern question, by Walter Severn.
• Crossing Lancaster Sands, after the drawing by J M W Turner.
• Valentines Day "Which shall I have"
• Obituary of The Late Hardman Earle Bart, with portrait.
• Article with 3 portraits - Titled: New Associates of the Royal Academy.Mr Walter W Ouless ARA, Mr Marcus Stone ARA, Mr Peter Graham ARA.
• The Imperial Durbar at Delhi: The Nizam of Hyderabad presenting his "Nuzzaur"
• The Queen opening Parliament, .
  Opening of Parliament: The Chinese Ambassador.
  High Quality double: A Bedouin Arab of Moab retreating over Jordan: A parting shot., by B Beavis.
  Portrait of Edhem Pasha, the new Grand Vizier.
  A bathing scene at Benares.
  

February 24th

• The Crisis in Turkey: Instalation of Edhem Pasha as Grand Vizier - reading the Imperial Hatt.
  The Fortifications of the Bosphorus: fortress of Mahdjar, Asiatic Side
  The Fortifications of the Bosphorus: Poiraz Bournou, Asiatice Side.
  The Crisis in Turkey: The new Grand Vizier on his way to receive the Imperial Hatt.
  The Altcar Coursing Meeting: Running for the Waterloo Cup.
  "Listening for the Footstep" by H J Duwee.
  Portrait of The Late Augustus Clifford Bart, Usher of the Black Rod.
  Children`s Home, Metropolitan Convalescent Institution, Kingston-on-Thames.
  New School at Breedon-on-the-Hill, Leicestershire.
  2 portraits - Kuo-ta-Jen, the Minister of China in London, and Lin-ta-Jen, The Assistant Chinese Minister.
  Illustrated article titled The Discoveries at mycenae. The engraving has the caption: Dr Schliemann`s discoveries., from Agamemnon`s tomb.
  The Crisis in Turkey: Extra soldiers to strengthen the street guards.
  High Quality double: Mliss by E Long ARA.
  Obituary with portrait of The Late General Changarnier
  The Crisis in Turkey: Officials going to compliment the new Grand Vizier.
  

March 3rd

• The American Presidential Election: The Hon Rutherford Hayes, Republican Candidate.
  Fortifications of the Bosphorus: Interior of the Fortress of Mahdjar, Asiatic side.
  The Fortresses of the Bosporus: A series of 8 engravings of the following forts. Mizeanitza (Black Sea) / Lighthouse of Asia (Black Sea) / Karibjeh / Fil Bournou / Rumeli Kavak / Papaz Bournou / Deli Tabia / Buyuk Liman.
  Yarmouth Fishing Smacks in the North Sea.
  The American Fresh Meat Trade of Glasgow and London.
  The Transvaal Dutch Republic of South Africa, 2 engravings titled: Pretoria, The Capital of the Transvaal and River Magaloquain, in the Transvaal.
  Portrait : The American Presidential Election: The Hon S J Tilden, Democratic Candidate.
  Portrait : Mr Compton, the Actor of Shakespeare Comedy.
  The King and Queen of Greece visiting Admiral Sir James Drummond KCB in the Hercules Flagship.
  The New Avonmouth Docks, near Bristol. An exceptional plate.
  Sketches in Constantinople.
  

March 10th

• The Carnival at Athens: Agamemnon the morning after the Carnival.
  The defences of the Bosphorus: Fortress of Anadolou Kavak, Asiatic Side.
  The censorship of the press in Constantinople.
  Proposed method for the removal of Cleopatra`s Needle from Alexandria. A fascinating plate.
  Turkish War Preparations: Landing Cavalry at Constantinople.
  Wild Bull Shooting in the Galapagos Islands.
  Obituary and portrait of The Late Mr John Oxenford.
  The Cathedral (Trinity Church) Shanghai.
  The Statue of Professor Faraday in the Hall of the Royal Institution.
  The 38 ton Gun-boat Delta, for the Chinese Government.
  The Carnival at Athens.
  The Musician, by C E Perugini.
  The Russian Frontier in the Caucasus: Mestye, in the Independent Swannety.
  The Russian Frontier in the Caucasus: Valley of the Ingour, in the Commune of Kala.
  

March 17th

• The Gates of Constantinople: Sketches of the 6 gates which are identified at the bottom.
  The Gates of Constantinople: Silivri Kapousi.
  Lighthouse on the European Side of the Bosphorus: entrance to the Black Sea.
  Installation of the Duke of Manchester as a Knight of St Patrick.
  American Sketches: Prairie travelling, Indians in sight.
  "The Mantilla" by C Becker.
  Portrait of Mr John Parry, vocalist and comedian, with article on preceding page.
  Roman remains lately found in Camomile St, City.
  Cape Comorin, The Southern extremity of India.
  Musk Ox, in the Natural History collection.
  Funeral of the Late Mr George Odger, the scene in Broad St, St. Giles`s
  Presentation of Medals to Sergeant Instructors of the 49th Middlesex Rifle Volunteers.
  The "Empress" title festivities in British Burmah: Pavilion and Company of Performers at Moulmein.
  The "Empress" title festivities in British Burmah: Burmese Band at the Moulmein festival.
  Portrait of The Rev Josiah Henson ("Uncle Tom") with article referring to Harriet Beecher Stowe.
  A Log Hut in California.
  

March 24th

• The Universities Boat Race. The two teams practising.
  The Classic Sites of Ancient Greece: Eleusis
  The Classic Sites of Ancient Greece: Marathon
  "Breakfast" by Edouard Frere
  The Universities Boat Race: Decorative page of portraits of the Oxford Crew.
  The Universities Boat Race: Decorative page of portraits of the Cambridge Crew.
  Warlike movements in the East: Turkish Infantry passing the marshes of the Dobrudscha
  Cossacks passing through the village of Falesti.
  The Khedive`s Expedition to the Red Sea for the suppression of the slave trade.
  The Eclipse of the moon in Constantinople: Turks firing guns to frighten away the evil spirirt.
  Article and portrait of Dr. Schliemann, the explorer of Troy and Mycenae.
  2 Sketch plans of excavations in the Acropolis of Mycenae by Dr Schliemann.
  Dr Schliemann`s Excavations in the Acropolis of Mycenae. A Fine Plate
  

March 31st

• The Universities Boat Race. Dead Heat: Incidents of the Race. One of the most famous races in the history of the challenge.
  Illustrations from the Prince of Wales`s Tour in India. Featuring Madras Races and Levee of Pets.
  Fine Art: "Christ before Pilate" from the etching by Rembrandt.
  Fine Art: "Christ taking leave of his Mother" by Professor B Plockhorst of Berlin.
  3 Portraits: The Rt Rev Dr Sergent, Bishop in Southern India. The Late Admiral Sir Edward Belcher and The Rt Rev Dr Caldwell, Bishop in Southern India
  Tewkesbury Abbey: Proposed restoration of Choir.
  Dr Schliemann giving an account of his discoveries at Mycenae before the Society of Antiquities at Burlington House.
  Dr Schliemann`s Excavations of Mycenae.: Rock-Cut chamber in the Treasury of Atreus
  Dr Schliemann`s Excavations of Mycenae.: Interior of the Treasury of Atreus.
  The Prince of Wales opening the new wards of Charing Cross Hospital.
  The New Sailors` Home, Bombay
  Animals against Men: Feats of Strength at Lillie Bridge, London. A Fascinating insight into Victorian challenges
  

April 7th

• The Volunteer Review on Easter Monday at Dunstable.
  Silver Mining in Colorado.
  Japanese Government Officials Returning From Paying Their Respects to the Mikado
  The Acropilos of Mycenae. A super scene.
  4 scenes entitled: The Explorations at Mycenae.
  Incidents of the Easter Monday Volunteer Review at Dunstable.
  A New Method of Crosing a River for Cavalry; Horse equipped for swimming across a river, the invention of Lt Zubovitz.
  Lieutenant Zubovitz swimming the Danube, Vienna
  The Volunteer Review sham fight at Dunstable.
  

April 14th

• The Princess of Wales`s visit to Athens: The Temple of Jupiter Olympus.
  Portrait of The Late F W Topham, artist. Obituary on previous page.
  The Lightning Torpedo Vessel.
  A Lesson in Boat Building
  A sitting of the new Turkish Paliament at Constantinople
  Elephant shooting by moonlight.
  The building in which the Turkish Parliament holds its sittings at Constantinople.
  Obituary and portrait of The Late Mrs Chisholm.
  The Civil War in Japan: A sketch at the Jetty, Yokohama. Troops about to embark.
  The Civil War in Japan: Embarkation of Government troops for Satsuma.
  The Great Walking Feat at the Agricultural Hall, showing O`Leary and Weston
  Destruction by fire of the British Steamer Latif, in the Red Sea.
  The Treasures of the Family by Kate Bischopp.
  Greece: 4 engravings: Part of the wall of Tiryns / remains of an ancient pyramid near Argos / Pelasgic masonry at Argos / Pelasgic masonry at Nauplia.
  
  Obituaries Lt-Col C H Spencer-Churchill.
  

April 21st

• Reading the War placards in Stamboul
  Greece: Tomb-hunters, Isthmus of Corinth
  Greece: Interior at Mycenae
  Greece: The Acro-Corinthus, Corinth.
  Greece: Parnassus and Helicon, with the Gulf of Corinth.
  The Sultan of Turkey leaving his Palace to go to the Mosque.
  The Russian Squadron passing up New York Harbour. Showing Turkish Corvette Askold, U S Sloop Ranger, Russian frigate Bogatir, U S Frigate Powhattan, Russian frigate Svetlana.
  "Waiting an answer" by J Dicksee.
  Obituary and Portrait of The Late Mr Andrew Halliday.
  
  10 Page Supplement titled: Constantinople as it is; by George Augustus Sala.
  
  Title page engraving Discussing "War or Peace" in a Café in Constantinople.
  Sketches of the People.
  Map of the Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of Greece and the Russian Provinces on the Black Sea.
  Hiring a Caique
  Tram-Car
  

April 28th

• The Troedyrhiw Colliery Accident; Rescued, scene at the pit mouth.
  The Colliery Accident in South Wales: at Troedyrhiw.
  The Princess of Wales at Athens: The Palace and Gardens, the Acropolis in the distance.
  "A Montenegrin" by Carl Haag.
  Scene from "The Scuttled Ship" at the Olympic Theatre.
  A montage of caricatures, including Mad Dervishes, titled: The War in the East, Sketches in Constantinople.
  The Civil War in Japan: Embarking Cavalry at the Custom-House, Yokohama.
  Marriage of Miss Northcote and Mr Reginald McLeod at Westminster Abbey.
  Plan of the Tynewydd Pit.
  The Troedyrhiw Colliery Accident: Sketches by Dr E W Davis, one of the surgeons in attendance.
  Supplement titled: St Petersburg as it is; by George Augustus Sala.
  The Emperor Alexander II: driving the Nevski Prospect at St Petersburg.
  Sketches of the People. The Russian Peasantry.
  Sketches at St Petersburg.
  

May 5th

• The War: A Russian Outpost of the advanced guard in Roumania.
  The War in the East; Turkish soldiers passing through a village.
  Encampment of Turkish cavalry
  The Turkish Ironclad Hamidieh
  Visit of the Princess of Wales to Greece.
  The Danube: at the junction of the Pruth.
  The Grosvenor Gallery of Fine Art, New Bond Street.
  Visit of the Princess of Wales to Greece.
  the Civil War in Japan: Street scene in Yokohama.
  Manufacture of War Materials at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. The Harvey Torpedo.
  Wreck of the Norwegian Barque Suez off Yarmouth.
  Map of the Delta of the Danube and the Dobrudscha.
  Coloured double map of "Panoramic View of the Seat of War in Europe.

May 12th

• The war: Admiral Hobart Pasha, Commander of the Turkish Fleet
  The War: The Railway Stn at Rustchuk
  H M S Thunderer fitted with nettings for protection against Torpedoes
  The War: Cossacks on the road from Galatz to Barboschi.
  The War: A Russian Column on the March from Chotim to Liptschany
  The War: Cape Kalagria, Bay of Varna in the Black Sea
  The War: Enlisting volunteers for the Turkish Army in Roumelia.
  The East london Hospital for Children in Shadwell
  Chamant, Winner of the Two Thousand Guineas Stakes at Newmarket
  The War: Our artist`s first encounter with a Cossack.
  Pussian field-Guns commanding the Danube at the Mouth of the Pruth.
  2 x Panoramas.- Panoramic views of Batoum, showing the line of the coast.
  2 x Maps of The Seat of the War and the country around Kars.
  

May 19th

• The War: Russian Soldiers of the line leaving the Barboschi Station for Braila
  The Transvaal Province, South Africa: Crocodile River Valley
  The Transvaal Province, South Africa: Speckboom River, near Pilgrim`s Rest
  The War: The first cannon shot on the Danube.
  The War: Turkish prisoner on the road from the Pruth to Bagatz.
  Portrait: The War: The Grand Duke Nicholas, Commander in Chief of the Russian Army on the Danube.
  The War: Adehkaleh, the first Turkish Fortress on the Danube.
  The War: Russian troops at the Railway Station Jassy.
  Performing bear in a Russian village.
  The War: A Wallachian Village
  The War: On the Danube near Braila
  Obituary and Portrait of the Late Valentine Bromley, artist.
  The War: Railway bridge over the Sereph at Barboschi.
  The War: The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia arriving at the Villa Antachi.
  The War: A sketch in Bucharest.
  Fine engraving: The Physician by H Wallis.
  Map of the Danube and the Passes of the Balkans.

May 26th

• A Decorative Frontispiece, as shown. With colour.
  Front page with portrait of His Majesty Alexander II, Emperor of Russia.
  The Russian Circular Ironclad Ship, Admiral Popoff, for the Black Sea Coast Defences.
  The Turkich Irnclad Frigate Hamideh (Formerly named the Memdouhyeh)
  Portrait of A Circassian Chief of Daghestan.
  Large Fold-out Colour Map of The Seat of the War.
  The Danube, approaching the frontiers of Servia and Roumania: The Iron Gates.
  Turkish Cavalry.
  Russian Cavalry.
  A Nogai Tartar, of Asiatic Russia.
  A Karakalpak, of Asiatic Russia.
  Map of the Theatre of War in Europe.
  Map of the Theatre of War in Asia.
  Portrait: His Imperial Majesty Sultan Abdul Hamid II.
  Portrait: His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, commanding the army on the Danube.
  Portrait: Admiral Hobart Pasha, Commander of the Turkish Fleet.
  Turkish Infantry.
  Russian Infantry.
  A Don Cossack.
  Constantinople, with the sea of Marmora.
  Russian Monks.
  Monastery of Troitsa, near Moscow.
  

May 26th

• The War: Reni during the bombardment.
  
  The War: The Grand Duke Michael, Commander of the Russian Army in Asia Minor.
  The War: Blowing up the Lutfi Djell, Turkish Gun Boat.
  The War: Cossacks at Braila crossing the Danube.
  The War: At the mouth of the Pruth.
  Portrait of The Late Earl of Shrewsbury
  Portrait of The Rev Canon Thorold, Bishop Elect of Rochester.
  Sketches in the Transvaal, view near Pilgrim`s Rest, West of Blyde River.
  Portrait of Colonel G Slaniceanu, Chief of Staff of the Roumanian Army.
  The War: Russian council of War at the Barboschi Railway Station
  The War: Soukhoum Kaleh, Russian fortified port on the Black Sea.
  The War: A Bulgarian Peasant Family crossing the Danube.
  Map of the Black Sea.
  

June 2nd

• The War: Watering horses under difficulties.
  Landscape The War: The Turkish Fortress of Silistria, on the Danube.
  Landscape The War: Oltenitza, north bank of the Danube.
  the War: Russian Officers taking down the Ottoman Flag from the Lufti Djelli.
  The War: Camp of Cossacks near Galatz.
  The War: Town and Fortress of Rustchuk, on the Danube.
  The Late Digby Wyatt, Architect.
  The War: The Turkish Gun-Boat Lufti Djelil, sunk by the Russians.
  Sketches at Trebizond.
  The War: Called out to work at the fortifications at Varna.
  The War: Landing troops and munitions of war at Varna.
  The Liverpool Brigade of Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, at Southport.
  The Transvaal Territory, South Africa: Falls of the Mac Mac, above Pilgrim`s Rest.
  

June 9th

• The War: Portraits of General Nepokoitschitzky / Prince Charles of Roumania / Lt T Doubassoff torpedo expert. And a of Russian Infantry dancing at Ploesti Station.
• The War: Arrival of money at the Komak, Rustchuk.
  The War: Above Rustchuk, on the Danube.
  the War: Sketches at Rustchuk.
  The War: Consecration of the Banners of the Bulgarian Legion.
  Art: "Friend in Council" by J D Watson.
  World Famous Horse Race; The Finish for the Derby - featuring Silvio, Glen Arthur and Rob Roy.
  The War: Prayers offered at the Jewish Synagogue, Constantinople.
  The War: Egyptian Troops in Bulgaria.
  2 sketches of Mr Gladstone in Birmingham, Bingley Hall.
  The blockade of Whydah: Mail Steamer Africasending mails to HMS Sirius
  Unveiling the statue of Sir James Simpson at Edinburgh.
  Art: Counting the Conquests by E F Brewtnall.
  The Land of Midian, from the Gulf of Akaba.
  Palm Grove on the Coast of Midian.
  

June 16th

• Scene of the Disaster at the Widcombe Foot Bridge, Bath
  1 x Steel Torpedo Vessel used by the Russians on the Danube and 1 x Sections of Steel Torpedo Vessel.
  Illustrations of Torpedo Warfare.
  The War: Constructing a Russian Battery on the banks of the Danube.
  The War: Prince Charles of Roumania decorating soldiers.
  The War: Drill in the Turkish Camp - sighting gun practice.
  The War: Turkish Post House on the Danube.
  Portrait: Grand Duke Constantine, Admiral of the Russian Fleet.
  Portrait: The Late Queen of Holland.
  Portrait: Field Marshal Sir Charles Yorke.
  The New Bishopric of St Albans; 5 images af follows: St Albans Abbey. The Gate House. NorthWest entrance to the Abbey. Market Place and Clock Tower and Passage leading to the Abbey from High St.
  The Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers on their way to Westminster Abbey.
  The Japanese Ironclad Foo-Soo.
  Salut Aux Blesses. By Edouard Detaille. High quality.
  The War: Maps showing the situation of towns and fortresses on the Danube
  

June 23rd

• Roumanian Priests blessing the Emperor of Russia at Ploesti Raliway Station.
  The War: Turks storing cartridges in a Mosque at Rustchuk.
  The War: Our artist introduced to the Turkish Commander in Chief at Shumla.
  The War: A Turkish Monitor and the Battery of Hydar Baba returning Russian Fire at Rustchuk.
  The War: Shipping horses at Constantinople for the seat of the war in Asia Minor.
  The War: Widdin and the Danube, from Kalafat. A super plate.
  The War: Turkish Post House on the Danube.
  The Sea of Aral at Sunset.
  The War: Running the Gauntlet, on the Russian side under fire.
  The War: Carrying shell at Varna.
  Presenting the Freedom of the City of London to General U S Grant at Guildhall.
  Investiture of the new Bishop of St Albans.
  Sketches of the War: Tuldscha, on the Danube.
  The Vladykavkaz Road, in the Russian Caucasus.
  Art: A Spanish Fruit-Girl - by P A Cot
  The St Gothard Railway Tunnel Works. Sketches of.
  

June 30th

• The Princess of Wales presenting prizes to the boys on board the Training Ship Warspite, at Woolwich
  HMS Warspite. The Marine Society`s Training Ship at Woolwich.
  Rustenburg, the fisrst town in the Transvaal where the British Flag was hoisted.
  The War: Russian Troops marching past the Emperor Alexander Iiat Ploesti.
  The War: Circassians and Bashi-Bazouks returning from a raid on the enemy`s shore at Nicopolis.
  The Queen`s new barge at Virginia Water
  Obituaries and Portraits of Sir Theopholus Shepstone. The Late Lady Stirling Maxwell. The Late Mr her Harper of New York and The Late Admiral Rous.
  Sketches on Board the Training Ship Warspite.
  German Monument to Guttenberg, Fust and Schoeffer, Inventors of printing. Along with a copy of the printers mark used by Caxton.
  The War: Biza Bey watching the Circassians raid across the Danube.
  The War: Circassians embarking on the Danube, at Nicopolis.
  The War; Leaves from our artist`s sketchbook. 10 sketches as follows. 1) Volunteers for the army in Asia Minor. 2) Turkish sailors at Varna. 3) Reading official telegrams at Constantinople. 4) Bashi-Bazouks. 5) Egyptian troops. 6) Enlisting Bashi-Bazouks. 7) Officials taking leave of the Vali of Rustchuk.8) Bulgarian prisoners cleaning the streets of Rustchuk. 9) Waiting for an Audience with Hobart Pasha 10) Captured cattle in the Kouak Square, Rustchuk.
  The War: Billeting Circassians on an hotel at Nicopolis.
  Illustrated page titled: The Caxton Memorial Celbration. With images of Caxton`s House, Caxton`s Burial Plave A copy of a wood-cut printed by Caxton and a facsimile of a page of the first book printed in English by Caxton, "The Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" 1471.
  

some of the content July to December

• The War: Reconnaissance of Cossacks on the Matchin Road ' Full Front page
• Shells Falling in a Cossack Camp near Giurgevo '
• Sistova on The Danube Where The Grand Duke Nicholas Crossed '
  ' The War: Breaking Up the Camp of Mohammedan Miel Cossacks at Fratesti ' Full page print from engraving
  ' Happy Hours of Childhood by F. W. W. Topham ' A full page print from engraving "mischievous joy of the rude little urchin who has perched himnself on the basin of a public fountain to practise the ingenious trick of spurting its water against the damsel with her pitcher coming for household supply..."
  The White Cheeked Gibbon at the Zoological Societys Gardens '
  ' The Dispute with Dahomey - Crossing a Lagoon on the Way to Whydah '
  ' Peace Palaver at Whydah '
  ' Mr Gladstone at The Caxton Memorial Exhibition South Kensington On Saturday Last ' demonstrating a printing press

' The Granville New Marina at St Lawrence on Sea Ramsgate ' a lovley print from engraving showing the decorative architure of the time

' Maps of the Enbirons of Sistova and Nicopolis ' small

' The Colorado Beetle - Life Size and Magnified ' small

' The Late Miss Mary Carpenter '

' The Late Viscount Canterbury '

' The War - Nicopolis on The Danube '

' The War - Departure of the Egyptian Troops From Alexandria '

' The War: A Street in Erzeroum '

' The War: Russian Attempt to Capture a Turkish Gun Boat Off Maratin '

A large print from engraving, an Extra Supplement to the Illustrated London News on a double page with a blank reverse

' The War: Russian Passage of The Danube at Braila ' From a sketch "By One of Our Special Artists With The Russians"

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Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
Illustrated London News Editorial with reference to The War and the occupation of Bulgaria by the Russian Troops an dmuch more

'The Court ' includes The Emperor and Empress of Brazil - The Prince and Princess of Wales - General And Mrs Grant - Fashionable Marriages

' Benovolent Institutions '

' The War '

'The Church - Referments and Appointments'

'Foreign and Colonial News' includes France - Belgium - Germany - Austro Hungary - Greece - America - Australia - China - Japan '

'Metropolitan News' with reference to The Metropolitan Drinking Fountains Association - Subway Committee - RNLI -

' The Peace Palaver At Whydah ' with reference to Gelele King of Dahomey - Sir W. Hewitt VC - Captain Sulivan of Sirius, Commander A. P. Alington of HMS Boxer, Commander Heron of HMS Seagull and Mr Gill Asst. paymaster

' The Aborigines of Australia '

' A Will Case ' of Miss Macpherson Grant of Aberlour House on Speyside

' Pan-Presbyterian Council '

' The Granville Marina Ramsgate '

' The Late Miss Mary Carpenter Well Known as the Active Conductor of Reformatory Schools at Bristol '

' Irrigation and Water Transit in India '

'Wills and Bequests includes The Right Hon. Charles John Chetwynd Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl Talbot late of Alton Towers and Ingestre Hall Staffs died at his town residence 39 Dover Street Piccadilly on May 11 Last - - - Mrs Anna Hurlbert late of Stakeshill Lodge Farlington Southampton - - - The Hon. Anthony William Ashley late of St James's Palace - - - Lieutenant General Sir John Fordyce KCB late of Porchester Terrace Bayswater

Troops for the mediterranean Garrisons.
Military Athletic Sports at Aldershot.
The War in Asia: Turkish Irregular Cavalry following up the Russians after the retreat from Sevin.
The War in Europe; Fighting near Rustchuk.
Monte Cristallo and the Durren See, in the Tyrol.
A Picnic in Cork Woods, near Gibraltar.
the War in Asia: Sketches in the Camp of Mouktar Pasha.
The Rev. W B Pope DD, new Wesleyan Conference President.
Berlin Society`s Railway Hopital Train for Sick and Wounded. The Kitchen, A bunk.
Depositing the Old Colours of the 14th Regiment in the Chapel at Eton College.
HQ of the Circasians.
HQ of the Press Corps
Bringing wounded from Olti.
The Turkish and Russian positions at the Batlle of Sevin.
Prize Animals from the Lincolnshire Show at Boston. Of the following owners - Mr Coates Sharpley, Louth - Mr J W Rowland, East Ville, Boston - Mr H Watson, Filey - Mr Foljambe - Mr R Duckering, Kirton Lindsey.
Map of the Passes of the Balkans and the Country between Philippopolis and Adrianopolis.
Goodwood Races
Obituary of Eminent Persons inlcudes The Right Hon. Thomas Brinsley Norton of Markenfield died at Casa Federigo Island of Capri Italy - - - Sir Thomas Davies Lloyd of Bronwydd County of Cardigan - - - The Right Hon. George Ward of Wadenhoe House County of Northampton - - - Mr Samuel Warren QC DCL Author
Tartar Village of Tergesek, in the Dobrudscha, set on fire by Bulgarians.
Camp followers of the Russian Army at the Tartar village of Baltacesti.
Portrait: Bashi Bazouks
Portrait: Circassians
Turkish Graveyard at Matchin, destroyed by Bulgarians.
English Prisoners of War.
Retreat of the Turkish Army from Tersenek.
"Between Hope and Fear" by L Alma-Tadema.
Bayazid (Kurdish town) frontier of Persia and Turkey.
"Hampton" Winner of the Goodwood cup, by Sturgess.
The Pigmy Marmozet at Regents Park Zoo.
Portrait: The Late Mr Samuel Warren QC
The Kaflan Koh, Persia.
Turks Driving cattle into Rustchuk.
Field telegraph tent in the Turkish HQ at Sevin.
Map of the Country around Plevna
View of Schumla.
Watering the Horses at Shumla.
Portrait: The Late Rt Hon George Ward Hunt: Small tear to right.
Russian gun Boat and Torpedo boats near Silestria
The Battle of Plevna.
Landing from the Steam Boat "Evelina" to fetch off Bulgarian Fugitives.
A Cossack on the Shore of the Black Sea
Royal Yacht Squadron Race for the Queen`s Cup. The "Hildegarde" running home past Ryde.
Russians attacking the batteries between Gabrova and the Shipka Pass.
Upsetting a boat with Fugitive Bulgarians on the Black Sea Coast.
Watching the Bombardment of Kars, from the Tchakmak Tania.
The Gorilla "Pongo" at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster.
The Army of Mustapha Pasha crossing a bridge of Bullock Waggons.
The Railway Riots in America: The Sixth Maryland Regiment fighting its way through Baltimore.
The Railway Riots in America: Burning of the Round House at Pittsburgh.
War Sketches, an interesting montage.
Batteries taken by the Russians on the road from Gabrova to the Shipka Pass.
Second position of the batteries, with Mount Nicolai, and the Shipka Pass.
"The Descent from the Cross" by Rubens, in Antwerp Cathedral. Small tear at base.
The Defence of Kars: The Last shot fired.
Royal Victoria Yacht Club: Collision between the "Ada" and the "Florinda".
Burning of the Railway Station at Kayadzik Haskioi, by General Gourko`s Dragoons.
Exit from the Hainkioi Pass in the Balkans.
Portrait: "Sir Peter Paul Rubens", The Great Painter, Died, 1640.
Death of Colonel Rosenbaum, of the Archangel Regiment., at Plevna.
Massacre at Yeni Zara.
The Hankioi Pass
Portrait: Mr Alfred Mellor Watkins. MP for Grimsby.
The Detective Police Officers charged with Conspiracy, at Bow Street Magistrates Court.
Battle of Dzuranli, near Eski Sagra.
Charge of Prince Leuchtenberg`s Dragoons through Circassian Horse, at Dzuranli.
Burning of Yeni Sagra (Yeni Zara).
Russian Infantry going into the wood at Dzuranli. Tear into picture.
Between the Decks of a Turkish Ironclad, Turkish Navy, Working the Guns.
Russian Wounded Soldiers Begging to be Carried from the Field of Battle.
Austrian War Preparations; distrinuting Military saddles to the Honveds an a Village in Hungary.
Austrian War Preparations; Honveds coming to the Hussar Barracks for Arms.
The Massacres in the Balkan Villages. Montage featuring Geula Mahalisse & Dalboka.
Peasants returning to their village near Kars.
Hereford & Ludlow: showing The Feathers, Ludlow, Ross Spire, ludlow gate, Hereford from the Wye. And others.
New Supreme courts of Law, Melbourne, Australia.
Suleman Pasha, General of the Turkish army.
Turkish Bath House at Medjidieh.
Officers from "HMS RAPID" at Kustendje.
Pontoon practice at Henley on Thames.
The Serdar Mahomet Ali Pasha, Commander Turkish Army.
Bust of rubens at the Antwerp Rubens festival.
Turkish refugees from the Tirnova district coming into Shumla.
A warm corner in the Mukhlis Pasha Tabia.
Damage to the Giurgevo Theatre
Fugitive begging water.
In the Gymnastic Societiy`s Clubhouse, Giurgevo.
"Fugitive for Conscience Sake". By C J Staniland.
Arrival of Mahomet Ali Pasha at Rasgrad.
Troops on the March from Rasgrad.
HQ of Suleiman Pasha.
Army of Suleiman Pasha in the Tundja Valley, Balkans.
Wounded soldiers returning from the front by rail to Constantinople.
Removal of Turkish prisoners from Nicopolis.
Greek refugees from Kavarna at Baltschuk.
The Late M Thiers.
"Ruth" by C Ladelle
Illustrations of Torpedo Warfare. Super set of 12 illustrations.
Massacres at Bayazid, Asia.
Map of the Shipka Pass over the Balkans.
The Late Dr Conneau.
The Walker Fine Art Gallery, Liverpool.
Casket presented to the Mayor of Liverpool.
Ruins of Nicopolis, after bombardment.
Nicopolis, lower part of the City.
"Morning Hymn at Sebastian Bach`s". By T E Rosenthal.
The Late M Thiers at the Pavilion Henri IV, St Germain.
House of the Late M thiers, in the Place St Georges, Rue Notre Dame de Lorette, Paris.
The Valley of the Lom.
New Townhall at Manchester - The Great Hall.
Turks attacking the Russian positions in the Shipka Pass.
The 16th Dorobantz Regiment (Rumanian) at Bryslan, near Plevna.
Halt of Rumanian Troops on the March to Bryslan.
Opening of the Walker Fine Art Gallery at Liverpool.
Silver plate for use at New Town Hall, Manchester.
Funeral of the Late M Thiers. 1) The Deputation from Belfort. 2) The Speeches at the Tomb.
Funeral of the Late M Thiers. The Procession near the Chateau D`Eau.
Map of the contending armies at Plevna.
The Manchester Town Hall
The Engaged Ring" by B Giuliano
Bayazid
The Deve Boyoun Pass
Hassan Kaleh
Kuprikoi.
The Sistova Bridge across the Danube
Russian Officers, lost in a fog, listening to the Muezzin.
The Town and Citadel of Kars
Bottom Half The City of Erzeroum.
Prisoners making Russian Roads with turkish Gravestones.
Mud! Before Plevna.
"Bury your Dead". Village near Gravitza.
Winter Quarters, Turkish Army.
Sistova, Winter Quarters of the Imperial Staff.
Winter Quarters before Plevna.
Russian hut before Plevna.
The Late Admiral Sir Adolphus Slade (Muchaver Pasha)
Lt Col George T Denison.
Statue of King Robert the Bruce at Stirling.
The Tay Bridge, near Dundee, from the South. The Tay Bridge, near Dundee, from the North
Marriage of the Duke of Norfolk with Lady Flora Hastings at the Brompton Oratory.
Ships ashore opposite the Parade, Margate, and The Jetty at Margate. Late Gales.
"To The Rescue" by W H Overend. Early Lifeboat Maritime Scene.
Mr H. M. Stanley and Some of His Native Followers ' Full Front page
' The War: Russian Winter Quarters for Horses on an Island of The Danube Between Sistova and Simnitza '
' Islands of The Danube and Winter Quarters, With Continuation of the Russian Miel Bridges From Simnitza to Sistova '
Full page ( Zimnicea and Svishtov )

' The New Turkish Ironclad Payki Shereef ' wonderful full page print from engraving

' Breaking Bulk on Board a Tea Ship in The London Docks ' another great full page print from engraving - From the description " Lascars, negroes and chinamen among the sailors who are to be seen working or lounging aboard and on the wharves for loading or unloading vessels, form a motley exhibition of non European mankind"

' The Last Purchase from the Picture by Seymour Lucas ' Full page print from engraving

The Kaffir War in South Africa

' Colonial Troops, Fingoes and Mounted Police, Advancing From The Springs, Cape Town Rifles in Foreground '

' Encampment of Cape Town Rifles at "The Springs"...'

Views on the Yang Tze Kiang River China

' Wussaan ' (probably Wushan )

' Kwe-I-Chow '

' Lukan Gorge ' (possibly of the Three Gorges )

' Tatuna Rapid '

' Kwe-I-Tu '

' Szechuen and Houper '

' To The Rescue ' a magnificent double page by W. H. Overend showing a lifeboat rescueing crew and passengers clinging to the rigging on a sinking ship

' The War: field Ambulance Before Plevna, Waiting for the Wounded ' ( Pleven )

' Orkhanieh From a Mound on the Road to Plevna '

' The Rajah Ram High School Kolapore , India ' wonderful full page print from engraving - ( Rajaram College - Shivaji University Kolhapur )

' Map of Western Bulgaria With Sofia and The Danube to The Austrian Frontier ' Full page engraving by E. G. Ravenstein

Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
Illustrated London News Editorial with reference to Mr Hayes President of the United States and his message to Congress

'The Court at Balmoral etc'

'The Church - Referments and Appointments'

'Foreign and Colonial News' includes France - Italy - Germany - Austro Hungary - America - Canada - India

'Metropolitan News'

'The Volunteers'

' The Grosvenor Gallery '

' The Kaffir War '

'Echoes of the Week'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons inlcudes Elizabeth Anne, Lady Gomm died at Spring Gardens - - - General Lord Henry Hugh Manvers Percy KCB VC Brother of the Duke of Northumberland found dead on his bed at his residence in Eaton Square - - - Admiral Henry Bagot died at Brewood Hall Near Stafford - - - TheRev. Charles Wheler MA of Ledston Hall Yorkshire and Otterden Place Faversham

'Wills and Bequests includes Mr John Leschallas late of Page Green, Tottenham - - - Miss Elizabeth Frances Webb late of 29 Chesham Place - - - Miss Jane Fisher late of Whitley Bridge Lodge Noew Forest - -- Colonel The Hon. Berkeley Wodehouse CMG died at Pau In France3 - - - Mr Daniel Inwood late of Binstead near Alton Southampton - - - General Sir George Bell KCB late of 156 Westbourne Terr Hyde Park

The war in Armenia

Russians attacking at Erzeroum

Sketch inside an Afreedi Fort

View at Nakaski

Metropolitan news

Birmingham Dog Show

Settling the Eastern Question

Artilces on The Telephone, Military positions in Bulgaria etc

Oman Pasha

Christmas cards
"Never Mind, Christmas is Coming" by Cheshire.
The Christmas Conjuror.
A Critical Moment, by R Caton Woodville.
Temple Bar and the New Law Courts, London.
Her Majesty returning through High Wycombe from Hughenden Manor.
Hughenden Manor House.
Illustrated Article. 5 small images of hand tricks. Modern Magic by Professor Hoffman.
Map of the Kaffir War District, South Africa.
Sketches of the Kaffir War. A montage showing Von Hohnes Grave, Kreli the Caleka Chief, Moordners Kop, Luisizie Camp and others.
Statue of Thomas Campbell, Glasgow.
The Late Sidney Smirke RA
Statue of David Livingstone,
Temple Bar , city front.
Double Page The Storming of Kars by R Caton Woodville.
"The Angels` Prayer" by H Merle.
A Wood Carver of Simla.
Returning from the Christmas Fair, Saxony.
Going to a Christams Party a long time ago.
The Nearest Way to Church.
My Great Grand Mothers First Dancing Lesson.
A Dahomey Priest Spinning Sacred Cotton.
"William, Prince of Orange, at the Age of Seven" by Cornelius Jonson Van Ceulen.
Russian Sketches
Dr Schliemann`s Trojan Antiquities, on view.
Dr Schliemann`s Trojan Excavations at Hissarlik, in the Troad

• The War: Reconnaissance of Cossacks on the Matchin Road ' Full Front page
• Shells Falling in a Cossack Camp near Giurgevo '
• ' Sistova on The Danube Where The Grand Duke Nicholas Crossed '
• ' The War: Breaking Up the Camp of Mohammedan Miel Cossacks at Fratesti ' Full page print from engraving
• ' Happy Hours of Childhood by F. W. W. Topham ' A full page print from engraving "mischievous joy of the rude little urchin who has perched himnself on the basin of a public fountain to practise the ingenious trick of spurting its water against the damsel with her pitcher coming for household supply..."
• The White Cheeked Gibbon at the Zoological Societys Gardens '
• ' The Dispute with Dahomey - Crossing a Lagoon on the Way to Whydah '
• ' Peace Palaver at Whydah '

' Mr Gladstone at The Caxton Memorial Exhibition South Kensington On Saturday Last ' demonstrating a printing press

' The Granville New Marina at St Lawrence on Sea Ramsgate ' a lovley print from engraving showing the decorative architure of the time

' Maps of the Enbirons of Sistova and Nicopolis ' small

' The Colorado Beetle - Life Size and Magnified ' small

' The Late Miss Mary Carpenter '

' The Late Viscount Canterbury '

' The War - Nicopolis on The Danube '

' The War - Departure of the Egyptian Troops From Alexandria '

' The War: A Street in Erzeroum '

' The War: Russian Attempt to Capture a Turkish Gun Boat Off Maratin '

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A large print from engraving, an Extra Supplement to the Illustrated London News on a double page with a blank reverse

' The War: Russian Passage of The Danube at Braila ' From a sketch "By One of Our Special Artists With The Russians"

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Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
Illustrated London News Editorial with reference to The War and the occupation of Bulgaria by the Russian Troops an dmuch more

'The Court ' includes The Emperor and Empress of Brazil - The Prince and Princess of Wales - General And Mrs Grant - Fashionable Marriages

' Benovolent Institutions '

' The War '

'The Church - Referments and Appointments'

'Foreign and Colonial News' includes France - Belgium - Germany - Austro Hungary - Greece - America - Australia - China - Japan '

'Metropolitan News' with reference to The Metropolitan Drinking Fountains Association - Subway Committee - RNLI -

' The Peace Palaver At Whydah ' with reference to Gelele King of Dahomey - Sir W. Hewitt VC - Captain Sulivan of Sirius, Commander A. P. Alington of HMS Boxer, Commander Heron of HMS Seagull and Mr Gill Asst. paymaster

' The Aborigines of Australia '

' A Will Case ' of Miss Macpherson Grant of Aberlour House on Speyside

' Pan-Presbyterian Council '

' The Granville Marina Ramsgate '

' The Late Miss Mary Carpenter Well Known as the Active Conductor of Reformatory Schools at Bristol '

' Irrigation and Water Transit in India '

'Wills and Bequests includes The Right Hon. Charles John Chetwynd Earl of Shrewsbury and Earl Talbot late of Alton Towers and Ingestre Hall Staffs died at his town residence 39 Dover Street Piccadilly on May 11 Last - - - Mrs Anna Hurlbert late of Stakeshill Lodge Farlington Southampton - - - The Hon. Anthony William Ashley late of St James's Palace - - - Lieutenant General Sir John Fordyce KCB late of Porchester Terrace Bayswater

July 14th

FRONT COVER -

Sketches from Erzeroum....

SKETCHES OF THE FOLLOWING -

Circassians and Kurds taking Ammunition to the Front....

Spies taken from the Russian Camp to the Prison at Vacaresti, near Bucharest.....

Night scene in the streets of Rustchuk......

The Passage of the Danube by the Russians, at Simnitza.....

A Flight from Nicopolis....

Accepted design for the Memorial Statue of Lord Byron in Piccadilly.....

New Associates of the Royal Academy......Mr J.B. Burgess & Mr P.R. Morris....

Passge of the Danube at Braila....

Presentation of Colours to the 3rd Royal Surrey Miltia in Bushey Park....

Reading War Telegrams in the Nevsky Prospect, St. Petersburg....

Roumans dancing the "Hora", before the Grand Duke Nicholas and the Prince and Princess of Roumania....

New Dock-house of the East and West India Dock Company, in Billiter-Square....

Map of Bulgaria and the Danube between Rahova and Turtukai.......

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS -

CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK ENDING July 21 -

THE COURT -

THE CHURCH -

THE WAR - the current position....

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS -

METROPOLITAN NEWS - stats on births & deaths.....medical relief.....etc....

FINE ARTS - The New Belgian Gallery....

SCHOOLS -

PARLIAMENT - news from the Lords and Commons....

SPELLING REFORM -

THE MAGAZINES -

EAST AND WEST INDIA DOCK HOUSE -

NATIONAL SPORTS - Racing at Newmarket.....sales of blood stock....

Cricket - match between Gentleman and Players, at Princes', the former team won by nine wickets....,Mr G.F. Grace, (134), W.W. Read, (72), F.M. Bucklan (50), and H.G. Tylecote, (37)...

BYRON MEMORAL STATUE -

ROYAL ACADEMY ASSOCIATES - election of two new Associates, Mr Burgess and Mr Morris......described......

EXPERIMENTS WITH THE TELEPHONE - first public exhibition of the telephone took place at the Queens's Theatre....An explanatory address written by the inventor, Mr Cromwell F. Varley, was read by Mr Bennett....

THE WIMBLEDON MEETING - report on the shooting contest....

Fashionable Marriages - Captain WilliamHenry Fellowes to Rosamond Jane Frances Spencer Churchill Daughter of the Duke of MArlborough - - - Mr Duncan Macneill and Miss Agnew daughter of Sir Andrew Agnew Bart of Lochnaw - - -Marriages Arranged are Lord Aberdour and the Hon. Helen Ponsonby - - - Lord Garvagh and Baroness Florence De Bretton - - - Mr Abel Smith and Miss Dyke daughter of the late Sir Percyvall Dyke, Bart

The War with reference to the Progress of the Russian Invasion of Turky in Europe

Foreign and Colonial News Female School of Art 43 Queen Square

Parliament - the Lords and TheCommons

Spelling Reform

Flower Shows

National Sports

Experiments With The Telephone - with reference to the inventor Mr Cromwell F. Varley between The Queens Theatre and Canterbury Hall

Echoes of the Week with reference to M. Ernest Griset the Caricaturist - The Death of Mr Robert Dale Owen at Peerless Point, Lake George USA

Music - Royal Italian Opera

Obituary of Eminent Persons inlcudes Sir Thomas Sutton Western Baronet of Rivenhall Essex JP DL former MP for Maldon - - - Sir Arthur Victor Raoul Anduze Rumbold died At Florence - - - John Heywood Hawkins Esq ofBignor Park Sussex - - - Lieutenant General Spencer Percival - - - Mister Robert Dale Owen of The USA son of the late Robert Owen the Socialist Rerformer

Deaths include Thomas Beberden MD - - Rev John William Calcott Berkeley Calcott - - Rev Hugh Welman Helyar of Sutton Bingham - - George Cooper Esq FRCS JP - - Henry ComptonEsq of Manor House Hants - - John Clark Marshman - - Frederick Wells Esq of Davenport Toronto - - John Halsey Law Esq of Kings College Camb4ridge - - Emily Anne Lady Cuppage widow of General Sir Burke Cuppage - - TheAbbe Santini Celebrated Mathematician astronomer - - Hariet Lady Abdy wofe of Sir Thomas NevilleAbdy - - Charles Scott MD CB Sugeon to HM - - Janet Lucretia Wallace LAdy Fairlie - - Mary Dowager Lady Boynton widow of Sir Henry Boynton - - Marth Dowager Lady Miller widow of Rev Sir Thomas Combe Miller Bart of Froyle Hants - - Rev Dr John S. C. Abbot at New Haven Connecticut

Wills and Bequests includes Admiral TheHon. Henry John Rous - - - Mr James Brown late of Rossington and of Harehills and of Copgrove all in the County of York died at 43 Upper Grosvenor Street - - - Mr John Hackblock formerly of 12 Bolton Gardens South Kensington and lat of Slaney park near Baltinglass Wicklow Ireland - - - Mr henry Booth Late of 200 Dalston Lane Hackney - - - Mr James Hedgman late of Elm Bank, Barnes Surrey

• Troops for the mediterranean Garrisons.
• Military Athletic Sports at Aldershot.
• The War in Asia: Turkish Irregular Cavalry following up the Russians after the retreat from Sevin.
• The War in Europe; Fighting near Rustchuk.
  Monte Cristallo and the Durren See, in the Tyrol.
  A Picnic in Cork Woods, near Gibraltar.
  the War in Asia: Sketches in the Camp of Mouktar Pasha.
  The Rev. W B Pope DD, new Wesleyan Conference President.
  Berlin Society`s Railway Hopital Train for Sick and Wounded. The Kitchen, A bunk.
  Depositing the Old Colours of the 14th Regiment in the Chapel at Eton College.
  HQ of the Circasians.
  HQ of the Press Corps
  Bringing wounded from Olti.
  The Turkish and Russian positions at the Batlle of Sevin.
  Prize Animals from the Lincolnshire Show at Boston. Of the following owners - Mr Coates Sharpley, Louth - Mr J W Rowland, East Ville, Boston - Mr H Watson, Filey - Mr Foljambe - Mr R Duckering, Kirton Lindsey.
  Map of the Passes of the Balkans and the Country between Philippopolis and Adrianopolis.
  
• Goodwood Races- The Goodwood Meeting described.....Ham Stakes, won by Athol Lad, ridden by Cannon.....Stewards' Cup, won by Herald.....Richmond Stakes, won by Janette......Goodwood Stakes, won by Prince George....The Goodwood Cup was won by Hampton....

  Cricket - The two most important matches of the present week, between Gloucestershire and Yorkshire and Kent and Hampshire....Mr W.G. Grace (84) and Greenwood (91)......Lord Harris (75), Mr Mackinnon (44), and Remnant (65).....Duncan (75) and Booth (77).....

  Thames International Regatta - report from this year's regatta....

  REGIMENTAL COLOURS AT ETON COLLEGE - the ceremony described.....

  THE NEW ARMY WARRANT - described.....

  LIFE-BOAT SERVICES -

  ECHOES OF THE WEEK -

  AID TO THE SICK AND WOUNDED IN THE WAR -

  LINCOLNSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY - report on the ninth annual exhibition...

• Obituary of Eminent Persons inlcudes The Right Hon. Thomas Brinsley Norton of Markenfield died at Casa Federigo Island of Capri Italy - - - Sir Thomas Davies Lloyd of Bronwydd County of Cardigan - - - The Right Hon. George Ward of Wadenhoe House County of Northampton - - - Mr Samuel Warren QC DCL Author

August 11th

• Tartar Village of Tergesek, in the Dobrudscha, set on fire by Bulgarians.
• Camp followers of the Russian Army at the Tartar village of Baltacesti.
• Portrait: Bashi Bazouks
  Portrait: Circassians
  Turkish Graveyard at Matchin, destroyed by Bulgarians.
  English Prisoners of War.
  Retreat of the Turkish Army from Tersenek.
  "Between Hope and Fear" by L Alma-Tadema.
  Bayazid (Kurdish town) frontier of Persia and Turkey.
  "Hampton" Winner of the Goodwood cup, by Sturgess.
  The Pigmy Marmozet at Regents Park Zoo.
  Portrait: The Late Mr Samuel Warren QC
  The Kaflan Koh, Persia.
  Turks Driving cattle into Rustchuk.
  Field telegraph tent in the Turkish HQ at Sevin.
  Map of the Country around Plevna
  View of Schumla.
  Watering the Horses at Shumla.
  Portrait: The Late Rt Hon George Ward Hunt: Small tear to right.
  

August 18th

• Russian gun Boat and Torpedo boats near Silestria
• The Battle of Plevna.
• Landing from the Steam Boat "Evelina" to fetch off Bulgarian Fugitives.
  A Cossack on the Shore of the Black Sea
  Royal Yacht Squadron Race for the Queen`s Cup. The "Hildegarde" running home past Ryde.
  Russians attacking the batteries between Gabrova and the Shipka Pass.
  Upsetting a boat with Fugitive Bulgarians on the Black Sea Coast.
  Watching the Bombardment of Kars, from the Tchakmak Tania.
  The Gorilla "Pongo" at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster.
  The Army of Mustapha Pasha crossing a bridge of Bullock Waggons.
  The Railway Riots in America: The Sixth Maryland Regiment fighting its way through Baltimore.
  The Railway Riots in America: Burning of the Round House at Pittsburgh.
  War Sketches, an interesting montage.
  Batteries taken by the Russians on the road from Gabrova to the Shipka Pass.
  Second position of the batteries, with Mount Nicolai, and the Shipka Pass.
  "The Descent from the Cross" by Rubens, in Antwerp Cathedral. Small tear at base.

August 25th

• The Defence of Kars: The Last shot fired.
• Royal Victoria Yacht Club: Collision between the "Ada" and the "Florinda".
• Burning of the Railway Station at Kayadzik Haskioi, by General Gourko`s Dragoons.
  Exit from the Hainkioi Pass in the Balkans.
  Portrait: "Sir Peter Paul Rubens", The Great Painter, Died, 1640.
  Death of Colonel Rosenbaum, of the Archangel Regiment., at Plevna.
  Massacre at Yeni Zara.
  The Hankioi Pass
  Portrait: Mr Alfred Mellor Watkins. MP for Grimsby.
  The Detective Police Officers charged with Conspiracy, at Bow Street Magistrates Court.
  Battle of Dzuranli, near Eski Sagra.
  Charge of Prince Leuchtenberg`s Dragoons through Circassian Horse, at Dzuranli.
  Burning of Yeni Sagra (Yeni Zara).
  Russian Infantry going into the wood at Dzuranli. Tear into picture.
  Between the Decks of a Turkish Ironclad, Turkish Navy, Working the Guns.
  

September 1st

• Russian Wounded Soldiers Begging to be Carried from the Field of Battle.
• Austrian War Preparations; distrinuting Military saddles to the Honveds an a Village in Hungary.
• Austrian War Preparations; Honveds coming to the Hussar Barracks for Arms.
• The Massacres in the Balkan Villages. Montage featuring Geula Mahalisse & Dalboka.
  Peasants returning to their village near Kars.
  Hereford & Ludlow: showing The Feathers, Ludlow, Ross Spire, ludlow gate, Hereford from the Wye. And others.
  New Supreme courts of Law, Melbourne, Australia.
  Suleman Pasha, General of the Turkish army.
  Turkish Bath House at Medjidieh.
  Officers from "HMS RAPID" at Kustendje.
  Pontoon practice at Henley on Thames.
  The Serdar Mahomet Ali Pasha, Commander Turkish Army.
  Bust of rubens at the Antwerp Rubens festival.
  Turkish refugees from the Tirnova district coming into Shumla.
  A warm corner in the Mukhlis Pasha Tabia.
  Damage to the Giurgevo Theatre
  Fugitive begging water.
  In the Gymnastic Societiy`s Clubhouse, Giurgevo.
  "Fugitive for Conscience Sake". By C J Staniland.
  

September 8th

• Arrival of Mahomet Ali Pasha at Rasgrad.
• Troops on the March from Rasgrad.
• HQ of Suleiman Pasha.
• Army of Suleiman Pasha in the Tundja Valley, Balkans.
  Wounded soldiers returning from the front by rail to Constantinople.
  Removal of Turkish prisoners from Nicopolis.
  Greek refugees from Kavarna at Baltschuk.
  The Late M Thiers.
  "Ruth" by C Ladelle
  Illustrations of Torpedo Warfare. Super set of 12 illustrations.
  Massacres at Bayazid, Asia.
  Map of the Shipka Pass over the Balkans.
  The Late Dr Conneau.
  The Walker Fine Art Gallery, Liverpool.
  Casket presented to the Mayor of Liverpool.
  Ruins of Nicopolis, after bombardment.
  Nicopolis, lower part of the City.
  "Morning Hymn at Sebastian Bach`s". By T E Rosenthal.
  

September 15th

• The Late M Thiers at the Pavilion Henri IV, St Germain.
• House of the Late M thiers, in the Place St Georges, Rue Notre Dame de Lorette, Paris.
• The Valley of the Lom.
  New Townhall at Manchester - The Great Hall.
  Turks attacking the Russian positions in the Shipka Pass.
  The 16th Dorobantz Regiment (Rumanian) at Bryslan, near Plevna.
  Halt of Rumanian Troops on the March to Bryslan.
  Opening of the Walker Fine Art Gallery at Liverpool.
  Silver plate for use at New Town Hall, Manchester.
  Funeral of the Late M Thiers. 1) The Deputation from Belfort. 2) The Speeches at the Tomb.
  Funeral of the Late M Thiers. The Procession near the Chateau D`Eau.
  Map of the contending armies at Plevna.
  The Manchester Town Hall
  

September 22nd

FRONT COVER -

The Collision in the Channel: Landing of the Survivors from the Avalanche and Forest.....

SKETCHES OF THE FOLLOWING -

The Collision in the Channel: Boats ashore on Chesil Bank.....

The War: Bulgarian Refugees in Greek Schools at Philippoplis.....

The War in Asia: Zigana, near Erzeroum......

Battle of Karahassankoi, August 30 - Turkish Infantry storming the Village of Kizila......

The Funeral of M Thiers: The Ceremony in Notre Dame De Lorette......

Loch Maree, from Kinlochewe.....

Ben Eag, Loch Maree....

Reserves advancing to the Front - a sketch before Plevna......

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS -

CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK ENDING Sept 29 -

THE COURT -

THE FAMINE IN INDIA -

THE FAMINE FUND AT THE MANSION HOUSE -

METROPOLITAN NEWS -

THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS - Annual Minutes of the Conference, published.....

THE DISASTER IN THE CHANNEL - report.....

AID TO THE VICTIMS OF WAR -

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEW -

THE IRON AND STEEL INSTITUTE - autumnal meeting at Newcastle-0n-Tyne....

THE CHURCH -

THE SOCIAL SCIENCE CONGRESS - report from the 21st congress, held at Aberdeen......

THE VOLUNTEERS -

LAW AND POLICE -

THE PUBLIC HEALTH - Registrar-General's weekly return.....

THE FUNERAL OF M THIERS -

LOCH MAREE AND BEN EAG -

NATIONAL SPORTS - sales of blood stock at Doncaster......

THE TRADES CONGRESS -

THE WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA & TURKEY (supplement to The Illustrated London News)

The Battles Around Plevna......Preliminary Repulse of a Turkish Assault....Krilopff's Unsuccessful Attack....Skobeleff's Capture of the Two Redoubts.....Capture of The Grivica Redoubt.....Recapture of Redoubts by the Turks.....The Battle of Karahassankoi.......with illustrations......

ECHOES OF THE WEEK -

MR STANLEY IN AFRICA - despatch by Mr Stanley, sent to the Daily Telegraph, dated Aug 10, from Embona, Congo River, West Coast of Africa...

OPENING OF THE MANCHESTER TOWN HALL -

FREE PUBLIC LIBRARIES -

THE WINTER ASSIZES -

FALSE NAMES -

LORD SANDON ON SCIENCE AND ART -

LIFE-BOAT SERVICES -

WILLS AND BEQUESTS -

THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION - annual report.....information on prisons, capital punishment, industrial education etc.....

MUSIC -

THEATRES -

SAVINGS BANKS -

ST MARGARET'S, WESTMINSTER -

NEW BOOKS -

THE COMMERCE OF LITERATURE AND ART -

WAR HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL CHARITIES -

December 1st

• The Engaged Ring" by B Giuliano
• Bayazid
• The Deve Boyoun Pass
• Hassan Kaleh
  Kuprikoi.
  The Sistova Bridge across the Danube
  Russian Officers, lost in a fog, listening to the Muezzin.
  The Town and Citadel of Kars
  Bottom Half The City of Erzeroum.
  Prisoners making Russian Roads with turkish Gravestones.
  Mud! Before Plevna.
  "Bury your Dead". Village near Gravitza.
  Winter Quarters, Turkish Army.
  Sistova, Winter Quarters of the Imperial Staff.
  Winter Quarters before Plevna.
  Russian hut before Plevna.
  The Late Admiral Sir Adolphus Slade (Muchaver Pasha)
  Lt Col George T Denison.
  Statue of King Robert the Bruce at Stirling.
  The Tay Bridge, near Dundee, from the South. The Tay Bridge, near Dundee, from the North
  Marriage of the Duke of Norfolk with Lady Flora Hastings at the Brompton Oratory.
  Ships ashore opposite the Parade, Margate, and The Jetty at Margate. Late Gales.
  "To The Rescue" by W H Overend. Early Lifeboat Maritime Scene.
  

October 6th

FRONT COVER -

Sketch of - The War: A Hot Corner in the Valley at the Battle of Sinankeui

SKETCHES OF THE FOLLOWING -

Turks Returning with Spoils from the Front....

Turkish Wounded taken out of Action at the Battle of Kizil-Tepe

Turkish Artillery at Work at the Battle of Kaceljevo

The Attack on Plevna....

International Match of American and British Riflemen at Creedmoor, New York: Bird's-Eye view of the Ground.....

The Ingram Patent Rotary Machine for Printing Illustrated Newspapers

Storming the Grivitza Redoubt before Plevna, Sept. 11

William Gale walking 1500 Miles in a Thousand Hours

Laying the Memorial-Stone of the new University College at Nottingham: Mr Gladstone addressing the assembly......

Battle of Sinankeui: Turkish position defended against the Russian Attack....

Animals and Nubians a the Alexandra Palace......

The dead Whale at the Royal Aquarium.....

FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS -

CALENDAR FOR THE WEEK ENDING Oct 13 -

THE COURT -

METROPOLITAN NEWS - Royal Humane Society......conference of Librarians....report by Executive Committee of the Amalgamated Society of London Cabmen..... Number of Births and deaths registered in London last week......

MR FORSTER ON THE WORKING CLASSES - The M.P.'s address at a meeting in Bradford....

THE WAR - the current position.....

THE BATTLE OF KIZIL TEPE -

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NEWS -

NEW BOOKS -

THE POSITIONS AT PLEVNA -

ECHOES OF THE WEEK -

THE FAMINE IN INDIA -

THE MANSION HOUSE FAMINE FUND -

THE CHURCH -

THE UNIVERSITIES AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS -

THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE-MATCH - The international contest of skill between eight United States' citizens and eight of her Majesty's subjects of Great Britain, has resulted in the victory of the American marksmen......

THE "INGRAM" PATENT ROTARY MACHINE FOR PRINTING ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPERS - described with illustrations.....

THE GREAT WALK AT BROMPTON -

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, NOTTINGHAM -

MUSIC -

THEATRES -

OPENING OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS - start of the academic year, addresses at the schools.....

LIFE-BOAT SERVICES - Meeting of the RNLI....

THE BATTLE OF THE LOM -

ANIMALS AND NUBIANS, ALEXANDRA PALACE -

THE ROYAL AQUARIUM WHALE -

BOOKS ABOUT EGYPT -

December 8th

• Mr H. M. Stanley and Some of His Native Followers ' Full Front page
• ' The War: Russian Winter Quarters for Horses on an Island of The Danube Between Sistova and Simnitza '
• ' Islands of The Danube and Winter Quarters, With Continuation of the Russian Miel Bridges From Simnitza to Sistova '

Full page ( Zimnicea and Svishtov )

' The New Turkish Ironclad Payki Shereef ' wonderful full page print from engraving

' Breaking Bulk on Board a Tea Ship in The London Docks ' another great full page print from engraving - From the description " Lascars, negroes and chinamen among the sailors who are to be seen working or lounging aboard and on the wharves for loading or unloading vessels, form a motley exhibition of non European mankind"

' The Last Purchase from the Picture by Seymour Lucas ' Full page print from engraving

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The Kaffir War in South Africa

' Colonial Troops, Fingoes and Mounted Police, Advancing From The Springs, Cape Town Rifles in Foreground '

' Encampment of Cape Town Rifles at "The Springs"...'

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Views on the Yang Tze Kiang River China

' Wussaan ' (probably Wushan )

' Kwe-I-Chow '

' Lukan Gorge ' (possibly of the Three Gorges )

' Tatuna Rapid '

' Kwe-I-Tu '

' Szechuen and Houper '

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' To The Rescue ' a magnificent double page by W. H. Overend showing a lifeboat rescueing crew and passengers clinging to the rigging on a sinking ship

' The War: field Ambulance Before Plevna, Waiting for the Wounded ' ( Pleven )

' Orkhanieh From a Mound on the Road to Plevna '

' The Rajah Ram High School Kolapore , India ' wonderful full page print from engraving - ( Rajaram College - Shivaji University Kolhapur )

' Map of Western Bulgaria With Sofia and The Danube to The Austrian Frontier ' Full page engraving by E. G. Ravenstein

NATIONAL SPORTS - Racing......Manchester, November Handicap, won by Hopbloom.....Steeplechasing commenced on Tuesday at Croydon......Grand National Hurdle-Race, won by,Citizen....
Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
Illustrated London News Editorial with reference to Mr Hayes President of the United States and his message to Congress

'The Court at Balmoral etc'

'The Church - Referments and Appointments'

'Foreign and Colonial News' includes France - Italy - Germany - Austro Hungary - America - Canada - India

'Metropolitan News'

'The Volunteers'

' The Grosvenor Gallery '

' The Kaffir War '

'Echoes of the Week'

'Obituary of Eminent Persons inlcudes Elizabeth Anne, Lady Gomm died at Spring Gardens - - - General Lord Henry Hugh Manvers Percy KCB VC Brother of the Duke of Northumberland found dead on his bed at his residence in Eaton Square - - - Admiral Henry Bagot died at Brewood Hall Near Stafford - - - TheRev. Charles Wheler MA of Ledston Hall Yorkshire and Otterden Place Faversham

'Wills and Bequests includes Mr John Leschallas late of Page Green, Tottenham - - - Miss Elizabeth Frances Webb late of 29 Chesham Place - - - Miss Jane Fisher late of Whitley Bridge Lodge Noew Forest - -- Colonel The Hon. Berkeley Wodehouse CMG died at Pau In France3 - - - Mr Daniel Inwood late of Binstead near Alton Southampton - - - General Sir George Bell KCB late of 156 Westbourne Terr Hyde Park

December 15th

December 22nd

• Oman Pasha
• Christmas cards
• "Never Mind, Christmas is Coming" by Cheshire.
  The Christmas Conjuror.
  A Critical Moment, by R Caton Woodville.
  Temple Bar and the New Law Courts, London.
  Her Majesty returning through High Wycombe from Hughenden Manor.
  Hughenden Manor House.
  Illustrated Article. 5 small images of hand tricks. Modern Magic by Professor Hoffman.
  Map of the Kaffir War District, South Africa.
  Sketches of the Kaffir War. A montage showing Von Hohnes Grave, Kreli the Caleka Chief, Moordners Kop, Luisizie Camp and others.
  Statue of Thomas Campbell, Glasgow.
  The Late Sidney Smirke RA
  Statue of David Livingstone,
  Temple Bar , city front.
  Double Page The Storming of Kars by R Caton Woodville.
  

December 29th

• "The Angels` Prayer" by H Merle.
• A Wood Carver of Simla.
• Returning from the Christmas Fair, Saxony.
  Going to a Christams Party a long time ago.
  The Nearest Way to Church.
  My Great Grand Mothers First Dancing Lesson.
  A Dahomey Priest Spinning Sacred Cotton.
  "William, Prince of Orange, at the Age of Seven" by Cornelius Jonson Van Ceulen.
  Russian Sketches
  Dr Schliemann`s Trojan Antiquities, on view.
  Dr Schliemann`s Trojan Excavations at Hissarlik, in the Troad.
  

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