Events of this year in the Illustrated London News

• January 13th - First meeting of the Independent Labour party
• April 15th - Mr Balfour addresses a crowd of 5000 in Leinster Hall, Dublin
• July 13th - German Army Bill passed
• August 6th - Corinth Canal Opened
• September 1st - Irish Home Rule Bill passed by Commons (later rejected by the Lords)
• Manchester ship canal was completed
• Dvorak composed his New World symphony
• Bernard Shaw's Mrs Warren's Profession was banned by the censor

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January 21st

• No. 2805
• The Crown Princess of Roumania - Princess Marie of Edinburgh - In her Wedding Dress
• Prince Ferdinand of Roumania in his Wedding Uniform
  Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Alfred
  Drawn Image - Ceremony in the Red Room at the Castle of Sigmaringen
  Drawing Room n the Castle of Sigmaringen
  Personal - Walter H. Long - Lade Mr. Thomas Shaw - Major F.M. rundall - Miss E.M. Smyth - Late Mrs. Pennefather
  Full Page View - Castle of Krauchenwies, Near Sigmaringes, Where the Crown Prince and Princess of Roumania are Passing Their Honeymoon
  Full Two Page Image - The Marriage of Princess Marie of Edinburgh and the Crown Prince Ferdinand of Roumania in the Catholic Church at Sigmaringen
  Full Page Banquet in the Specially constructed Hall
  Tinted Images of childhood of Princess Marie of Edinburgh
  Page of Family Images
  Sigmaringen Images
  More Tinted views of the Ceremony
  Saxe-Coburg Family Images
  Bucharest Images
  Tinted Bucharest Images

The Rebel Queen by Walter Besant - With Drawn Images

Science Juttings - Dr. Andrew Wilson

Chess - Problem by J.W. Abbott

The Ladies Column - Mrs. Fenwick-Miller - Image of Miss Frances E. Willard and Lady Henry Somerset

Ecclesiastical Notes

Art Notes - Images of
J.J. Eden the Winner
R. Erichsson
The Last Round of Eden V. Ericsson - Eden Winner

Home and Foreign News

The Late Mrs. Frances Anna Kemble - with Image

Music

Obituary

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January 7th to June 24th

There are all kinds of interesting articles

• Some of the specific articles include: Burne Jones at the New Gallery,
• The Marriage of Princess Marie of Edinburgh to Prince Victor of Roumania (a major article that runs through several issues),
• The Political Crisis in Egypt,
• A Chat With Lisley Sambourne the Designer for the New Art Magazine, The Sketch,
• The Earthquake on the Greek Island of Zante,
• The Grafton Hunt,
• The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race,
• The Ulster Demonstration Against the Home Rule Bill,
• The Jack Rabbit Drive in Fresno, California,
• The Heart of Abysinnia,
• The Submarine Telephone Cable Between Scotland and Ireland,
• The New Belgian Steamship Leopold II,
• The Chicago Exposition,
• Opening of the Imperial Institute,
• Dr. Nansen's Polar Expedition,
• History of Costumes in Productions of the Work of Shakspeare
• The Bering Sea Arbitration
• There are also pieces of illustrated fiction such as the serial novels: The Rebel Queen by Walter Besant and Parables of a Province by Gilbert Parker.
• illustrations of Cunard steam ships,
• Howling Dervishes,
• Cossacks,
• Rugby players,
• pictures from The Royal Academy,
• English homes of distinction,
• sports such as cricket,
• fashion,
• Hunting scenes,
• exotic locales such as Japan, Morocco and Russia etc.
• There is a large fold-out illustration featuring Ballot Day at The Athenaeum Club. Some of the candidates include Robert Browning, Charles Darwin, Wilkie Collins, Lytton and Stanhope etc.
• There is a large double page colour illustration of the weighing in room for the jockeys before The Derby at Epsom.
• There is also a large double page photo of the Oxford and Cambridge boat crews.
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• There is an interesting ad by Kodak Eastman for a picture book called The Kodak at the North Pole featuring 2000 pictures made by Lieut. Peary.
• This bound volume contains 780 pages. It weighs 15 pounds. It measures 16 1/4 by 12 inches by 3 inches deep.

April 1st

• Arrival of the Queen at Florence
• Our Note Book by James Payn
• An Amusing Story by T. Conti
• Pretty Poll by P. Naumann
• M. Challemel Lacour
• Her Majesty Driving Through the Piazza Del Duomo
• The Late Sir George Findlay
• The Late Duke of Bedford
• The Late M. Vassili Alexeieff
• The Late Major Daniell
• Mr. B. Beasley
• engraving - The Oxford And Cambridge Athletic Sports by P. Naumann,
• Sounding the Wooden Bells for Easter at the Convent of Mar Saba, Palestine
• James Brydges, First Duke of Chandos
• engraving - The First of April: Theres No Fool like an Old Fool by C. Hentschel (Johnnie Walker?)
• engraving - Rambling Sketches: Old Country Inns - The Globe at Banbury, Bull at Rochester, White Hart at Godstone
  unpublished letters of Samuel taylor Coleridge Colonel James Coleridge, Mrs. Coleridge, The Pixies Parlour, M. Challemel-LacourThe House of Commons - The Mace
  The Queen at Florence: her Majesty driving through the Piazza del Duomo engraving The Three Fishers by R. Taylor
  Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
  The Convent of Mar Saba, Palestine
  The Queens Drive at Florence
  Home and Foreign News
  A Family History by Andrew Lang
  Ecclesiastical Notes
  Mr. Andrew Lang on Homer
  A Ducal Adventurer
  A Study in Temptations
  The Original Micawber
  Meran by Ascot R. Hope - The Saltner -Church of Meran, The Burg, Tyrolese National Plays in Meran -Stage of the National Theatre, Meran, Hofers Wife (Bertha Egger) Andreas Hofer (Anton Dechristin)
  Science Jottings by Dr. Andrew Wilson
  Chess problem 2556 by X. Hawkins
  The Ladies Column by Mrs. Fenwick-Miller
  New Music
  Art Notes
  Wills and Bequests
  Obituaries - George William Francis Sackville Russell , Sir John Massey Errington

Short story The Rebel Queen by Walter Besant

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