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Persian Sketches:
My Country House . 20
In the Streets of Tehran . 8
Persian Politics 162
Persian Manners . 871
Love of Fine Clothes 374
Persian Prejudices 496
The Stick in Persia . 496
Philosophy of Yourself . 391
Phosphorescent Substances . 17
Pickford's . . 522
Pipeton-cum-Tabor School 46
Pitcher Plant, The 563
Playwrights, The French . 296
Poland 164
Polish Struggle for Life . 15
Politeness . 237
Pompeii and Herculaneum 473
Poodle at the Prow, A 476
Poor, Dining-Rooms for the 189, 589
Poor, Soup for the . 352
Post-Office in the Provinces, A 12
Prince of Wales, Marriage of 108, 180
Princess Mary of Cambridge . 109
Princess of Wales:
Entry into London . 115
A Misanthrope upon the . 115
The Crowd 125
Procession of Henry the Eighth 127
Procession of the Prince of Wales 115
Prisoners of War, An Escape of 509
Provincial Post-Office 12
Punch in Australia 610
Queens of Society 489
Rack, Torture of the . . 57
Railway Fares 7
Rambouillet, Madame de 490
Rather a Strong Dose . . 84
Regimental Bands . . . 202
Renowned Dog Cæsar . . 253
Riding in London:
Omnibuses 468
Cabs, Jobs, and Black Jobs. 485
Parcels Delivery and Pickford's 520
Roche, Sir Boyle 211
Rochefort, Mr., The Vaudevilliste 296
Roll of Music, The 205
Rome, Brigandage - . . 3804
Rome, Life in 41
Room Full of People 248
Rough Side of Fur 66
Round the Dome of St. Peter 41
Ruined by Railways 540
Russian Villages 616
Sablé, Madame de . . 491
Salad Oil 260
Saxe, The Chevalier de, Apparition of 396
Schools of Villagers 46
Schrepfer, The Old Medium 394
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Sensation Plays 517
Servants in India . 416
Shakespeare Music 103, 130, 155
Ships Struck by Lightning . 270
Shoeburyuess, Trial of Guns 157
Silkworm, The Ailanthus 466
Sir Charles Lyell on the Antiquity of Man . 32
Sir Boyle Roche 211
Skrat, Superstition of the 585
Skua Birds 320
Small-Beer Chronicles:
Manners . 88
Politeness . 237
A Room Full of People 248
Legitimate Novel 309
Affectation 324
Humbugs 325
Spy System 404
Change of Manners 407
The Last of the Chronicles . 430
Small-Pox, Indian Cure. . 553
Snail Soup 355
Solferino, The Battle of 283
Some Curious Lights 16
Sophie's Ribbon 594
Soup Question . 352
Souvenir of Solferino 283
Spirit Medium, An Old. .. 394
Spirit of the Chevalier de Saxe 396
Spiritualism, Mr. Home upon 133
Spiritualism, Mr. Howitt upon 84
Spy System . 404
St. Paul's, Charity Children at 453
Stepney Pauper Schools . 400
Storms 270, 357, 566
Story of a Trip to the Unholy Land 500, 524
Story of Governor Wall . 443
Story of Major Monsoon's Tiger 573
Story of the Roll of Music . 205
Story, Sophie's Ribbon . 594
Story, The Last of the Alchemists . 378
Story, The Renowned Dog Cæsar . 253
Story, The Sub-Surveyor 330
Struck by Lightning 270
Sub-Surveyor, The . . 330
Sunday in the City . 495
Swedes, Superstitions of the 585
Tehran, The Streets of . 118
Temperate Temperance . 188
Tenth of March. . . 107, 180
Theatre, Days of the Melodrama 517
Theatre, French Writers . 296
Theatre, The Britannia Ghost 420
Thebes, Excavators at . 475
Thunder 375
Thunder-Storm at Seaford 566
Tiger Story 573
Trip in the Unholy Land. 500, 524
Turin, An Article of Impeachment Against 60
Two Russian Villages 616
Tyburnia of Old 591
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Uncommercial Traveller, The:
From Dover to Calais . 229
The Morgue 276
A Coroner's Inquest 279
Birthdays 348
Stepney Pauper Union Schools 397
The Mormon Emigrant Ship 444
City Churchyards . 493
Sunday in the City 495
At the Sign of the Dolphin's Head . 540
In an Old Coaching Town 540
At a Cooking Depôt for the Working Classes 588
Undeveloped Impressions . 366
University Boat, A 99
Vaudeville, The . . . 296
Venice Gondolas 473
Very Hard Cash; a Story.
By Charles Reade, D.C.L. 97
121, 145, 169, 193, 217, 241, 265, 289, 313, 337, 361, 385, 409, 433, 457, 481, 505, 529, 553, 577, 601
Vesuvius, The Crater of . 345
Village Schools . 46
Virgilius the Enchanter 225
Visit to the Unholy Land 500, 524
Voltaire's Heart 87
Volunteers at Wimbledon 582
Wall, Governor, the Story of 443
Ward, The Murderer 144
Warlike Wimbledon 582
Watch, Murder for a 144
Wedding, Jackdaw upon a 180
Wedding of the Prince of Wales 180
Whitsuntide in the Country . 300
Whitworth and Armstrong Guns 157
Wild Boys . 856
Windsor, The Prince's Marriage 108, 180
Witness-Box, The 37
Women in the Days of Chivalry 489
Women in the Feudal Times . 489
Woods and Forests . . 515
Wounded Soldiers . . 288, 609
POETRY.
Berlingaccio 252
Brought to Light 107
Hylas 396
Judge and the Bishop 449
Night 492
Old Alexandria 84
Old Friends 133
On the Brink 468
Spring 179
Sunken City, The 300
To Gloriana in the South 323
Twilight Dozing 587
Two Sonnets on a Church 539
Under the Cypresses 565
