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FAIRY FENELLA. AN IRISH STORY. ILLUSTRATED

1, 79, 157, 235, 313

LOVE-MAKING UNDER DIFFICULTIES. ILLUSTRATED

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THE HOUSE IN STAMFORD-STREET, BLACKFRIARS

25

LADY MOUNT-EDGCUMBE. BY THE REV. John STEDMAN

38

THE Clowx's STORY. ILLUSTRATED

40

THE HAUNTED Max. A LEGEND OF THE SHAFTOES OF NORTHUMBERLAND 48

PANTOMIME NIGHT. ILLUSTRATED

60

GBANNIE'S DREAM

67

DOWN AMONG THE DEAD

75

A HYMN OF ASPIRATION. BY MRS. M. A. BAINES .

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THE SAN JUAN QUESTION

. 104

THE GANTOCKS .

115

FRIENDS, BY ELLYS ERLE

120

RANDOM IDEAS .

121, 217, 298, 350, 461

The Lost BRACELET

125, 196, 267, 340, 442

THE MEMOIRS OF MRS. LÆTITIA BOOTHBY

134

ALLEGORIES OF THE MONTHS. BY MAURICE Davies . 136, 227, 277, 361, 440

THE GARDEN AND SPRING. FROM THE OORDOO OF THE “Baga o BAHAR"

AND THE PERSIAN OF THE “Four DERVISHES.” TRANSLATED BY THE

AUTHOR OF THE “ Two OFFICERS,” “ Widow Dallas,” &c.

139,

220, 286

THE LIBERAL PURSE. BY G. T. L.

. 147

NOTES OF THE MONTH

149, 228, 301, 385

Expeditions of Discovery

149

The Russians at Khiva

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Babylonian Legend of the Deluge

153

The Forum of Rome

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The Basuto, or Lesuto Land

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The Euphrates Valley Route to India

228

New Expedition to Mesopotamia

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Napoleon III. as an Author .

232

Edward Bulwer-Lord Lytton

233

Frontiers of Afghanistan

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The Church of St. George

385
Geographical Incident in the late War

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Snow-clad Mountains in Eastern Africa

388
Ruins of Zimboe

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De Fauno LEGENDUM

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RUSSIAN IDEAS UPON RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA

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NEIGES D'ANTAN. BY EVELYN JERROLD

194

THE POEMS OF THOMAS GORDON HAKE

205

BABY VALENTINE; OR, A VALENTINE'S DAY IN THE GOOD OLD TIMES . 211

THE DELAGOA BAY ARBITRATION CASE .

254

The IRISH UNIVERSITY BILL

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The Lost “ HAMLET"

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Thomas SHADWELL

292, 353

CURIOSITIES OF BIRD LEGISLATION

334

VIOLETTE: A STORY OF VERSAILLES. BY THE AUTHOR OF "A LEGEND OF

THE ROCK”

THE SEASON AT MONACO

371

DR. JOHNSON.

376, 432

THE CONQUEST OF MESOPOTAMIA BY THE SARACENS

391

ISOLINE. BY FATHER TRISTRAM, AUTHOR OF “BELPHAGOR," &c.

430

ALL AMONGST THE BARLEY

449

THE YOUNG STREET WANDERER. BY NICHOLAS MICHELL .

459

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363, 420

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