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INDEX TO VOL. I.

ARTICLES.

PAGE.
ALBUM, A FAMOUS WIGMAKER'S FAMOUS. By Gavin Macdonald.Illustrated by Facsimiles356
BALLOON JOURNEY, A GIRL'S, OVER LONDON. By Gertrude Bacon.Illustrated by Photographs400
BEAUTIES, IRISH. By Ignota.Illustrated by Photographs484
BLOODHOUNDS, A MAN HUNT WITH. By Alfred Arkas.Illustrated by Photographs383
CHESHIRE TOWN, IN A DISAPPEARING. By Percy L. Parker.Illustrated by Photographs166
"CHRYSANTHEMUMS CURLED HERE." A Chat with a Floral Barber.By Alfred Arkas. Illustrated by Photographs579
CRACKERS, COSTLY CHRISTMAS. The Romance of Christmas Presents.Illustrated by Photographs 439
CRICKET AND CRICKETERS. Words by M. Randall Roberts.Pictures by Mr. "Rip"212
CRICKET MATCH, A VERY QUEER. Mr. Dan Leno's Eleven v. CamberwellUnited C.C. By Gavin Macdonald. Illustrated by Photographs323
CYCLIST, THE CLEVEREST AMATEUR, IN THE WORLD. Remarkable TrickRiding by a Military Officer493
DANGER SIGNALS, NATURE'S. A Study of the Faces of Murderers.By J. Holt Schooling. Illustrated by special Photographs656
[DARLINGS, LITTLE. By Somers J. Summers.Photographic Illustrations by W. J. Byrne][99]
DOCUMENTS, INCRIMINATING.With Facsimiles of Fatal Writings304
DOOR-KNOCKERS, FAMOUS LONDON.Illustrated by Photos specially taken.216
[DOUBLES IN REAL LIFE, NOTABLE.With Photographic Evidence][5]
ENGINE MATCH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND AMERICA, AN. By F. A. Talbot.Illustrated by Photographs651
[EXCUSE, OUR, FOR THE ISSUE OF A SIXPENNY MAGAZINEAT THREEPENCE][3]
FIRE BRIGADE HEROES, TRAINING OUR. By Alfred Arkas.Illustrated by Photographs243
FIRES, SOME SENSATIONAL. By Frederick A. A. Talbot.Illustrated by Photographs529
FOOTBALL, MAKING A. An Essential Part of a Great Game.Illustrated.444
FORTRESS, THE MOST REMARKABLE, IN THE WORLD. By Percy L. Parker.Illustrated by Photographs274
[MAN-OF-WAR, HOME LIFE ON BOARD A.Illustrated by Photographs][86]
MAN IS MADE OF WHAT? By T. F. Manning.Illustrated by Photographs339
MEDICAL DETECTIVE AND HIS WORK, THE. By T. F. Manning.Illustrated by A. Morrow and by Diagrams144
MICE WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD. By Gavin Macdonald.Illustrated by Photographs631
MINIATURE CRAZE, THE MODERN. By H. M. Tindall.Illustrated by Charming Examples197
MONEY, STRANGE KINDS OF. By Robert Machray.Illustrated by Photographs639
MURDERS, LONDON'S UNDISCOVERED. By Lincoln Springfield.Illustrated by Photographs515
[NEWSPAPER, MAKING A MODERN.By Alfred C. Harmsworth][38]
"PERPETUAL MOTION" SEEKERS.With Illustrations of Machines recently invented315
PHOTOGRAPHIC LIES. With Remarkable Photos, provingthe Uselessness of the Camera as a Witness259
[POISON DEVICES.Illustrated][106]
POSTAGE STAMPS WORTH FORTUNES.Illustrated by Facsimiles of Valuable Stamps327
RAILWAY SMASHES, FAMOUS. By Frederick A. Talbot.Illustrated by Photographs 227
ROYALTIES, LITTLE.Illustrated with Photographs by Speaight 590
ROYALTY, TATTOOED. By R. J. Stephen.Illustrated by Photographs 472
[SANDOW, HOW, MADE ME STRONG.Illustrated with Photographs][23]
SECRET CHAMBERS, REMARKABLE.Written and illustrated by Allan Fea416
[SERMONS WITHOUT WORDS. A Marvellous Performance in Dumb Show.By Alfred Arkas][67]
[SKELETONS, MODERN FAMILY. By Beatrice Knollys.Illustrated by A. S. Hartrick][17]
SLEIGHS FOR CHRISTMAS. By J. E. Whitby.Illustrated by Photographs558
SMOKER'S MUSEUM, FROM A. By T. C. Hepworth.With Illustrations370
SPORT, THE MOST CRUEL, IN THE WORLD. By Sidney Gowing.Illustrated by Photographs182
STATISTICS GONE MAD. By J. E. Grant.Illustrated by Diagrams609
TEA, HOME OF FOUR O'CLOCK, THE.Illustrated by Photographs605
TOY, A £10,000. Complete Working Railway in a Room.By Robert Machray. Illustrated by Photographs125
[WEATHER, HOW WE GET OUR. By Gavin Macdonald.Illustrated by Photographs][55]
WHISTLER, THE WORLD'S CHAMPION.Illustrated by Photographs and Musical Examples546
WHITE "ZOO," A. Lord Alington's Hobby. By Alfred Arkas.Illustrated by Photographs154
WIVES, AMERICAN, OF ENGLISH HUSBANDS.Illustrated by Portraits289
1898. Your Everyday Life in the past Twelve Months.By Alfred Arkas455
3,000 MILES ON RAILWAY SLEEPERS. One Aspect of a Bicycle TourRound the World. By Edward Lunn. Illustrated by Photographs619

STORIES.

BABY SANTA CLAUS, A. The Story of a Christmas Reconciliation.By Marion Elliston. Illustrated by Harold Copping521
BEHAVIOUR OF WARRINGTON, V.C., THE. By Percy E. Reinganum.Illustrated by W. B. Wollen, R.I.236
[CHANCELLOR'S WARD, THE. By Richard Marsh.Illustrated by F. H. Townsend][73]
CHOLERA SHIP, THE. By Cutcliffe Hyne.Illustrated by Richard Jack159
CLEVER MRS. BLADON. By E. Burrowes.Illustrated by Sydney Cowell645
COUNT AND I, THE. The Story of a Stolen Letter.By James Barratt. Illustrated by Robert Sauber447
COURTSHIP BY PROXY. By H. A. Therrauld.Illustrated by Fred Pegram461
CROWDED HOUR, A. By Clarence Rook.Illustrated by B. E. Minns634
CURSE OF THE CATSEYE, THE. By Alfred Slade.Illustrated by E. Prater623
DAPHNE. By Walter E. Grogan.Illustrated by Harold Copping361
DESCENT OF REGINALD HAMPTON, THE. By Halliwell Sutcliffe.Illustrated by W. Rainey, R.I.189
DESPATCHES FOR GIBRALTAR, THE. By Gilbert Heron.Illustrated by D. B. Waters389
DESTINY, MY. A Wayside Romance. By C. K. Burrow.Illustrated by Fred Pegram347
EDITOR'S ESCAPADE, THE. By Archibald Eyre.Illustrated by S. H. Vedder405
FACE AT THE DOOR, THE. By Walter D. Dobell.Illustrated by S. H. Vedder373
FAIR NEIGHBOUR'S PIANO, MY, AND WHAT CAME OF IT.By Henry Martley. Illustrated by F. H. Townsend281
"FINDER WILL BE REWARDED, THE." A Bachelor's Romance.By Gerald Brenan. Illustrated by Sydney Cowell489
FIVE HUNDRED POUND PRIZE, THAT. By Richard Marsh.Illustrated by John H. Bacon172
GASCOYNE'S TERRIBLE REVENGE. A Story of the Indian Mutiny.By J. F. Cornish. Illustrated by Vereker M. Hamilton. R.P.E.265
[GOLDEN CIRCLET, THE. By Charles Kennett Burrow.Illustrated by Ralph Peacock][11]
[HER LETTER! By J. Harwood Panting.Illustrated by W. B. Wollen, R.I.][61]
HIS HIGHNESS THE RAJAH. The Quest of the Yellow Diamond.By Beatrice Heron-Maxwell. Illustrated by E. J. Sullivan549
[HIS SOVEREIGN REMEDY. By Clarence Rook.Illustrated by B. E. Minns][94]
HOW THE BURGLAR HELPED AT CHRISTMAS. By Lucian Sorrel.Illustrated by H. M. Brock476
HOW THE MINISTER'S NOTES WERE RECOVERED.By Beatrice Heron-Maxwell. Illustrated by Fred Pegram250
IAN'S SACRIFICE. By Alick Munro.Illustrated by Ralph Peacock309
"KLONDYKE, OFF TO." By George A. Best.Illustrated with Novel Life Photographs583
LONDON'S LATEST LION. By Gilbert Dayle.Illustrated by Fred Pegram595
"MAN OVERBOARD!" An Episode of the Red Sea.By Winston Spencer Churchill. Illustrated by Henry Austin662
MISSING Q.C.'s, THE. By John Oxenham.Illustrated by Frank Craig and T. Robinson497
[MOTOR-CAR ELOPEMENT, AND HOW IT ENDED, THEIR. By Edgar Jepson.Illustrated by H. R. Millar][49]
PRINCESS IN GREEN AND TAN, A. By Arthur Preston.Illustrated by A. Rackham611
SHORT MEMORY OF MR. JOSEPH SCORER, THE VERY.By John Oxenham. Illustrated by H. M. Brock131
STIR OUTSIDE THE CAFÉ ROYAL, THE. By Clarence Rook.Illustrated by Hal Hurst, R.B.A.319
[STONE RIDER, THE. By Nellie K. Blissett.Illustrated by Max Cowper][30]
TELEGRAPH MYSTERY, A. By W. B. Northrop.Illustrated by H. H. Flère.539
TRAGEDY OF A THIRD SMOKER, THE. By Cutcliffe Hyne.Illustrated by J. Finnemore. R.B.A.297
TRAVELLING COMPANION, MY. By Catherine Childar.Illustrated by Fred Pegram115

FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.

"ANDRÉE, INDEED! I WAS THERE LONG AGO."From the Painting by T.C. Hepworth669
BURDEN OF LOVE, A.From the Painting by N. Sichel224
CHARLES I. ON HIS WAY TO EXECUTION.From the Painting by Ernest Crofts, R.A.331
CHRISTMAS, THE FIRST.From the Painting of H. J. Sinkel434
CUBAN BELLE, A.From the Painting by Gabriel Ferrier219
DAUGHTER OF CANADA, A.Photographic Study565
DECEMBER DAY IN THE OLDEN TIME, A.From the Painting by A. Perez568
DRAGON AND GEORGE, THE.From the Painting by R. Holyoake333
EMPTY CHAIR, THE.From the Painting by Briton Rivière, R.A.336
EVERYBODY'S FAVOURITE.Photographic Study561
[FAVOURITE, THE.From the Painting by Arthur J. Elsley][110]
FOR DEAR LIFE.From the Painting by Stanley Berkeley329
GIRL OF THE PERIOD.From the Painting by Heywood Hardy668
[GOOD NIGHT!From the Painting by G. Hom][112]
GORDONS AND GREYS TO THE FRONT.From the Painting by Stanley Berkeley430
GREEK GIRLS PLAYING BALL.From the Painting by the late Lord Leighton577
GREUZE'S MASTERPIECES, ONE OF.Now in the National Gallery425
HAPPY AS A KING.Photographic Study671
["HUSH!"From the Painting by Maud Goodman][109]
IN RUSSIA—THE TERROR OF THE PLAIN.From the Painting by A. Von W. Kowalski672
[JOHN BULL FOR EVER—WHAT WE HAVE WE'LL HOLD.From the Painting by Maud Earl][56]
JUDITH.From the Painting by N. Sichel334
LAKE WINDERMERE IN THE WINTER OF 1885.From a Photograph564
LAST ELEVEN AT MAIWAND, THE.From the Painting by Frank Feller566
LAST MINUTE, THE. NOW OR NEVER.From the Painting by T. M. Hemy443
LITTLE DEAR, A.Photographic Study667
LIVE AND LET LIVE.From the Painting by A. W. Strutt332
MAKING A MARRIAGE IN THE OLDEN TIME.From the Painting by A. T. Vernon221
MANNERS AT TABLE.From the Painting by A. J. Elsley330
[MEDITATION.From the Painting by N. Sichel][111]
MIRIAM THE PROPHETESS.From the Painting by N. Sichel574
MOTHER'S DARLING.Photographic Study569
NAPOLEON'S FLIGHT AFTER WATERLOO.From the Painting by A. C. Gow, R.A.666
OPPORTUNITY FOR FLATTERY, AN.From the Painting by D. Hernandez575
OVERTAKEN!From the Painting by John A. Lomax280
[PETS, SOME COSTLY.From Photographs][85]
PRINCE, OUR.From the Painting by A. Stuart Wortley567
PUSHING FAMILY, A.From the Painting by G. A. Holmes428
RUSSIAN BELLE, A.Photographic Study571
SALMON POACHER, THE.From the Painting by Douglas Adams335
SON AND HEIR, THE.From the Painting by L. Schmutzler427
[SPAIN, A FLOWER OF.From the Painting by N. Sichel][108]
SPAIN, A LITTLE MAID FROM.Photographic Study338
SPANISH PEACE COMMISSIONER, A.From the Painting by Hal Hurst, R.B.A.665
SUMMER.From the Painting by W. Reynolds Stephens220
[SWEET AND TWENTY.From the Painting by G. L. Seymour][2]
TALLY HO!From the Painting by Heywood Hardy 572
TIME TO GET UP.From the Painting by A. J. Elsley426
TURNER'S GREAT WORK—THE FIGHTING TEMERAIRE.Now in the National Gallery429
VERY OLD, OLD STORY, A.From the Painting by L. Alma Tadema, R.A.670
WAITS, THE.From the Painting by W. H. Trood570
WATER CARRIER, THE.From the Painting by J. W. Godward222
WHICH WINS?From the Painting by Arthur J. Elsley223
WHY NO. I. WAS SO POPULAR.Head, from the Painting by A. Seifert563
WHY THE ANTELOPES STAMPEDED.From the Painting by William Strutt226
WILL HE COME?From the Painting by Marcus Stone, R.A.114
YORKSHIRE LASS, A.Photographic Study573

POETRY.

BABY BELLE. By Bernard Malcolm Ramsay.Illustrated by Harold Copping 482
BABY, IN PRAISE OF. By Barrington McGregor.Illustrated by C. Robinson661
GOLDEN HAIR AND CURLYHEAD. By Allan Upward.Illustrated by J. H. Bacon435
LITTLE MAID.Illustrated by C. Robinson258
ROGUEY MAN, THE.Illustrated by H. H. Flère346
[ROSE AT LAST, A. By Clifton Bingham.Illustrated by Harold Nelson][22]
SAD FATE OF MISTRESS PRUE, THE.Illustrated by Robert Sauber 399
SHOE, A TINY.Illustrated by Archie Watkins308
SUNSET, BEYOND THE. By Clifton Bingham.Illustrated by Charles Robinson235
THREE SCORE AND TEN.Illustrated by T. Walter West388
TO A BLANK SPACE. By the Rev. J. Hudson, M.A.Illustrated by Robert Wallace576