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“ The Story o f our Lives fro m Year to Year. " — Si i a k e s p e a e e.

ALL THE YEAR ROUND.

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VOLUME V

F r o m D e c e m b e r

3,1870,

27, 1871

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1871.

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CONTENTS.

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Ab b o t b f o b d... 41 EAST, Travels in the, 15, 29,33, 60, 84,180 Jericho, the City o f . 184 Advertisem ents . . . . •329 Eddy's, Mr., Scheme for Defence Jericho Theatre . . . . 111

African Diamond Fields 017 496 J e ru s a le m . . . . 15

America, Lecturing in . 317 E d i n b u r g h ... 37 Jerusalem , The Siege of 57

American LyceumB 317 E ntertainm ent a t Mopetown 539 Jordon, The River . . . . 183

American Phrases 270 Epigram W riters . . . . 34

L a s t Town Besieged in E n g lan d .

Animals, Protective Tints of . 469 Evenings at Mopetown . . 539, 607 553

A rthur’s S e a t ... 37 Leaves from Old London Life 232

Artist at W ork, An 594 Fa i r s... 393 Life of Adventure, A 321 Falkirk, The Battle of . 153 Lights, W ill o' the Wisp 352 B a d a jo z , Siege of . 296 Famous old Sieges . . . . 54 L i n l i t h g o w ... 151

Bannockburn, Battle of 154 Field Hospital, In a 372 London, Defence of 494

Batley, Rags Sent to 441 Fishes, Poisonous . . . . 366 London, Fortification of 492 Batloy Woollon W orks . 441 Fishes, The Thoughts of 535 London, Old, Ne ws . . . . 232

Battle-Field, A . . . . 104 Foreign Invaders . . . . 133 London Parcel Post 570

Bethany and Bethlehem Big “ Box o’ W hustles,” A

61 Fortification of London . 492 London Sieges . . . . 492

201 France, Hay-Day in 542 London W a l l ... 492 Bill Posting Advertisem ents . 329 France. The Trianona at V er­ London Wants . . . . 305 B i s m a r c k ... 127 sailles ... 5 Looseflsh, Mr. . . . . 464 Bluff H a r r y ... 297 French Refugees . . . . 134 Lost Literary Art, A 34 Boar H unt in Germany . 91 French in London . . . . 134 Lyceums and Lecturing in Ame­

Bombay, A Day a t . 584 From Bradford to Brindisi . 252 276 rica ... 317

Borrowing Trouble 162 Lynch L a w ... 394

Borthwick Castle . . . . 3S G a l a , The River . . . . 39

Bradford to Brindisi . 252 276 General Reader, The 465 M a d am e Crowl’s Ghost 114

B rig a n d s ... 256 Germ an S p o rt... 91 Magdeburg, Siege of 293

Kunkum . . . . . . 272 German Railway Stations 254 Marked for the Knife 46

Butterflies and MothB, Tints of 472 Germ an-French W ar Scenes 104 Marriage of English Princesses . 376 Ca cklers ... 157, 205, 301, 384, 372 399 May-Day among the Mules . 542 249 Ghost Stories, A String of 77 May Queen. The . . . . 395

Canvas Under Canvas . 594 Ghouls and Vampyres . 597 Melrose Abbey . . . . 39

Capture of a Convoy 301 G loom y Views . . . . 162 Mendelsshon Jackson Family 608

Carlisle, The Siege of . 558 Golightly, Sirs... 464 Metz, A Sortie from 343 Carthage, Siege of . 56 Grand Duke of Mecklenburgh's Military Talkers and Doers . 64 Cave of Adullam . . . . 33 C o r p s ... 399 Miss Ponsonby’s Companion 236 C h e e s e ... 488 Greek Brigands . . . . 256 259, 284, 307, 332, 356

Christmas Day in the E ast . 84 Mopetown, Evenings at . . 539 607

ChristmaB U nder a Cloud 101 FTolborn Races . . . . 12 Morro Castle, In Prison in 223 Christinas U nder the Puritans 101 H olborn Theatre, Races at the 12 Mount O l i v e t ... 15 Ciudad Rodrigo . . . . 294 Holy Sepulchre, Church of the 18 Mountain's, M rs, Entertainm ent . 539

City of Honest Imposture, The 440 Horses and Hedges 463 My Boy in India . . . . 420

Clocks and Hour Glasses 419 Hotel, A, Visitor out of Season . 165 Mules, May-Day Among the . 542 Cloth Manufactures 441 H ousehold Ornaments . 416 M u n ic h ... 276

Constantinople, Siege of 59 House Hunting . . . . 485 My Census Paper . . . . 521

Cophetua the Second 565 How it Happened . . . . 67 My New Idea . . . 403 427

Corvin, Colonel, Life of . 321 How to See India . . . . 420

Country Scamps . . . . 8 N e w a r k Castle . . . . 151

Crichton Castle . . . . 38 I g n is F a t u u s ... 352 New Y ear’s Day in Scotland 108

Cromwell and Christmas 104 In Danger in the Desert 450 Numantia, Siege of . . . 64

Cuba, A State of Siege in 610 India, A Day at Bombay 584

Cuba, Prison Life in 222 In d i», H ow to See . . . . 420 Ol d Household Ornaments . 416 Cyprus, The Three-Eyed Man of . 510 Insects. Protective Tints of . 469 Old London News . . . . 232 I n s t i t u t i o n s ... 391 Old London Wall . . . . 492 D a r w i n ’s Descent of Man 445 In the Field with the P ru ssian s: Old Project and a New One, An . 570

Day at Bombay, A . 584 A Battle-Field . . . . 101 Olives, The Mount of 15

Dead Sea, The . . . . 180 Requisitioning . . . . 157 Omnibus Dinner, The . 42

Dear Davie . . . . 379 A Perilous Position 205 Oloron, May-Day at 542

Descent of M an, The ! 445 A Convoy Captured, and how Only on the Box . . . . 199

D efence of London 492 we escaped . . . . 301 Organ-building . . . . 201

Defence of S arag o ssa . 280 A Sortie from Metz 318 Ornaments of the Household 416

Desirable Tenant, A 485 Day’s Routine in a Field Hos­ Overland Route . . . . 422 Desert, In Danger in the 450 pital ... 372

Diamond Fields of Africa .’ 617 W ith the Grand Duke of Meck- P a r c e l Delivery, An Old Scheme Doctor’s Mixture, The ₁ lenburgh’s Corps

In the Penguin’s Arms . 399 f o r ... 570 25, 49, 73, 97, 121, 145, 187

Doctor Tyndall on Science and 211 165 Parcel Post Delivery 570

Italian Peasant Stories . 324 397

Im agination 174 Peace of God, The . . . . 398

D ry b u rg h Abbey • . ! 151 Jack Cade’s RiotB . . . . 494 Peace, Treaties of . 423

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Penguin's Arms, The 1(15. Christm as Day in the East 84 Trianons. The, at Versailles . 5 Perturbed Spirit, A . 141 The Dead Sea, The Jordan, and T. S... 227 Philiphaugh Castle 151 J e r i c h o ... ISO

Plosarrian . 473, 493, 523, 547, 572 S m o k in g ... 395 Unexpected Expostulation, An . 465

Poisonous Fishes 3fifi Social Brigandage . . . . 257 Useless W arnings . . . . 138

Popular American Phrases . 270 Social Sinners . . 463

Post Office Parcel Delivery . 571 Solar Furnace, The 324 Vampyres and Ghouls . 587

Princesses (English) M arriages of 37G Some Famous Treaties . 423 Vehmgericht, The . . . . 394

Prison Life in Cuba 222 Spiritual Sdance, A 297 Versailles and the Trianons . 5

Protective Resemblances 469 South of France, May-Day in the . 542 Village Scamps . . . . 8 Prussia, W inter Shooting in . 91 State of Siege in Cuba CIO

Prussia, Sporting in 91 Stories : Wa n ted fo r L ondon 305

Prussian Revolution, A . 321 Cophetua the Second . 565 W ar between France and Prussia, Puffing Advertisem ents . 329 Dear D a v i e ... 379 SceneB in the, . . . . 104 Puritans Putting Down Ilolidaj s . 101 How it Happened C7 157, 205, 301, 348, 372 399 In Danger in the Desert 450 W a t Tyler’s Rebellion . 494 R a c k s t h a w ’s Client 587, 613 In the Penguin's Arms 165 Who Was He ?... 20 R a g s ... 441 Madam Crowl’s Ghost 114 W ild Boar H u n t in Germany 91

Raids Over the Border : Marked for die Knife 46 William the Conqueror's March

The Land of Scott 37,150 Miss Ponsonby's Companion 236 on London ... 493 R efugees... 134 259. 284, 307, 332, 356 Will o’ the Wisp and his Relations 352

Requisitioning 157 My Census Paper 521 W ilderness of Judsea 29

Roadways, New Material of . 306 My New Idea . . . 403, 427 W inter Shooting in Prussia . 91 Robert Bruce, Tomb of . 40 Only on the Box . . . . 199 Wool W orkers at Saltaire . 185

Rose and the Key, The . 169 Perturbed Spirit . . . . 141 Woollen W orks . . . . 441

193, 217, 241, 265, 289, 313, 337, 361, Plogarrian . 473, 499, 523, 547, 572 W ork of an Artist 594 385, 409, 433, 457, 481, 505, 29, 553, R ackstraw ’s Client . . 587, 613 W yatt’s Rebellion . 494

577 601 Stories of Italian Peasantry 342

Rosifere, The . . . . 395 String of Ghost Stories 77 Yarrow River 150

Royal Marriages 376 Three-Eyed Man of Cyprus 516 Y orkshire Colony . 185

Stirling Castle . . . . 153

Saguntum, Siege of 54 Stories of the Italian Peasantry . 324 POETRY.

Salisbury Crags 37 Street Advertising . . . . 329 Chastened ... 4f 2 S a l t a i r e ... 1S5 Street S h o w s ... 443 396 Saragossa, The Defence of . 2S0 String of Ghost Stories . 77 Fredericus Rex (Old Fritz) . 179 Scam ps of the Village, The . S Sun, T h e ... 324 From Bordeaux to Paris, 1871 348 Science and Im agination 174 Sunday in the Seven Dials . 511 G o o d - B y e ... 372

Scorpion Fish 371 Surgeon’s Day in a Field H ospital 372 G erm an Hussar Songs . 227

Scotland, Tour in . 37, 150 Swindling Professors 138 Harp Unstrung, The 420

Scotland, New Year's Day in 108 Last W o r d s ... 60

Sea Monsters 371 Talkers and Doers . . . . 64 M a r c h ... 323 Seven Dials, Sunday in . 511 Telegraph Em ployment 232 Morning on the Mountains . 301 Siege of Badajoz 296 Telegraph Service. The . 228 My T o y ...

’Neath the Scaur . . . . 157

Siege of Carlisle 558 Thames Em bankm ent . 305 251

Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo 294 Theatre Royal, Jericho . 111 News to T e l l ... 516

Siege of Magdeburg 293 Theatre. Holbom, Races 12 Passing . . . . . 565

Siege of Saragossa 280 Three-Eyed Man of Cyprus . 516 445

Sioges in Ancient History 54 Three Modem Sieges 293 Sea S o n g ... 541

Sieges of London . 492 Thoughts on Puffing 329 Sleeping Homestead, A . . . . 108

Sir Thomas W yatt’s Rebellion 494 Thoughts of Fishes, The 535 Soldiers' Ballads - 275

Sir W alter Scott's Home 41 Tints of Animals, &c. 473 Song for Music, A . 587

Six Mouths in the E a s t: Tower of London . . . . 493 Sortie from N aum burg . 84

A t Jerusalem 15 Travelling Entertainm ents . 539 Squire Coe and his Daughter's 463

The W ilderness of Judsea . 29 Treaties of Peace . . . . 423 Swing. T h e ... 133

Cave of Adullam 33 Treaties, Historical 423 Two Points of View 12

Bethany and Bethlehem . 60 Treaty of W estphalia . 424 W ife’s Vigil 205