Spanish Proverbs [xviii]
26/3/1859
Part of a series of articles on Spain by Thornbury.
The Parcels-Post
An Old Story
Out of Tune
The Father of Caoutchouc
Based on Thomas Hancock, Personal Narrative of the Origin and Progress of the Caoutchouc or India-Rubber Manufacture in England (1857).
A Court without Appeal
Pictures and Ballads [xix]
2/4/1859
The Cure of Sick Minds
John C. Bucknill, M.D., "Reports of Lunatic Asylums," Journal of Mental Science, Jan. 1859.
My Lady Crump
The Reverend Alfred Hoblush Finds a New Broom [iv]
Part of a series of short fictional pieces by Fitzgerald featuring the Reverend Alfred Hoblush.
Michelet's Love [iii]
Jules Michelet, L'Insecte, 1858.
Chip: Art in the Chimney-Corner
Robert Rawlinson, Designs for ... Tall Chimney Shafts, 1858.
Out-Conjuring Conjurors
9/4/1859
Based on J. E. Robert-Houdin, Confidences d'un prestidigitateur (1859).
Navy Dry-Rot
Chip: To Let
Spanish Dinners [xx]
Dreaming
White Ants
Based on Henry Smeathman, Some Account of the Termites, which are found in Africa and Other Hot Climates (1781).
An Illustrious British Exile [i]
Part of a series of articles on transported convicts by Lang. See also 'A Special Convict' (HW, XIX, No. 474); 'Baron Wald' (HW, XIX, No. 476); 'Three Celebrities' (HW, XIX, No. 477); 'Kate Crawford' (HW, XIX, No. 478).