# Once a Week (magazine)/Series 1/Volume 9

ONCE A WEEK.
AN
Illustrated Miscellany
OF
LITERATURE, ART, SCIENCE, & POPULAR INFORMATION.
VOLUME IX.
JUNE TO DECEMBER, 1863.
LONDON BRADBURY & EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET.
[The Right of translating Articles from “Once a Week” is reserved by the Authors.]
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS (For an alphabetical and subject index, see below)
| No. 209. June 27, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Old and New Times for the Hindoo. By Harriet Martineau.
* Bretons and Britons. By Harry Jones.
* “Tempora Mutantur.” By A. M. Beamish.
* Sunny Thoughts on Lawns. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
* The Loves of an Eccentric Author. By Henrietta Thompson.
| No. 210. July 4, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Smallpox in London. By Andrew Wynter.
* Concerning Flat-Fish. By Astley H. Baldwin.
* Eleanor’s Victory (Part 18). By Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
* Lynch Law in Missouri. By William Charles Miller.
* “Silvertown.” By Andrew Wynter.
* A Tuscan Villa. By Isa Blagden.
| No. 211. July 11, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Margaret Woffington. By Dutton Cook.
* City Dwellings and City Gardens. By Charles T. Browne.
* What Next for Christendom? By Harriet Martineau.
* Are the Planets Inhabited? By George Lumley.
* My Confession. By George R. Taylor.
* A Doomed Town. By John Plummer.
* An Ancient Russian Legend. By Walter Thornbury.
| No. 212. July 18, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Food and Physic in Ancient Denmark. By Hannah Leigh.
* To the Alps. By Sarah T. Bolton.
* Foglanders in Cigogne. By Arthur Locker.
* Eleanor’s Victory (Part 20). By Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
* My Knife. By John Lovell.
* A Blood-Stained Fruit: The Mulberry. By Elizabeth Eiloart.
* Doubts and Hopes. By G. C. Swayne.
| No. 213. July 25, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Our Legacy from Mary Ann Walkley. By Harriet Martineau.
* The Homeward Bound and the Outward Bound. By Walter Thornbury.
* Mock Diplomacy. By Harriet Martineau.
* A Day at San Gimignano. By Isa Blagden.
* The Press-Gang. (From Du Fu.) By Francis Hastings Doyle.
| No. 214. August 1, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* An Adventure in Rhodes. By Alexander C. Fraser.
* Eleanor’s Victory (Part 22). By Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
* The Grass of the Field. By Margaret Plues.
* The Philosophy of Advertising. By Edward Dicey.
| No. 215. August 8, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* The Head-Gardener. By Cuthbert Bede.
* A Short Visit to an Indian Reservation. By Arthur Sterry.
* “One in a Thousand.” By Geraldine Fitzgerald.
* Opening of a Continental Parliament. By Charles Boner.
* A “First-Class” Story; or, The Perils of Travelling Alone (Part 1). By Henry Mayhew.
* Timbromanie. By Hannah Leigh.
* Innismurray. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
| No. 216. August 15, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* A “First-Class” Story; or, the Perils of Travelling Alone (Part 2). By Henry Mayhew.
* Florence Nightingale’s Latest Charity. By Harriet Martineau.
* Eleanor’s Victory (Part 24). By Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
* America Seventy Years Ago: An Imaginary Tour. By William Hardman.
* A Thought on Man.
| No. 217. August 22, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* The Cranberry and Its Allies. By Elizabeth Eiloart.
* Tom Morland’s Preferment (Part 1). By Anna Peake.
* Under an Elm. By George Wightwick.
* My Cats. By Francis Morton.
* A Sudden Rise. By Manley Hopkins.
* The Crusade Against the “Trawlers.” By Astley H. Baldwin.
* To the Swallow. By John Andrews.
| No. 218. August 29, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* The 9:30 Up-Train. By Sabine Baring-Gould.
* Die Fränkische Schweiz. By Charles L. Eastlake.
* Tom Morland’s Preferment (Part 2). By Anna Peake.
* Eleanor’s Victory (Part 26). By Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
* Bull-Baiting at Arles. By Horace Moule.
| No. 219. September 5, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Snakes in America. By Charles D. Shanly.
* An Industrial Chance for Gentlewomen. By Harriet Martineau.
* On the River. By Louisa Crow.
* The Chub. By Astley H. Baldwin.
* The Battle of the Cats. By Robert Lamb.
* Ana—Sir John Cochrane; Charlborough Park. By Edward Walford.
* The Fräulein’s Hair: An Episode of the Liberation War. By G. C. Swayne.
| No. 220. September 12, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Truffles, and Truffle Hunting. By J. Luard.
* Eleanor’s Victory (Part 28). By Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
* Volunteers of the Past. By Laura Valentine.
* Covered Up. By G. Phillips Bevan.
* Pedigree Wheat. By Edward Jesse.
* On the Rail (Part 1). By Edward Dicey.
* “Alone—Together.” By Evelyn Forest.
| No. 221. September 19, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Swans on the Thames.
* The Fishermen’s Home. By Harry Jones.
* The Gleaner’s Guide. By Eleanora Louisa Hervey.
* The Merits of Half-and-Half Training. By Harriet Martineau.
* Patent Ghosts. By W. Bridges Adams.
* The Melon (Part 1). By Elizabeth Eiloart.
* Sunlight at Evening. By Emma M. Pearson.
| No. 222. September 26, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* The Chillingham Ball. By Emma Newby.
* Four-and-Twenty Hours in a Newspaper Office. By Charles T. Browne.
* A Word on Herne’s Oak. By Edward Jesse.
* The Whiting. By Astley H. Baldwin.
* Eleanor’s Victory (Part 30). By Mary Elizabeth Braddon.
* Base Coin, Forged Notes, and Magsmen. By Rev. M. Holland.
* Dionysius the Schoolmaster. By Walter Thornbury.
| No. 223. October 3, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* On the Rail (Part 2). By Edward Dicey.
* The Rural Vermin Question. By Harriet Martineau.
* Chiapa Chocolate. By Sabine Baring-Gould.
* Pathmasters and Road-work in Canada. By Daniel Fowler.
* Legends of Charlemagne’s City—Introduction; The Founding of Aix-la-Chapelle. By Morgan J. O’Connell.
* Stanzas Written in Dejection. (From Li Bai.) By Francis Hastings Doyle.
* A Literary Piracy. By Samuel Lucas.
| No. 224. October 10, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Beppo, the Conscript (Part 1). By T. Adolphus Trollope.
* A Few Words on Our Meat. By Andrew Wynter.
* Dress and the Age (Part 1). By Manley Hopkins.
* How Thor Went to Fish for the Serpent Midgard. By Walter Thornbury.
* Sharks and Congers. By Charles Elton.
* The Melon (Part 2). By Elizabeth Eiloart.
* The Cemetery at Munich. By J. Palgrave Simpson.
* Legends of Charlemagne’s City—The Building of the Minster. By Morgan J. O’Connell.
* “Two Lives.” By Clare Fitzgerald.
| No. 225. October 17, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Beppo, the Conscript (Part 2). By T. Adolphus Trollope.
* Gold, Bread, and Something More. By Harriet Martineau.
* Falconry. By George Agar Hansard.
* Drawing by Machinery. By John Lovell.
* An Excursion After Chamois. By George Lumley.
* Autumn Leaves. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
* The Horse of the Desert. By Francis Hastings Doyle.
| No. 226. October 24, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Beppo, the Conscript (Part 3). By T. Adolphus Trollope.
* Block-Books. By Francis Morton.
* Ana—Ancient Inheritances; Scottish Pluck. By Edward Walford.
* Across the Sands. By John Harwood.
* An Autumn Birthday. By Manley Hopkins.
* Earthquakes and Their Results. By W. Bridges Adams.
* Wolf Lore. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
| No. 227. October 31, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Beppo, the Conscript (Part 4). By T. Adolphus Trollope.
* The Stag Beetle. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
* A Narrow Escape. By Laura Valentine.
* Buried History. By Andrew Wynter.
* The Brazilians of the Interior. By W. Martin Wood.
* Recent Shocks of Earthquakes.
* “The E’en Brings A’ Hame.” By Geraldine Fitzgerald.
| No. 228. November 7, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Beppo, the Conscript (Part 5). By T. Adolphus Trollope.
* An Autumn Walk in the New Forest. By Isabella Fenton.
* A Run of Luck. By Edward Dicey.
* A Cumberland Funeral. By J. Wykeham Archer.
* Sicilian Notes. By Lady Margaret Domville.
* “Long Ago.” By Lucy Brock.
* The Art of Thieving (Part 1). By Rev. M. Holland.
* Death in the Match-Box. By Andrew Wynter.
* “Time’s Answer.” By A. W. Harnett.
| No. 229. November 14, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Beppo, the Conscript (Part 6). By T. Adolphus Trollope.
* The Art of Thieving (Part 2). By Rev. M. Holland.
* Tragedy or Farce? By Alfred Marks.
* Legends of Charlemagne’s City—The Skeleton Guests; Danko the Bell-Founder. By Morgan J. O’Connell.
* “My Soul and I.” By Julia Goddard.
* Modern Old Age. By Harriet Martineau.
* Hedging Against Fate. By Andrew Wynter.
* The Witches’ Ride. By Walter Thornbury.
* Handeck. By John Andrews.
* Another Literary Pirate. By Samuel Lucas.
| No. 230. November 21, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Beppo, the Conscript (Part 7). By T. Adolphus Trollope.
* Queer Doings at Oddingley. By Alfred Marks.
* The School of Cookery. By Andrew Wynter.
* Midnight at Marshland Grange. By Arthur Locker.
* A Few Words about Sprats. By Astley H. Baldwin.
* “A Retrospect.” By Horace Moule.
* Curiosities of Cypher. By Sabine Baring-Gould.
* Llewellyn’s Vengeance. By Charles H. Williams.
* The Polish Mystery—the National Government. By Edward Dicey.
| No. 231. November 28, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Beppo, the Conscript (Part 8). By T. Adolphus Trollope.
* Extraordinary Dreams. By George Lumley.
* The Maiden of Lüneburg. By Richard S. Maurice.
* “Burn This Letter as Soon as Read.” By Manley Hopkins.
* Burial. By R. H. Vickers.
* Dress and the Age (Part 2). By Manley Hopkins.
* Continental Repose; or, a Month’s Relaxation. By Charles Cowden Clarke.
* “At Sempach.” By Arthur J. Munby.
| No. 232. December 5, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Beppo, the Conscript (Part 9). By T. Adolphus Trollope.
* The Rousing of the Nations. By Harriet Martineau.
* Fish-Ponds and Fish-Breeding. By James G. Bertram.
* Rizpah, Daughter of Aiah. By Francis Hastings Doyle.
* “He’s Not Come Yet.” By Walter Baynham.
| No. 233. December 12, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Beppo, the Conscript (Part 10). By T. Adolphus Trollope.
* At a Country Fair. By Rev. M. G. Watkins.
* Ballooning, Past and Present. By George Lumley.
* The Russian stations on the Sea of Japan. By W. Martin Wood.
* The Hail-Storm; or, the Death of Bui. (From the Ancient Norse.) By George Borrow.
* A Day in the Desert. By Samuel Bevan.
* A Golf Tournament in Scotland. By Henry James Moncreiff.
| No. 234. December 19, 1863. | Illustrated by |
* Beppo, the Conscript (Part 11). By T. Adolphus Trollope.
* Paper-Making in England. By John Timbs.
* Confessions of a Captive. By Thomas Steele.
* The Barberry. By Elizabeth Eiloart.
* Studios in Florence (Part 1). By Isa Blagden.
* Make-Believe Places of Business. By William Cyples.
* Victory, see Eleanor’s Victory
INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
BROWNE, H. K.—513, 724.
COOPER, A. W.—113.
CRANE, W.—713.
DU MAURIER, G.—15, 71, 127, 183, 239, 295, 351, 407.
GREEN, C.—1, 322, 337.
KEENE, CHARLES.—42, 169, 435, 463.
LAWLESS, M. J.—98, 393, 672.
MILLAIS, J. E.—491, 504, 519, 547, 575, 603, 631, 659, 687.
NORTH, J. W.—447.
PINWELL, G. J.—29, 57, 85, 225, 281, 378, 616.
SKELTON, P. J.—27, 111, 167, 275, 417.
SULMAN, T.—152, 223, 306, 391, 475, 531, 559, 643, 699, 708. TENNIEL, J.—154. WALKER, F.—309. WATSON, J. D.—210, 266. WOLF, J.—587.
DIAGRAMS AND MISCELLANEOUS.—161, 333, 344, 385, 427, 428, 429, 460, 461, 484, 485, 554, 637, 639, 655, 656, 657, 658.