CONTENTS OE VOL. I. 
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Introduction 1 
Ancient Greek and Roman Field Sports. By the 
Rev. W. Houghton, M.A., F.L.S. ( Illustrated ) — 
Part I. Fishing . . . . .2 
Part II. Stag-hunting in the Time of Xenophon 65 
Part III. Wild-Boar Hunting . . . 237 
Rambles among the Crim Tartars beyond the 
Seat op War. By W. B. Lord, Boyal Artillery 
6, 38, 76, 111 
The New Vegetable (Ba/phanus caudatus). By J. R. 
Jackson, of the Royal Museum, Kew. ( illustrated ) 8 
The Mackerel. By W. B. Lord, Royal Artillery . 9 
The Paris Societe d’Acclimatation . . .10 
The Breed op Horses in England and France 11 
Scene on the Logier River, Zambesi. The full- 
striped Quagga. By Thomas Baines, F.R.G.S. 
( Illustrated ) . . . . • • .12 
The Ailanthus Silkworm ( Bombyx Cynthia), and 
its Culture in England. By W. B. Teget- 
meier. ( Illustrated ) . . . . . .14 
A Garden in May. From the Danish. By H. Ward. 
( Illustrated ) . . . . . . .16 
On Sketching prom Nature. By Aaron Penley, 
Professor of Landscape-Painting at the Boyal 
Military Academy, Woolwich. ( Illustrated ) 
18, 48, 81, 114, 183 
Foreign Archaeological Notes . . .19, 118 
The Paris Exhibition, 1867. By G. W. Yapp 22, 82, 180 
The Drama and the Stage . . 26, 88, 185, 248 
Parisian Chapeaux. By K. E. F. ( Illustrated ) . 27 
Art Notes prom the Continent. By G. W. Yapp 27, 115 
The Royal Academy 31 
English Farming in the Sixteenth Century . 33 
Buceros Nipalensis. By Capt. Warren. ( Illustrated ) 37 
The Honey-Hunters op South Africa. By T. 
Baines, F.R.G.S. ( Illustrated ) . . . .39 
Athletics 42 
The Ancient Records op France . . .42 
The National Portrait Exhibition . . .44 
The French and Flemish Gallery . . .45 
On Mummies. By S. Birch, LL.D. ( Illustrated ) 45, 97 
A Handful op Sand 49 
French Art. The Salon op 1866. By G. W. Yapp 50 
The East 53 
Remarks on Similar Forms of Butterplies prom 
Similar Climates. By Arthur G. Butler, F.Z.S., 
Assistant, Zoological Department, British Museum. 
( Illustrated ) ' . . . . . . .54 
Reviews — L ieut. Oliver’s Madagascar and theMalagaslcy 56 
Linley’s History of the Ti-ping Revolution 57 
Wynter’s Our Social Bees . . . .57 
Hardwieke’s Crown Peerage . . .57 
Pennell’s Fishing Gossip . . . .57 
Elwes’s Legend of the Mount . . .57 
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Reviews ( continued ) — 
Alfred B. Richards, In Memoriam, &c. . 191 
Smith’s Ferns, British and Foreign . . 192 
Boner’s Guide for Travellers . . . 192 
Charlesworth’s Transparent-covered Collec- 
tion-boxes . . . . . .192 
“An Old Indian’s” From Calcutta to the 
Snowy Range ..... 250 
Blackburn’s Travelling in Spain in 1866 . 251 
Rivington’s Rubricated Cambridge Prayer 
Book 252 
Music at Home and Abroad 
58, 89, 122, 159, 189, 244, 246 
The Old Masters at the British Institution 60 
Notes on Fans. ( Illustrated ) . . . .61 
The Academy, the Chief Commissioner, and the 
National Gallery ...... 62 
Fine Art Auctions 63, 243 
Olla Podrida 64, 96, 252 
Fishing with the Green Elm Caterpillar. By 
W. B. Lord, Royal Artillery . . . .68 
The Welwitschia mirabilis. Plant of the Hykam- 
kop, South-West Africa. By T. Baines, F.R.G.S. 
( Illustrated ) ....... 69 
Lithographic Stone. By W. B. Lord, Royal Artillery 74 
In Search op a Climate. (Winter in the South of 
Europe) 78 
The Tusseh Silkworm op India. By W. B. Lord, 
Royal Artillery. ( Illustrated ) . . . .85 
The Needle Gun. ( Illustrated ) . . . .90 
Fine Arts 93 
On a Coin recently acquired by the British 
Museum 95 
Concerning Jackdaws 96 
The Story op a Scene-Painter. By Dutton Cook . 100 
The Whistling Sand-Grouse op India. By W. B. 
Lord, Royal Artillery. ( Illustrated ) . . .105 
Fearful Contest in an Omnibus. By II. Noel 
Humphreys ........ 107 
Sulphuret op Iron. By W. B. Lord, Royal Artillery 113 
Marks and Monograms, Pottery and Porcelain 
120, 137 
Articles de Paris. ( Illustrated ) .... 123 
Henri Taine’s Travels in Italy . . .124 
Destructive Insects. By G. W. Y. 125 
Bible Texts Explained and Illustrated . .126 
A Hard Geological Nut 127 
Concerning Insects commonly called Death- 
Watches. By the Rev. W. Houghton, M.A., 
F.L.S 129 
A Few Words upon the Luminosity of Lanthorn- 
Flies. By Arthur G. Butler, F.Z.S. ( Illustrated ) 133 
Before Breakfast on the Bridge op Lismore. 
By William Peard, M.D. . . . . .135 
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