Dr. Döllinger 576 Palace of the Quirinal, Rome 577 Siege of Paris: Map of the Fortifications 580 L. A. Thiers 581 Evacuation of Metz 585 Léon Gambetta 589 German Troops passing under the Arc de Triomphe in Paris 593 Mr. (afterwards Viscount) Cardwell 597 Procession of Match-Makers to Westminster 601 The Prince of Wales (afterwards Edward VII.) in his Robes as a Bencher of the Middle Temple 604 The Thanksgiving Service in St. Paul's Cathedral 605 LIST OF PLATES WINDSOR CASTLE. (_By Alfred W. Hunt, R.W.S._) _Frontispiece_ THE OPENING BY QUEEN VICTORIA OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION IN HYDE PARK. (_By H. C. Selous._) _To face p._ 9 THE WRECK OF H.M.S. _Birkenhead_. (_By Thomas M. Henry_) " 14 SAVING THE COLOURS: THE GUARDS AT INKERMAN. (_By Robert Gibb, R.S.A._) " 41 THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE AT BALACLAVA. (_By R. Caton Woodville_) " 62 "ALL THAT WAS LEFT OF THEM, LEFT OF SIX HUNDRED." (_By R. Caton Woodville_) " 86 QUEEN VICTORIA REVIEWING THE CRIMEAN VETERANS (1854). (_By Sir John Gilbert, R.A., P.R.W.S._) " 90 LORD RAGLAN VIEWING THE STORMING OF THE REDAN AT THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. (_By R. Caton Woodville_) " 126 MAP OF INDIA, 1856. " 182 THE FLIGHT FROM LUCKNOW. (_By A. Solomon_) " 217 THE SECOND RELIEF OF LUCKNOW, 1857. (_By Thomas J. Barker_) " 262 THE NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. (_By Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., P.R.A., D. C.L., etc._) " 287 QUEEN VICTORIA AT OSBORNE. (_By Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A._) " 326 THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, 1863. (_By G. H. Thomas_) " 338 A COTTAGE BEDSIDE AT OSBORNE. (_Gourlay Steell, R.S.A._) " 408 MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS HELENA. (_By C. Magnussen_) " 412 THE WHITE TOWER, TOWER OF LONDON. (_By H. E. Tidmarsh_) " 481 W. E. GLADSTONE. (_By Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., P.R.A._) " 500 REARING THE LION'S WHELPS. (_By W. L. Wyllie, A.R.A._) " 544 THE THANKSGIVING SERVICE, 27TH OF FEBRUARY, 1872: THE PROCESSION AT LUDGATE HILL. (_By N. Chevalier_) " 602 [Illustration: _Reproduced by André & Sleigh, Ltd., Bushey, Herts._ WINDSOR CASTLE.