Lord Gough (_After the Portrait by Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A._) 149 Daniel O’Connell 153 The Four Courts, Dublin 156 Old Parliament House, Dublin 157 The Emperor Nicholas 161 Cathedral of St. Isaac, St. Petersburg 164 Joseph Mazzini 165 The Marble Hall, Buckingham Palace 168 The Queen and the Reapers at Blair Castle 169 Reception of Louis Philippe at Windsor Castle 173 Burleigh House, Stamford 176 Osborne, Isle of Wight 180 The Duke of Wellington at Windsor Castle 181 Maynooth College 184 Lord Lyndhurst 185 Favourite Dogs (_After Etchings by the Queen_) 186 The Overland Route: Scene at Boulak 189 View in Malines 193 The Queen and Prince Albert at the Children’s Fête in Coburg on St. Gregory’s Day 196 The Castle of the Wartburg 200 George Wilson, Chairman of the Anti-Corn-Law League 201 The Houses of Parliament 205 The Irish Famine: Starving Peasants at a Work-house Gate 208 Lord George Bentinck 209 The Deputation from London and Dublin Corporations before the Queen 213 Meeting of Agricultural Labourers at Wootton Bassett 217 Dog’s Head (_Drawn and Etched by the Prince Consort_) 219 The Queen Opening Parliament in 1846 _To face_ 220 Opening of Parliament in 1846: Arrival of the Royal Procession at the House of Lords 221 St. Stephen’s Cloisters, Westminster Hall 224 Lord Stanley (afterwards Earl of Derby) 225 Sir James Graham 228 View in Oregon: the Columbia River and Mount Hood 229 The British Army Crossing the Sutlej 232