The Albert Memorial, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh 501 Holyrood Palace, from the South-east 504 Sir James Falshaw (_From a Photograph by J. Moffat, Edinburgh_) 505 Lord Beaconsfield at the Banquet in the Guildhall 508 General View of Constantinople 509 Trooping the Colours in St. James’s Park on the Queen’s Birthday _To face_ 513 Lord Cairns (_From a Photograph by Russell and Sons_) 513 Horseshoe Cloisters, Windsor Castle 517 Lord Derby (_From a Photograph by Elliott and Fry_) 521 The Tower of Galata, Constantinople 525 Russian Wounded Leaving Plevna 528 Hughenden Manor (_From a Photograph by Taunt and Co._) 529 The Queen’s Visit to Hughenden: at High Wycombe Railway Station 533 Prince Gortschakoff 537 Russo-Turkish War: Map showing Position of Russian and Turkish Lines outside of Constantinople, and of the British Fleet 540 The Marina, Larnaca, Cyprus 544 Salonica 545 Prince Bismarck (_From the Photograph by Loescher and Petsch, Berlin_) 548 Shere Ali, Ameer of Cabul 553 The Queen Reviewing the Fleet at Spithead 557 The Albert Memorial, Kensington 561 Isandhlwana: the Dash with the Colours 565 Baveno, on Lago Maggiore 568 The Villa Clara, Baveno 569 The Duchess of Connaught 572 The Duke of Connaught 573 Marriage of the Duke of Connaught (_From the Picture by S. P. Hall_) 576 Queen Victoria (1887) _To face_ 577 The Mausoleum, Frogmore 577 Osborne House, from the Gardens (_From a Photograph by J. Valentine and Sons_) 581 The First Tay Bridge, from the South 584 Windsor Castle: a Peep from the Dean’s Garden 585