John McLenan's Plates for Bulwer-Lytton's A Strange Story

Philip V. Allingham, Contributing Editor, Victorian Web; Lakehead University

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1. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton
2. No. 1, Ch. 1-2: "Close where I stood yawned the open jaws of the fell anaconda," etc.
3. No. 1, Ch. 1-2: "Suddenly I felt my arm grasped," etc.,
4. No. 4: uncaptioned, 5.5 cm wide by 10.5 cm high, p. 558 top [31 August 1861].
5. No. 4, Ch. 9-12: "I had not yet asked you to be my friend. I ask it now."
6. No. 5, Ch. 13-15: uncaptioned.
7. No. 5, Ch. 13-15: "Lillian was wrapped with unnecessary care," etc..
8. No. 7, Ch. 18-21: uncaptioned.
9. No. 7, Ch. 18-21: "A silvery whiteness — vaguely shaped as a human form — receding, fading, gone!"
10. No. 8, Ch. 22-23: uncaptioned.
11. No. 8, Ch. 22-23: "He was resting one hand carelessly on the golden locks of a child," etc.
12. No. 11, Ch. 28-29: "I looked, and to my surprise I saw Margrave descending the stately stairs that led from the front door."
13. No. 12, Ch. 30: uncaptioned [a monkey climbing a tree].
14. No. 12, Ch. 30: "Resting one hand on my shoulder, he pointed with the other toward the threshold of the ball-room."
15. No. 13, Ch. 31-32: uncaptioned.
16. No. 13, Ch. 31-32: "When I found myself in the street, I turned round and saw Margrave still standing at the open window," etc.
17. No. 15, Ch. 36-38: uncaptioned.
18. No. 15, Ch. 36-38: "So we walked on moodily, no longer arm in arm, nor hand in hand."
19. No. 16, Ch. 39: uncaptioned.
20. No. 16, Ch. 39: "When he recovered his head was leaning on Haroun knee," etc.
21. No. 17, Ch. 41-2: uncaptioned.
22. No. 18, Ch. 41-2: "She turned away her face, and resigned her hand to me in silence."
23. No. 19, Ch. 43-45: uncaptioned.
24. No. 19, Ch. 43-5: "I seated myself on a bench, placed between the clipped yew-trees," etc. p. 796 top centre [14 December 1861], incident illustrated, end of Ch. 44 (page 795).
25. nstalment No. 20, Ch. 46-50: uncaptioned.
26. No. 20, Ch. 46-50: "A white doe, that even my presence could not scare away from him, stood patiently by his side," etc., p. 811 bottom left [21 December 1861], incident illustrated, end of Ch. 49 (page 811).

Parts that appeared without illustrations

• No. 6 [14 September 1861] is unillustrated: Ch. 16-17, pp. 590-1.
• No. 9 and 10 [5 and 12 October 1861], containing Ch. 24 only and Ch. 25-7 respectively, are unillustrated: pp. 638-9 and 654-5.
• No. 14 [9 November 1861], containing Ch. 34-35, is unillustrated: pages 711 and 714. N. B. Ch. 33 appears to have misnumbered as Ch. 34.
• No. 17 [30 November 1861], Ch. 40, is unillustrated: pages 766-67.
• No. 21 [28 December 1861], Ch. 51-54, is unillustrated: pages 826-7.

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