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| 1. | The New Houses of Parliament: designed by Barry, opened 1852 | Frontispiece |
| 2. | Early British Pottery | 9 |
| 3. | Roman London | 15 |
| 4. | Remains of a Viking Ship, from a Cairn at Gokstad | 22 |
| 5. | Martyrdom of St. Edmund by the Danes | 31 |
| 6. | Saxon Horsemen | 33 |
| 7. | Saxon Church at Bradford-on-Avon, Wilts | 36 |
| 8. | City Gates | 39 |
| 9. | Remains of the Wall | 40 |
| 10. | Part of the Roman Wall at Leicester | 41 |
| 11. | Tower in the Earlier Style. Church at Earl's Barton | 44 |
| 12. | A Norman Ship | 46 |
| 13. | Building a Church in the later Style | 47 |
| 14. | Lay Costumes in the Twelfth Century | 50 |
| 15. | Costume of Shepherds in the Twelfth Century | 51 |
| 16. | Ecclesiastical Costume in the Twelfth Century | 52 |
| 17. | Royal Arms of England from Richard I. to Edward III. | 54 |
| 18. | Old London Bridge | 57 |
| 19. | The Tower of London | 61, 64 |
| 20. | A Bed in the Reign of Henry III. | 67 |
| 21. | Interior of the Hall at Penshurst, Kent | 71 |
| 22. | The Upper Chamber or Solar at Sutton Courtenay Manor-house | 73 |
| 23. | The Lepers Begging | 77 |
| 24. | London before the Spire of St. Paul's was burned; showing the Bridge, Tower, Shipping, &c. | 83 |
| 25. | Old St. Paul's, from the East | 85 |
| 26. | Old St. Paul's on Fire | 87 |
| 27. | West Front of St. Paul's Cathedral Church. (Built by Sir Christopher Wren) | 89 |
| 28. | Paul's Cross | 92 |
| 29. | Bermondsey Abbey | 96 |
| 30. | Ruins of Gateway of Bermondsey Abbey | 97 |
| 31. | Christ's Hospital | 99 |
| 32. | Chepe in the Fifteenth Century | 108 |
| 33. | Large Ship and Boat of the Fifteenth Century | 111 |
| 34. | A Sea-Fight | 113 |
| 35. | Durham, Salisbury, and Worcester Houses | 125 |
| 36. | Bear-baiting | 128 |
| 37. | Shooting at the Butts with the Long-bow | 129 |
| 38. | Tomb of Edward III. in Westminster Abbey |
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