This year sees the conclusion of several serials, but Shafts from an Eastern Quiver was overshadowed undoubtedly by the final set of Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, leading to the dramatic ending in the December issue.

The start of Volume 5 sees the first in the long-running series of Parliamentary sketches, From Behind the Speaker's Chair, by Henry W. Lucy, covering the characters of the current parliament as well as stories of parliamentarians of old (which for the time meant the mid-19th century).

The start of Volume 6 sees the start of Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax, over twelve parts and a sequel series in future issues. This follows the career of Dr. Halifax as he gets involved in a series of events, each connected with some malady or medical condition.

One individual article of interest is Future Dictates of Fashion, by W. Cade Gall, which occasionally attracts interest from people who misinterpret the drawings as a serious prediction of future fashion.

• Shafts from an Eastern Quiver, VII. Margarita, the Bond Queen of the Wandering Dhahs, by Charles J. Mansford.
• Illustrated Interviews. XIX. The Lord Bishop of Ripon, by Harry How.
• A Little Surprise, from the French of Abraham Dreyfus.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, VII. Zig-Zag Cursorean by Arthur Morrison.
• One and Two, by Walter Besant.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes XIV. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box, by A. Conan Doyle.
• Types of English Beauty.
• Perculiar Playing Cards, by George Clulow.
• The Courtship of Halil, by A. E. Burn.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair, by Henry W. Lucy.
• A Child's Tear, from the French of Edouard Lemoine.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • The Dwindling Hour, by J. F. Sullivan.
  • Pal's Puzzle Page by Jean de Paléologue
  • Mandrake Roots.
  • Cloaks and Overcoats of All Times.
  • The Hunter and the Bird.

• A Wedding Gift, by Leonard Outram.
• Hands, by Beckles Willson.
• Quastana, the Brigand, from the French of Alfonse Daudet.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, No. VII. Zig-Zag Phocine by Arthur Morrison.
• The Major's Commission, by W. Clark Russell.
• Peculiar Playing Cards, by George Clulow.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes XV. The Adventure of the Yellow Face, by A. Conan Doyle.
• Illustrated Interviews. XX. Dr. Barnardo, F.R.C.S., by Harry How.
• Beauties: Children.
• Shafts from an Eastern Quiver, VIII. The Masked Ruler of the Black Wreckers, by Charles J. Mansford.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair, by Henry W. Lucy.
• A Slave, from the Turkish of Leïla-Hanoum.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • The Story of the King’s Idea, by J. F. Sullivan.
  • Miscellaneous.
  • Pal's Puzzle Page by Jean de Paléologue
  • On the Sagacity of the Dog.

• A Game of Chess, from the French.
• Illustrated Interviews. No. XXI. Mr. and Mrs. Kendal, by Harry How.
• Author! Author!, by E. W. Hornung.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, IX. Zig-Zag Conkavian by Arthur Morrison.
• Shafts from an Eastern Quiver, IX. Maw-Sayah, the Keeper of the Great Burman Nat, by Charles J. Mansford.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair, by Henry W. Lucy.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes XVI. The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk, by A. Conan Doyle.
• Beauties.
• Hands, by Beckles Willson.
• Rosita, from the French of Pitre Chevalier.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • The N.P.M.C., by J. F. Sullivan.
  • Miscellaneous.
  • Drinking Vessels of All Times.
  • A Crocodile Story.

• Prince of Wales at Sandringham.
• Shafts from an Eastern Quiver, X. The Hunted Tribe of Three Hundred Peaks, by Charles J. Mansford.
• Weathercocks and Vanes, by Warrington Hogg.
• A Dark Transaction, by Marianne Kent.
• The Royal Humane Society.
• A Strange Reunion, by T. G. Atkinson.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair, by Henry W. Lucy.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  Adventure XVII. The Adventure of the Gloria Scott, by A. Conan Doyle.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, No. X. Zig-Zag Ophidian by Arthur Morrison.
• Types of English Beauty.
• The Nankeen Jacket, from the French of Gustave Guesviller.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • Old Joe's Picnic, by J. F. Sullivan.
  • The Horse and Its Occupations.
  • Vegetable Oddities.

• In the Shadow of the Sierras, by Iza Duffus Hardy.
• The Royal Humane Society.
• Shafts from an Eastern Quiver, No. XI. In Quest of the Lost Galleon, by Charles J. Mansford.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, XI. Zig-Zag Marsupial by Arthur Morrison.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes XVIII. The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual, by A. Conan Doyle.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair, by Henry W. Lucy.
• At Dead of Night, by Mrs. Ernest Newman.
• Illustrated Interviews. XXII. Sir Robert Rawlinson, by Harry How.
• Beauties: Children/.
• The Adjutant's Love Story, from the French of Alfred de Vigny.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • The Judge's Penance, by J. F. Sullivan.
  • Children of a 1000 Years.
  • Who Are These?

• Pierry and Baptiste, by Beckles Willson.
• Future Dictates of Fashion, by W. Cade Gall.
• Shafts from an Eastern Quiver, XII. The Daughter of Lovetski the Lost, by Charles J. Mansford.
• Illustrated Interviews. XXIII. Mr. Harry Furniss, by Harry How.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, XII. Zig-Zag Accipitral by Arthur Morrison.
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes XIX. The Adventure of the Reigate Squire, by A. Conan Doyle.
• Beauties.
• Lieutenant Gauthier, from the French of José de Campos.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair, by Henry W. Lucy.
• A Work of Accusation, by Harry How.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • A Use for Genius, by J. F. Sullivan.
  • Tables of All Ages.
  • Miscellaneous.

• Buckingham Palace, by Mary Spencer-Warren.
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes XX. The Adventure of the Crooked Man, by A. Conan Doyle.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, No. XIII. Zig-Zag Canine by Arthur Morrison.
• A Bottle of Madeira, by Angelo Lewis.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• He & She, from the French of Abraham Dreyfus.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair, by Henry W. Lucy.
• A Tragedy in the Air, by J. Laurence Hornibrook.
• Beauties: Children.
• Illustrated Interviews. XXIV. Mr. Edmund Yates, by Harry How.
• Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, I. My First Patient, by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • Among the Freaks: The Wild Man of Borneo, by W. L. Alden.
  • All Through a Lost Penny.

• Illustrated Interviews. XXV. Mr. Luke Fildes, by Harry How.
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes XXI. The Adventure of the Resident Patient, by A. Conan Doyle.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, XIV. Zig-Zag Corvine by Arthur Morrison.
• Capturing a Convict, by Richard Marsh.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, II. My Hypnotic Patient, by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax.
• A Story of Sweet Lavender, by Pleydell North.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair, by Henry W. Lucy.
• An Awkward Fix translated from the French.
• From London to Chicago, by James Mortimer.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • Among the Freaks: How the Fat Woman Eloped, by W. L. Alden.
  • Misc.

• A Brigand's Daughter in Belgravia, by Charles J. Mansford.
• White Lodge, by Mary Spencer-Warren.
• Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, III. Very Far West, by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair, by Henry W. Lucy.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Illustrated Interviews. XXVI. Mr. Hamo Thornycroft, by Harry How.
• Spiking the Guns, by C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne.
• Beauties: Children.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, XV. Zig-Zag Entomic by Arthur Morrison.
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes XXII. The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter, by A. Conan Doyle.
• Sun-Dials, by Warrington Hogg.
• The Slippers of Abou-Karem by Xavier Marmier.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • Among the Freaks: N'Shugie-Gumbo, by W. L. Alden.
  • Clocks of All Times
  • Oddities

• The Last Tramp, by Jules Claretie.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, XVI. Zig-Zag Pachydermatous by Arthur Morrison.
• A Career from a Kiss.
• Illustrated Interviews. XXVII. The Lord Mayor of London, by Harry How.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Guy Harkaway's Substitute, by M. P. Shiel.
• A Chapter on Ears
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes XXIII. The Adventure of the Naval Treaty, by A. Conan Doyle.
• Little-Pigley-in-the-Pound, by J. F. Sullivan.
• Some Famous Chairs, by F. G. Kitton.
• Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, IV. The Heir of Chartelpool, by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax.
• Beauties.
• A Heroic Daughter, from the German.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • Among the Freaks: A Gorilla Romance, by W. L. Alden.
  • Sailors of a Century
  • Pal's Puzzle Page by Jean de Paléologue

• The Royal Marriage from an Oriental Point of View, by Moulvie Rafiüddin Ahmad.
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes XXIII. The Adventure of the Naval Treaty (continued), by A. Conan Doyle.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair by Henry W. Lucy.
• A Haunted Villa of the Present Century.
• Great London Fires, by Sidney Greenwood.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, XVII. Zig-Zag Musteline by Arthur Morrison.
• Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, V. A Death Certificate, by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax.
• A Chapter on Ears
• Beauties: Children
• Illustrated Interviews. XXVIII. Sir Henry Halford, by Harry How.
• Ashik-Kerib, from the Russian of M. Lermontov.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • Among the Freaks: A Case of Dual Consciousness, by W. L. Alden.
  • Sailors of a Century
  • Pal's Puzzle Page by Jean de Paléologue

• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes XXIV. The Adventure of the Final Problem, by A. Conan Doyle.
• The Sultan of Turkey, by Moulvie Rafiüddin Ahmad.
• From Behind the Speaker's Chair by Henry W. Lucy.
• Monarchs and Muscle, by Phyllis Bentley.
• Stories from the Diary of a Doctor, VI. The Wrong Prescription, by L. T. Meade and Clifford Halifax.
• Towards the North Pole by Fridtjof Nansen.
• A Cemetery for Dogs by E. A. Brayley Hodgetts.
• The Powder-Mine by H. Greenhough Smith.
• Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

• Illustrated Interviews. XXIX. Sir George Lewis, by Harry How.
• Alfonso and Gregorio, or The Burning Island, from the French of Camille Debans.
• Beauties
• The Music of Nature by A. T. Camden Pratt.
• Literary Coincidence by E. W. Hornung.
• Zig-Zags at the Zoo, XVIII. Zig-Zag Piscine by Arthur Morrison.
• An Unpublished Letter of Charles Kean
• Transformation Scenes: How They Are Made and Worked.
• A Christmas Story, from the French of Sarah Bernhardt.
• The Queer Side of Things
  • Among the Freaks: The Mermaid, by W. L. Alden.
  • Pal's Puzzle Page by Jean de Paléologue