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Articles in this issue

• Our Ward Dulcie (opens in a new tab)

  The opening chapters of an illustrated serial story centred around a cycling character named Dulcie.
• A Cyclist's Holiday (opens in a new tab)

  A first-person account of a cycling holiday, describing routes, scenery, and experiences.
• Tricycling in Switzerland and Italy by Two Ladies (opens in a new tab)

  A narrative by two women cyclists of a tricycling tour through Switzerland and northern Italy.
• Ireland from a Tricycle (opens in a new tab)

  Two women, neither in robust health, describe how they ordered a sociable tricycle from England and toured Ireland on it.
• Through the Mourne Mountains (opens in a new tab)

  An account of a cycling journey through the Mourne Mountains of County Down in Ireland.
• The Cyclists' Future (opens in a new tab)

  A speculative essay on the prospects for cycling as transport and sport in coming years.
• London to John-o'-Groat's on a Tricycle (opens in a new tab)

  A narrative account of an ambitious end-to-end tricycle journey from London to John o'Groats.
• Found Drowned: Part IV (opens in a new tab)

  The fourth instalment of a serialised cycling mystery story.
• Riding on a Wheel (opens in a new tab)

  A short verse, reprinted from Our Continent, celebrating the silent, tireless glide of a rubber-tyred wheel past woodlands, orchards and village onlookers.
• Recreation (opens in a new tab)

  An essay distinguishing recreation from pleasure and from work, arguing that cycling is a wholesome recreation.
• Musings by "Junius Junior" (opens in a new tab)

  A humorous first-person piece wondering why every clubman touches his cap to the writer and his friend "The Shadow".
• Dorset Ditties (opens in a new tab)

  Verse by "Bywater, of the Sherborne", this number No. 4, an Ode to a Sunflower sent by parcel post to a lady cyclist.
• The Improvement of the Tricycle as Affected by Road Rides (opens in a new tab)

  A technical article on how practical road use has driven improvements in tricycle design.
• Gravel and Cinders (opens in a new tab)

  A review of the 1883 English wheel-racing season, ranking Liles, Gaskell, Sutton, Robinson and Speechley.
• How the Wheel World Wags (opens in a new tab)

  Club news, racing notes, and cycling affairs from across Britain.
• Cycling Celebrities: Mr. Charles Edgar Liles (opens in a new tab)

  A biographical profile and portrait of London Athletic Club cyclist Charles Edgar Liles.
• Ananias Upon Wheels (opens in a new tab)

  A comic poem by V. Aubrey Goodman about a cyclist who tells tall tales of his bicycle's feats.
• Jottings from the Emerald Isle (opens in a new tab)

  Irish cycling news including the Kilmallock Sports and the Victoria B.C., with race results from Dublin clubs.
• Amongst the Clubs (opens in a new tab)

  Short club notes on the Roebuck inn at Buckhurst Hill, the Oceola, Electric, Rovers and City of London bicycle clubs.
• Racing Register for 1883 (opens in a new tab)

  Continued record of bicycle racing results for the year.
• Patent Record (opens in a new tab)

  A list of applications for letters patent for bicycles and tricycles compiled by Hart & Co., Fleet Street, from September and October 1883.
• Nickel or 'Namel: A November Experience (opens in a new tab)

  A comic verse on the cyclist's winter chore of cleaning nickel plate, with enamel as the remedy and makers Eld, Adamson and Welch named.