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The aquatic vivarium at the Zoological Gardens.
(Illustrated London News. 1853.)

The aquatic vivarium.
(From the Literary Gazette.1853)

Z.S.L. Secretary’s Report, 1854.
(Zoologist. Volume 12. Page 4277.)

The Aquarium. D. W. Mitchell. 1855.
(Popular Guide to the Gardens of the Z.S. L.)

The Aquarium Simplified.
(Home Friend. 1856, pp130-132.)

Parlour Aquaria. 1865.
(Family Friend.)

Aquarium Difficulties.
Hardwike’s Science Gossip.1865.

The Fish House. P. L. Sclater. 1867.
(Popular Guide to the Gardens of the Z.S.L.)

The Crystal Palace aquarium.
(Illustrated London News. 1871.)

Three articles by Edward Newman, editor of the Zoologist on W.A.Lloyd.
(Zoologist 1873.)
Article 1; The Crystal Palace Aquarium Handbook.
Article 2; Era II. Literary, Poetic and Fashionable.
Article 3; Era III. — Commercial and Ambitious.