| Alfonso XIII. and Queen Victoria of Spain | frontispiece |
| From a photograph by Franzen, Madrid. | |
| TO FACE PAGE | |
| Maria Luisa, Queen of Charles IV. | 8 |
| From the painting by Goya in the Museo del Prado. | |
| Maria Antonia, Princess of Asturias, First Wife of Ferdinand VII. | 34 |
| From an engraving. | |
| Maria Isabel Francisca of Braganza, Second Wife of Ferdinand VII. | 84 |
| From an engraving. | |
| Maria Josefa Amalia, Third Wife of Ferdinand VII. | 92 |
| From an engraving. | |
| Maria Cristina, Fourth Wife of Ferdinand VII. and Mother of Isabella II. | 106 |
| From an original painting. | |
| Don Carlos de Bourbon, Duke of Madrid | 112 |
| From a photograph. | |
| Marshal Prim | 122 |
| From an engraving. | |
| General Espartero, Prince of Vergara | 128 |
| From a painting by Casado del Alisal. | |
| Marshal Leopoldo O’Donnell, Duke of Tetuan | 138 |
| From an engraving. | |
| Reception of Isabella II. at the Escorial | 150 |
| From a painting by Benjumea. | |
| Isabella II., Queen of Spain | 162 |
| From a painting by Madrazo. | |
| The Council of Ministers of Isabella II. declares War against Morocco | 184 |
| From a painting by Benjumea. | |
| General Narvaez | 214 |
| From a photograph. | |
| Emilio Castelar | 224 |
| From a photograph. | |
| Amadeus of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, afterwards King of Spain | 226 |
| From a photograph by J. Laurent, Madrid. | |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Luis de Figuerola Ferretti | 242 |
| From a painting by Miss A. J. Challice, exhibited at the Royal Academy, London. | |
| King Alfonso XII. visiting Cholera Patients at Aranjuez | 252 |
| From a painting by J. Bermudo y Mateos. | |
| Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias, and his late Wife, the Infanta Mercedes | 266 |
| From a photograph by Franzen, Madrid. | |
| Praxedes Mateo Sagasta, Liberal Prime Minister | 274 |
| From a photograph. | |
| Death of Alfonso XII. | 276 |
| From a painting by J. A. Benlliure y Gil. | |
| Antonio Canovas del Castillo, Conservative Prime Minister | 292 |
| From a photograph. | |
| The Infanta Maria Teresa and King Alfonso XIII. | 294 |
| From a photograph by Debas, Madrid. | |
| Alfonso XIII., King of Spain | 306 |
| From a photograph by Franzen, Madrid. | |
| The Queen-Mother Maria Cristina of Spain | 310 |
| From a photograph by Debas, Madrid. | |
| Victoria Eugénie, Queen of Spain | 314 |
| From a photograph by J. Beagles and Co. | |
| Queen Victoria of Spain and the Queen-Mother at a Bull-fight | 316 |
| From a photograph. | |
| Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, Brother-in-law of Alfonso XIII. | 318 |
| From a photograph by Baumann, Münich. | |
| The Infanta Maria Teresa, afterwards Wife of Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria | 320 |
| From a photograph by Franzen, Madrid. | |
| Christening of the Prince of Asturias, Son of Alfonso XIII. | 338 |