Aberdeen Journal (1838), 10 October, Issue 4735: (1843), 23 August, Issue 4989 (British Library Newspapers Database (BLN)).
Argus (Melbourne) (1893), 23 January: 6; 24 January: 6; 30 January: 7; 6 February: 7; 13 February: 7; 21 February: 6; 6 March: 6; 13 March: 6.
Belfast Newsletter (Belfast) (1882), 6 March: 5 (BLN).
Billboard (1925), 27 June: 62.
Birmingham Daily Post (1860), 31 July: 2 (BLN).
Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol) (1882), 6 March: 8.
Bulletin (Sydney) (1892), 4 February: 9; 26 November: 8; (1893), 28 January: 6; 19 November: 6; (1900), 1 December: 8.
Daily News (London) (1872), 6 January: 5; (1882), 17 March: 6 (BLN).
Derby Mercury (Derby) (1872), 17 January: 6 (BLN).
Ellis County Mirror (Texas) (1902), 9 October: no page, advertisement for Ringling Brothers Circus.
Era (1872), 14 January: 5; (1877), 16 September: 4 (BLN).
Freeman’s Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland) (1838), 26 September, no page (BLN).
Hull Packet (Hull) (1840), 18 December: 8 (BLN).
Illustrated London News (1843), 21 January: 44; (1861). 2 February: 90.
Jackson’s Oxford Journal (Oxford) (1843), 13 May: 3 (BLN).
Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper (London) (1877), 16 September: 5 (BLN).
Lyttleton Times (Christchurch, NZ) (1901), 4 January: 6; (1902), 18 February: 5; 10 March: 5.
Manchester Times (1884), 23 August: 5; (1891), 27 March: 4 (BLN).
Manchester Times and Gazette (1845), 9 August: 3 (BLN).
New York Clipper (1872), 27 January: 339; 3 February: 347; 10 February: 355; 24 February: 371; 23 March: 408; 30 March: 415; 13 April: 12, 15; 18 May: 55; 25 May: 60, 63; 1 June: 71; 15 June: 87; 22 June: 95; 29 June: 103; 6 July: 108, 111; 17 August: 153, 161; 7 September: 179; 21 September: 199; 12 October: 223; 9 November: 225; 16 November: 263; 21 December: 298; (1873), 4 January: 316; 18 January: 335; 1 February: 351; 8 March: 391–92.
New Zealand Mail (1893), 12 May: 32; (1894), 12 January: 18, 19; 19 January: 2, 21, 27; 26 January: 23, 19; (1879), 29 November: 3.
Newcastle Courant (1847), 13 August: 3.
Operative (London) (1839), 6 January: 11.
Preston Chronicle and Lancaster Advertiser (1841), 23 January: 2, a reprinted review from Manchester Guardian (BLN).
Sydney Morning Herald (1892), 21 November: 6.
Times (London) (1838), 11 September: 5; (1882), 21 February: 10; 24 February: 10; 18 March: 5; 27 March: 10; (1883), 18 March: 5; 22 December: 8; (1899) 8 May: 14; (1900), 16 January: 4; (1928), 21 January: 11–12.
Alexandra Palace. Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper (London) (1877), 16 September: 5 (BLN).
Burning of Barnum’s circus, museum and menagerie. New York Clipper (1873), 4 January: 316.
Carter and his lions. Hull Packet (Hull) (1840), 18 December (BLN).
Circuses. New York Clipper (1872), 27 January: 339; 3 February: 355; 10 February: 359; 24 February: 371; 23 March: 408; 13 April: 12, 15; 18 May: 55; 25 May: 63; 15 June: 87; 22 June: 95; 29 June: 103; 6 July: 111; 17 August: 161; 7 September: 179; 21 September: 199; 12 October: 223; 9 November: 225; 16 November: 263; 21 December: 298; (1873), 18 January: 335; 1 February: 351; 8 March: 391–92.
Elephants, to the editor of Times. Times (London) (1883), 18 March: 5.
Fillis circus. New Zealand Mail (1893), 12 May: 32.
Jumbo, to the editor of Times. Times (London) (1882), 24 February: 10.
Lion taming. Manchester Times (1884), 23 August: 5 (BLN).
Lions and lion tamers. New York Clipper (1872), 13 April: 12.
Lions and lion taming. Daily News (London) (1872), 6 January: 5 (BLN).
Lions at Astley’s. Illustrated London News (1861), 2 February: 90.
Lion-taming exhibitions. Derby Mercury (Derby) (1872), 17 January: 6 (BLN).
Literature. Operative (London) (1839), 6 January: 10, 11.
Mlle La Rosa accidentally shot and killed. New York Clipper (1872), 30 March: 415.
Menageries and lion tamers. Manchester Times (1891), 27 March: 4.
Miscellaneous. New York Clipper (1872), 1 June: 71.
Mr Van Amburgh and his lions at the English opera house. Illustrated London News (1843), 21 January: 44.
Prince Charles Bonaparte. New York Clipper (1872), 6 July: 108.
Provincial theatricals. Era (1872), 14 January: 5 (BLN).
Sundry shows. Bulletin (Sydney) (1900), 1 December: 8.
The exhibition with lions at Fillis’s circus. Argus (Melbourne) (1893), 24 January: 6.
The Great Britain Exhibition. Times (London) (1899), 9 May: 14.
The lion act at Fillis’s circus. Argus (Melbourne) (1893), 24 January: 6.
The Nubians at the Alexandra Palace. Era (1877), 16 September: 4.
The sale of Jumbo [by telegraph]. Belfast Newsletter (Belfast) (1882), 6 March: 5 (BLN).
The tenting season. New York Clipper (1872), 13 April: 12.
The Zoological Society and Jumbo. Daily News (London) (1882), 17 March: 6 (BLN).
Tiger fighting in Java. New York Clipper (1872), 25 May: 60.
To Lalla Rookh. New York Clipper (1872), 30 March: 414.
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