An 1862 Illustrated London News article describing the cotton machinery shown at the International Exhibition in London, mainly the Platt Brothers of Oldham display. It follows cotton from ginning, opening, carding, lap-doubling, drawing, slubbing and roving through spinning on the self-acting mule, then covers sizing and the hand and power loom. It ends with short notes on cloth types such as calico, shirting, chintz, gingham and muslin. Engravings show the Platt machines and the stages of cotton from plant to yarn.

A short article from the Illustrated London News of December 26, 1868, describing a pen of three Hungarian mountain sheep shown at the Smithfield Club cattle show. It describes their long, hairy wool, their ibex-like horns, their age and combined weight, and compares them with Lonk and Scotch blackface sheep. A page with an engraving of the sheep accompanies the text.

Illustrated London News article describing the presentation of a stained-glass memorial window to the Corporation of London at Guildhall in July 1868. The window was given by Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire cotton workers in thanks for the more than £500,000 in relief distributed through the Mansion House Committee during the cotton famine of 1862-5. The text details the window's design, figures and inscription, the deputation, and the speeches. An engraving shows the crowded Guildhall interior with the window.