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Page 301 (a) of Every Saturday, published September 23, 1871, titled "Shaker Evans at Home," showing a Shaker worship meeting in the meeting room of the dwelling house of the Mount Lebanon North Family. The engraving was based upon sketches made by Houghton when he visited the North Family in December of 1869 as part of a series, "Graphic America," for which he traveled to numerous locations in the United States. This illustration was printed to coincide with a missionary trip and lecture tour that Elder Frederick Evans made to England that summer, and it shows Elder Frederick Evans standing at center, holding an open book in one hand and looking to his left. At right are a row of seated brethren. At left are several rows of seated sisters and to Elder Frederick's immediate right are three little girls, the same girls seen in "Dinner-Time at Mount Lebanon," "Shakers at Meeting. The Religious Dance." and "Shakers at Meeting. The Final Procession." Elder Frederick reportedly disliked the illustration; after it was reprinted in Harper's Weekly, the editors of Harper's wrote that Elder Frederick felt "aggrieved" and assured them that "it was simply a caricature, and that it was drawn with malicious intent." Also present is (b) page 295 of Every Saturday, September 23, 1871, which on the right-most column has a paragraph of text, "The Shaker Evans."