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Jan to June
January 2nd
' The Steamer Thooreah With King Theebaw on Board, Passing Down the Irrawaddy ' from a Sketch by Our Special Artist Mr Melton Prior - front page - info Thayetmyo - Ayeyarwady - Burma - Myanmar - Thibaw Min
' Sketches en Route to Burmah - Distinguished Passenger General Sir F. Roberts - - - Our Captain P and O Co.s Steamer Paramatta - - - Passengers on the Look OUt in the Suez Canal - - - Afternoon Tea Party in the Red Sea - - - A Perplexed Lottery Manager - - - IN the Music Miel Room - - - Summer and Winter ' full page print from engraving by A. Forestier Sleekburnc.
New Members of the Ho0use of Commons
' Mister R. Chamberlain - West Islington '
' Mister Joseph Arch - North West Norfolk '
' Mister Lionel Cohen - North Paddington '
' Sir R. Temple - S. Worcestershire '
' Captain E. Field - South Sussex '
' Mr W. Beckett-Denison - Bassetlaw, Notts '
' Mr G. C. T. Bartley - North Islington '
' Mr F. A. Channing - E. Northamptonshire '
' Mr W. R. Cremer - Haggerston '
' Mr J. E. Ellis - Rushcliffe, Leicestershire '
' Mr J. G. Gibson QC - Walton, Liverpool '
' Mr R. L. Everett - South East Suffolk '
' Mr F. B. Mildmay - South West Devon '
' Mr T. Watson - South East Derbyshire '
' Mr T. Watson - South East Derbyshire '
' Mr C. T. Murdoch - Reading ' Sleekburnc.
' Mr T. G. Ashton - Hyde Cheshire '
Full page
' The Police and The Dogs ' full page of comical sketches
' Distribution of Food to the Poor by the Mayor of Liverpool ' full page print fro mengraving
' Sir Oswald W. Brierly - Marine painte to Queen Victoria '
' Sir Robert More Molyneux KCB Captain RN '
' The Pricnce of Wales at Messrs Doultons Art Pottery Works in Lambeth - Presenting the Gold Medal to Mr Henry Doulton '
Sketch drawn by Hary Furniss for "The Heir of the Ages" by James Payne
' Chess Problem '
' Amusements at an Indian Hill Station ' full page
' Like Master, Like Man ' full page drawing by S. T. Dadd - a jester and a monkey
' Pears Soap ' half page advert
' Negretti and Zambra's Ladies Ivory Opera Glass ' advert
' Anson and Deeleys Patent Treble Grip ' gun advert
' The War Between Bulgaria and Servia - Bulgarians Capturing a Position in the Tzaribrod pass 23 Nov ' double page print from engraving by R. Caton Woodville taken from a sketch supplied by M. Bernard by special permission of Prince Alexander - info. Tsaribrod - Dimitrovgrad Sleekburnc.
Our Note Book
The Millais Exhibition at the Grosvenor Gallery
The Court - Royal Comings and Goings - with reference to the Annual Distribution of Beef at Sandringham - - The Queen at Osborne and Divine Service at Whippingham Church on Christmas Morning - - and more
Christmas Day with reference to Distribution of meals at the Gifford Hall Caledonian Road - - Provision of food at The Field Lane Refuge, Providence Row Night Refuge - - Provision of a good meal for Poor people and " Robins " (children) at the John Addey's Schools Church St. Deptford - - and much more
War in Servia and Bulgaria
Expedition to Burmah
Music with mention of the death of Dr Ludwig Nohl at Heidelberg - - - The Bayreuther Blatter announcing the Wagner Festival At Bayreuth with mention of the conductors taking part incl. Felix Mottle etc
The Playhouses - "The Harbour Lights" at The Adelphi - - - Aladdin at Drury Lane
The Church Sleekburnc.
Obituary inlcudes The Most Rev. Marcus Gervais Beresford DD Pc Archbishop of Armagh and Bishop of Clogher died at The Palace, Armagh - - - Lord Borthwick died at Ravenston Castle, Whithorn, Wigtonshire - - - Captain Sir Frederick John Owen Evans RN KCB FRS late Hydrographer of the Admiralty - - - Sir George Harrison LL.D and MP for Edinburgh - - - Dr Samuel Birch Keeper of the Egyptian and Oriental Antiquities in the British Museum died at his Residence In Caversham Road NW - - - Dr George Whitley Abraham LL.D died on Christmas Day at his residence near Dublin
Deaths Ven. Lonsdale Pritt of Waikato, New Zealand - - - Hon. Catherine Wynn - - - Major Dugald JP Campbell City Marshal
Sir Oswald Brierly Marine Painter
Wills and Bequests includes TheRight Hon. Richard Monckton, Baron Houghton late of Great Houghton, Yorks died at Vichy France - - - Mr James Fletcher late of Woolton Hill nr Liverpool and Rosehaugh Co of Ross and Cromarty and of Letham Grange and Fearn in Co of Forfar - - - Mr John Campbell of Possil who died at Torquay - - - Mr Robert Harwood Soutter late of 27 Park Road, Regents Park - - - Rev. Joseph Empson Middleton Vicar of Belton,Leicestershire - - - Mr Myles Henry Custnace formerly of Great Russell Street but late of 20 Rue Montroyer, Brussels - - - Mr William Boyce James late of Heathfields, Weybridge - - - Mrs Ann Johnson late of 10 Addison Crescent, Kensington
Chess Problem and Correspondents etc - with an announcement of the death of Herr Ernest Falkbeer at Vienna Sleekburnc.
Gildea's Medium by George Manville Fenn - Short Story
Novels and New Books includes reviews of Garvock by Charles Gibbon - - - Mitre Court by Mrs J. H. Riddell - - - Master of the Mine by Robert Buchanan - - - Rainbow Gold by David Christie Murray - - - Camiola or a Girl with a Fortune by Justin M'Carthy - - - White Heather By William Black - - - The Story of Catherine by Ashford Owen - - - TheArchipelago on Fire by M. Jules Verne - - - The Vicar of Wakefield by Oliver Goldsmith - - - Pastime Papers by Mr Saunders
April 3rd
Distress in the West of Ireland - ' A Man Bringing Ashore Seaweed ' - - - ' The Sound Between Achill Island and Mainland of Mayo ' Sleekburnc. - - - ' Achill island and Ruined Cabins ' - - - ' A Man Carrying a Hay Sward to a Remote District ' - - - ' Fishing Pier Built for The Earl of Cavan ' - - - ' Achill and The Monastery and Schoolhouse Where Relief Committee Met ' full front page from sketches "By Our Special Artist" Mr Claude Byrne drawn by W. H. Overend
Distress in the West of Ireland
' Families Collecting Seaweed and Limpets for Food on Inishboffin Island ' - info Inishbofin or Inis Bó Finne in Irish meaning Island of the White Cow off Connemara Co. Galway Sleekburnc.
' Arrival of the Gun Boat " Banterer " at Inishboffin with Meal for the Starving Inhabitants ' a view of people cheering near the harbour and the Cromwellian Fort with other buildings on the other side of the bay including the timber frame of the chapel bell
Burmah - Visit by the Viceroy of India - Lord and Lady Dufferin
' Presentation of an Address From Moollah Ismail and the Suratee Community Read By Mr Melton Prior '
' Mandalay under British Rule - Street Sweepers Going To Work '
' Lord Dufferin Holding a Levee in the Grand Throne Room of the palace at Mandalay '
' Burmese Ladies Taking Afternoon Tea with Lady Dufferin in the Palace at Mandalay '
Sketches "By Our Special Artist Mr Melton Prior "
' Cardinal Manning ' Supplement to the Illustrated London News - A wonderful double page pullout with a blank reverse with good titled borders - info Henry Edward Manning was an English Roman Catholic Archbishop and Cardinal
' Casket presented by the Goldsmiths' Miel Company to prince Albert Victor '
' Wiating for the Toilers of the Sea ' a near full page print from engraving from a drawing by H. Caffieri - a scene showing women and children waiting for their fishermen husbands and fathers to return
India - Mugger Hunting on the Ana-Sagar Lake at Ajmere - ' Spying ' - - - ' Shooting Flying Foxes for Bait ' - - - ' Shooting a " Mugger " ...' - - - ' The Trimmer Set ' - - - ' Hooking a Monster ' - full page of engravings showing Alligator Hunting
' Sir William Wethey Gull MD FRS '
' The Late Most Rev. R. C. Trench DD Late Archbishop of Dublin '
' Dr Dyce Duckworth MD Treasurer of the Royal College of Physicians '
' King Milan of Servia Signing the Peace With Bulgaria in the Konak at Nish - General Leochanin - - Dr Petrovics - - General Horvatovics - - Petrovics Finance Minister - - King Milan - - Garaschanin The Prime Minister of Servia ' from a sketch by M. Layos Vandony
' Faulkners Celebrated Diamonds and Spanish Crystals ' ten designs of jewellery
Sketches by Harry Furniss engraved by Joseph Swain, to accompany "The Heir of the Ages by James Payn "
' Chess Problem '
A Trip to Corea - ' Isle and Port of Chemulpo ' info now Incheon or Incheon - - - ' Natives with Riding Bullock ' - - - ' Our Ride tot Seoul ' - - - ' A Halt by the Way ' - - - ' Port Hamilton ' - - - ' South Gate of the City of Seoul ' - - - ' Corean Carrying a Dead Pig ' - a full page of engravings - info now Korea Sleekburnc.
Art - ' Under Correction from a Drawing by Miss Sutcliff ' full page print from engraving - the description of the scene "a young lady stands in a demure attitude with a slight vestige of sauciness in her pretty face ...pretending to listen to a maternal lecture on proper behaviour ...."
' Mrs S. A. Allens Worlds Hair Restorer and Bridal Bloom ... ' advert
' The Ammoniaphone for Asthma Bronchitis Consumption Pulmonary Affections - The Medical Battery Co Lts of 52 Oxford St London W. ' advert
' The Hall Type-Writer from Witherby and Co ' Typewriter advert Sleekburnc.
' Perry and Co. Viaduct Watch ' advert
And other adverts of the day
Echoes from Afar By George Augustus Sala - Calcutta 1 March
The Court - Royal Comings and Goings with refereence to Princess Christian of Schleswig Holstein - Windsor Castle Professor Max Muller - Countess of Erbach Schoenburg - Mr Kettlewell of New Leeds Yorkshire
The Ladies Column by Florence Fenwick Miller
Distress in the West of Ireland with ref. to Mr James H. Tuke of Hitchen Herts - William E. Forster MP - Mr W. Rathbone - Rev John Bolton Greer - Rev Father P. O'Connor - Mr T. H. Croly - Mr Cyril Allies - etc
Obituary includes The Right Hon. William Pitt The Earl Amherst of Aracan and Viscount Holmsdale etc - - - Most Noble Augusta MAry Minna Catherine Dowager Duchess of Norfolk - - - Lieutenant Colonel John Henry Bagot Lane MA of Kings Bromley Manor County Stafford died at Lily Hill Berkshire - - - Mister Thomas Bright Crosse of Shaw Hill Conty of Lancaster ( lancashire) JP - - - Mr Henry Villebois of Belgrave Square London and Lord of the Manor of Marham Norfolk, JP and DL - - - Mister Frederick Barne of Sotterley and Dunwich in Suffolk JP and DL - - - Mister Christopher Turner of Stoke Rochford in Lincolnshire JP and DL High Sheriff and MP for S. Lincs
Deaths include Archbishop Trench - Mister George Richardson Founder Manchester Literary Club - Samues Gaskell of Medical Commissioners in Lunacy - Geroge Stirton of Coupar Angus age 101 - Rev. Charles Stanford DD Sleekburnc.
The Silent Member - Politics
Burmah
Cardinal Manning
Music - with ref. to Madame Schumann - The Bach Choir - Mr C. V. Stanford - Miss Fanny Davies - etc
The Playhouses with ref. to Mr A. W. Pinero and others
Parisian Sayings and Doings with ref. to M. Zola - Madame Sarah Bernhardt - and others
The Church
Poetry - with ref. to reviews of Old Spookses Pass etc by Isabellas Valancy Crawford - Sonnets of theis Century by William Sharp - Bertha, A Story of Love by Anon
A Trip to Corea by Mr Arthur H. Heath
Two Sporting Tales - Reviews of Killed inthe Open by MRs Kennard - - A Sporting Quixote by S. Laing
Wills and Bequests include The Rev. Edward Hartopp Cradock Principal of Brasenose College Oxford - - - Mr John Nembhard Hibbert JP DL Late of Chalfont Parks, Bucks - - - Mr John Field Swinburn JP late of Stone Hall, Acocks Green, Worcs - - - Mr Marmaduke Charles Salvin late of Burn Hall County Durham - - - Mr Richard Gale late of Crookley, Horndean County of Southampton - - - Mrs Jane Brett Formerly of 33 Eaton Square and Late of 2 Stanhope Street Hyde Park - - - Sir George Udney Yule KCSI CB formerly of Edinburgh but late of 30 Clanricarde Gdns Bayswater - - - Mr Edward Vernon late of Severn Bank, Shrawley in Worcestershire Sleekburnc.
April 10th
April 17th
April 24th
May 1st
May 8th
May 15th
Queens Visit to Liverpool
' On Board The Steam Ferry boat Claughton on The Mersey ' Front page print from engraving
' The Key Presented to The Queen at Liverpool '
' Liverpool - The Prince's Landing Stage '
' Huskisson Monument in St James's Cemetery '
' The Nelson Monument ' Sleekburnc.
' Wellington Monument '
' Entrance to St James's Cemetery '
' The Custom House From Canning Dock '
' George's Dock '
' Lime Street and St George's Hall '
' CHurch Street '
' Church Street Looking Towards Bold Street '
' Castle Street '
' Bold Street '
' Lime Street '
' Carriage Folk ' a double page pullout supplement print from engraving with a blank reverse - a drawing by J. C. Dollman showing a baby in a wheelbarrow with a black kitten and a terrier dog looking on - small tear to bottom of fold
' Key to the Birds Eye View of Liverpool '
' Liverpool - Triumphal Arch in London Road - - - Decorations in Lord Street - - - In Bold Street - - - Triumphal Arch in Lime Street ' full page print from engraving Sleekburnc.
' Arrival of the Queen at The Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition at South Kensington ' full page print from engraving
' Gold Key Presented Miel to the Queen at the Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition '
' Ozone Paper for Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis etc ' small advert
' A Dream of An Irish Parliament ' full page print from engraving of sketches by HM
' Opening of the Edinburgh Exhibition By Prince Albert Victor of Wales '
' Bursting of a Gun on Board HMS Collingwood ' engraving showing the damage to the gun designed by Mr Vavasseur and damage to the deck
' Maple and Co. Furnishings ' advert
' Newsham House Liverpool Where the Queen Stayed From tuesday to Thursday '
' Statue of the Late Prince Consort at Liverpool '
' Alderman David Radcliffe Mayor of Liverpool '
' Statue of the Queen At Liverpool '
Sketch drawn by Harry Furniss for "The Heir of the Ages" by James Payn
' Beethams Glycerine Cucumber ' advert showijg a young lady wth her toileteries - a lovely engraving from a drawing by T. Sulman Sleekburnc.
' Hotel Thunerhof at Thoune ' advert - small engraving
' Put Out the Fire - The Harden Star Hand Grenade Extinguisher Co Ltd ' advert
' Silver Mounted Spode China Plate - Golsmiths Alliance Ltd ' advert
' G. E. Lewis's Treble Grip ' gun advert
' Bensons Specially Made Field Keyless English Half Chronometer ' watch advert
Our Note Book
Silent Member - Parliament and Politics - with mention of many famous politicians of the day including mr Gladstone - Marquis of Hartington - Mr Chamberlain - and more
' Chess Problem and Correspondents etc
Wills and Bequests includes The Right Hon. William Henry Viscount Strathallan of Crosshill - - - Right Hon. Philip Castel, Lord Sherard late of Glatton hall Stilton in Huntingdonshire - - - Dame Anna Maria Hare-Clarges late of the Crystal Palace Hotel, Norwood - - - The RIght Hon. Lady Fanny Howard late of Compton Place, Eastbourne (sister of Duke of Devonshire) - - - General Henry Edward Doherty CB late of Vernon House, Heston Park, Bath - - - Mister Arthur Blewart Bryer late of 7 Kennington Park Road - - - Mister Edward Field late of the City of Norwich, Solicitor - - - Mr Foster Connor late of Sea Court, Bangor Co. Down - - - Mr Edmund Holland Late of 42 Hyde park Square
Parisian Sayings and Doings by TC
Marriages - at Wolverley Worcs of Hugh Nevill to Maud Daughter of Frederick Elkington Esq of Sion Hill - - - British Embassy MAdrid of William Wallace Leask of Barcelona to Eugenie Marie widow of the Late William Hamilton Hume Sleekburnc.
Death - Harriet Layton Sayle at 27 Stonor Road West Kensington aged 25 yrs
Music includes the Sacred Harmonic Society - - Mr Ambrose Austins Concert at the Royal Albert Hall - - and more
Meeting of the Royal National Life Boat Institution with mention of Caistor - Selsey - Hasborough - Holyhead - Blyth - Workington - Dungarvan
The Royal Academy - Thrid Notice
Ladies Column by Florence Fenwick Miller with mention of the election of a a lady church warden Mrs Joicey at Hexham
Obituary inlcudes Sir Humphrey de Trafford of Trafford Park in the County of Lancaster ( lancashire ) - - - Sir Luke Samuel Leake Speaker of the Legislative Council of Western Austrialia died in Welbeck Street, Cavendish Square - - - Caroline, dowager Viscountess Harberton died at Meadowside, Twickenham
Also Deaths of Hon. Henry Romilly - - - Edmund Edward Antrobus JP at 14 Kensington Gdns - - - Mister James Muspratt of Seaforth Hall in Lancashire - - - Mister James Sprunt former Editor of the Perthshire Advertiser - - - Mister John Miles of the Bookselling firm Simpkin and Marshall of Stationers Hall Court
The Whistler Exhibition at Messrs Dowdeswells GTallery 133 New Bond Street Sleekburnc.
The Queens Visit to Liverpool
May 29th
Spanish AmericanWar, Views in The Philippine Islands: 'Breidge of Ayala near Manila' - - - 'Street Scene during the Inundatio of San Fernando' - - - The Governor General Passing Through La Escolta, principal street in Manila' - - - 'Inundations at San Fernando' - - - 'La Luneta Promenade, Facing Manila Bay'
'The Emir Mahmud Now in Prison at Halfa' - - 'The Hole in Which The Emir Was Found in Hiding'
'The Late Mr Philip H. Calderon RA'
'The Late Mr Charles Green RI'
'The Late Mr Caleb Wright'
'The3 Late Sir Frederick Milbank, Bart'
'Brigadier General H. MacDonald CB DSO'
'The Late Second Lieutenant paul A. Gore'
'The Late Rev J. H. Rose'
'Mr George Robertson'
'Senor Segismundo Bermejo, Spanish Minister of Marine'
'The Soudan Advance: the Seaforth Highlanders Forcing Mahmuds Zareba in The Battle of Atbara' From a Sketch by Captain Sir Henry S. Rawlinson, Bart Deputy Assistant Adjutant General to The Sirdar. Full page
'The Spanish American War: General View of Mindello, The Only Town in The Island of St Vincent Cape Verde; Also the Only Anchorage or Harbour of the Island'
'The Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Companys Station on the Island of St Vincent, Cape Verde'
'The Spanish Flotilla at Anchor off St Vincent, Cape Verdre'
'Spanish Outposts inCUba: Wire Defences in Use By The Spanish Troops, Ruins f a Sugar Factory and plaqntation in the Background'
'The Steam Ship " Buenaventura " Captured off Key West by The AmericanGun Boat " Nashville "..'
'The Deadly Palmetto Swanps of Cuba '
Spanish American War: 'The Queen Regent of Spain Reading the Speech From The Throne to The Cortes '
'The War Fever in Spain: "Down with The American Eagle!"
Spanish AmericanWar 'Gun Practice on Board a Spanish Torpedo Boat Destroyer'
'Americas New Armoured Torpedo Boat, " Holland "..'
'Spanish American War: The Common Crier, Colonel Burnaby, Reading The Proclamation of Great Britains Neutrality Outside The Royal Exchange'
Pictures from The Royal Academy 'Worcester by Stuart Lloyd'
'Memories by Arthur Hacker ARA'
'And Hop O My Thumb Guided His Brothers Safely Through The Wood by Elizabeth Forbes'
'Imogen by Elizabeth Forbes'
'Morning on the Isle of Arran by J. Macwhirter RA'
'When The Heart is Young by JM. E. Jacobs'
'October, Stanhope by A. Forbes ARA' Stanhope Church
'The Road to Camelot: From The Lady of Shalott by George H. Boughton RA'
'Arlington Row, Gloucestershire'
'An Episode of The Civil War by Ernest Crofts RA'
Charles II at Whiteladies After The Battle of Worcester by Ernest Crofts RA'
'James II at La Hogue, May 1692 by Eyre Crowe'
'Gordons and Greys to The Front: An Incident at Waterloo, by Stanley Berkeley'
'Bringing Home The Bracken by Colin Hunter RA'
'Through The Forest by C. E. Johnson'
'A Dalesmans Clipping (sheep), Westmorland by Frank Bramley ARA'
'William The conqueror Granting a Charter To The Citizens of London by Seymour Lucas'
'Trevose head, Cornwall by John Brett ARA '
'Landscape: A Lock b y R. Onslow Ford'
'Memories by Henriette Ronner'
'Driving Home The Geese: An Egyptian Village on The Banks of The Nile by Frederick Goodal RA'
'The Queen in the Rivoera: Her Majesty Reviewing The Troops of the Garrison of Nice' Full page
'Montserrat Lime Fruit Juice - Tennis Scene' Advert
'Fashion: Afternoon Gown of Apple Green Cloth' not col. - - - The Latest Style in Hats'
'Maypole Soap' gaiety style girls on a maypole. Advert
'The Humber Trade Mark. Humber & Co, Beeston. Wolverhampton.Coventry' Advert
'Guys Digestion Chart'
' Carter Invalid Comforts' Carriages chairs etc
'The Soudan Advance: th Battle of Atbara, The Sirdars Great Victory over The Dervishes' Double page with a blank reverse
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Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including:
'Our Note Book by L. F. Austin'
'Home and Foreign News'
'Personal'
'Science Jottings by Dr Andrew Wilson'
'Ladies Page by Florence Fenwick Miller'
'Wills and Bequests includes Mr Thomas Aashton of Hyde, Chester and Ford Bank, Didsbury, Lancashire - - - Mr James Whitehead Haigh of The oaks, Ledsham, Chester - - - Mr Cotterill Scholefield of 7 Gledhow Gardens, South Kensington - - - Mr William Sharp of 29 Albert Gate, Hyde park - - - Mr Henry Sylvester Samuel of 80 Onslow Gardens - - - Mr Hugh Mackay Matheson of Heathlands, Hampstead and 3 Lombard Street - - - Dr Waldegrave Rock Thompson of 9 Riverscourt Road, Hammersmith - - - Admiral Robert Coote of Arden College Road, Dulwich and formerly of Shales, Bitterne, Hants - - - Miss Elizbeth Graham Fyffe of 61 Cambridge Terrace, Hyde park - - - mr Acton Frederick Griffith of Elmsfield, Hertford'
July to December
Some of the engravings (full page or 2-page size unless noted) are:
The Christmas Number is 32 pages long with excellent engravings - many of young women, children and family scenes - Christmas at Cairo, The Highwayman’s Collapse, A Millionaire of Rough and Ready by Bret Harte, A Kitten’s Christmas Party (2 page), etc, etc.
TheGeneral Election: Opening the Campaign ' Front page - a light hearted sketch of a group of men sitting round a table opening what looks like a bottle of champaign - Full page by R. Caton Woodville
' Map Showing The Position of the New Hebrides '
' Sketches in the New Hebrides - Woman of Tanna and Espiritu Santo - - Ambrym and An Active Volcano - - Native Dance Island of Tanna; Chief Waving - - Native of MAllicolo - - Mota, Cone of an Extanct Volcano - - Woman of Tanna with extended earlobe - - Native oif Espiritu Santo in Dancing Costume - - Village in the Island of Espiritu Sant - - Espiritu Sant Hill tribe Dancing Costume ' full page
' Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes, The American Poet and Essayist ' near full page print from engraving
' Sketches at The Ball Given To The Colonial And Indian Visitors at the Guildhall ' Full page
' The LAte Lieutenant J. F. Maccartie 1st Durham Light Infantry Killed in Burmah ' son of Rev MacCartie Vicar of Wilton Redcar Yorks
' The Late Sir Charles E. Trevelyan Bart., KCB Formerly Finance Minister of India '
' THe {etroleum Oil wells at Baku - The Tcherny Gorod or Black Town '
' Reception of Colonial ANd Indian Visitors inthe Pompeian Court at The Crystal Palace '
' The Prince And Prince of Wales At the East End - Presenting a Bouquet to the Princess ' at Mile End Road
Fullp age sketch by A. Forestier to accompany "The World Went Very Well Then" by Walter Besant
The Royal Holloway College for Women, Mount Lee, Egham: Opened by The Queen
' North East Front '
' South East Quadrangle '
' South East Fron '
' Tower of South East Front '
' View From the Grounds: South East and Portion of South West Fronts '
' South west Pavilion '
a Wonderful dDouble page of engravings fromn Photographs by Mr Vernon Heath
' Pears Soap ' advert showing an engraving oa a lady taking a bath
'Rowlands Kalydor for the Summer Sun ' advert
' Bensons Double Chronograph and Minute Repater Watch 25/- ' advert
' Macfarlane's Castings, Plain and Ornamental ' advert
' Parkins and Gotto's Travelling Bags '
And more adverts of the day
'Echoes of the Week'
'The ladies Column' by Florence Fenwick Miller
' Holiday Rambles - Limoges '
' Music - Royal Italian Opera '
' The Court ' at Windsor etc
'Wills and Bequests includes The Right Hon. John Thomas Earl of Redesdale lat eof Batsford Park, Moreton in The Marsh - - - Mrs Sarah Lee Attwood late of Holywood House, Wokingham Durham - - - Mr William Houston Boswall Preston JP late of 1 Grosvenor Mansions and of Avisford, in the Parish of Walberton near Arundel - - - Rev. Frederick Leigh Colvile late of Kempsey, Bournemouth - - - Mrs Arabella Prescott late of Birches Farm Herefordshire and of Clarence, Roehampton, Surrey - - - Lieut. Colonel John Henry Bagot Lane JP lat of Kings Bromely Manor Staffordshire and Lily Hill, Bracknell, Berks - - - Miss Elizabeth Ann Bouverie of Delapre Abbey Northamptonshire and late of 1 Montpelier Villas, Brighton - - - Miss Helen MAry Coney late of Castle Hill, Maidenhead
July 10th
July 17th
July 24th
' Native of Oudh '
' Bengalee Woman '
' Lepcha Water Carrier ( Sikkim ) '
' Native of Coorg '
' Khanti - Frontier Tribe of Assam ' a man
' Khuttuk - Afghan Frontier Tribe ' a man
' Samwar Woman of Nepaul '
' Andaman Islander '
' Mishmi - Hill Tribe of Assam ' woman
' Anganie Naga '
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' Swiss National Celebration of the Five Hundredth Anniversary of the Battle of Sempach - Procession Carrying the Body of Arnold Von Winkelried - - The Open Air Theatre, With THe Figure of Helvetia ' full page print from engraving
' Sketches at the royal Agricultural Societys Meeting at Norwich - First Prize Hackney winner Mr J. Grout Woodbridge Suffolk - Second Prize Hackney winner Mr J. Anthony, Lynn - - First Prize Hackney winner Mr J. Sendall, Ely - - First Prize Hunter Mare and Foal Mr H. Moore, Cranswick HAll - - Shorhorn Bull Mr W. Handley, Milnthorpe, Westmorland - - Red Polled Bull, Mr Garrett Taylor, Norwich - - Red Polled Cow Mr J. J.. Colman Norwich - - Shire Mare,winner The Prince of Wales - - Shire Stallion Mr T. Brown, Downham Market - - Shire Colt Mr Walter Gilbey, elsenham Hall, Essex - - Arrival of the Prince and Princess of Wales on the Show Ground - - Inspecting the Sheep - - Th Mayor of Norwich (blind) Assisted by his little boy, Escorting the Princess of Wales - - Their Royal Highnesses Inspecting the Manufacture of Soft cheese at the Model Dairy ' wonderful double page print from engraving by Samuel Carter
' Beechams Pills ' a beautiful full page engraving advert
'Agricultural Scenes: July - Strawberry Gathering ' full page print from engraving by Gunning King
Two Boys Fighting drawn by A. Forestier - Full page print from engraving
' Safe Deposit Vaults 61 and 62 Chancery Lane ' full page advert
' Yeomanr Cavalry Competition For The Loyd-Lindsay Cup at Wimbledon ' a striking double page engraving of the soldiers on horseback and in a shooting competition
' Streeter and Co Goldsmiths ' advert showing a world globe
' Parkins and Gotto Travelling Bag ' advert
Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
'Echoes of the Week' by GAS
The Court at Windsor Castle - Marlborough House etc
' Hill Tribes of Assam '
'The Playhouses'
'The ladies Column' by Florence Fenwick Miller
'Wills and Bequests includes: The Most Noble Augusta Mary Minna Catherine, Duchess Dowager of Norfolk late of Herons Ghyll, Uckfield Sussex and 59 Cromwell Road South Kensington - - - The Hon. Sir John Pearson of 75 Onslow Square - - - The Right Hon. Anthony Ashley Earl of Shaftesbury late of 5 Belgrave Square - - - Alderman Sir Thomas Baker formerly Mayor of Manchester late of Skerton House, Old Trafford, Lancs - - - Mr Louis Nathan Formerly of Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land but late of 32 York Terrace Regents Park - - - Mr Nathanael Fromanteel Cobbold Late of Ipswich - - - Mr Charles Charlesworth late of Heaton near Bradford - - - Mrs Eliza Adams Colls late of Hanover Street, Hanover Square
' Mr Gladstone's Resignation '
The Strawberry Season
' Manchester Ship Canal company Prospectus ' etc - Full page
August 14th
'Innsbruck Tyrol'
'The World Went Very Well Then by Walter Besant' A engraving drawnby A. Forestier'
'The Yosemite Valley in California' Wonderful engraving
'Sutdens of Geology drawn by Percy Tarrant' engraving
'The James Watt Dock at Greenock'
'Opening of The James Watt Dock by The Provost of Greenock, Mr Robert Shankland' with small inset pictures of Mr Robert Shankland and another of Mr Thomas Wilson, Secretary of The Greenock Harbour Trust
'The Right Hon. Henry Matthews QC; The New Home Secretary'
Commissioners of The Colonial Exhibition 'Sir Rutherford Alcock KCB, North Borneo' - - 'Sir James Francis Garrick KCMG, Queensland' - - 'Mr F. A. Swettenham, Straits Settlements' - - 'Hon. Malcolm Fraser, CMG. West Australia' - - 'Lieut. Colonel Edmund Palmer RA, St Helena' - - 'Mr J. A. Despeissis, Mauritius'
Colonial and Indian Exhibition: Dominion of Canada - 'The Canadian Grain, Fruit, Agricultural and Forest Trophy in The East Transept of The Central Court' - - 'Canadian Boats'
Colononial and Indian Exhibition: The dominion of Canada: 'Sitting Bull, A Sioux Chief of Canada' - - 'A Swamp Indian of Canada' - - 'Crow Eagle, A Sioux Chief of Canada' - - 'Indian Woman, 105 years Old, Cree Tribe, Canada'
Colononial and Indian Exhibition: The Dominion of Canada: 'The Game and Fur Trophy in The Canadian Court' - - 'Ice Palace and Winter Sport in Canada'
'Chess'
'Listening to The Band of The 1st West Indian Regiment at the Colonial And Indian Exhibition' Wonderful double page engraving
'Pears Soap' advert
Colononial and Indian Exhibition: The dominion of Canada: ' British Columbia Cedar, Girth 21 Ft Height 250 ft (part of)' - - 'Trophy of Wooden Ware Made in Canada' - - 'Indian Chiefs Hous, Skidegate, Queen Charlotte's island' - - 'Indian Utensils, From Canada' - - 'Rocky Mountain and Candian Woods' - - 'Canadian Cheese' - - 'Indian Totem Poles'
Colononial and Indian Exhibition: The Dominion of Canada: - 'Coal From Wellington Mines, British Columbia, and Oblisk Representing the Yield of Gold in British columbia for The Past Twenty Five Ywars: Value 50,000,000 Dollars' - - 'Canadian Canoes and Fisheries Exhibit'
'The Late Abbe Liszt, 1832' - - 'Portrait of Liszt, Painted by Baron Juokovsky,1882'
'Cadbury's Cocoa' advert
' Colononial and Indian Exhibition: Pianofortes Shown by Messrs Mason and Risch of Toronto, Canada'
And many more adverts of the day.
'Echoes of The Week'
'Ladies Page by Francis Florence Miller'
'The Court'
'Lord Randolph Churchill'
'The Yosemite Valley'
' 'Obituary includes The Most Rev James Alipius Goold, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne - - Sir Samuel Ferguson QC died at Howth near Dublin - - Dr Archibald Gordon CB die at Woodlands, West Hoathley'
Holiday Rambles, Nancy, Jean Lamours Iron Work
'A Loch Side Sunday'
'Tam O'Shanters Ride'
'Wills and Bequests includes HM King Dom Fernando of Portugal died at the Palace Das Neessidades, Lisbon - - The Right Hon. William Pitt, Eaqrl Amherst late of 43 Grosvenor Square and Montreal, Sevenoaks, Kent - - General The Right Hon. Cecil Wald, Baron Forester lat of Willey Park, Salop - - Right Hon. Sir Thomas Erskine, Baron Farnborough KCB late of Speakers Court Westminster - - Right Hon. Sir Robert Alexander Shafto,Baron Waveney FRS, Lrd ieutenant of the county of Antrim late of 7 Audley Square - - Mr Francis Samuel Coleman, late of Trevanger, Hamlet Road, Norwood - - Mr Stavros James Negroponte late of 43 Addison Gardens, North Kensington - - Mr James Bowley, late of The Cottage, Lee Road, Lee Kent'
August 21st
Belfast Riots: Scarinish, Isle of Tiree, Where the Police and Marines Landed To Restore Order Among The Crofters'
'The World Went Very Well then by Walter Besant and Drawn by . Forestier' Full page engraving on Monks attending to a group of men
Agricultural Scenes, August: Reaping And Binding' Beautiful full page engraving by Gunning King
'The Evening Hour' Full page engraving of two ladies in a field
Dr Withers Moore MD, President of The British Medical Association at Brighton'
'The Late Major General Alfred G. Huyshe, CB'
'The Late MR. J. P. Knight, MAnager of The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway'
'The 4th Detachment of the 2nd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers at Shoeburyness: Winners of The Queens Prize'
'A Weeks Wet Weather in a Country House' Full page
The Colonial & Indian Exhibition: New South Wales and NEw Guinea: Case of Lyre Birds and Spine Tails' - - Rustic Garden Chair, Made From The Trunk of The Honey eucalyptus or Swamp Gum Tree' - - Case of Ibeses and Spoonbills' - - 'The Mineral Court With Wall Picture of Port Jackson and Sydney Harbour' - - Relics of Captain Cook, The Discoverer of New South Wales' All on one full page. At South Kensington
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Colonial and Indian Exhibition at South Kensington: New South Wales and New Guinea: 'New South Wales Woollen Trophy' - - 'New South Wales Wine Trophy' - - 'New Guinea Native Huts, Exhibited by The Queensland Commissioners' - - 'Motu Water Carrier, Port Moresby, New Guinea' - - 'A New Guinea Native Tree House' - - sketches in New Guinea by Mr G. R. Askwith'
'Beechams Pills' Beautiful full page engraving. Advert
And many more adverts of the day.
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Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including
Echoes of The Week'
'The Marquis of Salisbury'
Riots at Belfast'
Music
'The Court at Windsor etc'
'Obituary includes The Ven. Edward Birch MA Archdeacon and Vicar of Blackburn - - Mr George Busk well known Surgeon and naturalist died in Harley Street'
Wills and Bequests includes The Right Hon. Edward Gordon, Baron Penrhyn late of Penrhyn Castle Bangor and of Mortimer House, Halkin street - - Sir Humphrey De Trafford, Bart late of Trafford Park, Manchester - - Mr Walter Taylor late of Taylors Depository, Pimlico, furniture warehouseman and of the Manor House, Teddington - - Mrs Mary Hooper of Mauldeth Hall, Lancashire and Late of Tonbridge Wells, Kent - - Mrs Blanche Mary Townend Bullen late of Preston Lea, Faversham Kent - - Mr Robert Charles Ransome JP late of Ipswich, Engineer & Ironfounder - - Mr Thomas Lumley Dodsworth late of Wheldrake, Yorkshire'
Holiday Rambles, Munich'
August 28th
' The Queen At Edinburgh - Visit to The Royal Blind Asylum, Craigmillar '
' Pears Soap ' - Endorsed by Lillie Langtry and others
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A Supplement to ' The Colonial Indian Exhibition - Queensland ' Group of Birds and Animals etc inlcuding
' Trophy of Pearl Shells ' - - - ' Fountain of Clam Shells in the Consrvatory ' - - - ' A Dingo ' - - - ' The Dugong '
' Gold Copper and Tin Trophies '
' Saw Fish '
' Gold Quartz Crushing Mill in the South Promenade '
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' Rudge & Co Coventry ' Bicycles advert
And other adverts of the day
Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
'Echoes of the Week'
'The Playhouses'
New Books
'Wills and Bequests includes Mr Frederick Blethyn Copley Hulton late of Whalley View, Whalley Range, Manchester - - - General Henry Aitcheson Hankey late of 90 Eaton Square and of Cliff House Sandgate Kent - - - Mr Edward Cook late of Crix Mansion Hatfield Peverel, Essex - - - Miss Mary Farrar late of Horton Street Halifaxx - - - Mr William John Church Late of Rodwell Lodge, Weymouth Dorset - - - Miss Mary Flower late of 8 Norfolk Rd St Johns Wood - - - Mrs Georgiana Dillon Brown late of 5 Brunswick Gardens, Campden Hill, Kensington - - - Sir William De Cappell-Brooke JP late of Market Harborough
September 4th
' The Late Major W. F. Trotter Killed In Upper Burma '
' Sir J. W. Dawson KCMG FRS of Montreal President of the British Association '
' The Palace of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria at Sofia Where He WAs Taken Prisoner By The Conspirators '
' Pauline ' a full page from the painting by Miss Sutcliffe
Two full page prints from engraving showing three dogs fighting over a half plucked chicken by Stanley Berkley
' In Fairyland ' full page by R. Caton Woodville - behind the scenes at the theatre
' An English Pastoral ' double page by George Seymour
And other adverts of the day
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Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
'Echoes of the Week'
' Eclipse of the Sun
' Ladies Column ' by Florence Fenwick Miller
' The Work of The Post Office '
' Mr Gladstone on the Irish Question
'Wills and Bequests includes Mr Raymond Pelly late of Hollington House Sussex - - - Mrs Elizabeth Mary Bayley late of 6 Lowndes Square - - - Mrs Susannah Trevanion late of 10 Chester Square - - - Miss Anna Maria Churchill late of Thornbury park Gloucestershire - - - Mr Thomas Druitt of Bedford Park Croydon adn late of 3 Spring Gardens Charing Cross - - - Mr Henry Cuthbert Baines late of the Norfolk Hotel Paddington - - - The Rev James Coyte late of Polstead Rectory Suffolk - - - Mr Edmund Edward Antrobus late of 14 Kensington Palace Gardens
September 11th
' Athletic Sports in Tiree - The Tug of War Between the Navites, Sailors and Marines '
' Roadside Scene near Charleston ' South Carolina USA shows
' Garden at Charleston South Carolina '
' A Relic of the Capture of Buda '
' Chain and Badge for the Mayoress of Liverpool '
' A Glimpse of Charleston and The Bay From St Michaels Church '
' Charleston South Carolina The City Destroyed by The Late Earthquake '
' Return of Prince Alexander to Bulgaria - Arrival at Rustchuk '
' Pears Soap ' advert
' Adventures on The Thames in a Boyton Floating Dress ' Full page
' M. Chevreuil The Eminent French Scientific Chemist Aged One Hundred '
' The Late Dr Jamesx Wakley Editor of The Lancet '
' Buda The Ancient Capital of Hungary ' Budapest
' Time Checking Machines - Lewellan of Bristol ' advert
' Bensons Ludgate Watch ' advert
Full page engraving by A Forestier to accompany a story by Walter Bessant
' Lumbering In Canada - Felling timber - Timber Sledge - Lumbermens Camp - Miel - a Roll-way - Crib of Timber Running on a Timber Slide at Ottawa - A Gallery Road - Timber Raft on the St Lawrence ' Full page
' Tobogganing in Canada - The Park Slide at Montreal ' a full page print from engraving
' Rudge & Co of Coventry ' advert showing styles of Bicycle
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Pharaoh's Palace of Daphnae ( Tahpanhes ) in Egypt
' The Mounds Looking South '
' Wine Jars in a Chamber of the Palace '
' The Mounds, Looking North '
' Fragment of Sculptured Marble '
' Objects Discovered in the Foundation '
' Mr Flinders Petrie's Tent and Workmens Quarters '
' Chamber in the Palace '
' Passage in the Palace '
' West Wall of Fort '
' View of Excavations Looking South West ' Full page print from engraving
Small plan of the Palace of the Jews Daughter Tahpanhes '
' Tell Defenneh ' map of the site
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Also articles (no engravings unless listed above) including :-
'Echoes of the Week'
' Music - The Gloucester Festival '
' The Silent Member ' with reference to Lord Randolph Churchill - Mr W. H. Smith - Mr DIllon and Parnell and more
' Civil List Pensions
' The ladies Column' by Florence Fenwick Miller
' The Crofters of Tiree ' and " the repression of threatened resistance to the execution of the law "
' Earthquake at Charleston ' USA
' Obituary ' includes The Right Hon Lord Henry Charles George Gordon Lennox PC MA Oxford died at Eastbourne - - - Colonel Tom Naylor Leyland of Nantcllwyd Ruthin High Sheriff of Denbighshire '
' Deaths ' include MR William Henry Rudston-Read MA of Hayton Yorkshire - RM John Berners JP of Woolverstone Park Suffolk - Mr William Hodgson MA of Gilston Park Herts - Mary Jane wife of W. T. Talbot Crosbie Esq of Ardfert Abbey Co Kerry - Major William Affleck King Son of Admiral Sir Richard King of Walden Place Saffron Walden - Captain James Louis St Clair JP ofStaverton Court Gloucestershire - The Hon and Rev Atherton Legh Powys MA of Gotham Rectory Dervy
' The Late Dr Wakley editor of the Lancet '
' Wills and Bequests ' include Mr John CHeetham JP late of Eastwood Cheshire
died at Southport - - - Mr George Mager late of 232 Camden Road - - - Mr Alexander
Nesbitt DL Late of Lismore, Co Cavan IReland and Oldlands in the Parishes of
Buxted and Maresfield Sussex - - - Mr Thomas Poutney Chesshire late of Tibbington,
Great Malvern - - - MrDuncan McLaren late MP for Edinburgh and late of Newington
House Edinburgh - - - Mr Ferdinand Antonio Echalaz late St Katharines Wimbledon
Surrey - - - Mr John Thompson FitzAdam late of 5 Phillimore Gardens Kensington
and of Boveney Court Bucks and of the Inner Temple Barrister at Law etc - -
- Lady Frances Finch late of 9 Chesham Place
September 18th
'A Naiad of The Thames drawn By Percy Tarrant;' A young lady boating
'Yachting Jottings'
'Volcanic Eruption on the Island of Galita in The Mediterranean'
'A Ghoorka Regiment About to Start for Burmah, Performing Heathen Rites of Sacrifice'
'The World Wnet Very Well Then , Story by Walter Bessant and Illustrated by A. Forstier' with an accompanying story "to be continued" 'A Shower in Piccadilly' Wonderful
'Beechams Pills' advert, torn.
and many more adverts of the day.
'Echoes of The Week'
'Music, The Gloucester Festival'
'Obituary includes The Right Hon Charlotte Dowager Baroness Plunket died at 87 Merrion Square, Dublin - Louisa Mary Anne, Lady Edwardes died at Wootton Hall Ashbourne - Vice Admiral Joseph Grant Bickforddied at Sea View Par Station'
'Playhouses'
September 25th
October 9th (US edition?)
' On the River ' children taking a punt trip
' By The Sea ' two boys next to a fishing boat
' Chinese Merchants in Burmah Who Were Mistaken for Dacoits Miel and Fired Upon ' - a dacoit is a bandit
' Waifs and Strays of London - Raw Material for the School Board ' this is a wonderful engraving taken from a photograph of a group of boys sent in by the Head Master of a Board School
' Zenobia the Q"ueen of palmyra Raken prisoner by the Roman Emperor Aurelian ' a full page print from engraving taken from the picture by Maynard Brown
Chess Problem by Karl Fiala of prague
' Bensons Watches and Jewellery ' including English Keyless Half Chronometer and Ladys Keyless - advert
' The Penalty of Perfection - Experiences of a Model Pig ' a full page comical cartoon print from engraving by S. T. Dadd
' The Late Rev Dr. William Hepworth Thompson DD Master of Trinity College Cambridge '
' Sion College The New Building on the Thames Embankment '
' The Library of Sion College '
' Maignens Patent Rapide - Water Filter and Anti Calcaire ' full page advert
A full page print from engraving by A. Forestier -- An African Woman putting a charm on a european woman - by A. Forestier
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Colonial Indian Exhibition - Cyprus And Malta
' North end of the Cyprus Court ' and South End
' Cyprus Silk Loom with Woman working it '
' A Maltese LAce Maker '
' The Maltese Court '
' Maltese Costumes '
' South Entrance to the Maltese Court '
' Maltese Vases in the Exhibition '
' Sample of Maltese Lace in The Exhibition '
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' Pears Soap ' advert
Plus many more adverts of the day
Echoes of the Week
Mr Herbert Spencer
The Loch Fyne Quarry Disaster - with a list of the names of the dead
The Playhouses
The Court - Royal Comings and Goings
The Ladies Column by Florence Fenwick Miller - She was a victorian feminist, journalist, public lecturer and educator. Involved in the suffrage movement and a promoter of women's rights and education. Also wrote columns and articles under the name of " Filomena " or " Filomena's Letter "
Music
Wills and Bequests includes
'The World Went Very Well Then by Walter Besant - Chapter XXII
Obituary of The Hon Sir John Charles Molteno KCMB at His Residence Claremont House Cape Town
Deaths in clude Major General Septimus hodgson - - Rev William Binnie DD - - Rev. Dr Croskerry - - Rear Admiral Bedford Clapperton Trevelyan Pim - - Lady Hobart at Eccleston Square - - Mister Clement Mansfield Ingleby LL.D of Valentines, Essex - - General Richard Walter Lacy died at Reichenhall,. Bavaria - - Dowager Lady Humble Elizabeth philippa - - Mr William Grinfield Lely of Carlton Scroop in Lincolnshire - - Mr Arthur Edward Knox MA died at Dale Park Arundel - - Colonel Duncan Macpherson of Cluny - - Lady Hutt - Fanny widow of Rt Hon Sir William Hutt KCB died a tAppley Towers isle of Wight
Wiills and Bequests includes Miss Mary Elizabeth Tanner of Foulden Lodge Upper Clapton - - - Mr John Hubbersty Mathews late of142 Harley Street - - - Adolphe Joseph 'Henri Stanislas The Marquis de Lascases late of theChateau de Leoville,Gironde France - - - Major General Sir William Hill KCSI late of 8 Kensington Garden Terrace Hyde park - - - Mr Narbrough Hughes D' Aeth late of Knowlton Court Near Wingham Kent
October 10th
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