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The Illustrated London News 1886

• Gladstone forms new government and introduces new bill Home Rule for Ireland and resigns following it's defeat. Lord Salisbury becomes Prime Minister again

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Jan to June

• War Between Bulgaria and Servia (some of the illustrations are by Special Artist Mr. J. Schonberg),
• British Expedition to Burmah (some of the illustrations by Special Artist Mr. Melton Prior)
• The Afghan Boundary Commission,
• The Queen Meeting Her New Parliament,
• Mersey Ferry,
• Riots at the West End of London,
• The Unemployed of London,
• Parliament - portraits of the House of Commons Members and portraits of the House of Lords,
• Agricultural Scenes - 1 portrait of farm life per month,
• Royal College of Physicians, Irish Famine, Irish Government - Home Rule,
• The Queen’s Visit to Liverpool,
• The Derby - Jockeys and Horses,
• Jubilee Year of the Queen’s Reign - Her Majesty’s Early Life,
• Petroleum Oil Wells on the Caspian,
• The Egyptian Sphinx at Ghizeh Near Cairo With the Excavations in Progress
• "Cynic Fortune" by David Christie Murray.
• The Heir of the Ages by James Payn, with illustrations by Harry Furniss,
• The Expedition to Burmah - Mandalay (many), New Members of the House of Commons (several), Sketches at the Dog’s Home Battersea, Distribution of Food to the Poor by the Mayor of Liverpool, Amusements at an Indian Hill Station, The War Between Bulgaria and Servia (many including 2 page ones), The Afghan Boundary Commission (many including 2 page ones), Little Anglers by A.M.Rossi (young boys and girls fishing on a pier), Performing Snake Charmers at Cairo, Opening of Parliament, Sketches From Faust at the Lyceum Theatre, The Right Hon. Arthur Wellesley Peel Speaker of the House of Commons (2 page portrait in wig), Agricultural Scene - January Cutting Swedes for Winter Food, Prince of Wales Opening the Mersey Tunnel, The Harbour Lights at the Adelphi Theatre, The Queen Passing Through the Corridor to the House of Lords, Opening of Parliament - Reading of the Queen’s Speech, Burmah Expedition - Removing the Defunct Sacred Elephant at Mandalay from a photograph by Mr. F.C. MacDonald, Crossing the Mersey - The Steam Ferry Between Liverpool and Birkenhead (2 page), Right Hon. J. Chamberlain President of the Local Government Board, The Samoa Islands in the Pacific Ocean (half page), Riots at the West End of London (several), Right Hon. James Morley M.P. Chief Secretary for Ireland, The Unemployed of London drawn by F. Barnard (2 page), The Unemployed of London (several), Agricultural Scenes - February Drilling Barley, The Camp of Exercise at Delhi - Successful Charge of Cavalry (2 page), English Homes No. V - Warwick Castle (several including 2 page), Right Hon. The Earl of Rosebery Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, New French Atlantic Steam Ship La Bourgogne, The Squire’s Ball, The Gamekeeper’s Party, Great Snowstorm in Northumberland (several), Right Hon. The Earl of Aberdeen Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Relief of the Unemployed in London - Giving Out Soup Tickets, Boycotting in Ireland, Out of Work, The End of the Tail from the picture by T. Blinks (2 page hunting dogs), The Railway Disaster in the Riviera - from photographs, Camp of Exercise at Delhi, The Right Hon. Lord Herschell Lord High Chancellor of England, Sending Sketches by Telegraph, Skating in the Month of March (2 page ice skaters), Queens Visit to the Savo - Examination Hall of Medicine and Surgery, The Unemployed at the East End of London Applications for the Relief Fund, How a Torpedo Boat is Built, Sketches at the Rangoon Autumn Race Meeting, Agricultural Scenes - March Feeding Lambs, Members of the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2 page), Henry VIII presenting a Charter to the College of Surgeons, The Distress in the West of Ireland (many, including arrival of food for starving inhabitants), Viceroy of India in Burmah, Mugger Hunting on the Ana Sagar Lake Ajmere India, A Trip to Corea, Cardinal Manning (2 page portrait), On the Look Out - Infantry Soldiers of the Greek Army, The Late Right Hon. W. E. Forster MP, Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race (half page), The Irish Parliamentary Party 1886 (2 page with separate 1/ 2 page key to the illustrations), The Irish House of Commons AD ;1790 College Green Dublin from the picture painted by H. Barraud and J. Hayter (2 page with separate 1/ 2 page key to illustration), Mr. Gladstone Explaining to the House of Commons His Scheme for the Government of Ireland Thursday April 8, The Home Rule Debate Sketches at the House of Commons, The House of Commons on Thursday April 8 - The Debate on the Government of Ireland (2 page), Sketches at the Nichol Street Ragged Schools Shoreditch Feeding the Hungry, A Pooay at the Palace Mandalay Before Lady Dufferin and Burmese Ladies (2 page), Boston Lincolnshire Deep Sea Fishery, Agricultural Scenes April, The Honourable Artillery Company of London Starting for the Easter Volunteer Review (2 page), Rambling Sketches Hampstead, The Great Unionist Meeting at Her Majesty’s Opera House in the Haymarket Wednesday April 14 (2 page), Mandalay - The Capital of Burmah (2 page), On Eviction Duty in Ireland - Sketches in Galway With the Military and Police Forces (2 page), Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition at South Kensington (several including 2 page), The Colonial and Indian Exhibition (several), The International Exhibition at Edinburgh, Pictures in the Exhibition at the Royal Academy (2 page w/13 different small illustrations), Queen’s Visit to Liverpool on Board the Steam Ferryboat Claughton on the Mersey, Sketches at Liverpool (2 page), A Dream of an Irish Parliament, Birdseye View of Liverpool From the Mersey With All the New Public Buildings (2 page with separate key to the illustration), Pictures at the Exhibiton of the Royal Society of Painters of Water Colors, Her Majesty St. George’s Hall to Receive the Address of the Corporation (2 page), The Danish Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland, Royal Procession Passing Along Castle Street Liverpool (2 page), Supremacy (2 page - Roman woman with 3 tigers), The Late Lord Farnsborough Sir Thomas Erskine May, Agricultural Scene May - The Bark Harvest, Sketches of the Greek Play Helena in Troas at Hengler’s Cirque, Dachshund and Bassett Hound Show at the Royal Aquarium Westminster (half page - 8 dogs), The Derby Day - Sketches on the Road, Colonial and Indian Exhibition - South Australia (several pages including views of Aborigines), The City of Adelaide, Blockade of Greece (half page), The Petroleum Oil Wells of Baku on the Caspian (2 half page - Refining Works of Messrs Nobel Brothers & Apparatus For Burning Petroleum on Board the Caspian Steamers), Effects of the Tornado in North America (half page - Minnesota & Kansas City), Lord and Lady Aberdeen’s Irish Costume Party, Sketches at the Charterhouse (2 page), Channel Match of the New Thames Yacht Club, Torpedo Practice at Portsmouth, Digging a Petroleum Well & A Fountain of Petroleum, The Division in the House of Commons on the Irish Home Rule Question (2 page), The Colonial Visitors at the Royal Albert Docks - Malays Manning the Yards of the P and O Steamship Rome (2 page), A Turf Secret (2 page - people in carriages), Jubilee Year of the Queens Reign - Her Majesty’s Early Life (many engravings of the Queen and her family), The Riots in Belfast, The Petroleum Oil Wells of Baku on the Caspian (2 page), The Tower Bridge to be Erected Over the Thames - Foundation Stone Laid by the Prince of Wales on Monday Last (2 page), Lake Tarawere The Scene of the Recent Volcanic Eruption in New Zealand (half page), Maori Villages of Wairoa Destroyed by Volcanic Eruption (half page), Agricultural Scene - June Mowing Clover, The People’s Palace for East London to be Erected in Mile End Road (2 page - building plus traffic), English Homes No. VI Bowood (2 page plus others)

• The Expedition to Burmah
  The War between Bulgaria and Servia. (Double page by Caton Woodville)
  The Afghan Boundary Commission.
  The Queen meeting her new Parliament.
  Riots at the West End of London
  The Railway disaster in the Riviera.
  The Queen`s visit to the Savoy: Royal College of Surgoens. Includes a double page engraving of the members, including Thomas Linacre, First President.
  The Distress in Ireland
  The International Exhibiton at Edinburgh.
  The Queen`s visit to Liverpool, includes a superb Birds Eye view of the City, with Key on previous page.
  Jubilee Year of the Queen`s Reign.
  
  
  Some of the numerous full page engravings, as follows.
  The Police and the Dogs
  Sketches at the Dogs` Home Battersea.
  Sketches from "Faust" at the Lyceum Featuring Henry Irving and Ellen Terry.
  Agricultural Scenes by Gunning King - Cutting swedes for winter food.
  The Prince of Wales opening the Mersey Tunnel.
  Double Page - The Conchologists by H G Glindoni
  Agricultural Scenes by Gunning King - Drilling Barley
  Warwick Castle 2 views from the English Homes Series.
  The Snow storm in Northumberland.
  Boycotting in Ireland
  Double Page - The End of the Tail by T Blinks. (Hunting with dogs)
  A Trip to Corea.
  The Boston, Lincolnshire Dep Sea Fishery.
  Agricultural Scenes by Gunning King - A Candidate for Honours.
  The Honourable Artillery Company - double page
  Rambling sketches - Hampstead.
  The Danish Expedition to the East Coast of Greenland
  Agricultural Scenes by Gunning King - The Bark Harvest..
  The Dachsund and Bassett Hound Show - a half page Louis Wain
  The Queen`s visit to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition - South Australia section.
  The Petroleum Oil Wells of Baku, on the Caspian.
  Sketches at Charterhouse, double page. Slightly stained at top.
  A double page Lucien Davis - The Division in the House on the Irish Question.
  
  
  Extra Supplements - Double Page
  Double page portrait of The Rt Hon Arthur Wellesley Peel MP. Speaker of the House.
  Double page portrait of Cardinal Manning.
  The Warning by Davidson Knowles
  A Soldier`s Funeral - Sir Herbrt Stewart - by Melton Prior.
  His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury.
  
  
  Serialised Novel
  The Heir of the Ages by James Payn - with illustrations by Harry Furniss.
  

January 2nd

• Expedition to Burmah
• ' Thyetmyo the Frontier Town on the Irrawaddy River ' from a Sketch by Surgeon T. Ricketts Morse - front page
• ' General Prendergast and Staff Outside the Palace Gate at Mandalay ' From a Sketch by Captain A. Hickson RE - front page

' 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

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' Ireland – The Centre of the Moonlighters District at Firies in Kerry ' front page – a view of a village and road from a drawing by T. Wilson

' Ireland – General Sir Redvers Buller Visiting a Protection Hut ' from a drawing by W. H. Overend

Tobacco Growing at SHarsted Court near Sittingbourne In Kent -:

' Drying – Hanging the Leaf on Rods '

' Women Pickers Harvesting the Tobacco Leaf '

' Stageing the Leaf – Hanging it on a Frame '

' Carting The Crop to the Oast house to Be Dried '

' A field of the Plants – Men Inspecting the Leaves '

The Toy Dog Show at the Westminster Royal Aquarium:

' Little Countess – Belonging to Mrs C. S. Brittain ' a bull dog type

' Dick – Mr A. Isaac '

Prince A1 – Mrs M. A. Foster 's Black and Tan Terrier '

' King Jumbo – Mrs E. Forder 's King Charles ' Sleekburnc.

Stingo Sniffles – Mr W. L. Sheffield 's Champion Pug '

' Toy Spaniels - Mrs Rose's First Prize Litter '

' Olivette – Mr P. Russell Spencer 's Champion King Charles Bitch '

' Haidee – Mrs E. Forder 's Blenheim Spaniel Bitches '

' Little Tot – Mrs M. A. Foster 's Yorkshire Terrier '

A half page print from engraving

The Cat Show at Crystal palace:

' Queenie - Miss Moor's Persian '

' Jim – Mister Goodall '

' Kittens and Mother Flora Mcivor Reive – Mrs J. W.Miles '

' Tibby – Mrs W. Spark 's Short Haired Tabby '

' Coppa – Mrs Scott 's English Tabby '

' Fluffy II – Mrs Valance 's Persian '

A wonderful half page print from engraving of the cats

' Commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar - The Present Lord Nelson Distributing Prizes to Scholars of Portsmouth Church High Schools ' a gathering of people on HMS Victory 21 October 1886 – full page print from engraving by W. H. Overend

' The International Fur Store ' advert – a horse and carriage scene in a street

' A Country Scene – Trimming the Hedges ' a country farmer with his sythe on a country lane – full page print from engraving by Gunning King

' A Peninsular War Veteran – The Late Mr Robert Blake-Humfrey JP DL of Wroxham House Norfolk '

' Commander in Chief in Burma – Late General Sir Herbert Macpherson Who Died at Prome in Burmah '

' The Architect – Late Mister E. W. Godwin FSA '

' Ball Pointed p-ens by H. Hewitt '

the Hall Typewriter ' small advert

Illustration for a story by Walter Besant drawn by A. Forestier – full page print from engraving – a 18c drawing room scene

' Haslemere in Surrey – The Main Street - - - The Devils Punchbowl, A Stone Erected to Remember a "Barbarous Muder" - - - Gibbet Knoll - - - Thursley Church Shewing The Sailors Grave ' full page print from engraving – by W. Rainey

Opening of Term at the Law Courts -:

' The Wigmakers – Mr Ravenscroft of Serle Street ' the wigmaker showing a potential customer his wigs on stands

' Carey Street - A Rainy Day ' an eminent Queens Cousel Trying to save his silk gown from the mud thrown up by the rain

Full page showing the two engravings – Engravef by Gillot

' Maple And Co. of Tottneham Court Road – Bedroom Suite ' advert showing an engraving, a bedroom design

' Chess problem '

' The Chateau de Chantilly – Duc D'Aumale - - - Entrance to the Chateau - - - Drawing Room - - - The Conde Trophy - - - View of the Chateau ' full apge print from engraving

' Chancery Lane Deposit at 61 and 62 Chancery Lane London WC ' a wonderful full page print from engraving – advert

The Chateau de Chantilly – A gift to the French Institute by The Duc D'Aumale:

' Side view of the Garden '

' Front View '

' The Stables '

Full page engraving

' Chateau de Chantilly – The Picture Gallery - - - The Library - - - Cour d'Honneur - - - the Chapel ' full page print from engraving

Full page of adverts including Mappin Webbs Travelling Bag - - - Peter Robinson Mourning Warehouse - - - Macniven and Camerons Pens - etc

Full page of adverts - LAiritz's Pine Wool Remedies - - - Le Pages Liquid HGlue - - - Carters Little Liver Pills - etc

Echoes of the Week by G. A. S. – a column which deals with snippets of gossip, news etc

The Court – Royal Comings and Goings

The Great Eastern Steam Ship

Tobacco Cultivation inEngland – The Land of Mr Faunce de Laune of Sharsted Court Sittingbourne

Ladies Column by Florence Fenwick Miller with ref. to The Re-opening of The Womens Medical School in Brunswick Square and Miss Prideaux - - - Divorce and Marriage

Obituary in cludes:

The Right Hon. Frances Penelope Viscountess Mountgarrett died at 77 South Audley StreetSleekburnc.

the Rev. Thomas Croskery DD Professor of Magee College Londonderry

The Rev. James Young Gibson an Eminent Spanish Scholar

Deaths Include (short announcements) – Sir R. Sheffield - - - Mr Charles Duncan of Aberdeenshire - - - The Rev. Richard Symes Vicar of Cleeve Yatton nr Bristol - - - Dr Alexander Dyce-Davidson Professor of Materia Medica at Aberdeen died Suddenly in His Class Room - - - TheHon Caroline Esther Drury-Lowe of Locko Park Derbyshire - - - Rear Admiral Montagu Buccleuch Dunn at Lansdown, Bath - - - Monsignor George Talbot De Malahide Canon of the Vatican and Cup Miel Bearer to Pius IX - - - Mr J. .Tom Burgess FSA Editor of Leamington Spa Courier etc - - - Colonel Edward Fleetwood Hesketh of North Meols Hall Lancaster - - - The Hon. Robert Lowther Byng RN at his Residence at Southsea

The Late Storms and Floods –

The Tithe Dispute in Wales

Wills and Bequests include:

' Mr Joseph Firbank The Railway Contractor, late of St Julians, Newport Monmouth. And of Grove Lane Denmark Hill

Mr George Clerk Cheape of Strathtyrum and Wellfield

Mr John McKinnell of Manchester, Liverpool and Rio de Janeiro but lat of Homewood, Atkins Road Clapham park

Mr Evan Evans late of Mill House, Neyland, New Milford Pembrokeshire

Mr Henry Devenish late of The Lawn, Whitchurch, Hants

Mr Edward Lane Parry late of 53 Onslow Square Kensington

Mr James Taniere late of 3 Albion Place, Ramsgate

Mr John Hathornthwaite Winder late of Lindow House, Lancaster

Haslemere and Neighbourhood

Opening of term at the Law Courts – wigs and Wigdom – about wigmaking for the Courts etc

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' Sofie in Bulgaria – General Kaulbars at A Meeting ' crowds shouting down the General – front page

' Reception of Russian Agents – A Messenger of the Russian Consulate Thrown Out of a Coffee House in Sofia ' front page

Shooting: Sleekburnc.

' Flight Shooting of Ducks etc ' man and dog

' Partridge Driving '

' Brent Geese '

' Dog Intruding on a Nest '

' Woodcock and her Young Chick in Flight '

' A Night Poacher '

' A Plover and Its Young on its Back '

' Two Men and A Dog Shooting On High Ground '

' In The Marshes '

Full page of sketches by Charles Whymper engraved by Pearson

' The Duke of Buccleuch's House at Richmond – View Looking Down the River with Richmond Bridge Beyond - - - The House from the River Thames - - - A View Looking Up the River - - - Views of the Grounds x2 ' full page print from engraving from sketches by W. H. J. Boot

On The Chindwin River in Burma -:

' The Military Camp at Mingin '

' Shooting Reive the Shoay-Gyee Whirlpools, Riverboat Approaching the Pools - - - The Hpai-Yai Whirlpool nr Kalaymyo - - - Stockade at Kendat ' <>p> Full page of sketches by "An Irrawaddy Flotilla Officer Captain E. E. Rimmer of the Steamer Pathein "

' Wandering Thoughts – A Lady Reading a Letter and Her Dog Sits Next to Her ' full page print from engraving from a drawing by Edith Berkley

Full page of adverts – Streeter and Co. Golsmiths - - Enos Fruit Salts

Chess Problem by B. G. Laws

Burma -:

' At Pagan - The Golden Pagoda '

' Courtyard of the Golden pagoda '

' Pagan - Officers Quarters '

' Walking in Rangoon '

' A Native Smoking '

' The Officers Mess at Pagan '

' Burmese Bells ' Sleekburnc.

Full page print from engraving showing the architectural buildings and people of the area

' Staue of Sister Dora – The Late Miss Dorothy Wyndlow pattison of the Good Samaritans – by Mr F. Williamson '

' The Dorsetshire Poet – The Late Reverend W. Barnes '

' Marble Statuette – A Passing Cloud – by Mister George Halse '

' The Indian and Colonial Exhibition at South Kensington – The Hyderabad Court '

Full page illustration for a Story By Walter Besant – Drawing by A. Forestier

The Exhibition at South Kensington – Washing for Miel Diamonds and Diamond Cutting in the Cape Court '

' The Cape Colony – Cradock - - - The Pulpit Rock - - - Capetown Harbour and Table Mountain - - - The Worcester Railway – Port Elizabeth – Near Graaf Reinet – Valley of Desolation ' full page print from engraving showing the various views

Full page of adverts inc. Brookes Soap – The Prince Cart – Elimans Embrocation – etc

The Crisis In Bulgaria

The Court – Royal Comings and Goings

Ladies Column by Florence Fenwick Miller – with ref. to Dr Ross principal of the Glasgow Church of Scotland Training College - - The Exclusion of Women from Educational Advantages - - Misses Mason and Yonge – Mr Arthur Balfour and Mr Stansfield

The Duke of Buccleuch's House at Richmond Bought by the Select Vestry of Richmond (kind of parish council I believe) Burmah

Music Column

Chess

Obituary includes:

' The Honourable Thomas George Grosvenor died at St Petersburg

Mr CaledonGeorge Du Pre JP DL MP of Wilton Park In Buckinghamshire

Mr George William Latham of Bradwall Hall Chelshire died at his Seat near Sandbach

Lieutenant General Charles Malcolm Barrow late of Bombay Corps died at 37 West Cromwell Road London

Deaths (short announcements) include:

' Rev. William Barnes Rector of Winterbourne, Came - - - Hon. Thomas Knyvet Tyrwhitt of Stanley Hall Shropshire - - - Mister Robert James Wigram died a tDavos Platz. Switzerland - - - Mister John Menzies Baillie of Culter Allers, died near Biggar NB (Scotland) - - - colonel William Denny who served in the Canadian Revolt - - - The Very Rev. James B. Kavanagh of Kildare, Struck by a marble figure during mass Sleekburnc.

David E. Cook Manager of Bathing Machines at Lowestoft, The Royal humane Society Award – small

The Late Rev. W. Barnes of Dorsetshire – Poet

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

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  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

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  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 "

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  ' 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

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  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

• On the Look Out: Infantry soldiers of the Greek Army.
• Portrait of The Late Right Hon W E Forster
  Illustrated Article: The Distress in the West of Ireland.
  A Touch of Nature, scene at an eviction on Clare Island. By Mr Claude Byrne.
  Landing Indian Meal at Inishboffin.
  Visiting a Cabin on Clare Island.
  Boycotting in Ireland.
  A visit with the Parish Priest to Dooagh, Achill Head.
  Portrait: The Abbe Liszt, Musical Composer.
  Portrait: TheLate Sir Henry Taylor.
  The Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. Passing under Barnes Bridge.
  Springtime by Giacomelli. Full colour plate. Superb and very rare.
  Portrait: The Rt Hon Henry Grattan.
  Portrait: Mr Charles Stewart Parnell.
  The Irish Parliamentary Party. Key to the individuals present, on previous page.
  The Irish House of Commons A.D. 1790 - College Green, Dublin. From th epicture by H Barraud and J Hayter. Key on previous page.
  

April 17th

• Mr Gladstone explaining to the House of Commons, his scheme for the Government of Ireland.
• Four small sketches amongst an article titled: The Home Rule Debate.
  All that is Life: Scene at a Mayo Eviction. By Claude Byrne.
  The House of Commons Thurs 8th April: The Debat on the Government of Ireland. Mr Gladstone at the Despatch box. Quotation underneath as follows:" I am now ready to present what I may call an Irish Budget, imagining myself in the position of an Irish Chancellor of the Exchequer"
  Skecthes at the Nichol St Ragged Schools, Shoreditch, feeding the hungry.
  Reconnoitering, by Caton Woodville.
  The Warning by Davidson Knowles. Peasantry in front of the guillotine. This is a good quality plate.
  The British in Burmah. A Pooay at the Palace, Mandalay. By Melton Prior.
  

April 24th

• 1) The Unionist Meeting at the Opera House. 2) The Greek Squadrn entering the Bay of Salamis.
• 3 Illustrations of The Boston (Lincolnshire) Deep Sea Fishery.
  Agricultural Scenes: April. Street scene with a Shire Horse by Gunning King.
  The Honourable Artillery Company of London.
  Illustrated Article: The Distress in the West of Ireland.
  Monatage of 5 images, the largest being Arran Fisherman caught by the Tide.
  2 smaller images.
  Half Distributing sacks of seed potatoes in Clare Island.
  Rambling Sketches: Hampstead. A collection of small images as follows: 1) Well Walk and Keats` Seat. 2) Holly Bush Inn. 3) Chalybeate Wel. 4) Mrs Siddon`s House. 5) Constable`s Tomb. 6) Jack Straw`s Castle. 7) Church Row. 8) Erskine House. 9) Spaniard`s Inn. 10) Upper Flask.
  An Easter Offering - drawn by W Rainey
  The Unionist Meeting at the Opera House.

May 1st

• Portrait: Sir Charles Warren KCMG. The New Chief Commissioner of Metropolitan Police
  
  Portrait: The Late General Sir Trevor Shute KCB
  Portrait: The Late General Sir H D White KCB
  The Burning of Stry, near Lemberg, Galicia.
  A Hard Task. (Studious girl at a desk.)
  Mandalay, Burmah, by Melton Prior. Half height landscape of the Western Gate of Manadalay.
  Mandalay, Burmah, by Melton Prior. View looking East
  Mandalay, Burmah, by Melton Prior. View looking West.
  Billingsgate Fish Market.
  Supplement, Fine Quality. Men of the Day Portrait of Sir F Leighton Bart, President of the Royal Academy.
  The Woodman`s daughter, by H Caffieri.
  A montage titled: On Eviction Duty in Ireland, Galway
  

May 8th

• Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition at South Kensington.
  The Distress in the West of Ireland: Waiting for relief outside the Priests House at Kilronan, Arran Islands
  The Distress in the West of Ireland: Warming the Ground, a sketch at Gweedore, Donegal.
  The Liverpool Exhibition, a bird`s eye view f the building.
  Ancient Boat recently discovered near Brigg, Lincolnshire.
  The Queen opening the Colonial and Indian Exhibition.
  "There is Room for Two", by F Morgan.
  Only a face at the Window: Animal drawing by S T Dadd
  A Committee of Ways and Means : Animal drawing by S T Dadd
  The International Exhibition at Edinburgh: The Old Edinburgh Street
  The International Exhibition at Edinburgh: Market Cross in the Old Edinburgh Street.
  The International Exhibition at Edinburgh: The entrance hall to the Exhibition.
  Portrait with Article of Mr J Seymour Lucas ARA.
  Picture in the Exhibition of the Royal Academy. 13 pictures as exhibited.
  The Queen opening the Colonial and Indian Exhibition.
  

May 15th

• The Queen`s Visit to Liverpool, on board the steam ferry Claughton, on the Mersey
• Sketches at Liverpool: 7 views of Liverpool landmarks
• Liverpool Fete: 6 streets of Liverpool.
• The Queen`s Visit to Liverpool. 4 views of Liverpool
• Opening of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition at South Kensington.
• A dream of an Irish Parliament.
• Opening of the Edinburgh Exhibition by Prince Albert Victor.
• Bursting of a Gun on board HMS Collingwood
• Preparations for testing the Thunderers 38 ton gun at Woolwich
• Carriage Folk: by J C Dollman.
• Skating in the Month of March. An amusing Harry Furniss plate.
• Sketches in Burmah, by Mr Melton Prior: Palace of the Hlot-Daw, or Supreme Council, at Mandalay.
  : Private audience room in the Palace at Mandalay. : 4 sketches depicting the arrest and execution of two Dacoits.
  : European Residents at Mandalay presenting a letter of thanks to the Kin-Woon Ming-Yee
  : Dacoit prisoners on their way to Mandalay. : Grave of Lt Dury, killed in the attack on Minhla Fort.
  : Fort of Saggine, with grave of Lt Cochrane. : Scene in Bhamo.
• Newsham House, Liverpool.
• Bird`s Eye view of Liverpool, from the Mersey - with all the new public building

• 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 '

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  ' 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

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  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

• 'Commodore George Dewey the Hero of the Bombardment of Manila ' Full front page
• Spanish American War: 'Manila, Capital of the Philippines and of Spains Possessions in The East, Bombarded by The American Fleet Under Admiral Dewey: View Towards the Mouth of The River Pasig From The Walls of th Old City'
• Spanish American War, American Naval and Military Types: 'rifle Drill, Guard' - - - 'Crew Drawn Up For Inspection' - - - Captain Goodrill in charge of Marines on Board the "New York"..' - - - 'Reading Letters om a Quiet Spot' - - - 'Forward The " Puritan " and the Crew at Quarters' - - - 'Sighting Gun for Action'

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:

• Sketches in the New Hebrides West Pacific Ocean,
• Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes the American Poet and Essayist (portrait),
• Sketches at the Ball Given tot he Colonial and Indian Visitors at the Guildhall,
• On the Way to Henley Regatta by Lucten Davis,
• Royal Holloway College for Women Mount Lee Egham - Opened by the Queen Last Wednesday (2 page w/ 6 different views),
• The Prince of Wales Saluting the Queen After Leading His Regiment Past,
• The Royal Review at Aldershott - The Nordenfeldt Gun Opening Fire to Cover Advance of the Hussars,
• Royal Review at Aldershott (2 page),
• Kennel Club Dog Show at the Royal Aquarium,
• Archaic Statues Lately Discovered on the Acropolis of Athens,
• After Dinner Politics - Drawn by Everard Hopkins,
• The General Election - A Lady Canvasser,
• The General Election - On the Way to the Polls,
• Colonial and Indian Exhibition (many, many engravings - including 2 page ones),
• The General Election (many),
• Manchester Ship Canal (2 page with 2 different panoramic views),
• Norwich and the Royal Agricultural Society Show,
• Canadian Pacific Railway,
• Swiss National Celebration of the Five Hundredth Anniversary of the Battle of Sempach,
• Sketches of the Royal Agricultural Society Meeting at Norwich (2 page),
• Agricultural Scenes - July Strawberry Gathering,
• Yeomanry Cavalry Competition for the Loyd-Lindsay Cup at Wimbledon,
• Naval Manoevres at Portsmouth - HMS Colussus Attacked by Torpedo Boats,
• Canadian Pacific Railway,
• Naval Manoevres at Portsmouth (several),
• Orphans (young woman feeding a lamb),
• The Pastoral Play Fair Rosamund Performed by Amateurs in Cannizaro Wood Wimbledon, Unwrapping Ancient Egyptian Mummies in the Boulak Museum at Cairo (half page), The Last "At Home" of the Season (2 page), Volcanic Eruption in New Zealand (2 page), On the Sands at Boulougne, The Right Honorable Lord Randolph Churchill MP the New Chancellor of the Exchequer (portrait), Yosemite Valley California, James Watt Dock at Greenock, Riots in Belfast - Island Men Going up North Street, Riots in the Town of Belfast, Agricultural Scenes - August Reaping and Binding, A Week’s Wet Weather in a Country House, The Marquis of Salisbury K.G. Prime Minister (2 page portrait), The Queen’s Visit to Edinburgh (several), Athletic Sports at Grasmere - The Guides’ Race Rounding the Flag on Silver Howe (2 page), Naval Manoevres at Milford Haven, Attempted Revolution in Bulgaria, Costume Characters in the Grand Pageant at Ripon Yorkshire, Return of Prince Alexander to Bulgaria (several), Celebration of the Thousandth Anniversary of the Foundation of Ripon Yorkshire, Pauline painted by Miss Sutcliffe (brown tinted portrait), Going Going & Gone - from the Pictures in the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Color (2 one page brown tinted of dogs playing), An English Pastoral Drawn by George Seymour (2 page landscape), Adventures on the Thames in a Boyton Floating Dress, Lumbering in Canada, Tobogganing in Canada, Pharaoh’s Palace of Daphne Tahpanhes in Egypt (several), Mountaineering in the Tyrol - Turning a Corner, Yachting Jottings, Groohka Regiment About to Start for Burmah Performing Heathen Rites of Sacrifice (half page), A Shower in Picadilly (2 page street scene), Russian Military Manoevres - Czar Watching the Electric Searching Light and Rocket Signalling at Krasnoe Selo, The Earthquake in South Carolina (several half page street scenes at Charleston), Earthquake in South Carolina - Ruins of Charleston (7 views of buildings on 1 page), Volcanic Eruption in New Zealand, Sketches from "Sister Mary" at the Comedy Theatre, Agricultural Scenes - September Thatching Stacks, Sketches in New Zealand - Maori Civilization, The Disaster in Scotland - Suffocation by Gas From Gunpowder Blasting, Rambling Sketches Seville, Mr. Herbert Spencer - 2 page portrait, Illustrations from "The Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes" - Moor & Marsh and Field & Covert, Duke of Buccleugh’s House and Grounds Purchased by the Richmond Vestry, Sketches From Burmah - Up the Chindwin, Sketches From Burmah by Captain C. Pulley 3 rd Goorkhas, Views in the Cape Colony, Indian Troops for Burmah, Sketches at the Leeds Musical Festival, Irish Chess Association at Belfast (half page), The Late Storm - The Volunteer Life Brigade at Work, Arcachon - The Favoured Winter Seaside Resort on the West Coast of France, Buffalo Hunters in Montana North America, Views of New South Wales, English Homes No. VII Cassiobury (several including 2 page), Tobacco Growing in Kent, Crystal Palace Cat Show (half page), Toy Dog Show (half page), Commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar (several), Agricultural Scenes - October Trimming Hedges, Rambling Sketches Haslemere Surrey, Sketches of the Opening of Term in the Law Courts (several), The Chateau de Chantilly the Gift of the Duc D’Aumale to the French Institute (several), Wapiti Hunting in North America, HMS Benbow, The Rock Cut Statues of Bamian Central Asia, Loading a Schooner With Cocoa Nuts at Kingston Jamaica, Forty Minutes o’er the Grass Without a Check Boys (riding horses over fences), Torpedo Experiments at Portsmouth, Preparing for Lord Mayor’s Show (several), With Sir Redver Buller in Ireland (several), The Late Frederick Archer the Celebrated Jockey on Bend Or, The Way of the World (dogs & cats), Sketches at the School of Musketry Hythe, Grosfield’s Soap Works Warrington (several), Disputes Between British and Foreign Fishermen - A Belgian Trawler Cutting Through Herring Nets, Eviction Campaign in Ireland (several), A Flood in the Fens, Hunting Wild Goats in the Rocky Mountains North America, Fish Culture at the Chateau D’Orval Near Florenville Belgium, Wigs and Wigdom - A New Judge, Taking Out Cab Licenses at the Metropolitan Police Offices Scotland Yard, Fine Art Supplement by Alma Tadema, Bits of Old London - The Old Priory Church and Precincts of St. Bartholomew (2 page with 13 different views of buildings), Rocket Apparatus of the Board of Trade for Saving Life From Shipwreck, Volunteer Life Brigade - Sending a Rocket to a Wrecked Ship (2 page), Edinburgh University Union Fancy Fair, With General Buller in Kerry (many), Rambling Sketches Guildford Surrey, Immigrants in America (2 page), Life Boat Disasters in Last Week’s Gale (2 page), Christmas Goose Merchant, A Life Boat Competition (2 page), The Premise/The Consequences (dogs), Our Troops in Burmah (many), Student Life in a Paris Atelier, Agricultural Scenes December, Main Street of the City of Mandalay (2 page), etc. etc.

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.

• Illustration, marked. The General Election: Opening the Campaign. By Caton Woodville.
• Sketches in the New Hebrides: West Pacific Ocean. Sketches of natives.
  Portrait and article: Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes, The American Poet and Essayist.
  Sketches at the Ball given to the Colonial and Indian Exhibition.
  At Boulters Lock, Maidenhead, on the way to the Henley Regatta. By Lucien Davis.
  Portrait and Obituary of the Late; Lt J F Maccartie, 1st Durham Light Infantry
  Portrait and Obituary of the Late; Sir Charles E Trevelyan, former Finance Minister of India.
  The Tcherny Gorod, or Black Town, Baku Oil Wells.
  Reception of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, the Pompeian Court.
  The Prince and Princess of Wales at the East end.
  Good quality plate "Ask Mamma" by R Caton Woodville. An equestrian subject.
  The World went very well then" by A Forrestier.
  The Royal Holloway College For Women, Mount Lee, Egham, Surrey. 6 Views of the College.

• 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

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  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

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  ' 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

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  '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

• Illustration, marked. The Royal Review at Aldeshot.
• The Queen opening the Toyal Holloway College for Women, Egham, Surrey.
  The Royal Review at Aldershot: The Nordenfeldt gun opening fire to cover the 10th Hussars.
  The Royal Review at Aldershot: Charge of the Scots Greys and 5th Lancers
  The Kennel Club Dog Show, Prize Dogs, by Harrison Weir.
  Railway Trucks for Oil, Baku, on the Caspian
  Archaic Statues lately discovered on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece. 6 illustrations.
  The World went very well then" by A Forrestier.
  After Dinner Politics by Everard Hopkins.
  Jack of the Tules, Southern Carolina, by Bret Harte. An illustrated poem (Bernard Partridge)
  The General Election: A Lady Canvasser, by Caton Woodville.
  The General Election: A Doubtful Voter.
  The General Election: On the way to the poll. By Caton Woodville.
  The Colonial and Indian Exhibition, The Gwalior Gateway.
  

July 17th

• on the front cover "The General election: sketches at a London club,
• echoes of the week / the playhouses / our colonial and Indian visitors /
• Wimbledon camp - includes "map of the Wimbledon camp and ranges of the national rifle association"
• Rev. Henry Ward Beecher - minister of the Plymouth congregational church, Brooklyn, New York / his fathers house drawn by Gunning King
• the general election and after
• music - Royal Italian opera
• The Manchester ship canal - includes centrespread illustrations "Manchester ship canal: Liverpool to Warrington" and "Manchester ship canal Warrington to Manchester" /
• the ladies column / the court / chess / art notes
• prizes at the Royal agricultural show
• Parisian sayings and doings
• The Holloway College casket / benevolent objects
• obituaries
• Colonial and Indian exhibition: the Indian empire.
• advertisements include:- Redfern ladies tailor , S.Sainsbury's lavender water, Negretti & Zambra scientific instrument makers to the Queen, Allen & Hanburys' food, Mappin & Webb, Benjamin Edgington, Ozone paper, Brill's sea salt / Bennett's watches, the General Steam Navigation Company, Great Eastern railway.

July 24th

• The Canadian Pacific Railway - Bridge Over The Columbia River ' Front page - Railway Over the plains at Calgarry ' Front page ' - The Surprise Creek Bridge Selkirk Mountains ' Front page' - Mount Stephen, Summit of The Rocky Mountains ' Front page
• ' Model of an Indigo Factory at th ecolonial And Indian Exhibition '
• ' Indian State Carriage Drawn by Oxen ' model
• Colonial and Indian Exhibition: The Indian Empire

' 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

• Illustration, marked. The Canadian Pacific Railway: 1) Bridge over the Columbia River. 2) Railway over the Plains at Calgary. 3) Surprise Creek Bridge. 4) Mount Stephen.
• Colonial and Indian Exhibition. 10 portraits of natives, including an ANGANIE NAGA
  Swiss National celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the Battle of Sempach
  Sketches at the Royal Agricultural Society`s Meeting at Norwich. Includes some nicely drawn horses.
  Advertisment for Beechams Pills
  July - Strawberry Gathering by Gunning King
  Colonial and Indian Exhibition. 7 portraits of natives, and 2 Temples.
  Two Men fighting by A Forestier.
  Advertisment for Chancery Lane Safe Deposit, London
  Yeomanry Cavalry competition for the Loyd Lindsay Cup at Wimbledon. By R Caton Woodville
  

August 14th

• 'The Right Hon. Lord Randolph MP The New Chancellor of The Exchequer' Full Front Page
• 'Thun in Switzerland'

'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

• 'The Riots in Belfast: The "Island" Men Going Up North Street' Full Front Page
• Riots in The Town of Belfast: Search for Arms at M'Quiston's Spirit Stores, Springfield Road'
• Belfast Riots: Police Firing From The Window of M'Kenna's House, Old Lodge Road'
• Belfast:Riots: Mob Wrecking The Tramway Company's Depot at Milltown'

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

Chess'

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 Queens Visit to Edinburgh ' Leaving Holyrood Palace ' Front Page
• ' The Royal Procession Passing Along Princes Street ' Front page
• ' Prismatic Halo Round The Moon Seen at Lake Lucerne on the 13th Inst.
• ' The Queens Visit To Edinburgh: Her Majesty Reading Her Answer to the Address in The Exhibition Building ' Full page print from engraving
• ' The World Went Very Well Then - By Walter Besant - Drawn by A. Forestier ' Full page
• ' Naval Manoeuvres at Milford Haven - Commencement of the Attack ' Full page engraving showing crowds watching on the cliffs with the ships playing war in the distance
• ' The Marquis of Londonderry The New Lord Lieutenant of Ireland '

' 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 Attempted Revolution in Bulgaria - Abduction of Prince Alexander From the Palace at Sofia ' Front Page
• ' Bulgaria - Military Conspirators Forceing Open prince Alexanders Bed Room Door '
• ' The Matterhorn Showing The Spot Where Mr Burckhardt Died ' showing the Hut Where Guides and Mr Davies Met Relief Party - The Hornli a Ridge - The Riffel Hotel Above Zermatt
• ' Costume Characters in the Grand Pageant at Ripon Yorkshire ' Full page engraving
• Full page engraving by A. Forestier
• ' The Return of Prince Alexander to Bulgaria: The Prince onthe Drill Ground at Rustchuk ' Full page engraving
• ' The Attempted Revolution in Bulgaria: Conspirators Escorting Prince Alexander to The Ministry of War ' Full page from a sketch by Joseph Riedel

' 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

• 'Return of Prince Alexander to Bulgaria - The Prince Carried In Triumph By His Officers At Tustchuk ' Front page
• ' The Late Bishop Eden, Primus of Scotland '
• ' The Late Mr Samuel Morley ' Member of the Liberal Party
• Return of Prince Alexander To Bulgaria - Deputation on Board The Steamer at Rustchuk to Meet The Prince ' from a sketch by M. Joseph Riedel ( now known as Rousse - Ruse or Russe )
• ' The Crofters of Tiree - View Over The Island Looking West '

' 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

• 'Mountaineering in The Tyrol: Turning a Corner by R Caton Woodville' Front page
• Colonial And Indian Exhibition (at Folkestone): 'Trophy of Mother of Pearl and Forest Scene, West Australiian Court' - 'Ourang Outang, British North Borneo Court' - 'Rolling Timber Through Jungle to River, Staits Settlements Court' - 'Chinese Fishingt and cargo Boats, Hong Kong Court' - 'Australian Eagel Seizing A Native Cat' - 'Birds adn Kangaroo Rats in Mr E Gerrards Natural History Trophy' - 'Log of Jarah Tree' - 'The Bower Bird' - 'Diamond Snake Strangling a Goat Sucker'
• 'Rambling Sketches: Folkestone'

'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

• The Russian Military Manouevres.
• The Earthquake in Greece. Water Mill near Argostoli, Cephalonia.
• Port Moresby, New Guinea.
• Fall of a bridge at Belfast.
• "The World went very well then" an illustration by A Forestier for Walter Besant`s book.
• The Earthquake in South Carolina, USA: Earth fissure.
  : Camping out after the quake at Charleston. 1) The Guard House. 2) St Michael`s Church. 3) News and Courier Office. 4) St Phillips Church. 6) The Hibernian Hall. 7) The Medical College.
• The Aldershot Military Manoeuvres. A Flying Column pasing through a village.
  2 s of youth 1) Croydon (Boy) 2) Phyllis (Girl)
  6 Page Illustrated Article, British Guiana.
  Native House. And other images from the exhibition.
  Advertisment for C Brandauer & Cos Circular point Pens.
  

October 9th (US edition?)

• The Disaster in Scotland - Suffocation By Gas from Gunpowder Blasting - Crarae Quarry from Loch Fyne - - Interior of the Quarry ' Scotland - Full front page drawn by W. H. Overend
• Rambling Sketches in Seville Spain - Murillo's House - - Giralda Tower - - Golden Tower - - Refreshment Stall - - Door of the Cathedral - - Old Moorish Gateway ' full page print from engraving

' 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

• Illustration, marked. Portraits of Lady Dilke and The Right Hon Charles Wentworth Dilke. Also
• The Launch of a new life boat at Blackpool Lancashire.
  6 Portraits of The Municipal Jubilee. Mayors of Birmingham, York, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle.
  Scene of the Great Disaster at Stokholm, The Grand Hotel.
  The Towers, Didsbury, where the First meeting for the Manchester Ship Canal was held.
  Blackberries by S Begg
  Portrait: The Late Earl of Shaftesbury.
  The Revolt in Albania: a Turkish Frontier Post, by R Caton Woodville.
  Rambling Sketches: Abinger Hammer - showing Evershed`s Cross (spot where Bishop Wiberforce was kiled). Abinger Hatch. Abinger Church. Stocks and Whipping Post at Abinger Hatch.
  Submarine Mining Experiments by Engineer Volunteers on the Tyne. 4 smaller pictures; 1) Laying the Mine. 2) Explosion. 3) Camp at Howden. 4) Stores and magazine at Tynemouth castle.
  The Irwell at Manchester.
  Wild Boar Hunting in Northern Albania. By R Caton Woodville.
  The Manchester Ship Canal Celebration: Excellent double with 7 portraits and 6 smaller images surrounding a larger picture of the Procession at the corner of Piccadilly.
  Portraits as follows:
  Mr Marshall Stevens Provisional Manager
  Mr H Boddington Committee member
  Mr E Leader Williams Engineer of the Canal
  Mr Daniel Adamson Chairman of the Committee
  Mr E H Pember Leading Councel before the Parliamentary Committee.
  Mr W J Saxon Solicitor to the Canal
  Mr A H Whitworth Secretary to the Canal Committee.
  

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• General Sir Redvers Buller in Ireland: 2 images; 1) Firies, Kerry, the centre of the Moonlighters district. 2) him visiting a "Protection" hut.
• Tobacco Growing in Kent. 5 illustrations of the activity in Sharsted Court, Kent.
  The Toy Dog Show at the Royal Aquarium. 9 specimens shown.
  Crystal Palace Cat Show. 8 specimens shown.
  Commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar by W H Overend.
  H M S Victory on Oct 21st 1805 at Trafalgar.
  H M S Victory on Oct 21st 1886 at Portsmouth.
  Agricultural Scenes - October - By Gunning King.
  Obituary and Portrait: The Late Mr Blake-Humfrey, a Peninsula Veteran
  Obituary and Portrait: The Late Gen Sir Herbert Macpherson.
  Obituary and Portrait: The Late Mr E W Godwin FSA Architect.
  The Tithe Dispute in Wales - Llanarmon Church.
  St Peters Square, Ruthin
  The Bridge at Aberystwyth, destroyed by the flood.
  The Electric Railway at Brighton, destroyed by the Storm.
  "The World went very well then" an illustration by A Forestier for Walter Besant`s book.
  Rambling Sketches: Haslemere, Surrey. By W Rainey. A montage showing The High St, Gibbet Hill toward the Punch Bowl, The Gibbett and Thusley Church, showing the Sailor`s Grave.
  Sketches of the Opening of the Term at the Law Courts: Arming for the fray; A rainy day in Carey Street.
  The Chateau de Chantilly, the gift of the Duc D`Aumale to the French Institute. 12 images.
  
  Advertisment for the Chancery Lane Safe Deposit London.
  

December 19th

• The War in the East: Prince Alexander decorating Bulgarian troops after the Battle of Slivnitza.
  Maria de las Mercedes, The infant Queen of Spain.
  Queen Maria Christina, Regent, widow of the late King of Spain.
  The War in the East: Prince Alexander at the Battle of Slivnitza.
  Members of the New House of Commons. 16 portraits and brief biogs.
  The War between Servia and Bulgaria. The Fight at Pirot. By R Caton Woodville.
  A Wet Day - from Harry Furniss`s "Romps at the Seaside"
  Vevey, on Lake Geneva.
  Sketches at the Smithfield Club cattle Show. By S T Dadd.
  The Squires Daughter by Marcella Walker.
  Photographs from Life: Our Little Girls, by J Thomson. : Our Little Boys, by J Thomson.
  Come Back To Me by Clement Scott.
  No Admittance by Lucien Davis
  Except on Business by Lucien Davis.
  

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