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The Illustrated London News 1926

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February 20th

March 6th

Front Cover Headline = Glasgow's Housing problem. - Second Indo-Sumerian article

Adverts on Front Cover = Liberty Cretonnes from 2/3d a yard 31ins wide

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Australia by Orient lines - the ships are Orama (20,000 tons)- Ormuz (15,000 tons)
- Orsova (12,000 tons) - Orvieto (12,000 tons) - Ormonde (15,000 tons) - Osterley (12,000 tons),

Otard's the Brandy with pedigree, Elkington Plate and cutlery, Reliable tailoring for men and women The White House -
Portrush - North Ireland (Hamilton's Irish Tweed), Avon British Cord tyres, State Express Cigarettes 25 for 2/-

Inside front cover adverts = "Our Nell" toilet soap 6d per tablet from JC & J Field, Spring in Sicily -
Grand Hotel et des Palmes Taormina, Mothersill's seasick remedy, C Branauer & Co Ltd. Circular pointed pens

Full page advert = To announce the opening of the British Citroën Works at Slough -
Prices from £145 for a 7.3 h.p. 3 x seater Cloverleaf upto 11.4 h.p. 3 x seater Coupé with front wheel brakes £255

Adverts (¼ page) = Henry Heath Ltd for Hats "The Coddington" from 25/-,
Spencer Pianos from Murdochs - Oxford St, Dickins and Jones (Regent St)
a charming Tea Frock 6½ Gns,
Gamages for Lawn Mowers etc from 24/9d - 16in x 210lb roller 42/-,
(¾ Page advert) Highland Queen Scotch Whisky 12/6 ,
small adverts = Hindes Hair Tints (1 Tabernacle Street - City of London),
Steam Carpet beating Company,
Wallace Heaton ltd agents for Bell-Howell 'Filmo' Ciné Camera (The perfect home cinema)

Full page Advert = Maison Lyons Chocolates 4/- lb (No. 1 in a series called perfections in parallel "Mona Lisa")

Frontispiece = Back in the saddle again after recovery from his recent accident (with Fernies pack in Leicestershire)
: our indefatigable sporting Prince of Wales while he was out with Household Brigade drag hunt near Virginia Water 1 x pic

Our Notebook by G.K. Chesterton - writing about H.G. Wells's last novel "Christina Alberta's Father"
(Chesterton wrote this weekly column from 1905 until 1932)
+ 1 x pic of The King shaking hands with French "Rugger" team before their match againsr England at Twickenham on February 27th.
England won 11 points to NIL before a crowd of 40,000
A full page of 5 x pics from the England v France "Rugger" match

" Birds out of the nest before they Flidge" a book review of "Home life under the Stuarts" - 1603 - 1649 by Elizabeth Godfrey 2 x pics " The trusty servant" (the famous painting on the wall of the kitchen at Winchester college) and a Stuart home's laundry "book" : A washing tally in horn from Haddon Hall .................................................. At Home and Abroad: Disasters old and new; A Demolition 7 x PicsWhere the owner (Mr Richard Whyte) and his son whom he tried to save were burned to death Drumspillan House Ayrshire, The Eiffel Tower air tragedy: Lieutenant Collot flying through the arch just before he crashed, Salvaging the monitor "Glatton" in Dover harbour etc etc

The World of Science - "The birds of the Riviera" by WP Pycraft 3 x drawings - The crested tit - The Goshawk - Riviera House Sparrows .............................................. Shown at the Royal Academy: Work for the Rome scholarships 7 x pics - awarded the Rome Scholarship for 1925 in sculpture "Sport" by Emile Jacot (A student of the Slade school) - awarded the Rome Scholarship for 1925 in Decorative painting "Christian and Hopeful arrive before the Celestial City" by Edward I Halliday (A student of the Liverpool City School of Art and of the Royal College of Art)

Books of the Day - "Things that have interested me" by Arnold Bennett, "Dance drama: Experiments in the art of the theatre" by Terence Gray, "London's Latin Quarter" by Kenneth Hare, The Flurried Years" by Violet Hunt, "The sunlit hours: A record of sport and life" by Theodore Andrea Cook, etc etc ................................................... Topicalities of the Week: New items of popular interest - A rehearsal for the Chelses Arts Ball and Egyptian Tableau 2 x pics, Producing cold by means of heat the new Electrolux refrigerator on show at the Savoy (a remarkable new invention for domestic use 1 x drawing and 2 x pics, A Paris device to avoid bus or train scrambles: a street ticket machine, London's new covered Motor Buses an experimental type etc.

double page = Unveiling the Prehistoric Civilisation of India - Discoveries in Sind, the Punjab, Baluchistan - cities older than Abraham by Sir John Marshall 2 x pics .......................................... In ancient India as in modern England: Alternative forms of burial 5 x pics

From "The Potteries" of prehistoric India: Remarkable ware 9 x pics ..................................................... Remarkable early photographs: The art of Julia Cameron (from Freshwater, Isle of Wight) 4 x beautiful pics from around 1860's

double page = Western " Barbarians" through eastern eyes - Europeans and Americans portrayed in nineteenth-century woodcuts 8 x pics

double page = A new note in etching: A " Salt-Water" artist of the sea 6 x drawings of people working on sailing ships (2 x sepia) by Mr Arthur Briscoe

full page colour = Scenes from biblical history - by Edmund Dulac "The fall of Jericho" ..................................... Personalities of the week: People in the public eye - Major H.O.D. Seagrave the famous racing motorist in his car, In view of the League meeting: Signor Mussolini (fourth from right) not looking ill as reported, entertaining Dr Nintchitch (the Yugo-slavian foreign minister), formerly at Charterhouse; Now Maharajah of Indore: Prince Yeshwant Rao Holkar, The Maharajah of Indore, who has abdicated: A sequel to the Malabar Hill case etc etc

War on the Glasgow Slums : Letting light and air into dark places by Steven Spurrier R.O.I. (a 5 page article about the slum conditions in Glasgow with 10 x powerful drawings by Steven Spurrier) this page - One type of new dwellings provided at Glasgow to replace overcrowded tenement: Villas at Moss Park - With grass plots in broader streets: New and roomy apartment houses built at Coplawhill, Glasgow ..................................................... Life in the " Back lands" of Glasgow: Appalling slum conditions (what the house reformer is striving to abolish in Glasgow: (1) A slum "Back land" area; (2) T-shaped landing in a tenement building; (3) Back-to-front and front-to-back houses

A double page drawing by Stephen Spurrier - " When a young artisan marries" in overcrowded Glasgow: Family life in single room (Where " The whole of the activities of the family are carried out, from the cradle to the coffin": A typical apartment in a Glasgow tenement shared by three generations

War on Glasgow slums: Demolitions and new dwellings 4 x pics by Steven Spurrier: The beginnings of a new Glasgow: (5) A clearance in an overcrowded area; (6) New apartment houses at Hamilton Hill- Parlour and scullery; (7) A square of new dwellings with playground for children ..................................................... Home, Ideal Home: The new exhibition at Olympia 6 x pics - Built of concrete filled in with wood framing: The Tibbenham Tudor house, which is priced at £1450 - An Old world home - over 400 years old: An interesting exhibit -etc etc

From the World's scrapbook : New and interesting items 7 x pics - Restored under supervision of the Office of Works : The new gate at Winchlesea believed to date from the time of Edward I - A young Prima Donna's sensational début: Miss Marion Tally received at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York - Honoured in New York with US Navy Cross and Lloyds Medal Captain Fried of the "President Roosevelt" with his wife - Miss Helen Wills winner of the ladies singles at Monte Carlo with Mlle E de Alvarez the Spanish lady champion who she beat. etc etc .......................................... full page advert in colour - Dewars the whisky of ancestors

Full page advert (with spot colour) The Dunlop Organisation ............................................. The World of the Theatre by J.T. Grein with 2 x photos - In the costume worn by Irving in the same part in 1882 Mr Henry Ainley as Benedick in "Much ado about nothing," at the Theatre - "Much ado about nothing," at the New: Miss Madge Titheradge as Beatrice and Miss Clare Harris as Hero

The World of Women (with 5 x pics) - Busy in South Islington on behalf of the Y.C.U. Miss I. Dowling - The Prime Minister's only unmarried daughter : Miss Betty Baldwin - The Chairman of the Young Conservative Union: Miss Fardell O.B.E. - Honorary Secretary of the ball to be held at Claridges in aid of the Y.C.U. : Miss M. Vickers - Daughter of the Secretary of State for war: Miss Worthington Evans .......................................... Humours of the "Zoo": Studies of animal life. No. VIII (15 x drawings by J.A. Shepherd) Births: Mr and Mrs Rhesus Macaque - of a Son

Fashions & Fancies - Womens fashion's - Inspiration from "Katja the Dancer" - Crepe-de-chine jumpers from Harvey Nichols - A tea gown of Bishra georgette ........................................... full page advert Johnnie Walker whisky (Old Craft Series No. 21 - Thatching)

The World of Music - Sunday Concerts in London + 2 x pics of Roman ruins at Taormina in Sicily, The Chairman of Rowntree's Mr B. Seebohm on a visit to General Smuts in South Africa + ½ page advert How Kia-Ora Lemon Squash is made 2/2 and 1/2 a bottle .............................................. full page advert The 'Duo-Art' 'Pianola' Piano from The Aeolian Co Ltd

The World of Music (cont...) plus a pic of the Prince of Wales presiding at the Annual Dinner of the Reedham Orphanage + adverts on the page = Champagne Duminy, Heirloom furniture from W. Jelks & Son, The London Assurance Company ........................................ full page advert "Why am I fretful and wakeful" take Ovaltine 1/6 2/6 and 4/6 per tin from A.Wander Ltd

The World of Music (cont...) plus a pic Lady Warwick's gift of her Essex home as a Labour College, Easton Lodge nr. Dunmow + adverts Linen sheets and pillow cases from Robinson and Cleaver-Belfast 2 x 3 yds (single bed) per pr 41/6 or 2½ x 3yds (double bed) per pr 52/6, Hotel Continental - Paris (overlooking the Tuileries Gardens), One third the cost of new tyres - re treads from Associated Rubber Manufacturers Ltd - 5,000 miles guaranteed .......................................... full page advert = Bulloch Lade Scotch Whisky £7 10s per case or 12/6 per bottle

The Chronicle of the Car (articles include The Road Fund and Famous Racing Motorists) including 2 x pics The chassis assembly chain: an interesting view in the Citroen car works in Slough, Recently supplied to the Crown Prince of Spain by the Morris Garages, Oxford: an M.G. super sports four-seater - advert = Renault 6 cylinder 26.9 hp chassis £735 ................................................. adverts =

April 3rd
VOL 168
issue 4537

Frontispiece - Egypts Record Influx of Tourists attracted by Tutankhamens Tomb by Reginald Cleaver


Our Notebook by G.K. Chesterton - Photo of Receipt from the Chevalier Jehan Fastolf

Of the Island that Was Speared: The Mailu by W.J.W. Saville
Grinding Down an Armshell
A Mailu Village with some of its houses in Course of Erection

The World of Science: Not Guilty by W.P. Pycraft - Photos of Terns

Derived from the Vandals? Herero Womens Berserk Helmets

Unique Photographs of a Unique Bird: Photos of The Trinidad Nightjar and Nightjars Chicks

The World of the Theatre: the Insect Play at the Strand by J.T. Grein

Abnormal Floods Near the Kalahari Desert: Life on a Great Tropical River that Ends as a Drain
Part of the Dry Riverbed Ploughed by the Makalakas with the Hut of a Batete Bushman
A Masarwa Bushman
One of the Old Rotted Canoes Re-launched on the Botletle
One of the Many Such Oases
A Deep Rooted Tree that Survives When others Die from Drought
Dauga Tree
Makalaka Women at Zabequis Village
A Makoba Man on the Botletle Making form a Felled Tree a Dug Out Like one of the Beaker

Books of the Day
Only Known copy of The Justices of Peas
The First Edition of Dr. John Dees General and Rare Memorials Pertaining to the Perfect Arte of Navigation

Fashions and Fancies - Illustrated by Ella Fulton

The Art of the Ancient Maya: Carvings in American Jade by Thomas Gann, F.R.G.S.
Damage to Houses overlooking the Square at Moreton Hampstead from fire
Sopworth House, Chippenham, Wilts, the Residence of Col. The Hon. Algernon Francis Stanley on Fire

The Milton Ovid Script - Photo of Americas' New Giant Submarine

The Chronicle of the Car
Alvis Two Three Seater
Humber Car in Church Street, Rye

The World of Music

The Nelson Pillar in Sackville Street, Dublin which is to be Removed

H.H. The Mahar Jah of Patialas English Springer Spaniel, Ch. Inveresk Coronation
Mr. and Mrs. F.G. Alexanders Borzoi,
Don Juan of Totsto at the Manchester Championship Dog Show with Miss Gwyneth Keys


Humours of the Zoo: Studies of Animal Life-No. XI by J.A. Shepherd


The Heart of the Florida Land Boom: Miami Capital of the New American Riviera
The Flamingo Hotel at Miami Beach
In the New Garden City of Coral Gables
Nautilus Field at Miami Beach
Artificial Islands Near Miami
Gondolas of the Old Romantic Type in the Bay of Biscayne, Florida
The Beautiful Venetian Pool in Coral Gables

A Milton Problem Tested in the Sale Room: Handwriting Evidence

The Latest Farcical Comedy Success: The Best People - Photos of Scenes from Play to include:
Henrietta Watson, C.V. France, E. Irwin, Olga Lindo, Frederick Volpe,
Maisie Darrell, Hugh Williams, Ian Hunter, Nora Swinburne

Home Events of the Week: Interesting News by Photography
One of the Four new Handley Page Air Liners
The City of Melbourne the Interior of the Passenger Cabin
The Finish of the Lincolnshire Handicap-Pat Donoghue Riding the Winner,
King of Clubs with Zionist Second and Vesington Star Third
An Incident of the Game-An Army Man Collared
The Foreign Secretary with the Deputy Lord Mayor at the Guildhall

An Incarnation of Celestial Gods:
The King on the Throne Where he was Anointed
King Seated on the Noble Throne Immediately After the Placing of the Great Crown of Victory
A Ceremony on the Afternoon of the Coronation Day
The New King of Siam and his Consort

A Dramatic Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge :
The Unprecedented Breakdown of Oxford - Photos of the Boat Race

Personalities of the Week: People in the Public Eye
Lord Somers
Mr. Howard Carters Liver Pills
Lt. J.R.J. Macnamara
Col. Nawabzada Hamidulla Khan
Mr. Joseph Sullivan
The Late Sir Hedley le Bas
Jack Horner and W. Watkinson
The Prince of Wales at the Grafton Hunt Races
Mr. A.C. Schwartz and W. Watkinson
His Majesty the Emperor of Annam
The Duke of Guise
The Late Duke of Orleans
Signor Mussolini Taking the Salute

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Sunbeam Motors
Lanchester Cars
Alvis Cars
Humber Cars
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Harvey Nichols

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