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  2. The Princess Maud of Wales

    HE announcement of the engagement of Princess Maud of Wales to her cousin. Prince Charles of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 819 words
  3. AN OCCULT INFLUENCE.

    ALFRED DARKE was an Australian artist, and a leading one to boot. He was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,258 words
  4. ART IN EUROPE.

    HERE was no Royal Academy banquet this year, in consequence of Lord Leighton's death, but the annual by the late president, and that is the unfinished "Clytie." Although entirely painted when fatal illness was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,190 words
  5. Celebrities at Botany Bay.

    HE trip up the river in search of farming land proved a very pleasant one, varied as it was with a good ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 200 words
  6. POISONING.

    THERE seems no reason to doubt that poisoning — a picturesque but not commendable form of vice—is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 522 words
  7. HOME AGAIN.

    After a stay of three weeks at Hobart Town, he said good-bye to Governor Collins on the 23rd December, 1805, and sailed for Sydney, where he landed on February 5. Driving straight to ...

    Article : 208 words
  8. A WIFE'S PRAYER.

    A letter written by his wife to the Governor while he was in gaol, makes a singular contrast in point of style with his clumsy composition. If it was her own unaided production, it was a very good one; ...

    Article : 491 words
  9. FRIENDS IN NEED.

    They had not been neglected by their well-to-do neighbors, among whom he mentions Captain Kent, the port captain (harbormaster), who had married a niece of Governor Hunter's, and was ...

    Article : 201 words
  10. SOME INDIAN PLEASANTRIES.

    In the Dharwar district, again, a woman gave three children some curry and rice. They immediately began to display symptoms of virulent poisoning, and one of them died. No motive of ...

    Article : 505 words
  11. KING'S LITTLE JOKE.

    A few days after his arrival, he was called upon to attend his Excellency, whom he thanked for allowing him to return to his family; "and I have this proud consolation"—which he printed in ...

    Article : 329 words
  12. Petticoat Lane on Sunday.

    PETTICOAT-LANE is a thing of the past, but the original street still exists, and is to-day in about as flourishing ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 491 words
  13. A STORM IN A TEAPOT.

    Even at this distance of time it is painful to think of all the needless cruelty exercised by a few hot headed officials, apparently bent on magnifying a mole-hill into a mountain for the purpose of ...

    Article : 183 words
  14. A POINT OF LAW.

    If he really told the Governor that he had acted contrary to the laws of Great Britain, he was within an ace of raising a question which might very well have been raised under the circumstances. ...

    Article : 192 words
  15. THE VICTIMS.

    In the majority of poisoning cases, however, in which men have been the victims the culprit has turned out to be the man's wife or his mother-in-law. Now and again a man poisons his wife, ...

    Article : 198 words
  16. THE LAST KICK.

    We have only to read one of the many warnings published by King and Hunter on the subject of Irish escapes, to see what this affair really amounted to. Here is one of them, dated just about a year ...

    Article : 202 words
  17. A FISHING INQUIRY.

    Supposing he had said something to that effect, the King would probably have thought it worth his while to pacify the angry rebel. He would have told him that he was sent to the island on ...

    Article : 231 words
  18. French English.

    The French axe fond—very fond—of emphasising our national ignorance of their language, but no specimen of English "as she is wrote" can ever have been excelled by that which now comes ...

    Article : 425 words
  19. THE PARIS SALON.

    Our Paris correspondent, in his summary of the 2093 paintings in this year's Salon, says that immediately upon ascending the great stairway the eye is caught by an enormous canvas entitled ...

    Article : 451 words
  20. The New Giant.

    Giant Wilkins, who is now numbered among the many attractions at Olympia, is 22 years of age. He was born at St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.A. He is 8ft 2in in height, and weighs 3861b. He ...

    Article : 197 words
  21. Strange Pawnbroker Stories.

    "Some pawnbrokers could tell (says an expert in such matters) a few strange stories of people who hold big positions in the City, for it is not the poorer classes alone who seek our aid. A ...

    Article : 180 words
  22. CUTTING HIS OWN THROAT.

    Still more fatal was the statement of his case put in writing by himself, and submitted as his defence at the time. It is evidently truthful, because it laid him open to the charge of being in ...

    Article : 898 words
  23. Tolstoi.

    Tolstoi's favorite diversion just now is chopping trees. Every afternoon, rain or shine, he goes to the wood, axe in hand, to cut through a big trunk and strip it ready for the saws of his ...

    Article : 192 words
  24. The Empress Eugenie.

    Few people realise that the Empress Eugenie has just celebrated her 70th birthday. She still i retains so upright and stately a figure that it is difficult to believe that she was born on May 5, ...

    Article : 137 words
  25. Costly Snuffboxes.

    Though snuff-taking is almost a lost art, snuffboxes are still in strong request with collectors. A collection absolutely unique in extent and variety, and consisting of 112 boxes, came under the ...

    Article : 153 words
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