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  2. Duelling in France.

    One of the most interesting and curious of modern additions to the literature of duelling is afforded by M. Theodore de Graves, Les Drames de l'Epée," to which M. Jules Claretie has written a preface which in its own way is ...

    Article : 1,258 words
  3. The Best Door to Stop a Fire.

    A number of experiments have been made in this country to test the value of different materials for doors that may be exposed to fire, from which it appears that perhaps the best door yet devised is one made of wood and covered with tin. ...

    Article : 458 words
  4. Mr. Tennyson's New Play.

    Seldom has there been a scene with more elements of dramatic interest than that which the Globe Theatre presented on Saturday evening. A popular house reopened under the management of a pretty and popular actress, Mrs. ...

    Article : 2,339 words
  5. Death in the Drains.

    I was driving last week through Mayfair, (says a writer in Truth, November 30), when I found several of the streets blocked. The drains were up. "The dead season is usually the time for this." I said, but a friend up in sanitation, who ...

    Article : 1,362 words
  6. Subduing the Waves.

    Successful experiments were carried out at Aberdeen Harbour entrance on September 27 (the Globe states) with the oil apparatus invented by Mr. Shields. The Harbour Commissioners have authorised Mr. Shields to have the apparatus ...

    Article : 392 words
  7. Letters to Eminent Persons.

    Sir,—Your fame is a national possession, and all those who value it at its true worth must deplore the occasion which for the moment has caused it to degenerate into notoriety. When genius deliberately travesties itself, the ...

    Article : 1,778 words
  8. Oscar Wilde Coming to Australia.

    Oscar Wilde is living in furnished rooms at present in West Eleventh-street. He has not delivered any lectures recently, and although he may occasionally appear upon the platform again in this country, he does not contemplate ...

    Article : 714 words
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