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  2. A FAMOUS REGIMENT.

    "Illustrated Histories of the Scottish Regiments." The first volume of the series is written by Lieut-Colonel Percy is written by Lieut-Colonel Percy Groves, illustrated by Mr Harry Payne, and ...

    Article : 1,614 words
  3. A Remarkable Horse.

    A remarkable and beautiful example of the eccentricities of nature has been put up for exhibition at the Royal Aquarium, Westminster. This is in the shape of a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 130 words
  4. The Children s Hospital.

    In connection with, the appeal made on behalf of the Children's Hospital, the following beautiful lines have been published in the Melbourne Argus:— ...

    Article : 303 words
  5. A STRANGE CASE.

    A remarkable prosecution, containing revelations of a startling nature, has been brought before Mr Cooke at the Marylebone Police Court, the prosecutor being known as ...

    Article : 1,120 words
  6. FACETIÆ.

    "I've lost my portmanteau." "I pity your grief." "All my sermons are in it." "I pity the thief." ...

    Article : 1,488 words
  7. THE AGRICULTURIST.

    The exact age at which it is necessary to separate calves-in order to prevent the possibility of precocious breeding—is differently estimated by different owners. We have known ...

    Article : 1,858 words
  8. A REMARKABLE NARRATIVE.

    There is in Holloway Gaol at the present moment, under remand on a charge of breaking out of prison, a man named John Charles Lennard, alias Casey. He is a stonecutter by ...

    Article : 1,701 words
  9. The Servian Coup d'Etat.

    Reuter now says that on the occasion of the famous Servian coup d'etat while the company were at table the conversation was animated. King Alexander, who was ...

    Article : 621 words
  10. A Great Discovery.

    One of the greatest discoveries ever made was the result of the purest accident. It was the year 1796. The citizens of Munich had just witnessed the first triumphant ...

    Article : 260 words
  11. The Bethgelert Legend of India.

    The Banjaras occasionally keep dogs, and it was, we believe, a Banjara which gave rise to the Bethgelert legend of India. The story comes from at least half a dozen different ...

    Article : 473 words
  12. The Missing Link.

    The search for the "missing link" connecting man with the monkey has been taken up by Professor Rudolph Virchow, of Berlin, the great pathologist, but he has to ...

    Article : 386 words
  13. A Boy King.

    On the subject of the coup d'etat carried out at Belgrade last month, and duly reported by cable, the "Daily News" writes:— The boy King Alexander of Servia attained ...

    Article : 428 words
  14. Emin Pasha's Romance.

    A correspondent of the "Sheffield Independent," in conversation with one of Stanley's lieutenants, has heard the story of Emin Pasha's life. Some of its aspects have ...

    Article : 377 words
  15. The Old Country.

    The oldest form of the name of Britain is Ortanis, from which comes the adjective Ortanicos, which in Irish is Cruitnech. This last is the name which the Irish gave ...

    Article : 166 words
  16. Madame Melba.

    Here is criticism of Madame Melba from the Italian paper "Il Secolo":— Madame Melba, new to our greatest stage, had more than a success—a true and ...

    Article : 333 words
  17. A Japanese Idea of Hell.

    "A Japanese Idea of Hell."—Such is the title of a picture now on view in Pall Mall East. In a printed description which accompanies the card of invitation ...

    Article : 351 words
  18. Murder by a ister.

    The murder of a young girl, Rose Rossi, by her sister Louise was perpetrated to-day (writes a Paris correspondent on the 25th April) in a whalebone-cutting ...

    Article : 220 words
  19. A Hero.

    When Captain Morton was shot the other day in Burmah he was in the open, writes a correspondent to the "London Sportsman," and no one was with him ...

    Article : 199 words
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