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Aca dem y picture of 1892, is a figure from a book plate designed for a member of the jov ial “se tte of odd volumes.” Th e

OFVER -DJUP EN /AOT -MÖJ DEN ' three plates which appear in this yea r’s Aca dem y make up the sum total of forty- five book plate s designed by this mast er of the craft. O f rathe r a different type is tha t which bears the inscript ion, “ E x- Li br is Phil

IX L IS R IS fi t 11May,” which is of the Aubre y Beard sley School , represe nting the head of a

woman of abnorm al size overshadowed by the huge “ cart-w heel ” hat. It is

H U I MAY. doubtful if the talente d carica turist has ever used this design as a bookpla te, for

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we believ e it was done in a mome nt of “ inspira tion ” by one . of his friends, and present ed to him. Th e erudite mona rch of Sweden, Ki ng Osca r II. , uses a plate which is seve re in its simp licity . It con sists of the inscr iption O II ., with a royal crown and a wreath of laurel ; and has for its mott o the words, “O fer djupe n mot hojd en,” which being Eng lish ed means “ B eyo nd the depth toward the heig ht,” the titl e of one of the K in g’s trave l sketch es. Ki ng O sc ar . h a s, a huge libra ry at the royal palace, ' Sto ckh olm ; he tak es more than ordin ary inte rest in marit ime and mili tary works ; geogr aphica l liter atur e is espe ci ally abun dant in his library . Ve ry littl e can be said in com mendation of the boo kpla te of the late poet laureate , Lord Te nn y son. It is herald ic, but not plea s ing eithe r as to sub ject or ex ec u tion ; and ye t it possesses an

393 immense intere st and value fo r collecto rs, and its pres ence on the cover of a volume must necess arily enhan ce the value of that volume in our estimati on. Mr. Gastlc in his “ Eng lish Boo kpl ates ” reproduces a copy of this intere sting book plate with autograph motto, Pr os pic ien s re spicie ns, and the signatur e, Alfred Ten nys on. Th e author of Be si de the B on ni e B ri er Bus h (Rev . Joh n Wa tso n) bett er known by his pen name, “Ian Mac laren ,”has a char m ing book plate designed by Mr. T. Wa lte r We st, and repres enting a monk in a garden study ing a book. A sundial occupie s one corne r of the design, agai nst which leans a portly tome. Th e rose and the this tle are very happily introdu ced in the little picture, and spray s of brier are interm ingle d : the m o tt o is “ M a x im a es t Carita s.”

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A Lit tle List of Littl e Ills Cured by

Carter’s Little Liver Pills

BARTERS ITT LE

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two candles and a lan tern. Mr. Fulton, dated, with precision, from her sire’s last who stuck at nothing, sat down and did battle. For Mary was a bonnie young the penmanship till near midni ght— widow,and the smithy, in which she spent feeling a glow of success in the enter prise tha t afternoon going in and out, was a as the evening advanced, and as the story place of shadows an d gleams. The tears grew upon him the eye-witness would in her eyes sparkled softly when the often leap up from the chair to which his blacksmith made his bellows blow. Her amanuensis had consigned him—just to filial affection was beautiful,and the smith was a sensible young man who could “ lie back there and tell me all.” The work proceeded at the rate of apprecia te a qu ality of tha t sort. Then, one or two evenings a week, as Mr. when th e bellows ceased, and the flame Fulton ’s other engageme nts admitted , went down, and the smithy was in t he occasionally being transferre d to the shade, and the smith stopped to com minister’s house, whither the old soldier » fort her, and she thanke d him again for came with the precious manuscri pt letting her father down so easily — buttoned up in his coat-breast, where pity, of all passions the most akin to formerly th at parcel of a s hirt had been. love, had got fairly transformed into At last it was di spatche d to the friendly that, ere the day was over. And an editor of Raitt's. But favour was not understa nding was began, which res ulted strained, for the “ old yarn ” made an in a wedding tha t was very popula r in excellent article, and the cheque was a the district. The old warrior for his remaini ng years fortune to the old soldier. The comrades in this literary triump h did not part that walked “ soberly, righteously and godly,” day. William R anken became honorary and the blacksmith drown ed all memory beadle to the Rev. Mr. Fulton at his of unkindness in the careful atten tion week-night meeting. The office had to with which he invariably listened to the be create d for the man, but he magnified personal narrative of Talavera, for it in his love and loyalty. Only once he William Ranken was regardless of winced a little and fancied the people the rule of minor author s—avoiding were looking at him. Tha t was when a to deliver as a lecture what they stran ger gave the address—an Irish have already printed as an article, orator—Tom Flynn, who pictured the and acted more on the principle of the Chartist times, with the shouts of some great ones like Dickens who gave read poor drunken patriots. “ We’ll release ings from his works as often as he pleased, them ! ” (the political prisoners) “ We’ll though the whole earth was filled with release them from the tyr an t’s power ! ” their fame. Butt hep rou dest mom ento f his And, added the speaker with cutting life occurred when th e school-boys came effect, “ they ca n’t release their shirt from to him with a copy of Ra itt ’s, and, with broad grins, asked a quite unnecessary the power of the pawn-man ! ” The faithful dau ghter ’s happy after-life question.

F IR S T 3IS K O P OF F EW -YO RK .

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O ri g in a l .P o rt ra it in die oos ses sio n of* Q x. «-«:_n i es ÏL.C cilto *

THE NEW YORK

înobgical nnh îograîtal Jlctnrl Vol. XV III.

NEW YORK, JANUARY , 1887.

No. 1.

SA M UE L PR OV OO ST , FI R ST BI SH OP OF NE W YO RK .* AN AD DRES S TO T HE GENEA LOGICA L AND BIO GRAPH ICAL SOCIETY. By Gen . J as. Gran t W ilson . {W ith a P or tr ai t o f Bishop Provoost.)

M r . C hai rm an , L adies and G entlem en : “ It is a pl easin g fancy which the elder Disraeli has prese rved, somewhere, in amber , tha t port rait- pain ting had its origin in the inventi ve fondness of a girl, who trac ed upon the wall th e profile of her sleeping lover. It was an outl ine merely, but love could always fill it up and make it live. It is the most that I can hope to do for my dear, dead brot her. But how many ther e are— the world-wide circle of his friends, his admirin g diocese, his atta che d clergy, the immed iate inma tes of his heart , the loved ones of his hea rth— from whose infor ming brea th it will take life, reality, and be au ty. ” The se beautifu l words ar e borrow ed from Bishop Doane , of New Jersey, who used them as an i ntro duct ory para graph in a m emorial of one of Bishop Provoos t’s successors, Jon ath an Mayhew Wainwright. The y are also, in a measur e, suitable for the same purpo se on this occasio n. The P rovoos ts are of Hu gue not origin, and first settl ed in th e New Wor ld in the year 1638. The y c ame from Norman dy, where the nam e may be seen in Rou en and elsewhere, at this day, in the various forms of Prévô t, Prëvort, Prévost, and Provo st. It is unne cessa ry for me to ent er upon the genealog y of this ancie nt New York family, as that has already been done by Edwin R. Purp le, in th e sixth volume of the Socie ty’s q uarte rly publ ica tion, T he R ecord . John Provoo st, fo urth in de scen t from David, the first settle r, and father of the future bishop, was a wealthy merc hant, and for many years one of the Gover nors of K ing’s College. J His wife, Eve, was a daug hter of Ha rma nus Rutgers . Samuel was their eldest son. He was born in the city of Ne w York, Feb rua ry 26, 1742, and was one of the seven gradu ates of King’s (now Columb ia) College at its first comm encem ent, *A portio n of this address appeared in The Centennial Histor y of the Prot esta nt Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Ne,v York, 1785-1885. New York, 1886. f His cousin David was known as u Ready-money Provo ost,” from his great wealtl and willingness to use it promptly in loans and speculation. His widow m arried agair and became the moth er of Gen eral William Alexander, Ear l of Stirling.

“ BE SS AR IO N

FOLIO , 1 3 X 8 IN C H ES ; ON TH E CAL UMN IAT OR OF PL AT O ,” VE NI CE , 1516. (FROM TE CH EN ER COLL ECTIO N. OW NED BY MR. RO BE RT H OE .)

BROW N CALF

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G RO LI ER

NC E upon a time M. Fran cisq ue Sarcey, wishing to express his ab horr ent contem pt for a poor play, dou bte d whet her it would please even the inha bita nts of Carpe ntras or of New York. I think we New Yorkers may fairly prote st aga inst t his like ning of our fellowcitizens to the d wellers in the B œotia o f France, even th oug h we do not dar e to call our city the Athen s o f America. In the noisy and futile dis cussion as to th e fut ure literar y cap ital of these Un ited States, o ne ag reem ent was clear a bove the din, tha t this coun try had not as y et such a focus of intelle ctual, political, and materia l activi ty as Lon don was in the days of Queen Eliza beth ; and to the wan t of one such here Mr. Lowe ll attr ibute s m uch o f the “ bac kwa rd ness and provinc ialism of ou r own litera ture .” Altho ugh there is, fortunat ely, a centrifug al tenden cy in our system of politics and educ a tion, ai ding in the starti ng of little literar y cen ters here and there thro ugh out the land, it is clear also, I thin k, th at th ere is quite as stron g a centripeta l tenden cy towa rds the conc entra tion of a large portion of the intellec tual, materia l, and political activity o f the Un ited Stat es here in the city of New York. And i t will be well for us if the intellectu al activities are not push ed aside and thrust under by the overmas tering stress of mat erial or p olitical activities. The fact tha t most of the leadin g Am erican publishing houses are in New York may bear witness chiefly perhaps to the mater ial a ctivity of the city ; but the fact tha t most of the best magazines and reviews (weekly a nd monthly) issue hen ce, and tha t most of the exhibitions and sales of pictures are held here, goes to show that the i ntellectual move ment is no t sluggish. This movement is st rength ened and sustained by many clubs and associations of all sorts and

CLU B.

for all purposes, mad e up o f little knots o f men intere sted in one or ano ther manifest ation of litera ture or art. I need not refer to the Au thors Club, housed, oddly enough , over the Fence rs Club, and havi ng so many members in comm on with it tha t the fighting edito r is no my th and the quarre ls of au thors under this roof are briefer and more poin ted and less acrimoniou s than those reco rded by Disraeli. I need do no more tha n note the disput atious Ninet eenth Centur y Club ; the ve nerab le C en tury and th e revi ved U nivers ity Club s; t he Tile Clu b; the kind red Salm agun di and Ki t-C at Clu bs; the old Greek Club and the new Li brary Club ; the A rchi tectu ral Lea gue a nd the Fello wcraft C lub; the A ldine Club of th e m en who make books, now e stabli shed in Lafa yette Pla ce; and the Players (the Garr ick Club of New York), with its beautif ul home in Gram ercy Park and its fine g allery of hi strioni c por trait s, both present ed by Mr. Edw in Booth . A rare wealth of materia l will lie read y to the han d of the Dr. Francis of the twen tieth cent ury who may write abou t old New York clu bs; but I doub t i f he shall find anyw here in his catalogu e a more interes ting associa tion tha n the Grolier. The Grolier Club is a gath erin g of those who love books for their extern al bea uty — for the choice quality of the pape r, for the graceful firmness of the type, for the even

THE NEEDS OF OUR HJVV. ,, We have rea d a gr ea t deal of the opinions of Exper ts, Naval, Political, and Commercial, an d we have lea rn t someth ing. Suitable men a re not over plentiful . Neithe r is money. Men mus t be hea lthy when the y join the Navy, and mus t be kep t so ; the y are not all as carefu l of them selves as perhap s the ir mothe rs, or even the ir swee thear ts, would like them to be. But boys will be boys, and brav e boys are not alwa ys judicious. Our m en -o f- w ar need no t founder if they “ Beecham.” An old sal t knows the gr ea t difficul ties the cons tituti on ha s to co nt en d ag ain st w ith clima tic influences , diet etic d isadv antag es, &e., an d a wise one will rig him self out wit h the bes t and chea pest mean s for kee ping the bodily c r a f t in g o o d goin g o rder . Now, this lies in a box of Be ec ha m’s Pi lls . They box the com pass of the human fram e with out a blunder , and they are so univer sally known th at our seamen can ge t a fresh dose in every por t if they can

JA C K

T A R ’S O PI N IO N .

“ Som e of us say it ’s bee r, some say ba cc y; but I say it ’s no use pu tti ng to sea wit hou t a box of Bee cha m’s Pills , for whe n you feel you wan t wa kin g up —the y’ll do it .”

RAISE THE WIND.

I he Ha nd wr iti ng o f Mr. F rom M arch , 1822,

Gladstone.

M arch , 1894.

(Born 29th Dece mber , 1809.) By J. H olt Schoo ling . ■ >y1*'» NE day while I was collect ing the materia ls for this article, an obse rvan t man said to me : “ T he re ’s not much char acte r Z U // abo ut Gla dsto ne’s writing. His pubui signa ture is very com mon place .” Th e spea ker had not made any special study of the form of gestu re which handw riting gives to us. Is this series of hum an action s-—trac ed by perha ps the most nota ble man of t his centu ry BUCOLICA , GEO RGI CA, —lack ing in cha ract erist ic traits, and are ET those signa tures at which we will look com monp lace ? Per hap s yes—p erhap s no. Let Æ N E IS , us exami ne the m and try to answer the AD FIDEM E D IT IO N /S questio ns. Th e grea t man who has been great among C H R. G 0 TT L. II E Y N 11) great men for nigh on fifty years, and who u u ir 'w

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AGE 12.

(Len t by M r. Gladstone.)

Gladstone m i. ; the notes about the “ Wand erings of Æn eas ” were wri tten d uring 1822—1827. From the fly-leaf of the “ Virgil ” used by Mr. Gladstone when at Eton. • '9

Yol. viii —1Q,

1822.

AGE 12 .

(Le nt by Mr. Gladstone.) Gladstone, Eton , Buc ks, a .d. / m . The title -pag e of t he “ Vir gil.”

has b een specially exposed to t he pecul iar forand-aga inst bias that stamps and invalidates politica l opinions of all shades, will not be stud ied here as the Righ t Hono urab le AV. E. Gladsto ne, the politician, orator, and demagog ue — but as plain William Ewart Gladston e, the man. It will indee d be strange if he whose facial movements, eyes, voice, walk, and general bodily gestures go some long way to show his individuality, should fail to show us somethi ng of himself in the recor ded gestures traced by his hand when acting unde r the direct control of certain nerve-cen tres of his brain. t

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E o o k a t e v e r y S p e c i m e n Ol IM r. G l a d s t o n e S w r i f in e r v v b i r b i c n n f h r e r m o - p c in n r» r » n r

writing wnicn is on tnese pages—in no one

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T H E S T R A N D M A G A Z IN E .

I end this series of facsimiles with one from a lette r written at an advan ced age by Margare t Aitken Carlyle, the moth er of Thom as. She never forgot him— nor did he ever forget his “ own old mot her. ” Th e Book-Pla te shown in No. 49 is the Book-

dzdhz * No . 48.—E n d of a le tt er w ri tt en to C ar ly le by his m ot he r in M ay , 1846, wh en she wa s of ad va nc ed ag e.

Plate of a brave and hone st man —who has left to us the evidenc e of his written gesture —who was never inflate d by the success brou ght to him by his genius : who did kind and generous deeds in the dark, and who ha d—always re ady— scornful words for the quack and the prete nder , and kind acts for the needy : who was once absurd ly accuse d of vauntin g trut h and hones ty for the sake of the effect to be gained by t he T ho m as C ar ly le ’s B oo k- Pl at e : fr om vaunt, but who was as sincere a lover of trut h and th eN o.“ H49.— o m e r” us ed by hi m w he n a boy . (Se e hones ty as ever lived ; who fought against the depres N o. 2.) sion caused by ill-health, and indelibly and for time stam ped his mark — Thomas Carlyle—upon the thinkin g wor ld; who curb ed as best he could his fitful gusts of irritati on and temper, and who was a true, simple, and kindly man in tho ugh t and act— this is the Book-Plate of Thom as Carlyle.

N o t e .— I th an k, for th e lo an of mo st va lu ab le le tte rs , tho se ow ner s or gu ar di an s of C ar ly le le tte rs , et c. , wh o ha ve en ab le d me to pre pa re th is un iq ue co lle cti on. Mr s. A le xa nd er Ca rly le {née M ar y C. Ai tk en ), th e nie ce , se cr et ar y, an d fa ith fu l fri en d of T ho m as C a rl y le ; M r. Fr ed er ic k C ha pm an —C ar ly le ’s “ w or th y an d ev er ob lig in g P u b li sh e r” ; D r. R ic h ar d G ar net t an d Mr . F ra nc is B. Bi ck le y, of th e B ri tis h M us eu m ; Mr . Sa mu el D av ey , th e E di to r of th e A rc h iv is t, 47, G re at R us se ll S tr ee t, W .C . ; M es srs . N oe l Co nw ay , au to gra ph de ale rs, of 5 0 B , N ew St re et , Bi rm in gh am ; Pr of es so r K ir kpa tr ic k, S ec re ta ry of Se na tu s, E d in b u rg h U ni ver si ty ; M r. H u g h A. W eb ste r, Li br ar ia n, an d Mr . Th om as G ilb er t, Cl er k to th e Se na tu s, E d in b u rg h U ni ve rs it y ; Si r E d w a rd St ra ch ey , B ar t. , of Su tto n Co ur t, Br ist ol ; Mr . W ill iam Br ow n, 26, Pr in ce s St re et , E d in bur gh , an d M r. R . C. R ob er ts on , of th a t c it y ; M r. W ill ia m D un ca n, B. A ., R ec to r of A nn an A ca de m y, wh o un de rt oo k in qu iri es for me a t th e D um fr ie ss hi re to wn w he re Ca rly le w en t bo scho ol ; M r. Jo hn W all er , au to gr ap h de al er , of 2, A rt es ia n R oa d, W es tb ou rn e Gr ove , W. ; an d Pr of es so r J . A. Fr ou de , wh o inf orm ed me of an in te re st in g fac t, wh ich I qu ot e fro m his le tte r, da te d Ju n e 27t h, 189 4: “ . . . M or e th an fif ty ye ar s ag o Jo h n St er lin g sho we d me a le tt er w hic h he ha d ju st rec eiv ed fro m Ca rly le , wh om I ha d th en ne ve r see n. I m ad e som e re m ar k ab ou t it, on wh ich St er lin g ob ser ved : ‘ N o do ub t th er e is a ph ys io gn om y in ev er yt hi ng th a t we d o / . . . It is cu rio us th a t all th es e me n, Fr ou de , St er lin g, an d Ca rly le (see No . 16), sho uld ha ve no tic ed th a t ha nd w ri ti ng co nt ai ns s ign s of ch ar ac te r_ sig ns th a t a re se t ou t in H a n d w r it in g an d Ex pr es si 'on (K eg an P au l, 1892), a nd w hic h th e cu rio us r ea de r m ay in ve st ig at e in th e co m ple te co lle cti on of C ar ly le ’s h an dw ri tin g th at ha s now be en g iv en .—J . H . S.

Some Old Visiting-C ards. HE visiting-card in Engl and is barely two centurie s old, but it has existed in China for a thous and years. It was not until the eight eenth century that these cards came into general use in this country ; they owe their origin to the writing of messages and invita tions upon the backs of playing-cards. Next came plain white cards, but these were later on superse ded by cards of a more elaborat e desi gn— real works of art, designed and engraved by the foremost artists of the day.

mander (afterwards Admiral) Cosby also illustrates the em blematical phase of the craze. Two young naval officers guard the name in the design. Phil lips Cosby was appo inted to the Robuste (74 guns) in 1779, and his ship took an impo rtant part in the smashing of the French off Cape Virginias two years later. Captain Leveson Gower was one of the Suthe rland family {temp. 1783). Look at the spikes an d the pikes, the guns and the anchor, the flags and the ropes. One would naturally expect to find that “ Ca pt n Leveson Gower ” had, singlehanded, wiped out a fleet. But no rebuke to the A fine example is the visiting-card of Sir Joshua R ey n o ld s. T h is was designed by the famous por tra it-p ain ter and en graved by Bartolozzi. Art, personified by the figure on the left, is smiling on the wreath-engirdled gl ob e, b o r n e by the . child p and the globe bears only the name of “ Sir Josh ua Reynold s ” —as who s hould say, “ le monde dest moi.” The card of Co m- . Vol. x iii .—51.

K N IT l

TAD AND ME

U sed E v e ry w h e re .

W il l W a s h .

P A D D IN G

M ade o f

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COTTON.

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Knitted Mattress Co.,

Canton Junction, Mass.

A N

1 D E A L I N V E S T M E N T

IS TO BE FOUND

Sold in 25 cent and $1.25 Toxes. Samples, 20 styles, 10 cen ts. ' TA D ELL A P E N CO., 74 Fifth Ave., New York.

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The poin t of every T a d e l la pen is gro und by hand. The sm oot h, even, easy stro ke thus secur ed can not be matc hed by the ord inar y mach inestam ped pen.

Providence Line for

NE W YORK. Com men cing Ju ne 3d, Express train with parlo r cars leaves Bost on from Par k Square Stati on at 6.3 O P . f l . . conne cting at Pro vi dence with steam ers “ Mass achusetts ” and “ Co nne ctic ut.” Return ing steam ers leave New York from New Pier 36 No. River at 5-30 P. M.

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TOWN AND F ORT IFIC ATI ON S OF

L O U IS B O U R G en 1 74 5.

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SI R W IL L IA M P E P P E R R E L L AN D TH E CA PT UR E O F LO UI SB UR G. By Victoria Reed. rell, the comman der of the expedi tion, was not written until one hund red years after his death . This tardy recogn ition of P epp erre ll’s services was due in a gre at measure to the destruc tion or disa ppea r ance of his letters and paper s during the Revolutionary War. His diaries and let ters were valuable, both from a public and private point of view. They con tain ed deta iled account s of his public life, particula rly his conne ction with the siege of Louisburg, also daily chronic les of his home life at Kitte ry Point, where he dis pense d the most generous hospitalit y. These latt er would have furnish ed a most HE siege of Louisburg, one of the comple te pictur e of the politica l and most wonderful m ilitary ope rations social life of New Engl and in colonial of the last centu ry, has meagre times. Fort unat ely one box of his papers space allotte d to it in most of our histo was foun d about fifty years ago in an old ries ; and the life of Sir William Pepp er- shed in the village of Kitte ry, where it

REFEREN CES TO THE ABOVE PLAN. b . K in g’s A. D au p h in B as tio n an d C ir cu la r B at te ry . Ba sti on an d C ita de l, c. Q ue en ’s Ba sti on . d . P ri nc es s’s Ba sti on . E. Bo ur ill on Ba sti on . F. M au re pa s Ba sti on . G. B at te rie de la Gr èv e, i, i , i , i , etc . Th e Gl aci s. 2, 2, 2, 2, etc . T he Co ve red W ay . 3, 3, etc . T ra ve rs es . 4 ,4 , 5, 5, etc . T he P ar ap et . 6, 6, etc . Th e etc . T he D itc h. R am pa rt s, an d 7, 7, th ei r Slo pes . 8, 8, etc . Pla ce s of Ar ms . 9, 9, etc . Ca se ma tes . 10, 10, etc . G ua rd H ou se s.

415

i i , i i , e tc . W oo de n Br idg es . 12. T he G ov er no r’s A pa rt me nts . 13. T he Ch ap el or Pa ri sh C hu rc h. 14. Ba rr ac ks for Ga rri so n. 15. T he Po wd er M ag az in e. 16. Fo rti fic a tio n H ou se . i7 . Ar se na l an d Ba ke ho use . 18. O rd na nc e, an d 19, G en era l St or eh ou se . 20, W es t G at e; 21, Q ue en ’s; 23, 23, etc . Ga tes in Q ua y C ur ta in , an d 22, E as t G at e. by by b. 24. T he Pa ra de . 25. Th e N un ne ry . 26. Th e H os pi ta l an d C hu rc h, a , a. Pa lis ad in g, wi th R am pa rt for Sm all Ar ms , r, r, c. Pi cq ue t ra ise d du rin g th e Sie ge of 1745-

Jeo par dy of Life. T H E G R E A T D AN G ER

D EL A Y.

You can Change the Tri ckli ng Stre am , but Not the Rag ing Torrent. W H A T E V E R Y B O D Y S H O U L D R E A D . —How im po rta nt it is to every ind ivi dual to have at han d some simple, effective, and I palatable rem edy such as E N O ’S ‘ F R U I T S A L T ’ to check disease at the onset! F o r t h i s i s t h e t i m e . W ith very lit tle tro ub le you can cha nge the cours e of th e tri ck lin g mo un tai n stre am, bu t no t the r oll ing rive r. I t will defy all you r tin y efforts. I feel I can no t suffic iently im pres s this im po rta nt inf orm atio n upo n AL L H O U S E H O L D E R S and thos e who are vis itin g or res idi ng in any h ot or for eig n clim ate. Wh ene ver a chan ge is con tem pla ted like ly to di stu rb the con diti on of he alt h, let E N O ’S ‘ F R U I T S A L T ’ be your comp anion , for, un de r any circ ums tanc es, IT S U S E is B E N E F IC IA L , an d N E V E R CA N DO H A RM . W H E N y o u F E E L O U T O F S O R T S , ye t una ble to say why , fre qu en tly , with out any war ning , you are sud den ly seized wi th Sleeplessness, Lassitude^ Disinclination for Bodily or Mental Exertion, Loss of Appetite, Sickness, Bain in the Forehead, Dull Aching of Back an d iÀmbs, Coldness of the Surfa ce, an d oft en Shivering, etc ., th en y o u r w h o l e b o d y i s o u t o f o r d e r , the sp iri t of dan ger has bee n kin dle d, bu t you do no t know where it may end. I t is a R E A L N E C E S S IT Y to have a S IM P L E R E M E D Y at han d, th at will A L W A Y S A N S W E R the V E R Y B E S T E N D , with a positiv e assu ranc e of DO ING - GrOOD in E V E R Y C A SE , an d in no case any har m. The pilo t can so ste er and dir ect as to bri ng the ship int o safe ty, bu t he ca nn ot que ll th e ra gi ng sto rm . The comm on idea whe n no t fee ling well is, “ I will wa it and see—perh ap s I sha ll be be tt er to -m or ro w ” ; whereas , H A D a S U P P L Y of E N O ’S ‘ F R U I T SA L T ’ bee n at ha nd , an d use mad e of it at the onset , A L L C A L A M IT O U S R E S U L T S mi gh t have bee n A V O ID E D .

What dashes to the earth so many hopes, breaks so many swe et alli anc es, blas ts so many auspici ous ente rpri ses, AS UNTIMELY DEATH? “ I use d m y ‘ F R U I T S A L T ’ free ly in my last severe atta ck o ff er er , and 1 have every reason to say it save d my lif e. ”— J, C . E N O . The effec t of ENO'S ‘ FR UI T SA LT ’ on an y DISORDER ED, SLEE PLES S, an d FE VE RI SH co nd itio n is sim ply MARVEL LOUS. I t is, in fa ct, NAT URE ’S OWN REMED Y, an d an UN SUR PA SSE D ONE. C A U T I O N . - See Capsule marked E N O ’S ‘ F R U IT S A L T .’

Without it you have a W O RTH LE SS imitation.

Th e W O R L D lo ok s on an d LAU GHS a n d dr in ks its

EPPS'S

ju st the same.

WHY? II

Be cau se it has been pro nou nced — by the Worlds bes t ju dg es — GfcATEFUL&COMFORTI N G no t f o r a d ay b ut for a lif et im e. It i s the W or ld ’s st an d ard of E X C E L L E N C E ai jd n oth ing0 can alter it .

H obby.

To the May English Illustrated Mr. James Milne contr ibutes a very inter estin g interview with Mr. Jame s Dorman, an authority on the s ubject of book-plates. The earliest re ference to plate-collecting dates from 1835, when the Rev. Daniel Parson s wrote a short article on book-plates from the point of view of the collector. '4-9 There was no work on the subject until Lord de T abley w rote his on er ■< 2 to the Study of the Book-Plate, ” a volume that is stil I r light u t e a n " ‘cc the regaroe d as a text-book.

her, but

R o y a l R o o k P la te s .

and she The v a iu e o f a book-plate depends upon its owner and its back. Y engraver. The Queen has a book-plate for the Royal libr ary a t did not Windso r, and another for the libr ary at Balmoral. The Prince of •others h Wale s h as a Marlborough House book-plate, and one pert ainin g afraid tl to the Duchy of Cornwall. Wh en the Duke of York was married a her; I h book-plate was presen ted to him. The Duchess of York has also, Since it is said, a ve ry pret ty book-plate which was engrav ed by Sher closely born. Mr. Glads tone’s b ook-plat e is well known, and is alw ays in changed demand b y Am erican collectors. Other on tou ch /z«

T h e C o st o f B o o k P la t e s .

According to Mr. Dorman, the cost of good book-plates ranges if he h; from £5 up to as much as £5 0 and £60. True, the latte r figures each otl are not common, but they have been paid again and again. There is a keen quest for ladie s’ book-plates, and a Countess of Pomfret fetchéd three guineas not l on j ago. This Countess was Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Cfiarfofte^ “ If you were a collector,” added Mr. Dorman, “ and wished a group which would make you happy, you would have to face an outlay 5of between £2,000 and £4,0 00.” Not all men, therefore, can be made happy as book plate collectors. WEST KESTER GÀZKTïC

un still someecause ot the he sun ato my e, but vhen it ly the zed to evenge fingers of th e

TH E BOOK-PLA TE COLLECTOR : AN INTERVIEW. By JAME S MIL NE. F you love books, and have a goodly often as not they show us the way—and num ber of th em, you may also be the Contin ental countries might also be cited. own er of a book-pl ate. Th e comple te Here then is a subject which has gone book- lover has a mom ent of ecstasy while far, and so is some thing of common he is gett ing the little square of paper inter est—s ometh ing to be read abou t— fixed inside the cover of a newly arrived even by t he unins tructe d. Nowhere could volume. It is taki ng posse ssion in a due the story of it all be bett er sough t than in an d formal way, and the n the plate looks a q uaint booksho p which can be found in more artist ic than even the best signat ure Southa mpton Row. This booksh op is scra tche d across the fly-leaf. Whe ther a much freque nted by folks devoted to book so distin guish ed is retu rned more thin gs Ex Libris, and needle ss to add, the ■certainly, suppos ing it to be given on loan, bookse ller is Mr. Jame s Dorma n. His th an one lackin g tha t distin ction , is a inform ation abou t book -plate s and their ma tter tha t does not call for discussion. collecti on is immense, and his devotion to Nor does our inter est at this mome nt the subject is proved by the qualities of lie in the book -plat e in the mere library his private collect ion. Accordin gly I sense . Withi n recen t years ther e has spent a forenoo n with him—th e Philist ine aris en a great fashion for the collectio n being tenderly coached , even coaxed, into of book -plat es—a hobby, if you like, knowledge — and I shall endeavou r to and withal a very amiable and charm ing record what he told me. •one. In witness of its width take the Ex “ I suppose the book- plate collecto r has Libris Society, of which most people have come to stay—I mean he shows cle ar signs hea rd. Moreover, it is n ot in Eng land only of perma nence ? ” tha t the book -plate has become an eager “ Every sign. The number of col ■object of collectio n. Our kinsfolk in lectors increases steadily, and the value of Amer ica never like to be behind us—as the best plates continu es to go up. I am

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EV ER Y

M O T H E R ’S

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Ask vour C hemist or Grocer for a FREE COPY, or one w ill be sen t POST FREE on applica tion by let ter or postcard. Direct—ALFRED FENNINGS, West Cowes, l.W . C O U G H S , C O L D S, B R O N C H IT IS . D O N O T L E T Y O U R C H IL D D IE , ro

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Do no t co nta in A nt im on y, Ca lom el, Op ium , M or ph ia , or an yt hi ng inj uri ou s to a ten de r bab e. > Sold in Sta mp ed Box es at Is . lf d . an d 2s. 9d. (g re at sav ing ), CO wi th full dir ec tio ns. Se nt po st free for 15 sta mp s. D ir ec t to < A lf re d F en n in g s , W es t Cow es, l. W . LU R E A D F E N N IN G S ’ E V E R Y M O T H E R ’.S B O O K , wh ich co nta ins va lu ab le hi nt s on Fe ed in g, T ee th in g, W ea nin g, Sle ep ing , &c. A sk yo ur Ch em ist for a F R E E cop y.

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R E M E D Y TO C U R E ALL

Colds ,

A st h m as ,

&c.

Sold in Box es a t Is . l^ d. an d 2s. 9d ., w ith di re cti on s. Sent pos t free for 15 sta mp s. D ir ec t to A. F en n in g s , W es t Cow es, l. W . T h e la rg_ es t size Box es,, 2s. 9d. (35 sta mp s, po st fre e), co nta in th re e tim es th e qu an ti ty of th e sma ll box es. R E A D F E N N I N G S ’ E V E R Y B O D Y ’S D O C T O R . Sent po st fre e, 13 st am ps . D ir ec t A. F en n in g s , W es t Co we s, l. W .

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DYSENTERYI t e ff e c tu a ll y c u ts s li o ' i a ll a tt a c k s of E P I L E P S Y , H Y S T E R IA , P A L P IT A T IO N , CO N V V I S IO N S , a n d S P A S M S . I t i s e x te n s iv e ly U S E D b y M E D I C A L M E N at H o m e a n d A b r o a d , w h o h a v e g iv e n n u m e r o u s te s ti m o n ia ls of i t s w o n d e r f u l ef fi ca cy .

So ld by Med icin e De ale rs a ll ov er the W or ld , 1/1 $, 2/9 , 4/6, IT /-, an d 20 /-, or po sta ge fr e e fr o m the In ve nt or , R IC H Ä R D F R E E M A N , 70, K en ni ng to n P a r k Ro ad , S .E .

3XT.

,—Lord Chancellor Selborne, Lord Jus tice Jame s, and Lord Jus tice Mellish decided in favo ur of FRE EM AN ’S ORIGINAL CHLORODYNE, and aga ins t Browne and Davenport, compelling them to pay all costs in the su it. —See T I M E S o f J u ly 24, 1873.

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25 per cent. Dis cou nt for Cash, or 14s. 6d. per mo nth (second-hand, ios. 6d. per mont h) on the Three Yea rs’ System . — Lists free of PI A N O S EX CH A NG ED .

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A GU RE EO R CO NS UM ET TO N.

NORDRACH, LOOKING NORTH.

or tine, they are despatc hed upon the ir walks if they are sufficiently well to tak e them at all. Nord rach- Colon ie was forme rly the site of a glass factory , and the Men’s House was the buil ding in which the manage r lived. This and the Doc tor’s house, which is the one to the rig ht in the illust ration , were acquired next, and are jus t ordin ary dwelling houses, with the rooms similarly fur nishe d to those of the Ans talt . Ehele Haus was the next addit ion, and most rece nt of all is the Finke nzell er or house in which the pati ents ’ guests an d fr iend s are genera lly accomodated.

T H E M E N ’S B U IL D IN G

Two establishments, one in the Mendip Hills, and one in the New Forest, have been recently opened on exactly the same lines as the Nordrach-Colonie, and these are so far a pronounced success. If they are emulated to any large extent, and taken in conjunctio n with the good work being done by the National Society fo r the Prev entio n of Co nsumption, it seems more th an probable tha t the death-ro ll of this fell disease will become lower and lower, and finally, it is surely not too much to hope, come to an end altoget her in some futu re genera tion.

A N D DO CT OR ’S H O U SE .

S o F O S IS

4 A Survival

of the Fit tes t”

p r o m bei ng the most popul ar Am eric an shoe, “ S O R O S IS ” will soon be known as the “ Sho e of all Na tion s,” for it is fast sup plan ting all othe r footwea r thro ugh out the world. Th e large vari ety of models for all types and condi tions of f eet makes it a shoe adapted to ever y natio nalit y. Th e open ing of S O R O S IS store s in Lond on, Ber lin, and P aris was a source o f gre at alarm to the local dealers, while in Vie nna the adve nt of S O R O S IS caused a ver itab le panic amo ng the Au stri an shoem akers , six hundred of whom prote sted to the ir g over nme nt aga inst the sale of “ S O R O S IS ,” on the ground tha t the y were unable to com pete with its rema rkab le qualiti es of fit and wear by any arti cle of nativ e man ufacture . Ev en where a rest ricti ve tari ff compel s an advan ce of 40 per cent, over the Am eric an price , the sales of S O R O S IS are very large . As ide from its attr acti ve appe aran ce and per fect fit, “ S O R O S IS ” is a co m fo rta bl e shoe, and

on this acco unt more es pecia lly is a grow ing favo r ite in the Fa r Ea st , where it is the only shoe tha t has ever appe aled to the Eas tern mind as ap proa ching in com fort and utili ty tha t m ost an cien t form of footwear , the sandal. Thu s has “ S O R O S IS ”' won the pra ctic al en dorsem ent of the most discr imin ating buye rs, not only in the coun try of its manufa cture but thro ugh out the world. Eve ryw her e in Am eric a the price still remain s $3 .5 0 per pair. A. E. L IT T L E & CO., 67 Blake St., Lyn n, Mass.

ON A JU D E A N HO US E-T OP . some of th e say ing s of Eth el Newc ome, and I hav e lit tle do ub t th at in dep ict ing the be au tif ul and noble , tho ug h wayw ard girl, Th ac ke ray had in mind som eth ing of th e asp ec t and ch ar ac te r of th e lovely Sally Ba xt er .” Th e le ct ur er ’s de pa rtu re was so sud den th a t he had no tim e to say fare wel l to any exc ept th e frie ndl y fam ily of Ba xte rs, who resi ded in Seco nd A ven ue, oppo site th e ma n sion of Ha mi lto n Fis h, and ne ar th e Cla r

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endon . His s ec ret ary says : “ I visi ted Th ack eray in his room in th e early mor ning . He had a new spa per in his hand , and he said : ‘ I see th er e ’s a Cu nar de r goin g thi s mo rn ing. I ’ll go down to Wa ll st re et , and see wh eth er I ca n se cur e b er ths in h er. ’ ” He wa s suc cess ful, and sailed with M r. Crowe on April 20, in th e Europa, and so te rm in ate d Th ack era y’s six mo nth s’ l ec tur e to ur in th e Un ite d St at es . Ea rly on Sun day mor ning , May 1, he was aga in in his belove d Eng lan d.

(To be c onc lud ed. )

ON À JUD EAN HOUSE-TOP. BY. VIR GIN IA WOODWARD CLOUD. “ MUHE eyes of th e chil d wax dim, my lord ; is th er e none ,.is th er e none to sa ve ?” X “ The doves are sla in and the lamb is burned ; such as I had I gave.” “ Li ft up th y fac e and beho ld, my lord, how chill and whi te is his br ow !” “ I would blinded be that I ma y not see the death of my first-bo rn now.” “ Nay, be at th y br ea st, cry aloud , my lord! Pe rch an ce thy God may hea r! H at h Ju da h an ot he r gr ie f-t or n mo the r so madd ened by pain and fea r? I would th a t th e ma iden m ig ht re tu rn , who far ed from our door th is day! Mos t swe et she smi led on my lit tle child, mos t wear y had been he r way. “ Me thin ks she ye arn ed wit h a m ot he r’s h ea rt and plea d with a mo the r’s eye s; It would ease my woe t hi s ni gh t to know th a t sh elt ere d some wher e she lies. Beh old yon lig ht over Be thl ehe m’s pl ai n, —bu t th e dar k, th e dar k it is mine! Now rai se th e chil d to th e eas t, my lord , and pra y th y God for a sign! “ If life shal l come to th e rose of my he ar t, ere th e eyes with de ath wax dim, By yon der sta r, I shal l know th er e are no gods fo r our pra yer s save Him! If life shall come to th e blosso m-like han ds th at cling , th a t clin g to my bre ast , By th e sta r, will I go to th e city below and summ on th a t maid to res t! “ Behold , th e bab e is swa the d in its lig ht! ’T is a sign, ’t is a sign of gra ce! His limbs are ba the d in th e beam s of whit e, and he smiles, he smiles in my face! Th ere is won der abr oad in th e nig ht, my lord, and str an ge is th e sky afa r! Now God be pra ise d, be pra ised for my child! He sleep s in th e lig ht of the s ta r! ”

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