... revise the Calendar. During the First Republic, a Calendrier Lille was in force for a few months. In this, every day was named after some flower, vegetable, or fruit which flourished at that time of the year. But even Frenchmen saw the absurdity of the ...

... stage appearance at the Garrick as Lord Beaufoy in School, and it is exactly thirty years since the second son, Laurence, named after Mr. Toole, was born, and ten years since he made his theatrical dibut under Mr. Benson. The elder brother's literary tastes ...

... to the chateau of Guiche and deposited at her feet the twenty- two flags taken from the enemy. The bride of this week is named, after her ancestress, Corisande. The present Duchess de Gramont is a Rothschild. The bridegroom is brother-in-law to the Princess ...

... Valse King, Johann Strauss, brother of Edward, although three times married, had no children Edward, has two sons. One named after his uncle Johann has taken over his father's orchestra in Vienna. The death of Mr. W. J Stillman, which took place at his ...

... has been captain of the Richmond Club, and is the only golfer, alive or dead, who has the honour of having two bunkers named after him. One of these hazards is at Musselburgh, where his lordship used to play regularly, and the other is at Biarritz, a ...

... SQUARE. Berkeley Square, which is dignified by the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, was built in 1698 and named after Lord Berkeley of Stratton. Among distin guished people connected with the square were Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, who died ...

... Captain J. Keiche, Lieutenant S. Carter, and others sr T T A NEW BARRACKS AT MALTA A new barracks is being built in Malta named after the patron saint of Scotland, for there is a St. George's Barracks at Pembroke, and thirty years ago King Edward laid the ...

... A BENEFACTOR OF AUCKLAND Dr. Logan Campbell, Mayor of Auckland, New Zealand, has presented a public park of 230 acres, named after the Duke of Cornwall, to the town. He signed the deed of gift on June 10, the sixty-first anniversary of the year he entered ...

... Queen Caroline, d. 1821. 8. Lady Cadogan. Canning, d. 1827. 9. Lord Lytton, b. 1876 Captain Marryat, d. 1848, A HOTEL NAMED AFTER THE NOBLE FAMILY OF SACKVILLE THE VIEW FROM MARBLE HILL THE LATEST PICTURE OF THE KING AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN This picture ...

... first square to be lighted with gas, has become quite the most aristocratic square in London. It was begun in 1695 and named after Sir Richard Grosvenor, 4th baronet, who acted as grand cupbearer at the coronation of George II. and had the cup as his ...

... very nearly on the same day, that that popular young potentate, Prince Edward of York, was born the great diamond that was named after him was discovered in South, Africa. It has been hoarded in England for some time but in no way exploited until recently ...

... husband is busy with that hook. Please put my dolly in the box; it is melting in the sun. The voicB is that of Mirette, named after the opera, and familiarly called Midge. Mirette is Mr. and Mrs. Pass- more's second daughter. Doris, the eldest, is at ...