... THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS CHRISTMAS JSUMBER. The Illustrated London News is the pioneer of illustrated journalism in England, and it has done a-5 ...

... presentation of St. Paul's during the snowstorm of January 18th, 1881. ( HOLLY LEAVES, the Christmas number of'tbe Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (London 148, Strand), abounds in fine plates and woodcuts. We may instance especially A Rough Yarn ...

... An Illustrated Review of the Year. HATEVER verdict posterity may pronounce on 1898, it will be bound to admit that it has been a most memorial year for England. For two decades, judging from outward symbols, Great Britam has been showing the world the ...

... book a place on her drawing-room table. This liandspme volume is illustrated in a profuse and exquisite style. The designs are by Andre,, chronio-litho- graphed by Emrik and Binger, London. The whole book throughout is a charming specimen of high-class ...

... birthdays, christenings, marriages, the seasons of the year, such as Christmas, New Yjsar, Sc., invariably re- ceive special commemoration. The attention of one f t1» great London manufacturers MR J. W. Benson, of '25, Old Bond street, and of the City ...

... Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail- way (now the Great Central) with a ter- minus in London. Amongst she biggest fashionable crushes of the year was the Press minus in London. Amongst she biggest fashionable crushes of the year was the Press Bazaar at the ...

... lifetime of Bishop Jjloyd the ^income of the new Bishop of Bangor from bis episcopate will be £1,400 per ansem. Lady Margaret Rice, of Dynevor Castle, hØ4 just presented the Ammanford Public Library with one hundred new and valuable volumes. A volume of sermons ...

... AN ILLUSTRATED REVIEW OF THE YEAR. I.—FOREIGN AFFAIRS. If A TEVER verdict posterity may pronounce on 1898, it will be bound to admit that it has been a 11 most memorial year for England. For two decades, judging from outward symbols, Great Britain has ...

... ON CHRISTMAS CHARITY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE CARDIFF AND MERTHYR GUARDIAJR SIR,—Having a few days to spare and being wishful to >pend them with my relations in Glamorganshire, my native county, I left Bristol on the 20th of Dec.; on the following dav (>t ...

... the Games, &c., by Joseph Evans and Sons; 114, Newgate-street, London, E.C.; Charles Greenwood and Co.. 14, Great St. Thomas Apostle, London, E.C. and W. Payne and Son, 16, High Holborn, London, W.C. PHOTOGRAPHY.—THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTO- GRAPHY (established ...

... almost as corn. prehensive a scale a8 the great London. house of Shoolbred and Co. Their dressmaking and millinery departments are now supplied with a nreat evariety of; novelties for Christmas land the New Year. Their stock of materials for ball and evening ...

... sent to Mr. P. M'Mahon, of the Oxford Circuit, in place of Mr. W. N. Willes, who has been appointed a county court judge. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.—At Bridgwater about 50 of the principal firms have signed an agreement to close their places of business on Monday ...