... over- look the claims of curates. There is no disposition to take exception to the addition of Mr. Thomas Hardy to the Commission of the Peace. Mr. Hardy is, I believe, iv politics a supporter of the present Government, but it is the general opinion that ...

... John Hall, M.A. ; Vicar of ?? Wymoudley Herts. Patron, Mr. U. Pnwiu Heathcote. — Rev. Thomas Barker Hani)'. M.A. ; Vicar of Bulwell, Nottingham. Palrou. Mr. Thomas Hardy. —Rev. F. (i Hughes, M.A. , vicar of St. Pc let's, Hastings. Patron, the Bi-W of Chichester ...

... listening with rapt attention. Two . other coloured pictures accompany tho I Christmas Number, which contains stories by Mr. Thomas Hardy, Mr. Marion Crawford and Mr. Grant Allen, and a good store of Cbnsnuv pictures. The Graphic plate is a fine reproduction ...

... gross misstatement. The debtor expressed his regret, and assured the Registrar lhat it was not intentional. Nor Anunro. — Thomas Hardy, painter aad paperhanger, Monkgate, York, said that he went into business in 1884 without capital, but Ac had n**ver made ...

... the Low Hall, was elected vicar's churchwarden. ThB f ollowinghave also been elected churchwardens : — Lastingham, Mr. Thomas Hardy ; Spaunton, Mr. John Flintoft ; Hutton-le-Hole. Mr. W. Burton. Goole.— The Easter vestry at Rawcliffe was held on Tuesday ...

... story li?tells. In Scarlet and Grby. Stories of Soldiers and Others. By Florence Henniker. Thb Si-t-XTBB or thb Rbal. By Thomas Hardy and Florence Eeaaifcer. Loudon: Johu La oe. Some of Mrs. Henniker's stories suffer, as meet short stories do, horn their ...

... Cranswick, Field House, Hunmanby ■ W. H. Cranswick, The Howe, Hunmanby ; Lovel Danby, Swan Hill, Wykeham ; John Hardy, Brompton ; Thomas Hardy, Button Farm. East Ayton; A Holtby, Seanaer Carr: Froncia Jackson, Scalby Lodge; Charles L Kendsll, The Oreen ...

... he avers that the day of the novel in England has passed. He is good enough to confess to a great admiration for Mr. Thomas Hardy, but all the other English writers of to-day are careless and slipshod in their style. More- over, their work is not ...

... humilia- tion. The situation has been used in fiction already by Mr. Thomas Hardy in the Mayor of Casterbridge, so it is no use as an idea to budding novelists ; but even Mr. Hardy, realist as he is, had some mercy upon his heroine. At any rate he did ...

... site ard the erection of a building which, in their estimation, may net- be icquired ten, or even five, years hence. Mr. Thomas Hardy is said to be at work ou ?? n_vi_ with an Irish background. The report may be true, but it may, on the other hand, have ...

... in the van at the rear of the train. The name of the driver of the engine was Jouathau Dresser, aud that of the fireman, Thomas Hardy (both of Stockton) ; and the engine, we may here take the opportunity of remarking, was almost a new oue, built ou the ...

... the French affect to believe, there are still some rustic customs surviving amongst us which recall the flavour of Mr. Thomas Hardy and Mr. Baring Gould's novels. Such is the annual hiring fair at High Wycombe, Bucks, where lads and maids foregather to ...