... C1e Italians in Sfrtca THE series of disasters that has befallen the Italians during the past few months has brought their possessions in Africa into painful prominence. Their possessions were combine ...

... . THE death of Baron Hirseh, which occurred last Tuesday at his seat in Hungary, removes a very prominent figure from financial and sporting circles. At the time of his death he was probably one of the richest men in the world, his fortune being variously estimated at from eighteen lo twenty-five millions sterling. The whole of this enormous accumulation of wealth has been the result of his ...

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... . Two contests between schools which annually try conclusions on the water have recently been decided, that of Magdalen College School, Oxford, and Bath College, causing additional interest as representatives of those institutions had seats in both the Oxford and Cambridge boats this year. The venue was the Avon at Bath, and the visiting four gained a rather easy victory, making the record of ...

... . THE small island of Singapore and the neighbouring districts of the Malay Peninsula often afford good shooting not only to those shikaris who can devote their whole time to sport, but to those who can only spend an occasional holiday in tracking and shooting big game. One of the photographs represents some of the principal trophies of three local sportsmen, viz. Messrs. Maw, Owen, alid ...

... MISS GRACE BLUNDELL MAPLE. BARON VON ECKARD3TEIN. SIR JOHN BLUNDELL MAPLE. LADY MAPLE. ...

... MR. SCOTT FISHE AS THE PRINCE OF MONTE CARLO IN THE GRAND DUKE, AT THE SAVOY THEATRE. PROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY ALFRED ELLIS, UPPER BAKER STREET, NAV. ...

... . When thinking of The Gay Parisienne the thought of Miss Ada Reeve keeps coining to mind. She is so delightfully full of life and fun that it is difficult to believe that she can take an interest in pay-day. Few recruits from the halls are so quick as she in catching the lone of the stage, even her singing-voice has grown less brassy. If everything had been as gay as she, I could write with ...

... HOW ALMA STANLEY DIED. Alma Stanley, looking in the best of health and spirits, was spending a few days in town last week to arrange future theatrical plans, and receive the congratulations of her many friends. Although the time at her disposal was short, she kindly spared me half an hour of it (writes a Sketch representative). Many thanks, she said, in reply to my expression 01 pleasure .a ...

... . The National Portrait Gallery, which was opened to the public on Good Friday, may be said to have fully satisfied expectation. It may be objected that the various rooms in which the Gallery's treasures are preserved are somewhat narrow and cramped, but it is scarcely possible to commend too highly the method by which the various portraits have been arranged in those rooms, and to ...

... LU-DWIG AND JULIA IN THE MOCK TRAGEDY SCENE, 4* Cut w/teftocr I sad or whether 1 m glad, MdB! mad! mad! mad! On her agonised gaze I gloat ll'ilh the glee of a dancing demon I Amtr a rimi -Frenzy thrilled!' O cold, unpleasant corse!' ...

... ERNEST AND JULIA. lJ'ich so much winsome wile I'd witch and woo! ERNEST AND JULIA. I'll haunt you each morning, each night, and each day! TIIE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OP MONTE CARLO (MR. SCOTT FISHE AND MISS EMMIE OIVEN). 9 They're very, very rich, and accordingly, as sich, To the Peerage elevated. THE BARONESS AND THE DUKE. >l I 'm going to be very ill indeed. ...