... For Penned Pheasants there is no food to equal *1B British Meal Laying Mixture 24 per cwt. 1 cwt. and upwards carriage paid. Nourishing and appetising, not unnaturally stimulating. Its use means earlier eggs. NVritc for Springtide Increased number, Suggestions for Game Larger Hatches, and Preservers/ Post free of I Stronger Chicks. Gilbertson Page, Ltd., Hertford, Herts. I COMMAND ATTENTION I ...

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... f yJk I AFTER having had such a long spell of gloriously open weather for the participation in racing under National Hunt Rules, hunting, and coursing, it was a trifle cruel to receive such a sudden and unexpected check in the shape of frost; and those patrons of racing under Jockey Club Rules who are airing themselves in the genial atmosphere of Nice, Monte Carlo, &c., are doubtless laughing ...

... I&KftTCfl No. 815.; Vol. XXV. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1899. SIBf Pp0fTN6°E ...

... . Edna May is being copied at all fancy-costume balls. This little maid, Miss Vera Twining, appeared as the Belle of New York at a Children's Ball at the Kensington Palace Hotel the other day, and Mr. Jacolette photographed her Here 's a dear little girl in a queer little gown, Like the maid of the Salvation Army I mean Edna May, who has put all the town In a state that her poet calls balmy ...

... N y ?? NK DADD. ?? (ItO I rl IIl ,c, tc tts ia ~ , Slit. 0 , tnor I -ity, a-d to~ jofis in tfsc fan'' ITh a I t en r ' i i ,rI th i I.. > , I alrrir) tI rI, s' >1, illk . ti iit I, I: I 1 ; MR. LLOYD'S ADVENTURES IN DARK EST AF RICA: A SPIN ROUND A CANNIBAL VILLAGE ...

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... MAPPIN WEBB'S Ltd. HIGH CLASS SHEFFIELD CUTLERY DRAWN HALF SIZE. inch Sporting Knife, containing 10 Instruments, all of the best ShedUhl Stejl and finish, as illustrated. In Ivory or Stag. J£1 Is. Od. only f 158 TO 162, OXFORD ST. W. A=s 2 QUEEN VICTORIA ST., EC. AUUHtbbtb Facing the Mansion House.) Manufactory THE ROYAL WORKS, NORFOLK ST., SHEFFIELD i For the B.ood is the Life. i I Clarke's ...

... (Iboutf ryour I l)autiter| About f '>ur Daughter? THE GIRL OF TO DAY who will bflhe Wo man of to morrovf: how much deppnth, upon IhistcpcUv' f for herlSHe does I not know it; per- f ■h^ps her mother tas only dr\ ink- I# ling. But between the to day when k W is 6. girl and the to-morrow when she will be a I A woman, her lifes happiness and health are in the baldrice' jj|j It she is to be a ...

... . Now that February is well on the way, the Riviera season is in full swing, and for the enchanted district between Hyeres, nestling at the foot of the hills, and San Remo, far across the Italian border, the few months of pleasure and profit have come round again. I have sauntered through most of the large towns, noting the changes that three short years have brought in their train, and ...

... . Two beautiful art books, representing Mr. Walter Crane and Mr. C. D. Gibson-- at the very poles of technique-- have appeared recently. Mr. Crane's book, A Floral Fantasy in an Old English. Garden, is an exquisite specimen of colour-printing, of which the publishers, Messrs. Harper, and the printer, Mr. Evans, may well be proud. Mr. Crane is the poet as well as the painter, and lie has ...

... MY VALENTINE (BY MAUD GOODMAN). ...