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WILLAM'S SHAVING SOAPS

... _____ _ What a Glorious Lather' IT'S THIS GLORIOUS, rich, creamy lather so softening soothing and refreshing, so delicately fragrant and invigo= rating-- that robs shaving of all its terrors, and has given Williams' Shaving Soaps world= wide fame. Sold by Chemists, Hairdressers, and Perfumers, all over the world, or mailed to any address on receipt of price in stamps, WILLIAMS' SHAVING STICKS, ...

THE GOLDSMITHS & SILVERSMITHS COMPANY

... THE GOLDSMITHS SILVERSMITHS COMPANY, Show Rooms: 112, REGENT STREET, LONDON, W. Stereoscopic Company.) SUPPLY THE PUBLIC DIRECT AT MANUFACTURERS' CASH PRICES, SAVING PURCHASERS FROM 25 TO 50 PER CENT. Heart and Coronet t urquoise crooeu, Brooch £14 Fine Gold Flexible Two Row Knot Pearl and Turquoise Bracelet, £1 3 10s. £1 6s. 6d. GOLDSMITHS SILVERSMITHS COMPANY, Ltd., 112, REGENT STREET, ...

THE MISER, THE MAID, AND THE MEDICINE

... Niece.-- Now, Uncle, you are not yourself, and I want you to take some BEECHAM'S PILLS. I know they will do you good. They are Worth a Guinea a Box. Miser. What! Worth a Guinea a Box! I would rather die than take anything of such value. Sequel. He dies. ...

Graphic

... ROSA BONHEUR, THE GREATEST WOMAN ARTIST THE WORLD EVER SAW. The Landscer of Trance died on Friday morning at the age of seventy-seven. She exhibited in the So/on so long ago as IS 50. Her best -known work is The Horse Fair which Mr. Cornelius Vand*rbilt bought for £10,000 and presented to the Metropolitan Museum JS'ew York. She used to dress like man. Three years ago the Czar invited her to ...

Published: Wednesday 31 May 1899
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 77 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

WAS LEIGH HUNT REALLY A HAROLD SKIMPOLE?

... WAS LEIGH HUNT REALLY A HAROLD SKIMPOLE It is almost invariably the case that when once a man has been put into a book, the mischief is done, and neither the eloquence nor the industry of his apologists will have any influence on the popular judgment. It has been said that Skimpole was drawn from Leigh Hunt, and, in all Probability that gemal essayist will be accredited, to the end of the ...

Published: Wednesday 31 May 1899
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1284 | Page: Page 22 | Tags: Illustrations 

FUNNY FISH

... . in 1574, when Elizabeth was Queen, a monstrous hsh, according to Kilburue and Hasted, was stranded on the sands at a spot somewhere near Broadstairs, which has since borne the name of Fishness. There the monster died next day for want of water, amidst hideous roars that could he heard over a mile around. This extraordinary denizen of the ocean measured no less than 66 feet in length, 14 feet ...

Published: Wednesday 31 May 1899
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1087 | Page: Page 32 | Tags: Illustrations 

Front Matter

... __ No. o3Q. A QL. XXYI. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1899. sixpence. By Post. 6jd. ...

THE ROMANCE OF THE HOPE DIAMOND

... . LAW REPORT, May 16.-- High Court of Justice, Chancery Division.-- Before Mr. Justice Byrne.-- Re Hope's Settled Estates-- The Hope Blue Diamond.-- This was a summons under the Settled Land Acts by Lord Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope, commonly called Lord Francis Hope, tenant for life under a settlement contained in the will of his grandmother, Mrs. Hope (Anne Adéle), asking for an ...

Published: Wednesday 24 May 1899
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 734 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Illustrations