... MEETING. On Wednesday evening, hundreds of persons assembled in the open air at a spot near the Post- office, to hear Mr Thomas Hardy, agent for the Liberal candidate. It was soon evident that many Conservatives from Holt and Farndon were in the crowd, ...

... rains, and all the droughts that history records, with a very few exceptions, are like- wise included in this cycle. Mr Thomas Hardy has now decided to publish his story The Pursuit* of the Well Beloved in the collected edition of his writings. It ...

... KNICKERBOCKER LEG.YDS - SLEEPY HOLLOW. -AN INTERESTING P\RTY-THE CREAM OF SOCIETY.-PRINCESSES AND OTHERS IN AN - AT HOME. -THOMAS HARDY, THE NOVELIST ?? THE DUCHESS OF TECK - ?? DRESSES.-SIMNEL CAKES. -MOTHERING SUNDAY— ORIGIN OF THE NAME. It is not vwry ...

... Minera Lead ; capital £40 000, in £5 shares. To acquire aud develop mineral property. The first subscribers being — Thomas William Hardy, 5, St. James' Square, Manchester, solicitor, 1 ; Jus. Marland, Hollinwood, colliery proprietor, 1; John Duccan, 63 ...

... Magazine is a very strong one, as may be judged by the fact that the contributors include H. W. Massing- ham, Robert Barr, Thomas Hardy, E. F. Benson, John Strange Winter, Geo. Gissing, Barry Pain, and others. It is filled with illustrations of high quality ...

... English. At Dorchester, on Friday, the ceremony took phuse of reopening the Grammar School, which was founded in 1571, by Thomas Hardy, of Frampton, and has enjoyed an almost unbroken existence from that time to the present. The school has been rebuilt. ...

... a verdict fc h 4 ro -n natural causes. Wcht t°? M,s «ON.-Mr Thomas Hardy, of abl e sne fc ' ?? t le asB » s tance of a number of *-olp f *_ rs ' w ?? conduct this mission during the Hardy „ i 00 - nin - week »n the Public Hall. Mr Wen Th conducting ...

... half-b_eke, Powell D-vies, C. Davie* l , and 11. Hubert* ; forwards, E i wards. Thomas Jones, K? Jones, J. Roberts, and D. William.. Bangor ? Goal, A, Hughes; backs, E. Thomas and G. Parry ; half-backs, VV. H. Jones, W. Williams, and T. Buck- land ; forwards ...

... essayist wha once made the famous apology at the India House that he would make up for coming late by going away early. Mr Thomas Hardy is evidently approaching the close of hi 3 serial story, The Woodlanders, which has been a con- spicuous success ; while ...

... one in many ways ?? frontispiece is a fine coloured engraving on Mi Morris' The Shepherd of Bethlehem.'' In ?? ?? Air Thomas Hardy begins what will iirobably be one of the best stories of the hear Under the title ''The return of the native, ?? iropo-ie* ...

... oneof the most amus- ing things that Belgra ria has iu_d for son.;- time I The serial stories by Mr WHlde Collins and Mr • Thomas Hardy keep up an ?? interest, MrsLynn Lynton has a readable Tyrolese-ketc!-. Mr Arbuthnot Wilson gives a clever satire on t recent ...

... Unsentimental Journey through Cornwall, a poem by J. Henry Shorthouse, entitled My Wife's Valentine ; a domestic story by Thomas Hardy, ?? Interlopers at the Knap ; and 'verses headed A Woman's Keepsake, by E. W. Gosse. The illustra- tions, however ...