The Sketch Nov 28th 1906.
- The Sketch Magazine.
- £20.00
The Sketch Magazine.
Copy has 16 pages, 32 sides it was taken from a Bound Volume and therefore has the binding holes showing.
Contents.
Front page shows a photograph of Queen Alexandra with Prince Olaf, only Son of the King and Queen of Norway.
Full page Article called "Motley Notes," by Keble Howard.
The Remarkable New Carmen.
Full page photograph showing Senora Maria Gay as Carmen, the Role in which she made a Sensation at Covent Garden Last Week.
Half page Article called "The Clubman."
Half page Article called "A Doctor on "The Doctor's Dilemma." By M.D.
"Thrice Blessed Successor to a Toast and Ale !"
Full page Article on "Mazawattee Tea."
Small Talk of the Week.
A Four page Article together with photographs of the following,-
1- Portrait photograph of Mrs. R.J.Marker.
2- Portrait photograph of Major R.J. Marker.
3- Dr. Emil Reich and his Favourite Fox-Terrier.
4- Portrait photograph of Mr. George Campbell.
5- Portrait photograph of Mrs. George Campbell.
6- The Site of Holborn's New Town Hall.
7- Portrait photograph of Captain A.A.C.Galloway.
8- The Rev. Prince Max of Saxony.
9- Mrs. Wagstaffe. The Lady who Accused herself of Bigamy.
10- Portrait photograph of Miss Violet Asquith.
11- Portrait photograph of Mrs. Archie Hamilton.
12- Portrait photograph of Mrs. HWFA Williams.
13- Portrait photograph of Mrs. Henning Grenander.
Death, Doctors, and Opsonin.
Full page showing three photographs of "The Doctors's Dilemma," at the Court Theatre.
Full page Article called "After Dinner" by Ernest A. Bryant.
Our Wonderful World !
Full page of photographs showing some Freak Boats.
1- The Vessel specially Built to convey Cleopatra's Needle to England, showing
the Case containing the Monument.
2- A Flat-Bottomed Yacht with Three Propellers, built for a Tsar of Russia, but
found to be Unwieldy, Difficult to Steer, and unsuited to Rough Waters.
3- A Vessel that can only Sail before the Wind : A Burmese Junk.
4- A Japanese Vessel Built to Sink in Rough Waters.
5- A Turret Vessel Built to Carry an exceptionally Large Cargo.
6- A Double-Hull Auxiliary Paddle-Steamer.
"The Stage from the Stalls." By E.F.S.
Full page Article with Paragrophs on,-
1- The Revival of Richard II.
2- The Doctors Dilemma.
A Perpetual Vendetta : Mongoose v Snake.
Full page of photographs showing,-
1- An Indian Mongoose ready for the Fray, in the Attitude of Alarm & Enquiry.
2- The Mongoose escaping from beneath the Snake.
3- The Mongoose cornered by a Rattler.
4- Preparing to Engage ! - The Combatants Sprang at the same time, and the
Mongoose caught the snake by the neck and Killed it.
"Are We Soft Hearted."
Full page Cartoon Illustration Drawn by G.L.Stampa.
"What Had He Been Used To ?"
Full page Cartoon Illustration Drawn by John Hassall.
Full page Article called "Week-End Papers." by S.L. Bensusan.
Together with a photograph showing "Trained Nurses for injured Pets : Scenes in an Animals' Hospital."
This is not a Beehive.
A Full page photograph showing the Glass-Brick Back Wall of the Highest House in Paris - photographed from Below.
Full page Article called "The Literary Lounger."
The End of Edison Juggins - Ex-Greatest Inventor of the Age.
Full page Comic Illustration by Lawson Wood.
A Novel in a Nutshell.
Two page Article called "Voila Le Succes !" by Alphonse Courlander.
Sime Predicts the Future - of some of us !
Full page Illustration Drawn by S.H. Sime.
Full page Article called," Heard in the Green Room."
Full page Article called "Key Notes," by Common Chord.
Full page Article called "The Man On The Car."
Showing the Following Paragraphs,-
1- The Show and British Progress.
2- The Tendencies of Design.
3- Return to Single-Cam Shaft.
4- Forced Lubrication.
5- The Disappearance of Chain-Drive.
6- Racing and Improvements.
7- Darracq Inlet-Valve Lead.
8- Friswell (1906), Limited, Quite Sound.
Full page Article called "The World of Sport," by Captain Coe.
Together with photographs showing,-
1- The £100 Golf Foursome at Walton Heath : Harry Vardon Driving.
2- The £100 Golf Foursome at Walton Heath : James Braid Driving.
3- Training Future Followers of the Fox : Teaching Young Hounds to Jump.
Our Ladies' Pages.
Two page Article with photographs showing,-
1- A Chic Walking-Costume.
2- A Smart Coat with Sable.
3- Miss Marguerite Verboeckhoven. (The Painter of "A Poem in Silence.")
Full page Article called "City Notes."
1- The Outlook.
2- Bays and Canadas.
3- Finance in a First-Class Carriage.
Half page Article called "Italian Antiques at Waring's."