The Sketch, November 16th, 1898
- Issue.
- £18.50
For Sale is an Issue of "The Sketch," for November 16th, 1898. This issue contains 22 pages, 44 sides, and has been taken from a Bound Volume.
Condition is Very Good, with Light Foxing Spots on the odd page. The Spine has been strengthened with Filmoplast Tape.
Contents.
Articles.
1- A Sad Relic of a Tragic Historical Event.
(The Vest in which Charles the First, by many styled "The Martyr," was Executed at Whitehall. "He Nothing Common Did, or Mean, upon that memorable scene.")
2- The King Crusader has ended his Pilgrimage.
3- The Last Stand of Troop M.
4- Small Talk of the Week.
5- The Art of the Day.
6- Miss Phyllis Rankin.
7- Miss Edna may.
8- A Novel in a Nutshell. - "An Hour in October." By the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Henniker.
9- Heredity on the Stage.
10- The Book and Its Story. - Mr. Pemberton's "Phantom Army."
11- The Literary Lounger.
12- Hors D'Oeuvres.
13- Quarter Page Advert for "Calvert's."
14- Quarter Page Advert for "Elliman Painting Book."
15- Half Page Advert for "Mappin & Webb's."
16- A Hunt in Somaliland and Its Booty. Written by C. V. A. Peel.
17- An Old Tragedy and a New.
18- The Duke of York's Theatre.
19- Half Page Advert for "Dr. Tibbles' Vi-Cocoa."
20- Half Page Advert for "Scrubb's Cloudy Fluid Ammonia."
21- With Lord Kitchener's Army.
22- Half Page Advert for "New Rapid Cycle Co. Ltd."
23- Society on Wheels.
24- The World of Sport.
a- Racing Notes.
b- Football.
25- Full Page Advert for "Brooke's Monkey Brand Soap."
26- Our Ladies' Pages.
a- Frocks and Furbelows.
27- Full Page Advert for "The International Fur Store."
28- City Notes.
a- The Finances of France.
b- Rhodesia.
c- Rhodesia's First Output.
d- Yankees.
e- Kaffirs.
f- Bovril, Limited.
g- The Lord-Chief Justice on Company-Promotion.
h- The British Securities Company, Limited.
Photographs.
1- Front Page shows a Photograph of "Miss Winifred Emery."
(The Tantalising Jane of Mr. Jones's New Play at the Haymarket Theatre.)
2- The Vest, which Charles 1st. wore on the Scaffold, has Lately come to the Hammer.
3- Mules Waiting for the Emperor at Jerusalem.
4- The Emperor and Empress on the Road to Bethleham.
5- "Peace has her Victories not less Renowned than War."
(The St. Louis," after having been engaged in the Spanish-American War, has now returned to its earlier duties in cementing the bonds of Anglo-American Unity by carrying peaceful passengers to and fro between the Old War and the New.)
6- Tod Sloan, the American Jockey, and some of his recent Mounts.
7- The Anglo-American Car in the Lord Mayor's Procession.
8- The Marchioness of Anglesey.
9- Miss Stella Gastelle, at the Prince of Wales's Theatre.
10- Miss Birdie Sutherland.
11- The Khedivial Medal.
12- The Witney Butter-Cross.
13- The Pulpit from which Wesley Preached his First Sermon.
14- A Yew-Tree Tunnel.
15- Thomas Turner. (Death of the Boxer)
16- Mr. Kennedy Jones, the Editor of the "Evening News," who assisted Mr. Alfred Harmsworth to found the "Daily Mail."
17- Mr. Alma Tadema, according to Max Beerbohm.
18- Tree-Blazing.
19- A Back-Scratcher and Chopsticks.
20- The West Door, Rochester Cathedral.
21- Miss Phyllis Rankin in "The Belle of New York," at the Shaftesbury.
(2 Quarter Page Photographs.)
22- Miss Phyllis Rankin in "The Belle of New York," at the Shaftesbury.
(Full Page Photograph.)
23- The Soudan Campaign by Photographic Snapshots.
a- First Batch of Dervish Prisoners, just Captured on Conclusion of Second Fight, being Marched off the Battlefield.
b- Gordon's Palace at Khartoum.
c- "Three Cheers for the Queen!" The grenadier Guards and Cameron Highlanders Cheering Her Majesty's Gracious Telegram of Congratulations, just read out to the Troops by General Gatacre.
d- Morning Toilet of Officers of the Camerons while the Train stopped at Abu Hamed on the Journey Down.
e- Graves of Captain Caldecott and Privates of the Seaforths, Camerons, and 21st Lancers at Omdurman : in the Background the Suburbs of the City and the Grenadier Guards at Exercise.
f- Funeral of the Hon. Herbert Howard (Son of the Earl of Carlisle), Correspondent of the "Times." Burried at Omdurman at 6a.m. on Sept. 3.
g- Captain Maclean with his Company of the Camerons Marching to Omdurman,.
h- Wad Hamed Camp : The Lincolns' Band Playing "The Gondoliers."
i- Dervish Prisoners, Employed under Soudanese Soldiers, moving Captured Guns of the Khalifa into the Arsenal at Omdurman.
j- The Cameron Highlanders Breakfasting at Luxor Station on the Journey Down.
k- Looting the Dead Dervishes in the Interval between the First and Second Fights.
l- The Rifle Brigade's Camp at Omdurman.
m- Shelter-Tent of the Officers' Mess of the Grenadier Guards at Omdurman.
n- Waiters and Cook of the Officers' Mess of the Grenadier Guards at Omdurman.
0- Ruined by Lyddite Shells : Khalika's House of Prayer.
p- The Mahdi's Tomb, with Gate used by the Khalifa.
q- Grenadier Guards in Camp at Atbara.
r- Sirdar and Staff at the Great Review at Wad Hamed.
s- Captain Smeaton's Maxim Battery on its Journey Down by Gyassa : Stopping for the Night.
t- Grave of Captain Guy Caldecott, of the Warwickshire Regimant, Killed at Omdurman.
u- Truculent Baggaras made Prisoners in Omdurman.
v- Captain Von Tiedemann, German Military Attache.
24- The Book and its Story. Mr. Pemberton's "Phantom Army."
a- Mr. Max Pemberton's Country Residence at Monkton, near Ramsgate.
b- Mr. Max Pemberton at Golf.
c- Mr. Max Pemberton on his Horse "Captain."
25- Mr. C. V. A. Peel's Little Bag.
26- Mr. G. W. Stevens. (Writer of "With Kitchener to Khartoum.")
27- Mr. Dan Leno.
28- The World of Sport.
a- English Football Team.
b- Irish Footbal Team.
29- Our Ladies' Pages : Frocks and Furbelows.
a- A New Ball-Dress by Simmons.
b- One of Simmons' Famous Tailor-Mades.
c- Mrs. Brown-Potter's Gown as "Miladi," at Her Majesty's Theatre.
30- The First Rhodesian Gold from the Geelong Mine, 1417 oz., Value £5314.
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