The Sketch, January 4th, 1899.
- Issue.
- £18.50
For Sale is an Issue of "The Sketch," January 4th, 1899. This issue contains 26 Pages, 52 Sides, and has been taken from a Bound Volume.
Condition is Very Good, the Spine being strengthened with Filmoplast Tape.
Contents.
Articles.
1- The Liberal Leadership. : Who Says Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman ?
2- Mr. Penley as Connies Uncle.
3- Small Talk of the Week.
4- Nature's Gentlemen at Dinner.
5- Theatre Notes.
6- A Novel in a Nutshell. : Simon Dowling - Miser. Written by Harold Snagge.
7- Verse called "Double Berlin."
8- The House of the President of the Suicide Club.
9- The Literary Lounger.
10- Hors D'Oeuvres. Written by Marmiton.
11- The Art of the Day.
12- Bears and their Training. ; A Chat with M. Permane.
13- The Cafe of Death. Written by A. Anderson.
14- Subterranean Paris.
15- The Manufacture of Profits.
16- An "Alphabet of Animals."
17- Australian Birds : The Emu.
18- "A Reversion to Type."
19- King Christmas at the Theatres.
a- "The Forty Thieves" at "the Lane."
b- "Dick Whittington," at the Adelphi.
c- "Alice in Wonderland," at the Adelphi.
d- "Ali Baba," at Camberwell.
e- Melodrama at the Princes's.
f- "The Empty Stocking," at the Strand.
20- Wembley Golf Club.
21- The Pleasures of Sport.
22- Society on Wheels.
23- The World of Sport.
a- Racing Notes. Written by Captain Coe.
24- Full Page Advert for "Brooke's Monkey Brand Soap."
25- Our Ladies' Pages. : Frocks and Fumbelows. Written by Sybil.
26- Faces and Places.
a- A College Teacher's Story.
b- A Fall from a Ladder.
c- Then influence of Influenza.
27- City Notes.
a- The Money Market.
b- The American Market.
c- The Coming Year and the Stock Exchange.
d- The Miscellaneous Market.
e- Kaffirs and Rhodesians.
f- The Klondyke Mining and Trading Corporation.
g- The Woes of a City Editor.
Photographs.
1- Front Page Photograph is of "Lady Iveagh, the Wife of the Munificent Millionaire."
2- Some of the Editor's Christmas Cards. (2 Full Pages)
3- The Right Hon. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman.
4- Full Page Photograph called "The Belle of New York Rings in the New Year."
5- Belle, who is an Irish Terrier, wishes you a Happy New Year.
6- A Veteran Boer Warrior.
7- Mr. E. H. Lemare.(Musician)
8- A Curious Christmas Card.
9- Monarch of all She Surveys.
10- The Boar's Head at Queen's College, Oxford.
11- The Postman's Christmas Knock.
12- Costumes at the Covent-Garden Ball.
13- Mrs. Traquair Decorating a Church-Wall.
14- He Has Composed Three Odes to the Queen. (Mr. A Skene Smith.)
15- A Torpedo-Boat being Towed out to Sea for a Target. (Boat in Simon's Bay)
16- H.M.S. "Victorious" Guards the Entrance to Wei-Hai-Wei.
17- The Dragon-Tree of Teneriffe.
18- Animals Painted on a Rock.
19- A Picture Painted Hundreds of Years Ago on a Rock in Mashonaland, showing an impi descending a Hill.
20- The Famous £20.000 Pound Cheque which was paid to Lord Macaulay.
21- Full page showing 2 Half Page Photographs for "Alaska," at the Empire Theatre.
22- Mdlle. Genee in Everyday Life.
23- Mdlle. Genee as she Figures in "Alaska," at the Empire Theatre.
24- Full page showing 4 Quarter Page Photographs for "Alaska," at the Empire Theatre.
25- Full Page showing 4 Quarter Page Photographs of "Lina Verdi as an Imitator."
26- Full Page Photograph called "The Fortune-Teller."
27- Full Page Photograph called "A Shy Coon."
28- The House of the President of the Suicide Club.
a- Grove House.
b- Gardens of Grove House.
c- Postern Door from Park Road.
29- Diana.- Jean Levis Gerome. Now on Exhibition at the New Gallery.
30- Full Page showing 4 Quarter Page Photographs of "The Marchioness of Granby."
31- Full Page showing the Following 2 Half Page Photographs of "Lady Granby's Children."
a- Lady Granby';s Only Son, Lord Roos of Belvoir, Born in 1886. He will yet be his Grace the Duke of Rutland.
b- Lady Victoria and Lady Violet Manners. The elder is studying Mr. Nicholson's "Almanac of Sport." Her Father is a Keen Angler.
32- Bears and Their Training.
a- Fatty getting Drunk.
b- Matuchka Walking on the Ball on the See-Saw.
33- Full Page showing 5 Photographs from "The Cafe of Death."
34- Full Page showing Drawings called "A Biography of Goops." By Gelett Burgess.
35- Some Old Fashioned Balloons. (Showing the Following 4 Drawings).
a- An Old Fashioned Parachute.
b- Dr. Garnerin in a Balloon with his Cousin.
c- Jean Pierre Blanchard, the Aeronaut.
d- A Balloon Voyage to France in 1785.
36- The Emu.
37- Mr. Cyril Maude and Miss Adela Measor in "The Golden Wedding," at the Haymarket Theatre.
38- Miss Edna Arnold in "The Empty Stocking," at the Strand.
39- The Club-House of the Wembley Golf Club.
40- The Sixteenth Green : the Honourable Secretary Putting.
41- The Tenth Green at Wembley-A Mixed Foursome.
42- Rory O'More. (Racehorse)
43- Our Ladies' Pages.
a- Embroidered Velvet and Chinchilla. (Drawing)
b- Black Satin and Sequins. (Drawing)
c- A Useful Walking-Dress.
44- Miss Mary Ward. (Recovery from Anaemia)
45- Mr. Ambrose Wright. (Fall from a Ladder)
46- Mr. John Holland. (Recovery from Influenza)