The Sketch. November 2nd, 1898.
- Issue.
- £18.50
For Sale is an Issue of "The Sketch,' November 2nd, 1898.
This issue contains 26 Pages, 52 Sides, and has been taken from a Bound Volume.
Condition of the Print is Very Good, the Spine has had to be strengthened with Filmoplast Tape.
Contents.
Articles.
1- The Triumphal Return of the Sirdar to England, Home, and Beauty.
2- The Veteran Actress, Helen Faucit (Lady Martin), is Dead.
3- "The Manoeuvres of Jane," at the Haymarket Theatre.
4- Small Talk of the Week.
5- A Parson who wants to become a Peer. (The Rev. John Sinclair, minister of the Parish of Kinloch-Rannoch, Perthshire.)
6- The Literary Lounger.
7- Hors D'Oeuvres. Written by Marmiton.
8- The Art of the Day.
9- Ploughs and Ploughing.
10- The Kaiser.
11- Mr. Theodore Watts-Dunton's Novel. Written by W. Robertson Nicoll.
12- London's Cheap Clothes Fair.
13- "The Christian" as a Play.
14- The Book and Its Story. : The Three Munchausens.
15- Some Wild White Men of the Past.
16- The Oyster Feast.
17- Is He An Obscene Writer ?. (Dr. Havelock Ellis.)
18- English Sheep-Farmers in New Zealand.
19- A Novel in a Nutshell. : Mrs. Eversfield's Education. Written by Gilbert Burgess.
20- A Home of the Argylls. (Roseneath)
21- Theatrical Notes.
22- Our Relations with France.
23- The Grape Harvest in France.
24- Society of Wheels.
25- The World of Sport.
a- Racing Notes. Written by Captain Coe.
b- The Encyclopaedia of Sport.
c- Golf.
d- Boxing.
26- Our Ladies' Pages. Frocks and Furbelows. Written by Sybil.
27- City Notes.
a- The Position.
b- Investment Stocks.
c- Americans.
d- West Australians.
e- Echoes from the House.
f- A, and F. Pears, Limited.
g- Rudge-Whitworth, Limited.
h- The British American Corporation and the Le Roi Mine.
Photographs.
1- Front Page shows "The Late Helen Faucit (Lady Martin) as the Lady of Lyons." From the Painting by Myra Drummond.
2- Captain Baratier.
3- Lord Kitchener Landing at Dover.
4- The Sirdar Presenting the Khedive's Medals to the Heroes of the Nile Campaign at Cairo. (Half Page)
5- The Sirdar Addressing the Troops at the Close of the Ceremony, Cairo.(Half Page)
6- Helen Faucit in 1847. (From a Picture done at Edinburgh)
7- Helen Faucit as Antigone. (From a Painting by Sir William Allan.)
8- Miss Gertrude Kingston, who is Jane's Friend. ("The Manoeuvres of Jane," at the Haymarket.)
9- A Dervish Kiddie Welcomes the Sirdar.
10- The Sardinian Chapel, where the Roman Catholic Lawyers attended the "Red Mass."
11- Mr. Gleeson White. (Small Portrait)
12- Presented to Lord Cadogan. (Solid Silver Trowel and Mallet.)
13- Tallest House in Europe Owned by a Private Person. (The White House in Rotterdam)
14- A Two Days Shoot in the Free State.
15- The Norwegian Sloop "Petrine" on Cramond Shore.
16- The Norwegian Schooner "Alfen" on Cramond Shore.
17- An Eleven-Year-Old Boy who revels in Trigonometry. (Alexander Bowley)
18- She is 101 Years Old. (Mrs. Isabella Booth.)
19- A Ten-Year-Old Mimic.
20- A Curious Stamp Misprint.
21- This Potato Weighed 3 and a Half Pound.
22- The Narrowest Street in the World. (Showing the Following 3 Photographs).
a- Kitty Witches Row.
b- The Widest Part of this Row is Fifty-Six-Inches.
c- Entrance of Kitty Witches Row.
23- This Government Building, Wellington, New Zealand, is the Largest Wooden House in the Southern Hemisphere.
24- The North-West Porch of Rouen Cathedral.
25- Sanger's Circus at Margate on a Sunday Morn.
26- A South African Wild-Flower.
27- One Way of Spending Sunday : Officers Reading "The Sketch."
28- Miss Nora Nicholas. (Violinist)
29- A Fancy-Dress.
30- Madame Hanka Schjelderup.
31- The Manse of Kinloch Rannoch, Perth, where the Would-Be Earl of Caithness Lives.
32- The Rev. John Sinclair, who wants to be Earl of Caithness.
33- A Grim Reminiscence of Criminal London. (Showing the Following 2 Half Page Photographs)
a- The Chapel and Visiting-Yard at Newgate. On the Right Stands the Execution-Shed.
b- The Inside of the Execution-Shed, showing Scaffold, Drop, Lever, and the Chair the Criminals Sit on.
34- Full Page Photograph of "Miss Maud Hoffman, who is Playing in "The Great Ruby," at Drury Lane."
35- Full page Photograph by the Baron A. Von Meyer W. called "A Protographic Study."
36- Ploughs and Ploughing. (Showing the Following 3 Photographs.)
a- A Steam-Plough.
b- Model of a Wooden Plough made Sixty Years Ago.
c- Ploughing the Clover Leys.
37- Mr. Algernon Charles Swinburne and Mr. Theodore Watts-Dunton in the Garden of their House, "The Pines," Putney.
38- London's Cheap Clothes Fair.
39- Hall Caine's "Christian" as a Play. (2 Pages showing the Following 2 Half Page Photographs.)
a- Glory Quayle (Miss Viola Allen) cajoles the Rev. John Storm (Mr. Edgar Morgan), who has gone to her rooms in Clement's Inn with the intention of Killing her.
b- Glory visiting the Mission-room of St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Soho.
c- Glory meets Storm in the Club-room of St. Mary Magdalene's Church, Soho.
d- John Storm at bay.
40- The Baron Rescues His Horse from a Predicament.(Drawing from the "Travels of Baron Munchausen.")
41- How the Baron Flew away with some Prisoners of War. (Drawing from the "Travels of Baron Munchausen.")
42- Zeeland Women who Catch Oysters.
43- Full Page Drawing by Gunning King called "The Light Side of Nature."
44- Dr. Havelock Ellis.
45- Wher Wilson Barrett's Son Lived.
46- Wilson Barrett's Son and Daughter-in-Law.
47- This House, Ferry Inn, Roseneath, was Designed by the Marchioness of Lorne, and is used by her as a Residence.
48- The Churchyard of Roseneath, the Burying-Place of the Argylls.
49- "Brother Officers," at the Garrick Theatre. (Showing the Following 2 Half Page Photographs.)
a- The Baroness Converts the Blunder of John Hinds, the Non-Com., into a Triumph.
b- John Hinds Guesses the Identity of the Wicked Millionaire from his Loss of Two Fingers.
50- Mr. Edward Morgan. (Small Portrait)
51- Mr. Harry Davenport as Mr. Bronson in "The Belle of New York," at the Shaftesbury Theatre. (Three Photographs)
52- "Her Royal Highness" is Dead. "The Sketch" Records the Death of H.R.H. at the Vaudeville Theatre on October 28. Showing 4 Quarter Page Photograph of "Miss Kitty Loftus as the Princess Petula.
53- What We Owe To France : Harvesting the Grape in a Medoc Vineyard. (Showing the Following 4 Photographs.)
a- Cutting the grapes.
b- A cart Laden with Grapes.
c- Some of the Harvesters.
d- Grape-Cutters.
54- Society of Wheels. (Showing the Following 2 Photographs.)
a- Two Prominent New Zealand Cyclists.
b- A New Use for Old-Fashioned Bicycles.
55- Lieutenant J. G. Horne. (Small Portrait)
56- Our Ladies' Pages. (Showing the Following Drawings.)
a- Cape of Royal Ermine, Sketched at Lewis and Allenby's.
b- New Millinery.
c- A Sable-Trimmed Costume.