The Sketch, December 14th, 1898.

For Sale is an Issue of "The Sketch," December 14th, 1898. 
This issue contains 22 Pages, 44 Sides, and has been taken from a Bound Volume.

Condition is Very Good, with Yellowing present on some pages. The Spine is strengthened with Filmoplast Tape.

                                                       Contents.

                                                        Articles.
1- A Hundred Years of Fat Cattle.

2- Mrs. Rhys's New Novel, "Mary Dominic.'

3- Concerning Diaries.

4- Full Page Advert for the "Encyclopaedia Britannica."

5- Small Talk of the Week.

6- Yesterday Was Dr. Johnson's Death-Day (Dec. 13, 1784), and the Johnson Club Drank to his Revered Memory in Solemn Silence.

7- What is a Cake-Walk ?. Written by Gelett Burgess.

8- Hunting.

9- Hors D'Oeuvres.

10- The Literary Lounger.

11- The New "Eversley"  Wordsworth. Mr. Thomas Hutchinson, our Greatest Authority upon Wordsworth, discusses Professor Knight's new Edition of the Poet's Works.

12- The Extraordinary Amusements of the East-End.

13- The Art of the Day.

14- A Novel in a Nutshell. The Mad Gods. By Mrs. Evan Nepean.

15- Artists in Ice and Sugar. Written by R. H. Cocks.

16- Are we to have a Municipal Theatre ?

17- Mrs. E. K. Johnson : Her Picture Gallery.

18- King Arthur. (Statue of King Arthur in Innsbruck Cathedral.)

19- Odds and Ends from the Playhouses.

20- The World of Sport.
      a- Racing Notes.
      b- Lacrosse.

21- Society on Wheels.

22- Our Ladies' Pages. : Yule-Tide Gifts. Written by Sybil.

23- Full Page Advert for "Brooke's Monkey Brand Soap."

24- City Notes.
      a- Holiday Markets.
      b- Home Rails.
      c- The United States Budget.
      d- The Le Roi Issue.
      e- The Savory Verdict.
       f- Issues.

                                                 Photographs.
1- Front Page Photograph shows a Portait of William Black, and is called "The Author of "A Princess of Thule" is Dead."

2- A Highlander of 1813, Bred by Sir Henry Vane-Tempest, of Lampton Hall.

3- West Highland Steer.

4- Champion Half-Breed Sheep, the Property of Mr. John McDowall.

5- Sheep and Pigs at the Smithfield Cattle Show. (Half Page)

6- Cattle at the Dublin Show. (Half Page)

7- Mrs. Ernest Rhys.

8- The Graves of Keats and Severn at Rome.

9- Woodfall's Grave in Chelsea Churchyard.

10- Troops of the Erthogroul Cavalry, which Acted as Guard of Honour to the German Emperor During his Tour in Palestine.

11- The Band of the Persian Cossack Brigade at Teheran in Uniform.

12- Some Middlesex Hospital Men and the Artists who helped them at a "Smoker," including Miss May Yohe and Mr. Harry Davenport.

13- The Bank of Persia Illuminated itself to Honour the Shah's 45 and a Half (?) Birthday.

14- This Commission has been Appointed to see that Britannia Really Rules the Waves in Regard to New Zealand.

15- The Margate Surf-Boat that nearly came to Death.

16- "H.M.S. Pinafore," as Staged at Southend.

17- This Church is Five Hundred Years Old. (Church of St. Nicholas at Dormston.)

18- Four Generations of a Musical Family : The Beecrofts.

19- The Home of Hallam.

20- Zebras in King Williamstown Pound.

21- Emin Pashs's Medicine-Chest.

22- This Beautiful Spaniel was Rescued by a Policeman. (Frank Dale of the Leamington Force.)

23- Mrs. De La Mar.

24- This Old Lady used to Dig Graves at Lewes. (Mrs. Steer.)

25- The Dancer in "The Belle of New York."

26- Autumn in Hampshire : "Leaves Have Their Time To Fall."

27- Johnson's Favourite Chair. (Dr. Ben Johnson.)

28- Johnson's Corner. (Dr. Ben Johnson.)

29- Billy and Willie Farrell taking the Cake. (African Ballet.)

30- Full Page Portrait Photograph called  "M. Paderewski Has Returned to England."

31- The Inn in Kirkstone Pass : The Highest House in England.

32- Crosthwaite Church, Containing monument to Southey, who is Burried in the Churchyard.

33- Wordsworth's School at Hawkshead.

34- Where Wordsworth Lived at Hawkshead in his Schooldays.

35- Dove Cottage, Grasmere.

36- The Wordsworth Memorial Fountain on the Grasmere Road.

37- The Ferry-Boat Crossing Lake Windermere.

38- The Ferry-Boat Landing at Bowness, Lake Windermere.

39- The Extraordinary Amusements of the East-End.
       a- A Giant Boy.
       b- The Irish Giant.
       c- Joined Together.

40 Episode in the life of Alcibiades.- Victor Mottez. Now on Exhibition at the Continental Gallery.

41- Artists in Ice and Sugar.
       a- Some Ice Ornaments.
       b- A Swan in Ice.
       c- First Prize at the Paris Cookery Exhibition.

42- Are We To Have A Municipal Theatre.
       a- Italy- Palermo Municipal Theatre.
       b- Germany- Frankfort Municipal Theatre.
       c- Siberia - Irkutsk Municipal Theatre.
       d- Switzerland - Geneva Municipal Theatre.
       e- Switzerland - Zurich Municipal Theatre.

43- America as a Factor Among the Nations. (2 Half Page Drawings.)
       a- "The Two Great Missioners of Civilisation," According to the New York "Judge."
       b- "A Thanksgiving Toast," As Conceived by the New York "Puck."

44- Mrs. E. K. Johnson.

45- Statue of King Arthur in Innsbruck Cathedral.

46- Odds and Ends from the Playhouses.
       a- Mr. Alfred Plumpton.
       b- Miss Madge Rossell.
       c- Miss Edith Morley and Her Father Mr. Charles Cartwright.
       d- Miss Clara Denman in "The Liars."

47- The World of Sport.
       a- The First Lacrosse Club ever Started in South Africa.
       b- Battue on an Italian Lake.

48- Society on Wheels.
       a- The Decemptuple.

49- Our Ladies' Pages.
       a- Novelties at Wilson and Gill's.
       b- The Excelsior Electrical Cabinet.
       c- A Toy Fort at Messrs. Parkins and Gotto's.
       d- Novelties at Mappin and Webb's.
       e- Diamond and Opal Bracelet.
       f- Hand-Embroidery at Robinson and Cleaver's.
       g- Novelties of the Alexander Clark Manufacturing Company.
       h- The Famous Mulhens' Eau De Cologne.
        i- A Cut-Crystal Bottle of Mulhens' Rhine Violets.
       j- A Row of Faulkner Pearls.
       k- A Neck-Slide.
        l- A Harp Brooch at Faulkner's

50- Buffelsdoorn Estate and Gold-Mining Company : General View.