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Twenty four pages ( fourty eight sides) of

 " The Sketch "

Weekly Magazine dated 1899 price sixpence.

A wonderful insight into theatre, stage, society, royalty, sport, fashion and many other activities of the day including the Boer War, "a journal of art and actuality".

It features articles with prints from engravings, photogravures etc. including : -

' Her Majestys and Englands Welcome Guest: The Emperor William II ' Full front page (someone didnt like him as they have scratched tiny marks in each of his eyes!)

' Mr Winston Churchill the Brave War Correspondent of The Morning Post Now a Prisoner '

' The Welcome of General Sir Redvers Buller VC To Cape Town ' Full page street scene

' Father Matthews The Roman Catholic Priest Who Was Present At The Battle of Nicholsons Nek '

' Another Portrait of the German Emperor, The Queens Guest at Windsor ' Full page (was actually the Queens first grandson )

' Photo of the Marble Bust of the Queen '

Visit of Queen to Bristol on Nov 15 to open the new Jubilee Convalescent Home : Enthusiastically loyal welcome as Her Majesty Passed the Warship Antelope.

Captain Percy Scott Who Succeeds Captain Robinson in Command of the" Terrible "..'

' The Late Colonel Keith-Falconer Killed at Belmont, near The Orange River '

' The Hon. Ralph Pomeroy Who So Gallantly Saved the Life of a Trooper Near Ldysmith Under General Brocklehurst '

' The Transvaal War - HMS Powerful in Table Bay prior to Taking More Big Guns to Durban '

' The Transvaal War - Arrival of the Transport " Narrung " at Cape Town with tHe 9th Lancers from India '

' Camp at Dundee Called Glencoe Camp Scene of the Recent Battle '

' No 5 Redoubt: Dundee Town Guard, Under Command of Capt Pearse '

Miss Cynthia Brooke Now playing Countess Lodoiska Byrzwinski My Daughter in Law at the Criterion

View of Simon's Bay Showing the Powerful Terrible - Doris and Penelope ' HM Ships

' Mr T. V. Bowater Elected Common Councilman of the Ward of Vintry '

' Sanctable p;resented by the Church Agency Limited to the Princess of Wales Hospital Ship '

' M. Paderewski at the Pianoforte on Which He Is toPlay at the Concert for the Benefit of the Mansion House Patriotic Fund '

' Motor Car Club Run to Brighton - Daimler Car, Taken After The Collision Near Preston '

' Motor Car Club Run To Brighton - N0 64 Retires From TheFray for a Rest '

' Mr A. E. Wells Founder and Managing Director of the City Athenaeum Club '

' The Argonaut Club: Dinner to Mr Charles Wyndham on Sunday Nov 12; The Top Table - Mr Cyril Maude - MR H. A. Jones - Mr Birnbaum - Mr Wyndham - Mr Waller - Mr T. P. O'Connor - Mr Max O'Rell - Mrs H. a. Jones - Mrs Tree - Miss Mary Moore - Mrs Cyril Maude - Mrs Wyndham '

' Lieutenant Colonel Audley Dallas Neeld To Command The Household Cavalry Regiment In South Africa ' Full page

' The Hand of Mr Charles Wyndham ' hand print obtained for Count Hamong or Cheiro the Palmist

' The Right Hand of General Sir Redvers Buller VC ' hand print obtained for Count Hamong or Cheiro the Palmist

' Consulting the Oracle; Or Palming it Off ' Full page sketch by Alick P. F. Rithcie

' The Pan American Exhibition To be Held at Buffalo New York, May to November 1901 ' wonderful ull page "Drawn from The Block Plan of the Board of Architects by Victor Perard "

Mrs John Billington ( Miss Adelaide Mortimer )

' Cynthia in Flowers of the Forest '

' Gretchen i Rip Van Winkle '

' Mrs John Billington ' ' In Lost in London '

' A "Serious Family" Group '

' X Ray Work in the Army: Ten Inch Induction Coil at Work. Major Battersby Taking a Skiagram of the Shoulder. Photographic Playe in Specially Devised Wooden Plate Holder Under Shoulder Joint. An Ingenious Tube Holder is Also Seen'

' X Ray Work in the Army: Bullte in the Left Ankle '

' Miss Maggie Duggan The Music Hall Star '

' Miss Mabel Terry-Lewis ' actress - full page

' Miss May Mayfren ' actress - Full page

' Mr Charles Wyndham As David Garrick ' Full page

' Miss Eugenie Barker The New American Operatic Star '

' Miss Ethel Henry ' actress

' Mr James Hargreaves FIC ' scientist

' The Late Mr Thomas Bird ' scientist

' War Cycles for South Africa '

' The Late Mr James Jewitt the Well Known Trainer '

' Bedford Cottage the Residence of the Lat eMr James Jewitt, The Newmarket Trainer '

Fashions - 'Miss Ada Reeve's Ball gown in Florodora at the Lyric Theatre ' - - ' Miss Ada Reeves Garden Party Dress in Florodora at the Lyric Theatre ' - - ' A New Coat and Skirt at Peter Robinsons Oxford Street '

' Stock Exchange - Hammered!'

' Britannia Rules The Waves - Sketch War Supplement ' Full page tinted blue - Inset of General Sir Redvers Buller VC

' Swan Fountain Pen ' half page advert

' Hinks Patent Dri, Stpve ' advert

' Livery Stable at Johannesburg Commandeered by the Boers Together with Seventeen Horses '

' The 1st Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders in Khaki uniform for South Africa ' at Edinburgh Castle

' Lieut. Colonel Downman Who Commands the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders ' Full page photograph by Horsburgh of Edinburgh

' First Contingent of Marines and Bluejackets Leaving Simons Town for the Front - The Band of The " Doris " Is Playing Them To the Station ' full page photograph by Leonard Jenks Simons Town

' Colonel John F. Brocklehurst MVO ' Full page

The Officers of the 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Who Sailed From Queenstown for South Africa in the SS Catalonia - 2nd Litu T. W. Whiffen - 2nd Lt C. Ridings - Lt J. N. Crawford - Lt R. A. B. Young - 2nd Lt W. W. Meldon - Lt and Quartermaster J. A. Page - Capt. A. J. Hancocks - Lt Miel - Capt W. F. Hessey - Lt H. A. Leverson - 2nd Lt D. G. H. Auchinleck - Capt Donald Maclachlan - Lt M. Welch - Lt F. C. Loftus - Lt J. T. Lowry - Lt A. C. Jeffcoat - Major J. H. Brannigan RAMC - 2nd Lt T. A. D. Best - Capt F. G. Jones - Lt W. O. Stuart - Captain W. L. P. Bigton - Capt. C. J. L. Davidson - Capt E. J. Buckley Adjutant - Lt Colonel T. M. G. Thackeray - Major J. F. W. Charley - Major F. A. Sanders '

' Marines And Field Guns for the Front: Rear Admiral Sir R. Harris Inspecting the Naval Contingent in Somonstown Dockyard '

' Marines For the Front Outside Simon's Town Station '

' Royal Marine Artillery With Their New Gun for South Africa '

' Port Elizabeth Volunteers Leaving for the Front '

' Bovril ' advert

Faulkner Diamonds and Pearls many designs - jewellery advert

St Jacobs Oil - Conquers Pain ' full page advert

Also articles ( no prints/photos etc unless listed above) including :- 

The Clubman

The War Week by Week

Small Talk of the Week

The Craze of the Hour - palmistry and clairvoyancy

The Rontgen Rays in the War

The Sketch Comedies - A Question of Sentiment by C. G. Compton

The Literary Lounger by O.O.

Theatre Gossip

Hors D'Oeuvres

The Man on The Wheel - Cycling column by JFF

'The World of Sport - Racing Notes by Captain Coe '

Our Ladies by page by Sybil

' City Notes' including - Answers to Correspondents'

Pigeon Posts and Their uses in Warfare

Lieut Colonel Downman and the Dargai Gordons

And much more

It measures 360mmx250mm (14.5x10") approx. The spine is loose where once bound otherwise it is in good condition

The Banners in the scan may vary.

As far as I can tell there are no pages missing but I cant guarantee that this newpaper has all of its original pages, all the sketches, photos and articles etc listed above are present.

This item will be packaged in a tube unless otherwise requested.