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POSITION UNRIVALLED IN LONDON
THE
LANGHAM HOTEL,
Portland Place and Regent Street, W.
Charming BEDROOMS and SUITES facing South.
FAMILY HOTEL OF THE HIGHEST ORDER.
F. T. P. LIST OF HOTELS
RECOMMENDED.
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First-class. Opposite Lac and Mont Blanc.
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MENTON: HOTEL DES COLONIES.
English Family House, near Public Gardens and Casino.
First-class. Moderate Terms. ___ MILANO: HOTEL MANIN.
Quiet and Homely. A Favourite English and American House. MONT PELERIN, 3000 feet. THE GRAND HOTEL.
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AUSTRALIA
BY THE
ORIENT LINE
Under Contract to carry His Majesty’s Mails to
FREMANTLE, ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE, SYDNEY, and BRISBANE,
calling at
GIBRALTAR, TOULON, NAPLES, PORT SAID, COLOMBO.
Through Tickets to NEW ZEALAND and Tasmania.
Managers—F. GREEN and Co., ANDERSON, ANDERSON and Co. For passage apply to the latter firm, at 5, Fenchurch Avenue, London, E. C., or to the Branch Office, 28, Cockspur Street, S. W.
HARWICH ROUTE
TO THE CONTINENT.
ACCELERATED SERVICE to and from NORTH GERMANY. Via HOOK OF HOLLAND (British Royal Mail Route) Daily
by Turbine Stearners. Liverpool Street Station dep. 8. 30 p. m.
Corridor Vestibuled Train (heated by steam), with 1st and 2nd class Dining and Breakfast Cars, no Supplementary Charge for Seats.
Through Carriages and Restaurant Cars from and to the Hook of Holland alongside the steamers.
Via ANTWERP for BRUSSELS, Every Week-day by large Twin-Screw Steamers. Liverpool Street Station dep. 8. 40 p. m. Corridor Vestibuled Train (heated by steam), with 1st and 2nd class Lining and Breakfast Cars, no Supplementary Charge for Seats.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPH and Submarine Signalling on the Great
Eastern Railway Steamers. Via ESBJERG for Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, by the Danish Royal Mail Steamers of the Forenede Line of Copenhagen, Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Via HAMBURG by the General Steam Navigation Company’s steamers “Peregrine” and Hirondelle (fined with Submarine Signalling) every Wednesday and Saturday.
Corridor Vestibuled Train (healed by steam), with 1st and 3rd Class Dining and
Breakfast Cars every Week-day from and to York. Through Corridor Carriages from and to Liverpool, Warrington, Sheffield, Bradford (Exchange), Leeds, Birmingham and Rugby.
The Trains to Parkeston Quay, Harwich, run alongside the steamers,
and hand-baggage is taken on board free of charge. Particulars of the Continental Traffic Manager, Great Eastern Railway, Liverpool
Street Station, London, E. C.
R. M. S. P.
TO
WEST
INDIES
AND
PANAMA CANAL.
IDEAL
WINTER CRUISES.
Fortnightly from Soutnampton and Cherbourg to the Leewa. d and Windward Isles of the West Indies, British Guiana Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Jamaica, and Cuba.
Next Sailing:
TAGUS (5373 tons), January 29
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AND
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PARIS, RIVIERA,
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SWITZERLAND, ITALY,
South Germany, Tyrol. Austria, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, Mediterranean. 24-KNOT STEAMERS CROSSING CHANNEL IN 2 3/4 HOURS.
Carnival Excursion to Nice, Wednesday, Jan. 29th.
Winter Spouts Excursions.
Details of Continental Manager, Brighton Railway, Victoria, S. W.
HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE.
Proprietor, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. EVERY EVENING, at 8. 15,
DRAKE. A Play in 3 Acts by Louis N. Parker.
Produced by Sir Herbert Tree and the Author.
MATINEE EVERY WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, at 2. 15. S
T. JAMES’S. Sir George Alexander. TO-NIGHT (SATURDAY), Jan. 18, at 7, will be acted for the first time,
TURANDOT, Princess of China,
A Chinoiserie in 3 acts by Dr. Karl Vollmoeller, English Version by Jethro
Bithell. Music by Ferruccio Busoni.
LYCEUM PANTOMIME. FORTY THIEVES.
TWICE DAILY, at 2 and 7. 30. Strongest Pantomime Company in London. Gorgeous Scenic Effects, Grand Ballets, &c. Popular Prices-5s. to ad. Seats reserved in advance from 2s. 6d. Matinée Prices for Children to Stalls and Circle. Gerr. 7617.
PRINCE’S PANTOMIME. CINDERELLA. I Shaftesbury Avenue, W. C.
TWICE DAILY, at 2 and 7. 30. ELISE CRAVEN as Cinderella, Harry Roxbury as Buttons, and Full Pantomime Company. Over One Hundred Performers. Popular Prices, Cd. to 5s. Pox Office 10 to 10. Gerr. 5983.
PALLADIUM. Oxford Circus, W.
PALLADIUM MINSTRELS ACCLAIMED BY PRESS AND PUBLIC THE FINEST ENTERTAINMENT OF MODERN TIMES.
Matinees only, daily, at 2. 30. Every seat bookable, 6d.. to 5s.
Private Boxes, 10s. Cd., 15s., and £1 1s..
Charles Gulliver, Managing Director.
PUNCH AND JUDY OR CONJURING
ENTERTAINMENTS GIVEN.
JAMES PORTLAND, Alkov House, Finsbury Park.
Telephone: 2014 Hornsey. Mr. Portland has over one thousand testimonials.
POLICE DOGS. —Major Richardsons AIREDALES, as
supplied Admiralty, Army, Police. Best companions. For house protection, inside or outside, and lonely walks. 4gns., pups 2gns. BLOODHOUNDS, pups 7gns., adults 20gns.; and Rough and Smooth FOX TERRIERS,
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BOOKS RECEIVED
GENERAL
Oscar Wilde. By R. Thurston Hopkins. (Lynwood. ) 2S. 6d. net. [It is difficult to understand the necessity of still another book on Wilde. Thts one adds nothing to our knowledge of him. ]
The Insanity of Genius. By J. F. Nisbet. (Stanley Paul. ) 5s. net. [This pioneer book first appeared in 1891, and has been issued five times since. ]
The Guide to South and East Africa, 1913 edition (Sampson Low. ) is. net. [The price of this book was formerly 2s. 6d. No change has been made in the format. It contains new information and maps concerning the East Coast of Africa. ]
The Rise of Democracy. By J. Holland Rose, Litt. D. (Blackie. ) 2s. net. [This is a reissue of Dr. Rose s book, which was completed in 1897. ]
The Indian Theatre. By E. P. Horrvitz. (Blackie. ) 2s. 6d. net. [This brief survey of the Sanskrit drama forms a companion to the author’s “Short History of Indian Literature, ” published in 1907. ]
Half-Hours in the Levant. By Archibald Spens. (Stanley Paul. ) is. net. [Interesting impressions of cities and peoples of the Near East, written in the style of a diary. There are many illustrations from photographs. ]
Catalogue of Naval Prints, Oil Paintings, Drawings and Books. (Т. H. Parker Bros. ) [These famous printsellers, established 1790, here issue the
“ largest sale catalogue of naval prints ever published in this or any other country. ” It contains 3672 pictures, and runs into 224pp. It is admirably arranged and edited, and forms a unique pictorial guide to the Navy. ]
King René d’Anjou and His Seven Queens. By Edgcumbe Staley. (John Long. ) 12s. 6d. [King René was the most remarkable personality in the French Renaissance. Of his “ seven queens two only are familiar to English readers—Marguerite d’Anjou and Jeanne d’Arc. ” Mr. Staley has “ immense pleasure ” in introducing to any clientele “ the other five— Yolanda d Arragona, Isabelle de Lorraine, Jehanne de Laval and Giovanna II de Napoli. ” There is a coloured frontispiece, with thirty-five pictures in black and white and a good index. ]
Japanese Colour Prints and Books: Together with Chinese, Indian and Persian Drawings, the property of a gentleman residing in Paris, to be sold at Sotheby’s, January 28-31. is. [Illustrated. ]
FICTION
The Sword. By C. A. Benton. (Chapman and Hall. ) 6s.
Seekers Every One. By Beatrice Kelston. (John Long. ) 6s. The New Gulliver. By Barry Pain. (T. Werner Laurie. ) 6s.
Divers Colours. By Maud G. Mengens. (Chapman and Hall. ) 3s. 6d. net. [A series of short stories illustrating the poetic meaning of the different colours. ]
The Stranger in the House. By Anthony Dy-lington. (Werner Laurie. ) 6s. [A psychical story. ]
The Struggle for the Crown. By E. Yolland (Lynwood. ), 6s. [This is a romance of the seventeenth century, and deals in part with Elizabeth Stuart, the wife of the Winter King and the daughter of James I. ]
The Common Problem. By Rachael King. (Lynwood. ) 6s.
Harry the Cockney. By Edwin Pugh. (Werner Laurie. ) 6s.
Catching a Coronet. By Edmund Bosanquet. (John Long. ) 6s.
The Man with the Money. By Effie Adelaide Rowlands. (Hurst and
Blackett. ) 6s.
The Terrible Choice. By Stephen Foreman. (John Long. ) 6s.
Where are You Going To? By Elizabeth Robins. (Heinemann. ) 6s. [A vivid and well-written story bringing home the need of the White Slave Traffic Act. ]
A Spark on Steel. By È. Scott Gillier. (John Long. ) 6s. Incomparable Joan. By Alice Diehl. (John Long. ) 6s. Fresh Air. By Harry Temple. (John Long. ) 6s.
ANNUALS
The Jewish Year Book, 1913. Edited by the Rev. Isidore Harris, M. A. (“Jewish Chronicle. ”) is. net. [This is the seventeenth year of this annual, which contains 275pp. of all sorts of information. ]
The Union Jack Club Calendar, 1913. Edited by Major H. F. Wilkinson, Comptroller of the Club. 6d. [What can a sailor or soldier do on arriving in London on holiday? This capital Club and its calendar give every information. ]
BARR’S SEED GUIDE FOR 1913 Contains a Select List of the BEST VEGETABLES,
and the
MOST BEAUTIFUL ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS
For Garden and Greenhouse,