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1902

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FOR OBITUARIES—
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MADAME SARAH GRAND.

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Sub-Editors.

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Sub-Sub-Editors.

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Circular Addresser.

THE EDITOR OF ‘THE SPHERE.’

PREFACE.

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December, 1902.

The
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EXTRACTS FROM VARIOUS ARTICLES
in the New Volumes of the Insidecompletuar Britanniaware

N.B.—These are only portions of the Articles. The Articles are heaps longer.

ADVICE TO EMIGRANTS.

From the Article (80 pages) specially contributed by LADY WARWICK.

Africa.—... This dark yet fascinating continent, which extends from the Cape to Cairo and from the Bight of Benin to the Beit of Park Lane, Africa, the home of the gorilla, the ju-ju, the kopje, and the blockhouse, has recently loomed large in the public eye.... To discuss the recent military operations in view of their masterly treatment by Lady Jeune in another place [see The Boer War, its History and Lessons], would savour of supererogation. It is enough to state here that the women were splendid, especially at the Mount Nelson Hotel. The principal exports of Africa at the present moment are Boer Generals, Reservists, and books on the war. The principal import is Joe....

[The New Volume also contains Articles on COLD STORAGE, ORIEL SCHOLARS, CORDITE, &c.]

THE WILD WEST.

From the Special Article (68 pages) by LORD KELVIN, Mr. CHARLES HAWTREY, and Mrs. CARRIE NATION:

America.—... The Fauna of America is extensive and peculiar. Unlike other civilised countries, dangerous wild beasts and birds of prey are commonly encountered in the most populous districts. Nothing can exceed the ferocity of the Trust Fowl, while whole regions of New York are rendered unsafe by the ravages of the Tammany Bos and the Tammany Tiger. Yet alongside these examples of barbarous atavism, one encounters evidences of singular refinement and humanity. Mr. Roosevelt, though originally a cowboy, has set his face like a flint against the tyranny of the Beef Trust, and only a superficial observer would count Mr. Hay as a man of straw. Furthermore, the humanising influence of American culture is signally displayed by its principal exports, which include, amongst other products, J. Pierpont Morgan, canned peaches, Mr. Duke, duchesses, R. G. Knowles, coon songs, Quaker oats, Tabs, Christian Science, Virginia hams, cocktails, Major Pond, Honeysuckles, Bees, and Edna May....

In the matter of liquid refreshment America has always set a high standard of excellence. As George Washington aptly observed, ‘I care not who makes the laws of this nation so long as their drinks are discreetly mixed.’...

But the supreme boon conferred on the western world by this great Republic has yet to be revealed. All that is best in the present great Thesaurus of Universal Knowledge, the Insidecompletuar Britanniaware; all the electrifying ragtime methods of our scheme of advertisement; all the ‘sideshows’ in this superb and brainy bazaar; are the product of the volcanic and voluptuous Transatlantic imagination....

[The New Volumes also contain articles on LESSER COLUMBUS, MRS. EDDY, and LOOPING THE LOOP.]

THE MORAL INFLUENCE OF THE MOTOR-CAR.

From the Special Article (2 pages) by ALFRED HARMSWORTH, O.M.:

Automobilism.—... No self-respecting editor should possess fewer than six motor-cars, if he has any consideration for the well-being of his staff. Personally I have fifteen—called after my brothers—with a set of costumes and a perfume to match each. Peau de Suède and Parma violets go best with a Panhard; Crêpe de Chine and Patchouli with a Napier; Accordion-pleated nun’s veiling and Sanitas with a Daimler; crocodile skin and Lavender Water with a Serpollet. Great care should also be taken in the choice of a chauffeur. Thus for my new 75 h.p. ‘Mors’ omnibus I have been careful to secure a driver with a veritable death’s head. Much depends also on the timbre and pitch of the horn, and the employment of a short musical phrase or motif as a danger signal to unwary pedestrians has been found to exercise a singularly seductive influence. I may note in conclusion that the exhilaration produced by a quick run is most stimulating to the imagination of the intelligent journalist. In fact it may be laid down as a canon, that the faster one travels the more explosively one writes, and good journalism should be a series of explosions. Automobility is incompatible with senility, and I attribute the perennial youth of my staff to the constant inhalation of the antiseptic fumes of my mechanical stud. Those whom the ‘gods’ applaud must stay or die young....

[See also extract on page 55 from the Article on the TIMES.]

Superb Plate from the Article Agriculture in the New Volumes of the INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE.

SHEPHERD AT WORK.

RAM WITH CURLY HORNS.

BLOOD HORSE.

HARVESTING, OLD STYLE.

SERVICEABLE BED FOR FARMER.

Superb Plate from the Article Architecture in the New Volumes of the INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE.

DORMER WINDOW AND SIERRA-NEVADA ROOF.

BUILDING THE NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL AT WESTMINSTER.

INFANT MORTALITY IN MUSIC.

From the Special Article (71 pages) by Mr. HENRY BIRD, Accompanist at the ‘Pops,’ and the St. James’s Ballad Concerts; Organist at St. Mary Abbot’s, Kensington, &c.:

Ballad Concerts.—... A long and arduous experience of this class of entertainment has convinced me of the immense difficulty of prolonging the life of children beyond the second verse of a sentimental ballad. Once the chords in the accompaniment are grouped in threes nothing can save them from the celestial regions. Here we may note the great superiority of Music over the other arts. Literature gives us the grand conception of the Heavenly Twins, but Music presents us with the still grander achievement of the Angelic Triplets....

[The New Volumes also contain Articles on MADAME CLARA BUTT, WHOOPING COUGH, and the Works of F. E. WEATHERLY.]

Baskervilles, Hound of. See DOGS’ HOME.

Bigham, Mr. Justice. See OMAN’S ‘ART OF WAUGH.’

MEN OF LETTERS MANUFACTURED NOT BORN.

From the Special Article (13 pages) by Mr. GUY BOOTHBY:

Bookmaking.—... Towards the close of the Nineteenth Century the literary output was enormously increased by the intervention of labour-saving machinery. Had the phonograph and the type-writer been available in the Elizabethan era I feel convinced that Bacon would have written not only Shakespeare, but the entire literature of the civilised world. A full-sized, full-blooded novel can now be produced in ten days, for although the employment of band-working machines to some extent weakens each section, this weakening can be partially neutralised by careful headbanding. Furthermore, undue and laborious insistence on niceties of expression is largely obviated by the greater rapidity of production now attainable. Style is no longer a fetish, and breaches of grammar or syntax no longer constitute an obstacle in the way of generous public recognition....

[The New Volumes also contain Articles on HOT CAKES, LITERARY AGENTS, and GEORGE MEREDITH.]

Bridge. See Mrs. SARAH BATTLE.

A MANXMAN INDEED!

From the Special Article (61 pages) by the MINX-WOMAN:

Caine, Hall.—... As he stood considerably more than six feet in height, was a fairly trained athlete, and had a countenance of extraordinary impressiveness, if not of commanding beauty—Greek in type with a dash of the Hebrew—we may assume that there had never before appeared on the Manx highroads so majestic-looking a Deemster as he who, on an afternoon in May, left his semi-detached castle with bundle and stick to begin life on the roads that lead to Rome. Shaping his course to the south-west, he soon found himself in the Eternal City. And then his extraordinary adventures began....

[The New Volumes also contain Articles on POPES ON THE STAGE, PUBLISHERS’ READERS, THE HOUSE OF KEYS, and KING EDWARD VII.]

Crawford, the Brothers. See THE LOCKED SAFE.

WHAT DID C. B. FRY?

From the Special Article (31 pages, not out) by Mr. EUSTACE MILES, and Mr. RUDYARD KIPLING.

Cricket.—That something must be done to save the game is certain. Whether we should restrict all first-class cricketers to a plasmon diet, or use a thorough base-ball charged with lyddite is a moot question. Some authorities—including Abel—suggest the substitution of a regulation ’All Caine for the present bat, whilst others are for adding six stumps, six inches apart, and doubling the number of fieldsmen. It has also been suggested that, as the spectator is after all the principal person to be considered, every visitor to the ground should receive a revolver at the turnstile, to be emptied upon the players at his discretion. The apparent folly of employing flannel for the costume of the players seemed to call for legislation on the part of the M.C.C. But the discovery—during a recent inspection of the Jaeger Rifle Club—that flannel is the basic material of hygienic pastime-wear has induced us to modify our hostile verdict. The phrase ‘muddied oafs’ as applied to footballers still stands....

[The New Volumes also contain Articles on PINGPONGITIS, HASKELL BALL, TENNIS TWINS, TRANBY CROFT, DOPING, BRIDGE, and VICTOR TRUMPER.]

RAILWAY REFORM.

From the Special Article by Mr. Yerkes.

Directors.—Nothing can be done in this matter until Directors and Sleepers cease to be, as they now are, interchangeable....

[The New Volumes also contain Articles on THE SEVEN SLEEPERS OF EPHESUS and THE CHISLEHURST TUNNEL.]

A GOOD JUDGE.

From the Special Article (41 pages) by Sir FRANCIS JEUNE.

Divorce.—Marriages are made in Heaven, but are marred in Brighton....

[The New Volumes also contains Articles on HENRY VIII. and CHICAGO.]

OUR LITTLE EDENS.

From the Special Article by ‘AUNTIE EVE,’ and the EDITOR of ‘The Pergola.’

Gardening.—The first requisite of the modern gardener is books. It is necessary to have too many, and as they are published at the rate of three a week, one can easily accomplish this. In buying seeds remember that Buttons’ are the best, and we shall take it kindly if you mention our name when you send your orders. Primroses are best grown from roots. This was the favourite flower of Napoleon at St. Helena. A serviceable evening dress can be made by collecting old lamp shades, stripping them from their wire frames, and joining the pieces. Remember also that in default of regulation celluloid balls for ping-pong, unripe tomatoes form an excellent substitute. The first and last word in successful gardening is the preparation of the soil. No soil is too rich for the dandelion. If your creepers are too rampant remember that they can be checked by the use of Keating, in ordering which please mention this work. An excellent substitute for champagne is obtained by mixing gooseberry juice and sugar with the cheapest form of aerated water, and bottling it in old champagne bottles, which can be obtained from the nearest golf club. A watering-pot is a sine quâ non in good gardening, also a dictionary of quotations and some ridiculous neighbours. With this equipment the modern gardener, in the space of six months or so, ought to be able to fulfil the main object of his calling, and compile a book which will appeal to persons utterly unable to distinguish a pansy from a cauliflower.

[The New Volumes also contain Articles on SLOE GIN, CROQUET, SPADEWORK, and the KAILYARD SCHOOL.]

Superb Plate from the Article The Goths in the New Volumes of the INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE.

SIMPLE GOTHIC SHELTER FOR SHEEP AND LAMBS.

SUBURBAN GOTHIC CHURCH WITHOUT SPIRE.

THE NEW ENGINEERING.

From the Special Article (19 pages) by Mr. T. GIBSON BOWLES, M.P.

Gibraltar’s Harbour.—The Detached Mole, forming the westerly boundary of the harbour, is of a different type of construction. It is a vertical wall formed of what appear to be massive concrete blocks, but are really the volumes of the Insidecompletuar Britanniaware, the greater number of which are of 32 tons in weight, arranged upon what is known as the sloping block system, and founded upon a rubble mound of stone deposited from barges and levelled for the reception of the blocks by divers. Concrete was then filled in as rapidly as possible until the entire mass, weighing about 9000 tons, had formed, so to speak, an artificial rock or island in the sea, being, in fact, a completed section of the breakwater itself. Upon this foundation were erected two block-setting Titans (see TITAN CRANES), capable of setting 36-ton blocks, or volumes, at a radius of 75 feet, by which means this mole has been rapidly extended north and south to its full length of 2720 feet....

[The New Volumes also contain Articles on LIGHT LITERATURE and THE ASSOUAN DAM.]

THE TRIBUTE OF A GRAND DUKE.

From the Special Article by Professor HORACE HUTCHINSON.

Haskell Ball.—... This extraordinary projectile, the fruit of Transatlantic ingenuity, has been likened by the Grand Duke Michael to an infuriated pat of butter....

[The New Volumes also contain Articles on JUMPING BEANS, GUTTA SERENA, and MR. BALFOUR.]

AN IMPERIOUS NEPHEW.

From the Special Article (43 pages) by * * * *

Hohenzollern, William.—Now that his moustache has ceased to point to China, he can be contemplated with more serenity.... It is breaking no confidence to state that the expedition to the hop district of Kent, which King Edward VII. contemplated, was abandoned principally on account of the receipt of a somewhat testy missive from Posen requesting as a personal favour that no countenance be given to gardens which, the writer understood, were full of Poles....

[The New Volumes also contain Articles on LORD LONSDALE and THE EXTERMINATION OF RABBITS.]

Superb Plate from the Article on Holland in the New Volumes of the INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE.

VIEW NEAR VOLENDAM.

THE HOTEL AT AMSTERDAM WHERE THE BOER GENERAL STAYED.

THE GREATEST SINCE LEANDER.

From the Special Article (2000 superlatives) by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE.

Holbein, Montagu.—In 1902 Montagu Holbein inaugurated the Twentieth Century with a feat of such sublime and unsubmergible endurance as won for him an aureole of imperishable lustre. Battling the billows with an indomitable dexterity more like that of an inspired cachalot than a finless mortal, this intrepid and miraculous hero only consented to be withdrawn from the waves when reduced to the verge of irremediable collapse. Greater than Leander by virtue of the incomparably more arduous nature of his exploit, greater than Matthew Webb by reason of his ineffably nobler and more euphonious name, Montagu Holbein has established a title to undying remembrance that exalts him to the level of transcendental achievement hitherto attained by Shakespeare, Hugo, and Dickens alone....

[The New Volumes also contain Articles on WATTS-DUNTON, BECKWITH, and HOW TO FLOAT A COMPANY.]

Humbert, Madame. See EXTRADITION.

SHAKESPEAREAN LITERATURE.

From the Special Article (14 pages) by Mrs. WELLS GALLUP:

Lee, Sidney.—... Mr. Lee is a cipher....

[The New Volumes also contain an Article on BACON, by Father Ignatius.]

POPES ON THE STAGE.

From the Special Article by Mr. BEERBOHM TREE.

Leo XXXIII.—... Conspicuous in many ways as was this venerable pontiff, his true vocation came to him, as it often does, late in life. Not until he was in his tenth decade was his unparalleled suitability for stage representation brought to light. This piece of good fortune synchronised with the discovery by the Italian investigator and dramatist of genius, Mr. Hall Caine, that His Holiness had a liaison in early youth with Mrs. Leo Hunter, the fruit of which was the Honourable Bosseye, the inspired Demagogue.

[The New Volumes also contain Articles on TASTE, TACT, and THE NEW ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL.]

Superb Plate from the Article London in the New Volumes of the INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE.

THE BRITISH MUSEUM.

VIEW IN KENSINGTON GARDENS.

Superb Plate from the Article Luther in the New Volumes of the INSIDECOMPLETUAR BRITANNIAWARE.

BAROMETER-CLOCK FROM LUTHER’S HOUSE.

CANDLE LIGHTED BY LATIMER AND RIDLEY.

THE POPE AS HE APPEARED TO LUTHER.

FONT WHERE LUTHER WAS CHRISTENED.

LUTHER’S BATH PACKED FOR TRAVELLING.

THE GREATEST VICTIM OF PANAMA.

From the Special Article (39 pages) by H. G. S. A. O. DE BLOWITZ, Ph.D.:

Lesseps.—... At his advanced age he went with his youngest child to Panama to see with his own eyes the field of his new enterprise. He there beheld the Culebra and the Chagres; he saw the mountain and the stream, those two greatest obstacles of nature that sought to bar his route. He paid no heed to them, but began the struggle against the Culebra and the Chagres. It was against them that was broken his invincible will, sweeping away in the defeat the work of Panama, his own fortune, his fame, and almost an atom of his honour. But this atom, only grazed by calumny, has already been restored to him by posterity, for he died poor, having been the first to suffer by the disaster to his illusions....

[The New Volumes also contain Articles on STYLE, THE ATOMIC THEORY, and THE MIGHTY ATOM.]

Locked Safe, The. See MADAME HUMBERT.

A FRENCH LAKE.

From the Special Article (21 pages) by M. CAMILLE PELLETAN. Translated by Mr. EDMUND GOSSE: