The Gains of Life Sermon at Year’s End
A church address by Rev. RB R Bernard on the gains of life as the year ends. He urges older listeners to assess what they have become, not just what they have done, and to value moral growth and character formed over decades. The talk contrasts personal loss with the view that the best is yet to be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Bernard
Salisbury Cathedral
Lord's Vineyard
H. Bronxine
Rabbi Ben Eziz
Parcel Post
India
Persian Gulf
Post Office
Burma
Aden
Perim
France
Italy
Marommedan FonerAn
Lord Stanley
Alderley
Lord Stanley of
Alderley Park
Chelford
Cheshire
Effendi
Hamid Bey
Belloc
Steadman
Walworth
Surrey
Steedman
Otnaday
Hudsons
Kerr An Individuality and Verses by Wynne and Forster
A literary notice highlights G. Pitt-Lewis's Kerr biography noting his sharp justice as City of London Court commissioner and stories of his pouncing method plus anecdotes. It reviews Grant Richards edition Songs of Summer and Wynne and Forster poetry volumes, praising Wynne's delicate religious imagery and Forster's narrative verse and rhythmic blank verse.
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Grant Richards
C. Whitworth Wynne
Wynne
Christ
John Long
North
R. H. Forster
Ulric
Constable Biography Adds Unearthed Details and Photos
The Makers of British Art volume on John Constable, cited at 3s 6d net, presents new letters and documents uncovering fresh insights. Lord Windsor crafts a readable portrait of Constable, interlacing stories and anecdotes with nineteen photogravure reproductions to enhance appeal for art lovers.
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Constable
Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd
John Constable
R.A
Lord Windsor
An Oath in Heaven by John Ryce novel review
NEW FICTION James Clarke and Co presents An Oath in Heaven an early Victorian romance by John Ryce. The plot centers on a quarrel between a hard father and an impulsive son whose poaching misadventure leads to presumed murder. The son swears off his family, goes abroad finds success and learns he is not the culprit, seeking escape from his past.
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James Clarke and Co
John Ryce
Mr. Ryce
Henry J. Crane
George
Astins
Durance
Sensational fiction and annual reviews noted in magazine blurbs
The excerpt reviews a melodramatic tale featuring a cleric, a forged name, a plot with poisoning, and a reforming finish, calling it a vivid though lurid drama. It also highlights The Encore Annual edited by Edgar Lee with stories by music-hall figures and a special tale by the swell mob, plus The Agricultural Annual filled with agricultural facts and illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encore
Edgar Lee
Encore Ofice
Charles Morton
Marie Lloyd
George Leyton
Datas
Advent Calendar Notes Tied to December Week
Calendar of the Week lists religious observances and historical dates for December 20 to 26 with Saint names and events. It includes deaths of Alfred Bunn and M. Drayton, sacraments at St Pauls, Christmas Day lessons, and Napoleon crowned King of Italy, 1805, ending with a Latin maxim about those who please their life.
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Suxnar
Alfred Bunn
Thomas
Count Lavalette
George Eliot
Mra. Cross
M. Drayton
Tuugspay
St. Paul's
Fawar
William
Morsing
Isaiah ix
Luke ii
Isaiah vii
Titus iii
St. Stephen
Napoleon
Italy
Robbery at St Pauls Cathedral and Lavalette Escape
A Christmas 1810 theft at St Pauls Cathedral saw the sacristy vaults broken into and the silver plate valued at 2000 pounds stolen after doors were unlocked and relocked. The article also recounts Count Lavalette's 1815 escape from Paris with aid from three Englishmen and his wife Emilie de Beauharnais, including details of disguises and a six-month imprisonment for the accomplices.
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ST. Paul's
St. Paul's Cathedral
St. Paul’s
Marie Chamans’ de Lavalette
Paris
Bonaparte
Emilie de Beauharnais
Josephine
Lavalette
Napoleon
Elba
Louis
Court of Assize
Count Lavalette
Belgium
Sir Robert Wilson
Sir R. Wilson
Sir Robert
Captain Hutchinson
Mons
Changes to the Halfpenny Post Rules Take Effect
The Halfpenny Post will implement new rules from January 1. The term Book Packet is replaced by Halfpenny Packet, for documents up to two ounces. Printed cards and social or business phrases may be included. Invoices and orders may bear short conventional phrases, while certain commands remain inadmissible. Packets for the blind are included, but sending samples and patterns remains restricted.
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Halfpenny Post Rete
P.P.U
Thanke Toe Rin
Addreaa
Post Office Directory grows by 37 pages in 1904 edition
The London Post Office Directory adds 37 pages over 1903, now 3433 pages excluding ads. New streets and about 100 trades appear, including Aseptic Furniture Manufacturers and Panic Bolt Manufacturers. Notable MPs deprecated in Parliament are listed as updated. the work remains an essential reference.
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Post Office Directory
Post Office London Directory
Kelly's Directories, Ltd
Chambers of Commerce
Chambers of Agriculture
Blondell Maple
Seale-Hayne
Jasper More
M.P
Admiralty
County Council
Diaries calendars and cards from Letts and Co 1904 range
Messrs Charles Letts and Co. publish a wide 1904 diary range with self opening blotting tablets, memo tablets, and various sizes and bindings. The Annual Housekeeper offers daily household accounts guidance. Notable calendars include Roses, The Seven Ages of Man, and Chiming Bells. Christmas cards and postable travel cards by Messrs. Davidson Bros, plus a shilling toy box from Toler Brothers.
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Messie
Charles Letts and Co
Ernest Nister
Shakspere
Messrs
Davidson Bros
Mads
Toler Brothers
Stationery House
Savoy-corner
Strand
Tom Smiths Crackers Off ers Festive Novelties This Season
Tom Smith presents a holiday assortment of crackers with blue beards jewels and playful novelties. Highlights include Flying Machine Crackers Queen of Heads and Swan Series table decorations with toys prizes and costumes for children and adults.
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Tom Smith
Blue Beard
Good bye To Skibbereen plate by A O Murray
The plate for this year’s Tur Art Union subscribers is Good-bye! Off to Skibbereen etched by A O Murray after a Stanhope Forbes painting. It depicts a west country sea scene with a lugger sailing off the south coast of Ireland while two women in a small boat wave goodbye. The artwork is praised as one of the best pieces recently issued by the Art Union.
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Tur Art Union
London
Art Union
Skibbereen
A. O. Murray
R.P.E
Stanhope Forbes
A.R.A
Ireland
BR. Hovenden and Sons, Ltd
Barners-street
Gnil
Advice to Correspondents on Tenancy and Legal Notices
A long reader Q and A offers guidance on tenancy durations, notice to quit, and related legal actions. It covers weekly and yearly tenancies, proper notices, and potential court steps, with references to magistrates, police, and Somerset House. Various named readers ask about goods, wills, marriage rights, and costs of counsel, all addressed with cautions to seek proper legal advice.
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It & O
F. W. Usino
Costa
Somerset House
Bexsath
Auegr Bates
P. B
CaTueRine
Sxruarx A
Fenere
Taonas Duncan
H.C. Campstead
W. Bistep
Torten
J. G. Surry
Peter
D. WaiErns
Fl Lunper
Stroker
Alfosca
Vester
Secretary of State For War
Brixton
Y. Z
Rip Cross
Constant Reaper
Constant Reiner
J. H
K. B
Leeas
F. Green
Births Marriages and Deaths Notice Fragment
Births list includes Dec 15 14 Ferme-park-round Strand-green N wife of J L Sherwood Dec 14 57 Houston-road Forest Hill S E wife of A Axford Dec 15 12 Beaufort gardens S W wife of Rev A Fleming Dec 12 40 Belsize-square South Hampstead wife of A Allen Marriages Dec 12 at St Margaret s Plumstead George Douglas to Lilian Maud late E Allen Dec 12 at St Paul s Beckenham Edgar Williams to Muriel Alice second daughter of J Hewlett Deaths Dec 9 South Tottenham Emmeline wife of Charles Gannaway Dec 15 188 Victoria-road Old Charlton George Henry Harvey aged 73 Dec 10 Richard Amery 17 Hustwood road Goodmayes Lford and 32 Oli Joury aged 52
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Ferme-park-round
Strand-green
J. L. Sherwood
Houston-road
Foresthill
S.E
A. Axford
Daveghtzrs
Beaufort Gardens
S.W
A. Fleming
Belsize-square
South Hampstead
A. Allen
St. Margaret’s
Plumstead
George Douglas
J. Woodley
Montem-road
Forest-hill
Woodley
Hurntbourne-road
Lilian Maud
E. Allen
Des
St. Paul’s
Beckenham
Edgar Williams
J. Newton
Sunderland
Deo
South Tottenham
Emmeline
Charles Gannaway
New Zealand
Victoria-road
Old Charlton
George Henry Harvey
H.M
Portsmouth
Sheerness
Chatham
Anced
Richard Amery
Hustwood Road
Goodmayes
Lford
Oli Joury
B.C
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Kerr
G. Pitt-Lewis
K.C
T. Fisher Unwin
Q Commissioner
Haa
St. Mungo
Glasgow
Robert Malcolm Kerr
Glasgow University
City of London Court
Old Bailey
Rachel
Ures
Wees
Loxpex
Liverpool
Bristow
Hort
Dimrn
Aft
Morn
Halfpenny Post
van Houten
Gocoa
THE
London Furnishing Company
Eoy
Condon
Stosh Vales &6
Osk
Yoursell
Wooksh
London Furnishing CO
Marest
Hackney
N.B
Usluocuc Ve
Essy Monthly
A. Thomas
Oty
London Direct Supply Stores
Su Tu
Upper Bet
Rigington
Mead & Go
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