Missionary Seeks Aid for Holiday Visits of Children
A letter dated November 15 1877 from a missionary requests assistance to invite dear children for the holidays who cannot go home. The writer expresses hope to increase the number of friends helping and to achieve the objective of extending holiday invitations and support.
Notes of an Autumn Trip to Naples
An Occasional Correspondent recounts a staged journey from Genoa to Naples via Pisa and Rome, admiring Mediterranean scenery, Pompeii ruins, Capri’s Blue Grotto, and Naples Bay. He notes trains, tunnels, Apennines, and varied city life, concluding Italy remains unexhausted yet life continues with tempered reflections.
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Naples
Genoa
Pisa
Rome
Europe
Mediterranean
Macaulay
Arno
Campo Santo
God
Christ
Virgin
Apennines
Elba
Corsica
Sardinia
Nomed Grosetto
Ortibello
Atalanta
Iopomene
Florence
Pompeii
Herculaneum
Liverpool
Toledo
Paris
Capri
Sorrento
Bay of Naples
Italy
Shakespears in Calendar 1878 by Marcus Ward and Co
Marcus Ward and Co issue Shakespears in Calendar for 1878 designed as an ornate desk or parlour aide. It includes a daily date card with a rotation from Shakespeare, plus standard information. The firm also publishes a series of monthly illuminated cards for the same purpose.
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Messrs. Marcus Ward and Co
End of the French Crisis and New Moderate Cabinet
The Paris crisis ends as Marshal MacMahon resigns then recalls, forming a Moderate Republican cabinet led by M. Dufaure with Waddington and Say among ministers. A government pledge asserts parliamentary rule, dissolution only by supreme consultation, and a path to prosperity with the International Exhibition near.
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Marshal MacMahon
Paris
The
Times
Barbie
M. Jahan
M. Pouyer-Quertier
Elyseée
Marshal
MM. Batbie
Jahan
General de Rochebouet
France
de Broglie
China
Elysée
M. de Broglie
M. Dufaure
M. de Bonneville
M.waddington
M. Léon Say
General Borel
Léon Say
de Marcére
Senate
Chamber
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M. de Marcere
M. Waddington
M. Bardoux
Marine Ody
Admiral Pothuau
M. de Freycinet
M. Teisserenc de Bort