Illustrated London News 1927

New York from 12000 ft. A superb air view of 300 square miles

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Egypt

The Piano and it's ancestors

January 15th Vol 170 issue 4578

Frontispiece - HMS Renown with the Duke and Duchess of York on Board

Our Notebook by G.K. Chesterton plus Photo of Eleventh Century Relief of the Virgin

Romances of the Flemish Art Exhibition, Emile Cammaerts

- Scenes from the Life of a Virgin (Flemish School, about 1400),
The Last Judgment, Guillaume Moreel by Hans Memlinc, John the Fearless Duke of Burgundy ,
Barbara De Vlaenderberch, wife of Guillaume Moreel by Hans Memlinc

A Ticket for Bandits; A Doctor and Red Beards
Dr. Harvey J. Howard
The World of the Theatre: Year End Reflections-Behind the Beyond  J.T. Grein 
Mr. Bernard J. Nedell, Mr. Gerald Lundegard and Mr. Carlo De Angelo,  Miss Karen Peterson and Mr. Bernard J. Nedell

The World of Science: The Large Copper Butterfly by W.P. Pycraft , Copper Butterflies

Books of the Day:-The Elephant Controversy settled by a
decisive discovery by Professor G. Elliot Smith - Illustrated-Map

The Unity of the World by Signor Guglielmo Ferrero
The Political Testament of the Emperor Augustus Inscribed on his Temple at Angora
Detail of the Latin Inscription

The World of Women
The Dowager Countess of Jersey
Mrs. Francis Parish
Mrs. Cottrell
Mrs. Ernest Milton
Lady Rhondda
Miss Angela Beit

Fashions and Fancies

The World of the Kinema by Michael Orme-
Inaugural Occasion f the First Annual Staff Dinner of Illustrated Newspapers, Inc.

The Chronicle of the Car by John Prioleau
Hotchkiss Weymann Saloon
Four Door Weymann Saloon on a Six Cylinder Bentley Chassis
The Six Cylinder Two Litre Itala with Weymann Saloon Body

The Booksellers Window
Sir George Hayter Chubb
A Young Seal Who Flopped aboard the Admirals Barge on Visiting Day in the USS Aroostook

Radio Notes - Telephony Between London and New York


Good Bye to the Duke and Duchess of York: Farewell Scenes in London and at Portsmouth
A Group Including Prince George, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of York,
The Queen, The Earl of Strathmore, the King, Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Bridgeman
The Duke and Duchess of York Walking to Their Car
The Duke and Duchess of York on Board the Renown as she Moved Away
Prince Henry, Prince George, and the Duchess of York
A Happy Snapshot of the Prince and the Duchess of York on Board the Renown

From the Worlds Scrap Book: New Items of Topical Interest
Messrs. Stack and Leete, Since Arrived at Karachi, Leaving Stag Lane in their Standard Moths
The First Taxi Plane on the Cab Rank at Stag Lane Aerodrome, Near Edgware
A New Open Air Church Built on Mt. Helix Near San Diego, California
The Hook and Ladder Truck of the Winnipeg Brigade at the Theatre Fire
Mexican and Indian Pilgrims entering the Shrine of Guadalupe
The Burning of the Winnipeg Theatre

A Precious Fur Bearer Saved from Extinction: Chinchilla Farms
Mr. M.F. Chapmans Farm at Los Angeles-Shed Divided into Pens
A Camp of Chincilleros-Native Trappers-in the Peruvian Andes
A Concrete Box for Chinchillas in one of Mr. Chapmans Pens at Los Angeles
Chinchilla
Illustration of:
The interior of a Shed at Mr. and Mrs. Johnstones Farm at Burwood Park, Sussex

The Elephant in Maya Art: Proofs of Asian American Contact
Ancient Vases
A Pottery Vase found by Dr. Gann at Yalloch, Guatemalla
Incense Burner from a Maya Mound in Yucatan

Robot Woman v. Real Woman: A Film with a Modern Frankenstein
The Third Phase the Formation of the Heart and Arms
Transmitting Electrically the Human Shape of a Real Woman
The Inventor, Rotwang (Rudolf Klein Rogge) Compares his Robot Woman with the Real one
The Modern Frankenstein and his Female Monster
The Real Maria (Brigitte Helm) as the Human Heroine
The Robot Maria in Dance Costume at a Night Club
The Man Manufactured and Malignant Maria

How the New Robot Picture was Made: Filming Metropolis
The Filming of an Incident in Metropolis
Herr Fritz Lang Directing Operations
A Woman Carrying a Child Through an Artificial Cataract before the Camera in the UFA Studios
Filming One of the Scenes of the Flood Disaster
Karl Freund, the UFA Camera Man

HMAS Stalwart Policing Ocean Highways-Full Page Colour

The Camera as Recorder: News by Photography
A Page from a Diary Believed to Have Been Kept by Lady Hamilton
The New Parliament House at Rasinia Whose Council Chamber is to be Opened on January 18
The Coffins, Drawn on Horse Sleighs, Arriving at Lech from Zurs
The Funeral of Four of the British Victims of the Avalanche Disaster
The late Mr. F. Cayley Robinson
The Late Mr. Douglas P. Pielou
Viscount Curzon
Mr. W.R. Morris
The Late Sir Francis Fox

Remarkable Native Architecture in a Remote and Little Known Region of Central Africa: Massa Villages

A Huge Mass of Raw Material for Newspapers: The Surface of a Canadian Lake Covered with Pulpwood

After Hankow, Shanghai? Forces Endangering British Prestige in the East: Russo-Cantonese Nationalists
A Cantonese Aeroplane
A Typical Fair of Officers of the Cantonese Army at Wuchang
A Russian Agitator with the Cantonese Forces Addressing a Crowd
A Number of Girl Students in the Crowd at a Hankow Demonstration
Girls Employed in an Ambulance and other Work
The Soviet Commissar Borodin, the Russian Military Adviser, General Gallent, and General Chiang Kai Shek,
The Chinese Nationalist Commander in Chief, at Kiu Kiang
A Group of Cantonese Officers and Men, Most of them Very Young
The Late Sun Yat Sens Portrait on a Big Banner at a Hankow Demonstration


Russian Civil War Within Chinas: Whites of the North bySapajou

Elephants in Maya Art: Links between America and Asia by Frederic de Waldeck

The Elephant in Maya Art: Proofs of Asian American Contact by Professor G. Elliot Smith, P.R.S.

The Mud Pilot: The Boat Approaching A Steamer to Put a Pilot on Board by Frank H. Mason-Full Page Colour

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January 29th

Frontispiece

The Chinese civil war- An Anti Red Gunner Ready to Load a Stokes Trench Mortar


Our Notebook- G.K. Chesterton- Photos of:
- The Chateau of Bouchout, near Brussels
- The Late Empress Charlotte in 1866
- The Late Empress Charlotte last year

Bengal Art Before the Musalman Conquest: Remarkable Discoveries at Paharpur- Photos of:
- The Temple Discovered at Paharpur-8 photos

At the Sign of St. Pauls = John Owen - Photos of:
- Grove Farm, Lenton-on-Trent, Notts
- The Entrance to Grove Farm

The World of the Theatre: The Workers Theatre-Billy Merson and Annie Croft- J.T. Grein- Photos of:
- Ivor Novello
- A Bear Frightens his Mother in the Russian Film the Marriage of the Bear
- Miss Pola Negri and George Siegmann

The World of Science: The Blessed Word Rock Salmon- W.P. Pycraft- Photos of:
- Rock Salmon
- The John Dory
- The Tope

Books of the Day

From Eighteenth Century China: Famille Rose- Dr. G.C. Williamson- 3 Photos of Famille Rose China

The World of Women- Photos of:
- Marriage of The Earl of Cottenham to Miss Venetia Taylor
- Miss Mary Ashley and Capt. A.C. Reid
- The Marriage of Lady Barbara Bingham and Mr. John Henry
- Miss Sylvia Townsend Warner
- Baroness Moncheur

Fashions and Fancies- Illustrated

Radio Notes- Photo of Cambridge Speaking to Harvard on the Telephone

The Chronicle of the Car- Photos of:
- The Diatto
- Alfa Roemo
- Six Cylinder Bentley with Four door Weymann Saloon Body

The World of the Kinema- Michael Orme- Photos of:
- Newstead Priory, Nottinghamshire
- The Tomb of Byrons Dog, Boatswain at Newstead

The Playhouses
- The Beaux Stratagem at Hammersmith
- The Joker at the Royalty


The Montreal Cinema Fire Panic: Seventy Seven Children Killed
- The Auditorium of the Laurier Palace Cinematograph Theatre after the Fire in the Balcony
- The Top of the Fatal Staircase
- Hearses Drawn up in the Open Space Outside the Church
- Coffins Before the Sanctuary
- The Street Exit
- Firemen Searching for Bodies
- Leopold Tremblay killed
- Gertrude Sauvageau killed
- Cecile Martin killed
- Ivette Tremblay killed

Ancient Bengal Sculpture: Remarkable Discoveries at Paharpur
- Near View of the Temple
- A Plaque from the Upper Dado Around the Central Temple Discovered at Paharpur
- Detail of the Double Row of Terracotta Plaques around the Upper Basement of the Paharpur Temple
- The North East Angle of the Building
- A Plaque with A Figure of a Man Striking a Gong

To be Shown in a Diorama: The Princes Canadian Ranch
- The Prince of Wales Canadian Ranch on the Highwood River
- The Royal Canadian Air Force Station at Victoria Beach, Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba

A Farquhar Revival: The Beaux Stratagem, at Hammersmith
- Mrs. Sullen, Dorinda, Aimwell, Archer, Lady Bountiful and Gipsy
- Aimwell, Hounslow and Bagshot, Dorinda, Lady Bountiful, Gibbet, Scrub, Mrs. Sullen, and Archer
- Sullen, Aimwell, Sir Charles Freeman, Archer, Mrs. Sullen, and Dorinda
- Miss Phyllis Konstam as Dorinda and Miss Edith Evans as Mrs. Sullen
- Mr. Nigel Playfair as Gibbet and Miss Dorothy Hope as Cherry

From the Worlds Scrap Book: New Items of Topical Interest
- The Will of Hernando Cortes, The Conqueror of Mexico-Signatures
- The Safe of the Golders Green Hippodrome Placed in Full View of Passers by
- The Empire, Which Lately held its Last Night
- New Drawings of the Planet Made from Arizona During its Recent Approach
- A Group of Enthusiastic Tobogganers on Hampstead Heath, with Sledges of a Rough and Ready Type
- Vasiljev, Nemuchin, Sevin, and Dementjev at Stockholm

To Protect British Lives and Property in Chinas Chief Port: The Shanghai Defence Force
- The Bund at Shanghai
- Major General John Duncan
- Cheery Marines Waiting to Embark at Portsmouth
- The Union Castle Liner Kinfauns Castle
- Members of the Shanghai Scottish Belonging to the Volunteer Corps
- Some of the Armoured Cars of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps
- A Riverside View in the Heart of Shanghai
- Colonel Viscount Gort
- Marines Under Orders for China Respirator Drill at Eastney
- Volunteers of the 1st Battalion Reach Wellington Barracks
- A Street Plane of Northern and Eastern Districts

The Camera as a Recorder: News by Photography
- A New German Multiplane That is to Fly from Hamburg to America
- Colonel Ricciotti Garibaldi, Colonel Macia at the Trial called Catalan Conspiracy
- Captain Malcolm Campbell Driving on Pendine Sands
- The Portrait of an Officer by Romney
- The Ca Doro in Venice

Piquant Rose Colour Derived from Purple of Cassius: Familee Rose-7 Coloured Photos of Plates and Vases

Newly Discovered Masterpieces of Ancient Roman Sculpture near Rome

The Epic of the Emden: A New German Naval War Film
- The Destruction of the German Cruiser Near the Cocos Islands by Shells from HMAS Sydney
- A German Sailor Aboard the Doomed Cruiser, in a Scene of the Film Showing Her Decks Under the Sydneys Annihilating Fire

Personalities of the Week: People in the Public Eye
- King Fuad and his Cabinet Visit the Tomb of Tutankhamen
- Mr. O. St. C. OMalley
- The Late Admiral Sir Laurence Eliot Fower
- Sir Andrew R. Duncan
- Mr. Leigh Maclachlan
- The Late Mrs. John Lane
- Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice
- Gen. Sir Charles Warren
- The Late Cornelia Lady Wimborne
- The Late Mr. John Webster
- The Late Viscount Valentia

The Horse in the Tigers Skin: Problems of Zebra Colouration-18 Photos

Japan in Mourning: The New Emperors Arrival in His Capital
- State Officials and Their Wives Saluting and Bowing on the Platform
- Princess Shigeko Terunomiya
- The Hearse with the Late Emperors Remains Driving Through Tokio to the Palace
- Sacrificial Fires and Incense Burning at the Gates of the Villa At Hayama Where he Died
- The New Emperor Hirohito Arriving in Tokio from Hayama
- Devout Buddhists of the Nichiren Sect
- A Group of Japanese Priests standing on Rocks Beside the Sea


The HMS Renown-A Deck Vie, with Control Tower, Signals and Anti Aircraft gun-full page Colour- Snaffles

A Huge Hyphen Between Two Oceans on the York Tour- Bryan De Grineau

A Famous Passage in the Renowns Voyage: The Panama Canal- Bryan De Grineau

A Diagrammatic Drawing To Scale of the Interior of the Renown and Details of the Royal Quarters in Two Sections- G.H. Davis

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February 5th

Frontispiece

   The first Guards in history ordered to the Far East-
The 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards Leaving London for Shanghai, The Regiment Crossing Westminster Bridge


Our Notebook - G.K. Chesterton -
Photo of The Late Senator Professor Domenico Comparetti, who Died at Florence, Aged 92, on January 21

At the Sign of St. Pauls - John Owen - Photos of:
- Portrait of a Sixteenth Century Spanish Ambassador as Job

The World of the Theatre: A New Playwright-The End of an Empire - J.T. Grein - Photos of:
- Mr. Nelson Keys
- Buster Keaton
- Miss Dorothy Gish

The World of Science: The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring - W.P. Pycraft - Photos of:
- The Cyclamen
- Sow Bread

Riches of the East-From Treasuries of the West: Old Oriental Carpets-Vol. 1 - Photos of Oriental Carpets

Books of the Day

Of Incredible Rarity: A 17th Century Terra Cotta Bust of Charles II - Mrs. Arundell Esdaile - 3 Photos of the Bust

Fashions and Fancies - Illustrated by Ella Fulton

The World of Women - Photos of:
- Lady Hosie
- Mrs. Laura Knight
- Miss Edith Sitwell
- Miss Wise
- The Bride and Groom-Graham-Lopes Wedding
- Miss Mary Donaldson

The Chronicle of the Car - John Prioleau - Photos of:
- The Six Seater Lanchester
- Willys Knight Car
- The Clyno Engineering Companys Great Motor Car Factory

Chess

The Playhouses
- The Desperate Lovers at the Comedy
- Interference at the St. Jamess

The Shanghai Defence Force Sails: Troop Ships on the Tide
- The 1st Cameronians, headed by their Pipers Marching
- The Troops Crowding the Decks of the Liner Assaye
- Armoured Cars at the Royal Albert Docks about to be Embarked in the Karmala
- Howitzers at the Royal Albert Docks Ready to be Placed aboard the Herminius
- Some of the Fifteen Nurses of Queen Alexandras Imperial Nursing Service
- The 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards Embarking at Southampton in the Kinfauns Castle

Relics of Cave Men in Minorca: A Talayot; Tombs; Dwellings
- Entrance to an Interior Chamber of a Talayot Found in Minorca
- The Interior of a Cave at Cala Morell
- Cliff Dwellings of Prehistoric Cavemen at Cala Morell
- A Pillar in a Prehistoric Dwelling or Tomb at Binigaus Nou
- A Group of Cliff Dwellings at Calas Cosas

A Piece of England in China: An English Home in Shanghai
- A Typical English House and Garden on the Outskirts of Shanghai
- Punt Paddling on a Tree Bordered Lake, with a Rustic Bridge, in the Grounds of the Same House At Shanghai
- The Drawing Room in the Same House at Shanghai
- Another View of the Same House from the Grounds
- A Room and Lounge in the Same Shanghai House
- The Interior of the Dining Room in the Shanghai House

Mob Violence at Hankow: The British Concession Overrun
- Part of the Mob at Hankow Engaged in Raiding and Looting a Shop
- A Typical Section of the Mob of Coolies and Agitators Surging Through the British Concessions at Hankow

Chinese Aggression and British Restraint at Hankow: Photographs in the Mob Invaded British Concessions
- One of the Sandbag Defences Erected in the British Concession at Hankow
- The Last Sandbag Defence at Hankow to Which the British Force Retired before the Withdrawal
- Men of the Small Force of British Marines and Bluejackets in the Hankow Concession
- The Same Sandbag Defences Torn down by Chinese
- A Section of the Chinese Rioters Running Along the Bund
- A Machine Gun Detachment of the Cantonese Red Army
- Two Members of the Fire Brigade Beside knife rest and barbed Wire
- A Thin line of British Marines and Bluejackets

A So Called Portuguese Carpet-Full Page Colour

Cheques, Documents, and Portraits Wirelesses 6000 Miles
- The Title of a German Magazine Der Moderne Buchdrucker
- A Cheque as Received in Leipzig by Wireless Transmission from Berlin
- The Receiving Apparatus
- The Transmitter in Which Points of Light, Concentrated by a Lens Through a Photo Cell
- A Chinese Print as Received in Vienna from Berlin
- And Advertisement of Lillian Gish in La Boheme
- A Facsimile of a Letter as it was Received in Rome from Berlin

An Art Secret: Old Masters and New; A Wonder Restored
- Pan and Syrinx by Harry Morley
- The Annunciation by Harry Morley
- A Reputed Self Portrait by Rembrandt
- Rinaldo and Armida by Van Dyck
- A New Model of the Celebrated Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

The Jollies off to Shanghai: Marines Bid a Cherry Goodbye to Friends on Farewell Jetty

A Window on the World: Arresting Views of Memorable Events and Occasions Near and Far
- Water Surrounding a Mohammedan Mosque at Kuala Lumpur
- Flood Scenes in Java Street
- A Group of Sunspots
- The Race Course at Shanghai
- British Refugees From Hankow and Kiukiang Landing at Shanghai
- Flood Water Rushing over a Bridge at Kuala Lumpur
- A Model of Old London Bridge
- Typical Chinese Strike Pickets in Dark Blue Uniform
- Floods Round the Chartered Bank
- Lodging the Colour-a Ceremonial Parade-in a Tattoo at Fort William, Calcutta
- Ku-Ling, a Hill station and Health Resort Above Kiukiang

Personalities of the Week: People in the Public Eye
- Sir Samuel Hoare Speaking at Delhi-asking Lady Irwin to Christen the London to India Hercules Aeroplane
- The Spanish Dictator as Family Man: General Primo de Rivera, With his Sister, His Sons, and His Daughters
- Messrs. T. Neville Stack and B. S. Leete
- Colonel J.V. Campbell, V.C.
- The Late Dr. Walter Seton
- The Late Sir Robert Jardine
- The Late Sir William T. Madge
- The Late Sir James Roll
- The Late Gen. Sir George Higginson


The Seven League Boots of the Balloon Jumper:
A Remarkable New Sport Coming Here from America - Bryan De Grineau

Human Sacrifice as a Dance Motif: A Central African Parody in Dahomey - Alexander Jacovleff

Lawrences Seven Pillars of Wisdom: Pictures Exhibited
- Seven Pillars of Wisdom - J.C. Clark
- Irish Troops Being Shelled - Henry Lamb
- Emir Abdulla - Eric H. Kennington
- Colonel T.E. Lawrence - Eric H. Kennington
- The Emir Feisal - Augustus John
- Alayan - Eric H. Kennington
- Saad El Sikeini - Eric H. Kennington
- Sheriff Shakir - Eric H. Kennington


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February 12th

Frontispiece

Undressing and offering himself to be killed
A Chinese fanatic of The-Do-or-die Corps - Haranguing British Marines


Our Notebook - G.K. Chesterton - photo of the Duke and Duchess of York playing tennis quoits on deck of the Renown

Friendly Fearlessness: A White Among the Blacks - C.W. Domville Fife - 2 photos of Sudanese villagers

Books of the Day - C.E.B. - photos of a Mongolian wild pony, Dr. T.M. Carpenter

The World of the Theatre - 7 photos of scenes from the film What Price Glory, with Dolores Del Rio, Edmund Lowe

The World of Science: The Wart Hog - 4 photos

Music Made Visible - Hon. Mrs. Forbes Sempill - illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith

At the Sign of St. Pauls - John Owen - 3 photos of Sumerian artifacts

The World of Women - photos of:
- Lady Violet Bonham Carter
- Miss Ethel Walker
- Mr. and Mrs. Normal Hall at their wedding
- Commandant Mary Allen
- Miss Beatrice Grimshaw

Fashions and Fancies - illustrated

The World of the Kinema - Michael Orme

Banking and Insurance - illustrations and photos of Lloyds, Midland, and National Provincial banks

The Chronicle of the Car - photos of an Alfa Romeo, a Standard Park Lane Saloon


British Marines and Bluejackets at Hankow, with a mob - 2 photos

The Duke and Duchess of York in Jamaica
- The Battle Cruiser Renown at Kingston
- the Duke and Duchess leaving Kinston
- the Duke playing lawn tennis
- the Duke and Duchess leaving the parish church at Kingston
- pipers playing on the Renown
- a welcome crowd
- the Duchess of York inspecting girl Guides at the Kings House

Where the Defence Force is Now Awaited: Scenes in Shanghai; and Anti-Red Chinese Troops
- relief organizers at the Quayside at Shanghai
- anti-British propaganda posters in Shanghai
- children of a wealthy Chinese family  
- British volunteer soldiers at Shanghai
- Chinese troops on patrol in Shanghai
- a Sikh policeman in Shanghai
- Chinese soldiers of the Ankuochun Anti-Red Army
- a student protest in Shanghai
- Chinese women at a race meeting
- British refugees from Hankow

Food as a Head Dress: Iron Rations; Other Coiffures - 7 photos of head dresses of Sudanese natives

A Window on the World: Arresting Views of Memorable Events and Occasions Near and Far
- Capt. Malcolm Campbell on the slipway at Pendine Sands
- a deflated tyre from Campbells car
- boys picking shells from the motor track on Pendine Sands
- clearing the track on Pendine Sands
- Mr. Herbert Guedalla and Miss Edith Leitch
- Passengers on the SS France deck which is covered in ice
- 2 photos of hydroplanes dropping torpedos into the Pacific
- the funeral of Gen. Sir George Higginson at Marlow
- 2 aerial views of Oporto, Portugal
- inside the Theatre Royal, Halifax

Johnston Crocodiles at War

A Gem of Attic Sculpture-The Academys Mystery Marble - 5 photos of sculpture from the Royal Academy at Burlington House

The Japanese Imperial Funeral with a Seven Creaked Hearse - illustrated - photos of
- sacred oxen for the Emperors funeral
- a sacred sword
- making paper lanterns for use along the funeral route
- pavilions constructed for the ceremony
- a wheel for the imperial hearse

Notable Events at Home and Abroad: News by Photography
- the Mauretania
- American army aeroplanes on the frozen Ottawa River
- James Stuart House, Cambridge
- Rembrandts portrait of his son Titus
- a memorial to Mr. Joseph Chamberlain
- Spanish soldiers in new uniforms
- Scottish rugger players in Wales

The King Goes to Open Parliament: A Stately Procession - 2 photos

From the Worlds Scrap Book: New Items of Topical Interest
- 2 photos of a prisoner exchange in Nicaragua
- a salmon trying to leap a dam on the Willamette River
- Princess Elizabeth with her nurse
- The Emir Ghazi at school
- the Archbishops of Canterbury and York in procession at the Church House, Westminster

A Plague of Forty Million Mice! A Californian District Invaded - 5 photos of Kern County, Calif.

Personalities of the Week: People in the Public Eye
- the Maharajah of Dholpur and the Maharajah of Bharatpur in New Delhi
- the Viceroy and Lady Irwin receiving Sir Phupendra Nath Mitra
- the Maharajah of Patiala and his son
- Sir Sidney Harmer
- The Late Earl of Devon
- Sir Wilfrid Stokes
- Gen. Chang Kai-Shek
- Lt. Gen. Sir Thomas Goodwin
- the late Mr. J.J. Lister
- Capt. Wedgwood Benn
- 2 photos of teams at the Wales-Scotland football match

Indias New Capital Inaugurated: A Great Ceremony at Delhi - 2 photos of the inauguration ceremony, with Lord and Lady Irwins carriage


The Shapes of Famous Music - Miss Pamela Colman Smith
Remarkable Visions of Music: Automatic Impressions - Miss Pamela Colman Smith
Setting Out For Tutankhamens Tomb Across the Nile: A Morning Scene at Luxor, where the Motor Car Has Not Yet Eliminated the Egyptian Ass - Reginald Cleaver
Corn in Egypt Before the Pharohs: Pre-Dynastic Husbandry - Forrestier


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April 16th

40 pages.

Full Page B-W Photo titled "Britain's Most Popular Baby-
Princess Elizabeth With Her Royal Grandmother Queen Mary."

Big-Game Hunting In Africa: The Hippopotamus,

The Charm Of The Antique Sword-Hilt,

The 203 mph Speed Record

July 23rd

price = 1--

Headline = The Royal visit to Scotland; and the National War Memorial

Adverts on Front cover = Army Club cigarettes, Orient Line, Royal Exchange Assurance,
The White House Portrush, NI, Elkington Plate, Otard Brandy, Kunzle Dessert Chocolates, St Morit

Adverts on Inside Front cover = South Africa full page

Frontispiece = The Scottish National war memorial: after the opening by the Prince of Wales -
The King and Queen and His Royal Highness in front of Scotland's "Central Shrine of Pilgrimage" 1 x pic

Our Notebook by GK Chesterton (weekly essay) +
1 x pic of The steel casket in the Shrine of the Scottish National war memorial:
containing the rolls of honour of Scottish men and women who gave their lives in the Great War..
" Remember the humble beasts that served and died" :
animals in Scotland's war memorial 9 x pics

Set on the living rock: "The Central Shrine of Pilgrimage for the Scottish Nation"
- The Scottish National war memorial:..double page 8 x pics

The Royal Visit to Scotland: Functions official and unofficial in Edinburgh and Glasgow..double page 11 x pics

The World of the Theatre by JT Green - settings for the film
"Wrath of the Gods" an Ufa film,
and sets for "Flight Commander" starring Sir Alan Cobham
The Royal garden party in Holyrood Palace, Scotland
and uninvited guests (the general public looking on from the heights) 1 x pic

Books of the Day with 1 x pic of a "Blinkered" giraffe
being persuaded to walk from Pretoria railway station to the local Zoo.
A 1000-B.C. "Viking Ship" grave - a barrow now open to the public at Hassloev in the province of Halland 7 x pics

Sold for £500,000 The Benson collection of Old Masters to Sir Joseph Duveen 3 x pics
The camera as recorder: news by Photography -RT Jones being chaired after winning the British Open Golf - etc etc

Town planning against air attack: A project from Soviet Russia,
showing proposed armoured buildings and underground works 2 x drawings
Advertised during Moscow's "Scare Week" : Anti aircraft defence planned for Russia 4 x drawings

"Unrest in the East" by Signor Guglielmo Ferrero

+ 1 x pic of the parliament building in Ottawa as the 60 year anniversary bells rang out "Oh Canada"
Catapults launching aeroplanes: New methods for Wright's old - on an Italian Cruiser 3 x pics

The serious outbreak in Vienna:
Street fighting and damage done by fire and storming parties double page 7 x pics

A creche on a Race course: A "Kiddies" Paddock at Hamilton Park-
where children can be left while parents are "putting their bit on" 2 x pics
The opening of Gladstone Docks: Their majesties in Liverpool 3 x pics

Personal and General: news from various quarters at home and abroad -
A house collapses in Beak Street, off regent Street, 2 killed and 11 injured -
A Royal Air Force aeroplane crash on the main near Camberley, Surrey
The funeral of Mme. Constance de Markievicz a stormy petrel of Irish Politics -
Mr RT Jones and his father after winning the British Open Golf Championship etc etc.double page 14 x pics

The World of Science - The Stilt, a study in beaks by WP Pycraft F.Z.S. 3 x pics
The vital Cruiser question: The focus of discussion at Geneva - Tonnage versus units:
The Naval limitation conference proposals of Great Britain, The United States and Japan 7 x drawings

The World of Women - training in the thames for an attempt to swim the Channel :
Miss Mercedes Gleitze - The Cubitt- Cholmeley wedding -
Honorary musical director of the new Conservative Party Musical Union: Lady Brittain -
The marriage of Lord Chelmsford's heir: The Hon. Andrew and Mrs Thesiger 4 x pics

The state funeral of Mr. Kevin O'Higgins:
A National tribute in Dublin (who was assassinated on July 10th) 6 x pics

Fashions and Fancies (sort of fashion page) 5 x drawings

Full page advert = Buchanan's Black and White whisky

The World of Music - The music of the Ballets
+ adverts = Deauville "The beach of Blossoms", Mellins baby Food
Full page advert = Players Navy Cut

"Unrest in the East" (continued from P 148)
+ adverts = "Koh-I-Noor" pencils, JC Vickery for Shagreen gift sets
Supplement The first ship to sail around the world (in colour)
"The Victory".
Full page advert = Cadillac Imperial Limousine £1495 from General Motors,
Edgeware Road, London

The Chronicle of the car - The special six - cylinder AC
+ advert = Hupmobile Eight
Full page advert = Austin Cars - Austin 20 £450
Austin 7 £145 Longbridge Works, Birmingham

The Babylonian House

+ pic of Avro Aerodrome near Manchester
+ adverts = Pratts Golden pump petrol, Burberry Overcoats
Full page advert = Rolls-Royce 40-50 HP the new Phantom and Hooper & Co (coachbuilders) Ltd

Chess problem and article

+ adverts = Kutnow's Powder for a bad Liver,
Mackinlay's Liqueur Whisky,
La Corona cigars,
Scrubbs Cloudy Ammonia,
Yorkshire relish
adverts = Highland Queen Whisky,
Subscription to The Illustrated London News £3.4s 0d UK £3 1s 8d Canada ,
Goddards Plate powder, Moss Bros for Polo and sporting kits,
Retail pianforte business for sale in Leeds £17,000 required,
Hindes Hair Wavers

Adverts only = Tyres from Amalgam Mills Harpenden,
La-Rola skin cream,
La Baule in Brittany the Hermitage Hotel ,
3,000 villas 25 tennis courts,
Bengers Food,
Holidays from Pickfords 8 days in germany £14 19s etc,
The Cancer Hospital Fulham Road,
Cuticura ointment,
Halfords Curry powder,
Tatcho Tone for grey hair,
The Allegro honing and stropping machine,
Eiffel Tower Lemonade
adverts only Brown and Lilly better built buildings The Kiddies Paradise for £51,
Hindes Hair Tints,
Himrod's Asthma Cure,
Bailey's Public Clocks,
Youngs Mountain Dew whisky,
Aertex underwear,
Silverlite petrol gas perfected by Spensers 1-6 per 1000 feet

Back Cover Full page advert = The Sketch Book and "Printers Pie" 2--

The Christmas issue is 52 pages of text and illustrations, along with 16 pages of advertisements. Many of the illustrations are in Colour. They include a full-page advertisement for Players Cigarettes centrefold, full-page ad for Oxo, 5-page pictorial essay entitled Music Translated into

Terms of Colour: A Painter's Interpretations of Beethoven by José Segrelles, title-page entitled Fairy Tales by Ernest Longmate centrefold, 5-page fairy tale entitled Goldenflower illustrated by Erté [Romain de Tirtoff] centrefold, center-fold entitled The Challenge by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale centrefold, 4-pages of fairies by Arthur H. Buckland centrefold, 2-pages entitled Fairy Tales for Christmas by Felix de Gray, full-page ad for Crosse & Blackwell, full-page ad for Bird's Custard centrefold, full-page ad for Hovis, full-page ad for Dewars, full-page ad for Boots, full-page ad for Buchanan's Black & White by Maud Earl, & full-page ad for Bovril by Harris (see image

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