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    The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v3 #6, January 1900] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 3½d, 96pp)
    Details supplied by Denny Lien from a bound volume at Google Books.
    • 523 · 1800-1900: Then and Now · J. F. Williams · ar; looking at “why this is the most wonderful century in time.” That meant the 19th century. It runs through the major scientific advances of the 1800s.
    • 531 · For His Sacred Majesty · Harry Percival · ss; a thrilling story of Marston Moor.
    • 539 · A Little House · Edith Brignall · pm
    • 540 · The Corps of Commissioners · W. J. Wintle · ar; “how our old soldiers serve their country still.”
    • 547 · A Tug of War: The Story of How It Ended · Winifred Smith · ss; a light romance.
    • 555 · The Derby of the Snow · Harold J. Shepstone · ar; on Norwegian winter sports.
    • 561 · The Duel in the Deeper Pit · Cutcliffe Hyne · ss; a shoot-out down an old mine.
    • 567 · The Graves of Our Heroes · Arthur Birnage · ar; where our famous soldiers are buried.
    • 573 · A Sunday in Town · R. Andom · ss; the strange adventures of a journalist.
    • 580 · How the Poor Live: Extraordinary Penny Meals · Bernard Owen · ar; an amazingly condescending article about what you can eat for one penny.
    • 585 · “Selling Off”: A Story for January · E. A. Thurlow · ss; another light romance.
    • 589 · A Mint of Money · Joseph Horner · ar; a look at the money minted in 1898 and what it could buy. It includes an interesting chart showing the number of pennies minted since 1884. There’s a marked increase in 1896 because of the introduction of slot machines!
    • 595 · The Little Silver Cross · Lister Maurice · ss; a ghost story, subtitled “A Tragedy of a Cab”, sounds like trying to catch in on Fergus Hume’s triumph.
    • 601 · Children’s Fancy Dresses · Philip Astor · ar
    • 605 · Lullaby · Anon. · pm (r)
    • 606 · Can You Fold Your Umbrella? · Herbert Howard · ar
    • 609 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Pictures · [Various] · il












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