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The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v1 #2, August 1898] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 112pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from an online copy at HathiTrust. 113 · My Travelling Companion · Catharine Childar · ss 125 · A £10,000 Toy: Complete Working Railway in a Room · Robert Machray · ar 131 · The Very Short Memory of Mr. Joseph Scorer · John Oxenham · ss 144 · The Medical Detective and His Work · T. F. Manning · ar 154 · The Only White “Zoo” in Existence · Alfred Arkas · ar [Henry Sturt]; on a collector of white and albino animals. 159 · The Cholera Ship · Cutcliffe Hyne · ss 166 · In a Disappearing Cheshire Town · Percy L. Parker · ar; on subsidence problems of Northwich. 172 · That Five Hundred Pound Prize · Richard Marsh · ss 182 · The Most Cruel Sport in the World · Sidney Gowing · ar; on bull-fighting. 189 · The Descent of Reginald Hampton · Halliwell Sutcliffe · ss 197 · The Modern Minature Craze · H. M. Tindall · ar 203 · His Lordship and Miss O’Callaghan · Charles Kennett Burrow · ss 211 · To Keep the Dogs Downstairs · Anon. · ar; on “dog gates” for stairwells. 212 · Cricket and Cricketeers · M. Randal Roberts · ar 216 · Famous London Door-Knockers · Anon. · ar 219 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Paintings · [Various] · il

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v1 #3, September 1898] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 112pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from an online copy at HathiTrust. 227 · Famous Railway Smashes · Frederick A. Talbot · ar 235 · Beyond the Sunset · Clifton Bingham · pm 236 · The Behaviour of Warrington, V.C. · Percy E. Reinganum · ss 243 · Training Our Fire Brigade Heroes · Alfred Arkas · ar 250 · How the Minister’s Notes Were Recovered · Beatrice Heron-Maxwell · ss 258 · The Maid · Anon. · pm 259 · Photographic Lies · Anon. · ar; on photographic fakery. 265 · Gascoyne’s Terrible Revenge · J. F. Cornish · ss 274 · The Most Remarkable Fortress in the World · Percy L. Parker · ar; on Sigari of Ceylon. 281 · My Fair Neighbor’s Piano and What Came of It · Henry Martley · ss 289 · American Wives of English Husbands · Ignota · ar 297 · The Tragedy of a Third Smoker · Cutcliffe Hyne · ss 304 · Some Incriminating Documents: Facsimiles of Fatal Writings · Anon. · ar 308 · A Tiny Shoe · Anon. · pm (r) 309 · Ian’s Sacrifice · Alice Munro · ss 315 · “Perpetual Motion” Seekers · Anon. · ar 319 · The Stir Outside the Café Royal: A Story of Miss Van Snoop, Detective · Clarence Rook · ss 323 · A Very Queen Cricket Match · Gavin Macdonald · ar [Dan Leno] 327 · Postage Stamps Worth Fortunes · Anon. · ar 329 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Paintings · [Various] · il

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v1 #4, October 1898] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 106pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from an online copy at HathiTrust. 339 · Man Is Made of—What? Some Facts About Yourself · T. F. Manning · ar 346 · The Rougey Man · Edmund Mitchell · pm 347 · My Destiny · C. K. Burrow · ss 356 · A Famous Wigmaker’s Famous Album · Gavin Macdonald · ar; on a theatrical autograph collection. 361 · Daphne · Walter E. Grogan · ss 370 · From a Smoker’s Museum · T. C. Hepworth · ar; on unusual pipes. 373 · The Face at the Door · Walter D. Dobell · ss; a ghost story. 383 · A Man Hunt with Bloodhounds · Alfred Arkas · ar 388 · Three Score and Ten · Anon. · pm 389 · The Despatches for Gibraltar · Gilbert Heron · ss 399 · The Sad Fate of Mistress Prue · Anon. · pm 400 · A Girl’s Balloon Journey Over London · Gertrude Bacon · ar 405 · The Editor’s Escapade · Archibald Eyre · ss 416 · Remarkable Secret Chambers · Allan Fea · ar 421 · Dead Men’s Stange Wishes: Some Queer Burial Places · H. G. Archer · ar 425 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Pictures · [Various] · il

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v1 #5, November/December 1898] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 6d, 144pp) nb: a note in the issue says that the 6d price for this special Christmas number was a one time thing and that the following month will resume the regular price of 3½d. Since covers etc. are not bound in with the volume being indexed, I don’t know when the “regular” price apparently went up from the 3d implied by the opening editorial to have been the price of the first issue. Details supplied by Denny Lien from an online copy at HathiTrust. How to Work Our Cinematograph · Anon. · ms; how to flick upper right corners of issue to view a short flipbook “film”. 435 · Goldenhair & Curlyhead · Allen Upward · pm 439 · Costly Christmas Crackers · G. M. · ar 444 · Making a Football · Anon. · ar 447 · The Count and I · James Barratt · ss 455 · 1898: Your Everyday Life in the Past Twelve Months · Alfred Arkas · ar 461 · Courtship by Proxy · H. A. Therrauld · ss 472 · Tattooed Royalty · R. J. Stephen · ar 476 · How the Burglar Helped at Christmas · Lucian Sorrel · ss 482 · Baby Belle: The Poem of a Little Life · Bernard Malcolm Ramsay · pm 484 · Irish Beauties: Some Fair Daughters of the Emerald Isle · Ignota · ar 489 · “The Finder Will Be Rewarded” · Gerald Brenan · ss 493 · The Cleverest Amateur Cyclist in the World · Anon. · ar [Thomas Orde-Lees] 497 · The Missing Q.C.’s · John Oxenham · nv 515 · London’s Undiscovered Murders · Lincoln Springfield · ar 521 · A Baby Santa Claus · Marion Elliston · ss 529 · Some Sensational Fires · Frederick A. A. Talbot · ar 539 · A Telegraph Mystery · W. B. Northrop · ss; a ghost story. 546 · The World’s Champion Whistler · Anon. · ar [Frank Lawton] 549 · His Highness the Rajah: The Quest of the Yellow Diamond · Beatrice Heron-Maxwell · ss 558 · Sleighs for Christmas · J. E. Whitby · ar 561 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Pictures · [Various] · il

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v1 #6, January 1899] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 3½d, 94pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from an online copy at HathiTrust. 579 · “Chrysanthemums Curled” · Alfred Arkas · ar; on arranging same for flower shows. 583 · “Off to Klondyke” · Geo. A. Best · ss 590 · Little Royalties · Anon. · ar; on royal children. 595 · London’s Latest Lion · Gilbert Dayle · ss 605 · The Home of Four O’Clock Tea · Anon. · ar 609 · Statistics Gone Mad · J. G. Grant · hu 611 · “A Princess in Green and Tan” · Arthur Preston · ss 619 · 3,000 Miles on Railway Sleepers · Edward Lunn · te; on his round-the-world cycling tour. 623 · The Curse of the Catseye · Alfred Slade · ss; fantastic content. 631 · Mice Worth Their Weight in Gold · Gavin Macdonald · ar 634 · A Crowded Hour · Clarence Rook · ss 639 · Strange Kinds of Money · Robert Machray · ar 645 · Clever Mrs. Bladon · E. Burrowes · ss 651 · An Engine Match Between England and America · Frederick A. Talbot · ar 656 · Nature’s Danger-Signals · J. Holt Schooling · ar; “a study of the faces of murderers”. 661 · In Praise of Baby · Barrington McGregor · pm 662 · “Man Overboard!” · Winston Spencer Churchill · ss 665 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Pictures · [Various] · il

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v2 #1, February 1899] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 96pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from a bound volume at Google Books. 3 · In Business as an Emperor · C. Frank Dewey · ar [Wilhelm II] 13 · A Breach of Promise Case · Geo. A. Best · ss 19 · Freak Structures: The Oddest Buildings in Britain · Arthur Birnage · ar 25 · The Stolen Rubens · Huan Mee · ss 31 · Visiting Cards of Famous People · M. Dinorben Griffith · ar 36 · Mr. Brogden, City Clerk · George Gissing · ss 44 · Guardian Demons · Ernest Young · ar; on Chinese and Siamese sculptures. 48 · The Theft of the Secret Signal Log · Gilbert Heron · ss 57 · The Most Dangerous Trade in Great Britain: How Sea-Fowls Are Collected · Alfred Arkas · ar 61 · The Spectre of the Severn Tunnel · E. Thurlow · ss; a railway ghost story. 64 · Food Adulterators · Arnold R. Tankard · ar 70 · Happily Ever After · Clifton Bingham · pm 71 · The Manouvres of Jerry · Elizabeth M. Moon · ss 78 · The New Craze · P. L. P. · ar; on extensive baby photography. 81 · The Separation of the Beresfords · Catherine Adams · ss 89 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Pictures · [Various] · il

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v2 #2, March 1899] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 96pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from a bound volume at Google Books. 99 · Some Terrible Shipwrecks · Frederick A. Talbot · ar 106 · Does Your Dog Laugh? · R. J. Stephen · ar 108 · The Great Green Diamond · Gilbert Floyd · ss 113 · Jewel Wearers · Mrs. F. Nevill Jackson · ar 118 · The Fate of the Marquis de Grammont · Harry Percival · ss 124 · Baby Railways: Minature Trains in Actual Use · Alfred Arkas · ar 129 · Pride v. Pickles · Beryl Goldie · ss 139 · Extraordinary Scenes in Jerusalem: How Easter Is Spent in the Holy City · Henry J. Temple · ar 146 · The Black Statue · Huan Mee · ss; fantastic content (process of “electroplating” with marble). 153 · Clever Families: Men Who Inherit Brains · X · ar 161 · Of the Royal Blues · Mabel Esmonde Cahill · ss 165 · How to Blow a Wine-Glass · Gavin Macdonald · ar 169 · Acres of Daffodils · Arthur Birnage · ar; on flowers in the Scilly Isles. 173 · The Bravery of “Little Tails” · Walter E. Grogan · ss 180 · Loyal Love · A. de Freitas · pm 181 · The Highest House in Great Britain · Wm. T. Kilgour · ar; on observatory of Ben Nevis. 185 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Pictures · [Various] · il

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v2 #3, April 1899] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 96pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from a bound volume at Google Books. 195 · A Lady Photographer Who Never Photographs Men · Ignota · ar [Alice Hughes] 201 · At Cross Purposes · Katherine Renell · ss 209 · Banished London: Extraordinary Fate of London Buildings · Charles G. Harper · ar 216 · Tomlins Minor · Harry Percival · ss 222 · Big Pike Stories · R. B. Marston · te 227 · At Close Quarters with Death · Cutcliffe Hyne · ss 235 · How a Silk Hat Is Made · Gavin Macdonald · ar 239 · A Cycling Rosalind and How She Started a Race · B. S. · ss 243 · Machinery vs. Man · Percy Barron · ar; on steam power. 247 · The Money-Making Company, Limited · Geo. A. Best · ss 254 · Artists in Wood, Paper, and Soap · Alfred Arkas · ar 259 · Mr. Bovey’s Unexpected Will [Florence Cusack] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss 269 · The Smallest Theatre in the World · H. T. Horsfall · ar 273 · The Scarffed Woman: A Cloth-Fair Tragedy · W. B. Northrop · ss; a ghost story. 281 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Pictures · [Various] · il

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v2 #4, May 1899] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 96pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from a bound volume at Google Books. 291 · A Rhyme of No Consequence · Edith Brignall · pm 293 · Peers and Peeresses in Business · Ignota · ar 301 · On Secret Service · Reginald Wray · ss 307 · Escapes from Siberian Prisons · One Who Knows Them · ar 313 · Mr. Halzden’s Love Affair, My Own and Another · Gilbert Dayle · ss 322 · The Cost of an Artificial Man · Gavin Macdonald · ar; on artifical limbs etc. 326 · The Cruise of the “Searchlight” · J. Laurence Hornibrook · ss 335 · With the Australians · George Bull · ar; on cricket. 339 · Burke of the “Tigress” · Sophie Hart · ss 346 · Birthplaces of Famous People · Arthur Guerdeon · ar 351 · The Kid · Cutcliffe Hyne · ss 361 · A Twentieth Century Dinner: Foods of the Future · Alfred Arkas · ar; on predicted food pills etc. 365 · My Hour of Greatness · A. Clarke Little · ss 371 · Churches in Queer Places · George Bedford · ar 377 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Pictures · [Various] · il

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v2 #5, June 1899] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 96pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from a bound volume at Google Books. 387 · The Cardinal’s Eye · Bernard Home · ss 393 · Workers in the Air · Alfred Arkas · ar 399 · A Journalistic Coup · E. G. Harmer · ss 407 · Famous Cricket Families · X · ar 413 · The Disappointment of Lady Woodruff · Elizabeth M. Moon · ss 420 · Where Battles Raged: Memorials of Famous Fights on English Soil · Charles G. Harper · ar 425 · A German Piping Bullfinch and a Jay · George A. Best · ss 429 · Feeding a Town at Sea · J. G. Horner, A.M.I.Mech.Eng. · ar; on provisioning an ocean liner. 435 · The Tragedy of a Picture · Roma White · ss 445 · The Marvels of Bird-Photography · Sidney Gowing · ar 451 · Run Down · Cutcliffe Hyne · ss 458 · Animals Act a Play · Anon. · ar [Engelbert Wallenda] 460 · Burke’s Revenge · R. C. Pottinger · ss 463 · Their Little Ways: Pecularities of M.P.s · “Artemus Jones” · ar 467 · Things Men Covet: Famous Blue Ribbons · C. L. McCluer Stevens & M. Bowne · ar 473 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Pictures · [Various] · il

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v2 #6, July 1899] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 96pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from a bound volume at Google Books. 483 · Ostriches: A Walk Round a Californian Ostrich Farm · E. H. Rydall · ar 488 · The Secret of the Clover · Winifred Sutcliffe · pm 490 · The Bishop’s Excursion · J. T. Kingsley Tarpey · ss 495 · 1,030,000,000 Passengers; £40,000,000 Profit · Walter Dee · ar; on railways. 499 · Accident or Destiny? · J. Laurence Hornibrook · ss 505 · From the Willow Tree to Lord’s: The Life Story of a Cricket Bat · Anon. · ar 507 · The Recipe for a Cricket Ball · Anon. · ar 508 · The Butterfly · J. E. Whitby · pm 509 · McCarrick’s Novel—Why He Rewrote It · Percy E. Reinganum · ss 517 · Lady Fencers · Myra Dane & Myra Hogwarth · ar 521 · The Other Man’s Hat · Gerald Brenan · ss 527 · What You Can Do with a Bicycle · Alfred Arkas · ar 532 · The Suicide Club: The Story of a Notched Counter · Arthur Brebuer · ss 541 · Some Terrific Explosions · Francis Mackinnon · ar 545 · The Arrest of Captain Vandaleur [Florence Cusack] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss 555 · Guardians of the Tsar · “Karma” · ar 558 · How We Held Up the Bank · George Hudworth · ss 564 · Queer Bridges · Arthur Guerdeon · ar 569 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Pictures · [Various] · il

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v3 #1, August 1899] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 3½d, 98pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from a bound volume at Google Books. 2 · If London Were Like Venice · Signor Somers J. Summers · ar 8 · “He Dreamed a Dream” · Jessie Mensengh · ss 17 · How Royalty Rides · Bernard Owen · ar 22 · The Sultan and the Seedsman · Gerald Brennan · ss 31 · Scotch Beauties · Ignota · ar 37 · Lady Cicely’s Vow, and the Gloves That Betrayed Her · Mabel H. Robbins · ss 45 · St. Mary’s Bay · Clifton Bingham · pm 47 · Men with Sealed Lips · W. J. Wintle · ar; on St. Hugh’s, Parminster monastery. 53 · “Mine Oyster” and the Story of Its Pearl · Bertrand Davis · ss 59 · The Life Story of a Loco., Showing What It Costs to Run an Engine · J. Horner · ar 65 · Sir Geoffrey Bargrove’s Speeches · W. Howard Hazell · ss 72 · To the Music of the Wheel: A Cycling Song · Quilp · pm 73 · The Funny Side of Baseball · Harry Furniss · ar 77 · On the Strict Q.T. · G. Villari · ss 84 · When Sea Meets Land · Arthur Guerdeon · ar 89 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Pictures · [Various] · il

The Harmsworth Monthly Pictorial Magazine [v3 #2, September 1899] ed. Cecil Harmsworth (London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd., 3½d, 96pp) Details supplied by Denny Lien from a bound volume at Google Books. 99 · Gardening for Millionaires · Bernard Owen · ar 104 · The Vicomte’s Wager · Rafael Sabatini · ss 112 · A Tennis Idyll · A. S. Laidlaw · pm 113 · London Underground · W. J. Wintle · ar 121 · The Tragedy in Chess · Beatrice Heron-Maxwell · ss 129 · Felling Chimneys: The Risky Business of a Steeplejack · Robert Mulready · ar 135 · The Bank-Note Forger · Cutcliffe Hyne · ss 143 · Freak Philanthropy: Remarkable Charitable Gifts · Arthur Birnage · ar 147 · A Dark Secret · Louis Woodroffe · ss 153 · The Conquest of the Sea · J. Horner · ar; on steamship development. 158 · Our Race with the American Mail · C. B. Grylls · ss 165 · Her Majesty’s Waste-Paper Basket · Philip Astor · ar 168 · A Race for a Husband · Ulyss Rogers · ss 173 · Fair Sportswomen · Ignota · ar 179 · Drowsy-Land · Ernest A. Bagnall · pm 180 · Hodson’s Bestman · H. S. Goodwin · ss 185 · Our Monthly Gallery of Beautiful and Interesting Pictures · [Various] · il