
As all the world knows, the Children s Ball of the Lady Mayoress takes place yearly on the night of Twelfth Day 6th January. In the year 98 the function was even more successful than usual, owing to Sir Henry Burdett sfine idea that the children should be photographed in support of the Prince of Wales Hospital Fund. The little Walter Raleighs, A my Robsarts, flocked in throngs to the photographers...
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oining the grand salon of the Mansion House; while all that space outside between the Mansion House, the Bank, and the Stock Exchange was a mere mass of waiting, arriving, and departing vehicles. If anything tended to take a little of their exuberance from this and other New Year jubilations, it was a certain cloudiness in the political sky; nothing very terrifying; yet something so real, that nearly every one felt it with disquiet. An I rish member, celebrated for his bulls, was heard to say: Take my word for it, theres going to be a sunset in the East. Men strolled into their clubs, and, with or without a yawn, said: I sthere going to be a row, then? Some one might answer: N ot a bit of it; itll pass off presently, youll see. But another would be sure to add: Things are looking black enough, all the same. It was just as when, on a clear day at sea, low and jagged edges of disconnected clouds appear inkily on the horizon-edge, and no one is quite certain whether or not they will meet, and whelm the sky, and sink the ship. But the horizon had hardly darkened, when again, it cleared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology. Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been