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Title: Fifty years ago
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Besant, Walter, Sir, 1836-1901 Wordsworth Collection
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Publisher: London, Chatto & Windus
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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IN THE STREET 65 So: this is cosy. A newly sanded floor, a brightfire, and a goodly company. James ! a clean table-cloth, a couple of candles, and the snuffers, and the lastjoint up. What have you got in the paper.? Mada-gascar Embassy, Massacre in New Zealand—where thedevil is New Zealand.?—Suicide of Champion, who madethe infernal machine. Great Distress in the Highlands,Murder of a Process-serverin Ireland, Crossing of theChannel in a Balloon—Ihope that some day anarmy may not cross it—Letter from Syria con-cerning the recent GreatEarthquake, Conduct ofthe British Legion in Spain,Seven Men imprisoned forunlawfully ringing theBells, Death of the OldestWoman in the World, aged162 j^ears, said to havebeen the Nurse of GeorgeWashington—a good deal of news all for one eveningpaper. Hush! we are in luck. Here is DouglasJerrold. Now we shall hear something good. Hereis Leigh Hunt, and here is Forster, and here—ah ! thisis unexpected—here comes none other than Boz him-self. O

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