The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-13 00:00:00

THE PERMANENT CALENDAR.

Published by Day and Sons, Lincoln's-Inn-Fields.
A little half-crown red-leather folding-case has
just now come into our hands—a contrivance that
puzzled us for the first few moments, but that (having
once mastered the significance of it) we recognise
to be a truly marvellous evidence of ingenuity on the
part of the anonymous inventor. Whoever the inven-
tor may or may not be, we have not the smallest notion,
and we speak of the contrivance therefore quite dis-
passionately. It purports to be " A Permanent
Calendar." And it is so truly what it thus purports
to be that we have headed our notice of it, here,
4, The Permanent Calendar." It is—within the
handiest compass imaginable—an Almanack for the
Past, Present, and Future ! For the Past as far
back as 1762—f0r the Future as far forward as 1925
—each of those sufficiently remote years inclusively.
It extends, consequently, as a Calendar or Almanack
over an interval of more than a century and a half
—to be precise, over a gap of 163 years altogether.
And although this same cunningly-packed folding-
tablet comprises within it (as may be perceived by
any one upon spreading it open) more than
100,000 distinct days and dates, the inventor is so
perfectly well assured of the absolute accu-
racy of his contrivance, that he stands pledged to
forfeit Ten Pounds sterling, should any error, either
in regard to Day or Date, be anywhere discoverable
in his wonderfully intricate, and yet not less won-
derfully lucid little tabulated arrangement. The
advantages secured to the possessor and consulter
of this Colander are just simply those of an extra-
ordinary Saving of Time, and an invaluable Guaran-
tee of Correctness—by reason of its enabling
anyone, in a few seconds, to find the
day of the week for any date, or the date
of any day in any month or in any year
between 1762 and 1925. With Lawyers, with
mercantile men, with literary men and among
these with biographers especially, the discovery of
an instant and infallible clue of this kind to days
and to dates is often (as there is hardly a lawyer, a
e a t
precisely
ry clue trader, or a man of letters in the land but knows
long ago by his own experience) very often of the
utmosth and of the most urgent importance.
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the
Seconds leads them with unerring
certainty to the
exact definition of the day of
the week and of
the date of the month of any occurrence, personal or
historical, that they may be m • search of--public
or private—birth, death, or marriage, in fact
of
any incident whatsoever.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales and Prince Leningen, attended by the Hon. Mrs.'
Stonor and Major Teesdale, honoured the St. James's
Theatre with their presence on Saturday evening.
The Duke and Duchess of Buckingham are not
expected to return home from their tour in Italy until
April.
The Duke of Saldanha, who is appointed Portu-
guese Minister at the Court of St. James's in succession to
Count Lavradio, is preparing to leave Rome on his way to
England.
The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon have de-
rived benefit from their visit to Italy. They are not
expected to return to England until after the Easter
holidays.