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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-11
BRIGGS HOUSE.
Corner Randolph Street and Fifth Avenue |
CaICAGo. June 18th, 1871. |

Corner Randolph Street and Fifth Avsnus
CaIcAGo, June 18th, 1871.
Tho undersigned, having purchased the above
well known an popular hotel, and pat the same
in perfect order, propose 10 sustain the very en-
vlable reputation :he Briggs House has always
enjoyed, by keeping it frEt-cass hotel in every
respect.
The Briggs contains 250 rooms, and acoouno-
dstions for 400 guests. It is centrally located,
being within one block OF the Court Rouse. and
convenient to the principal Railroad Depots an
Ticket offices.
In compliance with the demands Of the times.
We have decided to make our rates
THREE DOLLARS PER DAY.
and shall for that price give the pablo as good
accommodations ss can be found in the west,
Hoping that the patronage of the public. so
literally bestowed upon the Briggs House white
under the m AuAgsmept of its former proprietors
ihay be continued, and promising to leave moth
ing undone on our part which may contribute to
the coufort and pleasUre Of our guests.
We are respectfully etc.
WENTWORTH, WO0LEORTH & CO.,
Proprietors.
FRAsK ". WyETWoRTE,
CHARLss D. WooLwoRTH.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-11

LADIES whose husbands are fsstidious in
their taste and hate heavy yellow-specked
biscuit, will, if they use DR.. Prices Cream
Baking Powder, hail the originator IS
benefaotor. Light, pearly-white, healthy
Biscuits are as certain as az inevitable re-
suit. Try it, and also try his Special FlAv-
orings, which are truly the pureSt, strongest
and most delicious Of favors made from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-11

Alarm from box l2j, at 1890 yesterday NOR
aiug, was caused by defective moulding
furnace in the room on second floor of Peatri
4 Co.'S two story frame steam sugar works,
Nos. 60 and G2 Michigan Street used by J..
Schaumburg & Co., brass moulders. Loss
nominal. The FIRE was put out with the
Babcock of track g. which obvisted the ne
cessity OF flooding the floor ard damaging
thousands of dollars worth Of patterns in the
room below Cbicag0 Republican May )
1871
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RATES OF ADVERTISING,

For each square, or the space occupied By ten
lines Of solid nonparsil, One Dollar for each in.
sertion.
Special Notices, 20 cents per line. When in
serted months or more, SO per cent above rsgu.
lar advertising rates.
Communications, or articles Inserted among
reading matter, IS cents per limo.
DAILY AND WEEKLY.-A discount of 10 per
cent. will be made from the Weekly rates, on
yearly and half yearly contracts, when the same
matter is inserted in both Daily and Weekly.
Double Columns will be charged IS per cent
additional.
For IL transient Advertisement advance pay
ment Is required.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-11

SEVERE pain will not get out of fashion
yst fo- long time, and so long people will
need a good remedy Renne's PaiD-Killing
Magic Oil ia Just what the people need, to
cure headache, rheumatic, neuralgia ,-sno
other painful complaints.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-11
LOCAL NOTICES.

TWENTY FIVE CENvs.-This amount will
buv bottle of Mrs. Whitcomb's Syrup, the
great soothing remedy for all diseases Incl
dent TO infants and children.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-11

MARRIAGE GUmE.- Interesting work,
numerous engrAvings, 224 pages. Price so
cents. Address DIR. Butts DispensAry, II
North Eighth street, St. Louis, Mo. Set
advertisement.
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RICHARDSON'S IRISH LINENS. DA-
III MASKS, LINEN CAMBE!C
HANDKERCRIEFS, &C.

We feel ourselves called on Again to eau
TI0N CONSUMERS against the indiscrminate
Of Irish fal RIGS made up to initiate our goods
in fold, trade mark and general apps aran ce, and
to warn them, that their only safeguard is to see
that the authentic seal of our firm,
RICHARDSON, SONS d owDEN,
is stamped each article.
Determined to condne ourselves, as heretofore,
to the of yarns spun from the choicest and
strongest Flax, by the best machinery obtaina-
hle; uniform in weight and elasticity manu-
fsctured and blsached under our OWE supsrinteu-
dence:-the consumer will be
GUARANTEED BY our sEAL
the same durability ara satisfaction in the wear,
which the genuine goods have always afforded.
IN. RICHARD SON, SONS owDEN.
Belfast, ireland. 5 Mo. is. 1871. jel2dw3m
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HOUSE AND Let For SALE,

II OFFER MY NEW RRsIDENCE-A COT
L tags, containing seven rooms, all newly fin-
ished and lot containing one half acre stu ated
on Guyer street, between Cherry and Madison
streets. Fruit, ornamental trees and vines all
growing on the lot For terms and particulars
apply on the premises.
iySdtf R0BT. F REID.
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GRAIN.
CHEAP FARMS. FREE TRAVEL
Chicago, 1cck xsiand and Pacific
Railroad Company.
100000 Acres
CHOICE IOWA LANDS.

This Company is now Offering for Iale about
ak hundred Thousand acres of the finest agri-
cultural lands in the West. The Company seIlt
only TO Actua ttlers, and the prices are exceed
ingly reasonable, rar glng from $5 TO $l6 per
acre-the average being about So. The greater
part OF these lands are situated along the line Of
ats railroad between the cities Des Moines and
Council Bluffs, and are in the most accessible
and fertile ion in the State
Sales made Tor cash OF on credit long enough
to enable any industrious man to pay for the
land out of Its crops.
These lands are held under title direct from
the General Government, and are not MORT
gagged or encountered in any way. Full warranty
deeds given to purchasers.
For maps, pamphlets, or 1ny other inform atior
rsspec ting them, address EBEEEzER Cook, Land
Commissonsr. Davenport, Iowa.
EXPLORING TICKETS are sold ct the Com
pany's ticket Offices st Chicago. and all Other
principal ststions on its line, spd if the puTcba
ser bays land the amount paid for the ticket il
applied on the puTehase money.
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ORIENTAL CREAM.
4 Card TO Druggists aud Dealers.
A DANGEROUS AID POISONOUS CoUS.
TERFEIT OF
Or. 2. z. Gourand's
ORIENTAL CREAM,
Or MAGICAL BEAUTIFiER,
L. Attempted is be Palmod off on the Public

The Unprecedented popularity and universal
demand Tor this innocent cosmetic has excited
the cupidity of bold and infamous counter
letter. in initiating the label and The bottle OF my
Cream. Ia the coun ertsiI label, the dash dIvid-
ing the words "1rsde-maTk," and the period
alter the latter word, are omitted. There Is no
dot separating the dOllar aud cents of the price
the counterfeit. The last word Of each lire
Of the Direction in the counterfeit is the fol-
lowing "Of,""use, ''Iarge," "Ihe" and none"
these words, in the genuine, begin e.eh line of
the "DirectiOn." be counterfeit la ell Is .
brighter scarlet, end the engraving inferior The
wax at the top is dull and of poor quality. In
other respects the counterfeit lie well cal ulated
to deceive. Druggists should be on their guard
when my Cream is offer, d at less price than $l4I
per gross, leas ten per cent dtcount. l have
never to firm house, sod it for less, nor ever
have received an order for more than grots at
time, nor have / ever exchanged The Cream for
other goods, demonstrating that II any one offers
my Cream for lees, ii is counterfeit. AL orders,
10 insure the genuine, should be sent TO my only
pffce, No. As Bond street, New York, formerly
No. 453 Broadway and No. 81 Walker street.
I. FELIX GOURAUD.
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AGENTS, TAKE NOTICE /!
| MILLION DOLLARS ,

shrewd but quiet men make a fortune by
revealing the secT't OF the business TO no one.
Address J. WEST,
6SS Broadway New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-11

Now is the time te get them, to insure health
and cleanDess. They are extensively used in
the west. and give universal satisfaction. Fur.
niture dealers, Institutions, hotels and Board
ing Houses dealt with literally.
orders by mail promptly attended to. go
For sale at the Factory, 25I and .953 KinEis
street. Patented 1867.
mRy2-diy tues
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Gard,

A Clergyman. " hile residing in South America
as a mission ary, discovered a safe and simph
remedy tor the cure of EerVOus " eakness, Early
Decay Diseases of the Urinary and Seminal Or
gSns and the whole train Of disorders brough'
on by baneful and vicious habits. Great mum
bers have been cnred by this noble remedy
Prompted by desire to benefit the afflicted anc
unfortunate I will send the recipe for preparing
and using this medicine, in a sealed envelope, to
any one " no needs It, free of charge. Address
Jos. T. IxNAE, Station D. Bible HOUSE, my. City
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JEFFERSON MLRKEr Police CousT.-Jsmes
L. Hnttnn of a. 40 peH street. was arTaiRned

JEFFERSON MARKEr Police CousT.-Jsmss
L. Hutton, of 20 40 Dey street, Was arTsigned
,etore ] dge Cox 90 q charge OF eoun eifeIling
he trademark snd label Of DR.. I. Felix Oour-
.u 3 Original Cream, or Magic BeautineT- 1t
.plears that this inv eniOus operator palmed of
N A. K Sands one gross of the spurious stuff,
ior which he obtained SlI4, being $l560 less
han The article is invariably soid by DR., G.
rLe said groIp, minus six bottles, have been
loporably delivered by said 1rin to DR.. G. The
miserable counterieiter disposed of another
ross &c CrItteEdeu, 80. sixth avenue iLII
Gentleman verv handsomeIy returned all he had
usold--viz seven dozen. Another groEs was
old to Pistt, scott = Co., broadway, ten dozen
f which we're scld to John F Henry. Not one
IF these bottles has been returned 20 DR.. G The
re representative Of Mr. Bsnry assured Mr. G-thst
very bottle should be destroyed. Mr.. GouTaud
determined, if possible, to stop this knavish
1usiness OF eoantcrfeitirE &. by legal proceedings
md the publication OF the name 81 every vender
vho is cognizsnt Of the preparation being eoun-
erlsit. n the meantime pcrchAsers cannot be
90 mu,h on their guard and be sure to get the
Oriental Cream, OF Magical beautifer, of r.puta-
| lie Erugg ;sts. and az Mr.. Felix GnVrard's only
| Iepot No. Is Bond street. Estsbished thirty
| ne years Gouraud's well kr own Italian Medi-
| atsd Soap, l-T the cure OF skin diseases. price
| ifty cents, IS still for sale also his Poudre
Subtitle. for upreoting superfu"us hair safely and
| quickly; Liquid Rouge, Liiywhits, eto.
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BALnxE2 g. wEaaR,

2oe NORTH FIFTH STREET PUBLISHERS
m27-dedl.m. ST. LOUIS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-11

To be had Of Or. +. Felix G0urRad. No as Bond
street. New ork, and H Hholessle IN New ork,
Of T c Wells CO, 1gz Fuhon street; J + Henry
College Piaoe; " II sch!sGeiiu Co, No re
william street; MeKesson q Robbins, 81 fu'-
ton street: Arnold & McNary. AZ Park Place
CrittsEden, 9Th Avenue; Kinds, Eaumsnn
Murphy. 81 Barclay street; Hegciuan 4 Co, 2o%
Broadway. and Drugs ists generally
js14deod IT. 4woAn3m
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COMMERCIAL.
cold I-l8 l-S.

Rock ISLAM, Jaly II.
THIS Flour market lie corrected at Warmers
Mills and the quotations hrs the ruling prices OF
the Rock IslaEd market.
WINTER WHEAT FLoUE-| |hoiesais,.....Ss.+0 ~
Retail ............t.UO
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IOWA.

Mxsthodist Episcopal Convention
Meteorological station-Tour
Of Secretary Of war Ex-
cursiOn en- Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-11

DR. GOUkAUD's ITALIAN MEDICATED
SOAP is found 10 be all sufficient for the COM
llets removal from the skln Of Ian, kTeekles,
nd suDouTn: or, IN fact, any dlshgrrsmeut
shIeh Ia the result of oct'"tsD, while lts nedi-
al properties are OF so powerful nature as to
e potent IN the removal of eDtaneous eruptiens
and all seorbutie appearances, including Fry
,Ipelal scald Head. Salt hheum, Barbsrs Itch,
doth, etc.
Old Sores are rapidly healed By it, and the
Jain arising from the bites of MuHoIltoes, the
itiugs of Rasps or other venemous insects, is
| immediately AAaysd, and chaps, cracks and
.Aatss are heAled by it. IN f.ct ne family should
oe without this soap, but more especially those
| sho live remote from citieS, IN places there at
III times il is OF easy to procure meol- al at
| enhance. Neither should the Seaman he With
1ut it, il is = compIste remedy for seurVy and
an be uIsd in hare salt water Ei we'll as 'ott-
4 addition thereto, 1t lie perfectly buOyAnt-
rhe italian Medieated Soap may therefore be
| Considered IS the greatest boon which modern
| science has Inferred on mankind.
| DIhECTi0NS FOR UsE.-For ErJ sipelas,
| salt Rheum, worms In the skin, chaps, chates,
| rsduess, salloWness, and all skin deformities,
| Ring orn, 6eald Head, scurTy, Bal Der Itch,
| ste, the soap must be made into thick lsther,
md veil m bbed in several times day with
,haEing brush. For Pimplss. Tan, Freckles,
| Sunburn, Sallowness. HoDghness, Mutquito
bites ', nemous stiBgs, it should be used three
II four times day. In severe cases make
aste aud apply. provided it does net produce
| martiEg sensation. This soap is moreover the
| aOst glorious npoupd for shaving ever iuven-
sented, and can be used with either hard or soft
| EAter, and 10 seaman should go to sea without =
supply, as it Is a complete a. tidote to scurvy,
80 cents q csbe
The foil, wing Is selected from = number Of
| ,onmunieations in praise Of DR.. Goursud'E Ii
QUID ROUGE:
DE. FELIX GoURAUD Dear sir-As . leading
.otress- l am compelled TO rouge occasionally
daying never ssen any thing Of the kind equal
20 yopr Vegetable article, hsving striyen in vain
| To procure it in this city, l shall be greatly
Jbhged (should it not be 100 Insignificant fer
| ,ou) If you advise ne how and at what eott
an procure bottle with the least trouble to NY
| elf Please address
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-07-11

d A. GALLUP, NJ. D., Urosoopia Ply sicia
Os MaEshall. Mich. Send for nauphlot
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"THE TREASURE"
"sUNDAY SCHOOL s0KG,"

The mostpOpular and cheapest Sunday School
Book eKtsnt. Price 80 ceRts-SlO.OO per hun
dTed
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ILLINOIS.
Frightfll occurrence at Leland.

Foreign News.
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. Philadelphia, Pa -

Certificate from the celebrated Dr. Hous ston. in
lraise of I.r. Goursut's PoUDhE SUBTLE,
5or urrooting Euperfuous hair frcm amp psrI of
he human body
al have had an opportunity of observing the
operation of DR.. felIE Gouraud's prep srstion for
se rsmcval of zrTcrs1ous hsir. and 81" T"rf' Ct
satisfied Of its pscuiisr efficacy. hffrr'"h sn-
dvs's Of the composition OF these noU dsrs- eau
sithout @Ry hesitation. pronounce them perfect
' harmless ami IN ever Way iafDitelg superior
o anv prsparatiun of tie kinS -ver "!rrtd 20
he nublic l have Measure IN giving them my
-saommensat.ca, being thus fc' : c'nTiEced OF
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G. HUBB ARD.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-14

White leather harness has been in
troduccd by a sporting man at Long
Branch
Drab il the aristocratic color for
coachmon's livery among the Newport
cottagcrs.
A belle at Newport has wardrobe
which fills seven large trunks. No
less than eight lace sacks are included
in THE extraordinary list.
All Newport was out the other night
10 witness the blooming Of night
blooming cercus.
Pretty bathing dresses are Of white
English flannel trimmed with large
| blue OF black cloth diamonds on the
bottom Of the skirt and waist
Visitors at Newport who do not
know the parties, speak Of James Par
ton and his Fanny Fern as that boun-
cling widow woman and her invalid son.
The hotels at Lake George viii re-
main open this year until the 1T Of
! October, many people prelerring the
month OF September there 70 any
ether season Of the year
/ The gaiety at the seashorc hss be-
come thing d the past. The houses
are nearly Ell empty, aud there is noth-
I ing 10 vary the monotony but breakfast,
dinEer and tea. the cbb and flow q the
tide, The arrivals al night. and the
days OF the week
People at the hotels at the watering
places lead their lives 80 much 10 pnb-
Z lic and together, that 81 acquaintance
speedily rpeus into intimacy, and
sometimes the warmest and most last
iug friendships arc made 10 this way
The .Sarsiooa Daily san has set foI
this season The Foei8g san vii be
continued the year around
Charles r. Leland is to have the
new hotel 10 be bulk ny John Morrissey
opposite the Clarendon. Saratoga, al 3
rent q $50 900 year il u 70 b
ready f8r occupation June LET 1879.
M. LelAnd's lease " The Clarendon
expires 90 tia, cAy.
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tea d ibis Stale. ihe rtturss siill shaw
60 Saves. let &c the contrary. show
Il Free Biaciss q ; given age vita
g menUoa offhe word slave. THIS
rctaru i signed y David Robinson
Assistant q Marshal ara ~ Hcmsn
Allen. c s Marshal q yemoat and
Isa iair wofkmaul5ke. add carefully
prepared table II trAuscnbing this
paper l3r the printer. somebody got
hgunes "a The wrong column and thus
thc lluade, passed into tie book and
int history. II has been perpctuated
s. the esnsusmakers, and Vermont
= - down Is history As having bad in
1890. 10 slaves Allworks On slavery
acknowledged the existence 81 slavery
in Vermont Ia that year, aaa d has
. been proclaimed from every siampiu the
Soath. and the sons Of Vermont in Con.
gress have been tainted with q. toI
years and-all because an arthmatt
man made a mistake, ADD the suhse
auent census takers were too inefficient
10 examine the FIRST return Goodcil
ia his History Of the Slavery j.
the United states, one Of the mos
Trustworthy books printed upon th'
subject, has THE paragraph
In l777 the people Of Vermont me
in Convention, and proclaimed Vernon
On independent State. The FIRST articl'
Of their bin Of rights excluded slavery
Though not admitted into the Confeda
acy owing - some claims Of New
+ York. till 1852, Vermont has the hon
or Of having first provided for the abo
litiou Of slavery. Seventeen slaves an
Indeed cot down to Vermont in th.
fcensus Of 1900"
!. The writer is in error regarding tn
number. The number set down in th
census Of 90 is 10, and it was not VI
I'll the census Of 1910 printed in i3
that some cnterprising individual dis
covered another slave as having e1
] istcd in Vermont in 1890. The sever
toeuth slave was found in WindhaI
County, and had as much Of an exis
ancc as the other Is, aud no more bt
= in all the subsequent census, includln
: that Of 1860, the number Of II has COZ
! tinued. From the book, under til
f: head, -" all other free persons IN I'll
= State, appears the number 255, whie
Q would seem to show that the mistab
T was deliberate or that the text wi
c changed to suit the error.
h In 1890, it thus appears, accordln
4 to the first census, that out Of the
S States which then composed the Omt
/ only two Maine and Massachusett
$ were non slave holding. To these We
s mont must be added.
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AiuAx., \. Y Sep. II, 1871


lfessrs. Editors.
am reminded that a few notes from
this busy town, though hastily penned
during brief interval Of study, may
not be entirely lost to the readers of
the journal.
The State Fair il to be held here
early next month, extensive prepare
tons for which are already being made
Although read! little or hear little
said about it thus far yet, think it
safe to presume, that il will DO a grand
entertainment, amply rewarding the
expense and trouble Of a pilgrimage
thithcr, which doubtless many Of your
readers will be induced to undertake
While here they will find a portion of
their time may be very pleasantly and
Iprolitably spent, visiting some Of the
places and objects of interest in the
city, among which l will mention the
Arsenal, the Medical College, contain
ing large collection Of objects inter
esting and instructive to such as like
to know chow iearfully and
wonderfully we are made : the
Agricultural ware rooms and Cabi-
net of Natural History, where may be
found the various implements Of agri-
culture that have been used in this and
other countries, from the primitive
ages down to the present time also,
myriads of specimens Of vegetable and
animal life, ranging in the latter case
from the minutest insect, to the gigan-
tic mastadon the State Library, con
tanning a mammoth collection of books
of endless variety, of which it is d fiji
cult to conceive that so many werc
ever written, fine array Of paintings
too, also, large collection Of coins,
the representatives of value, for augbt
know, of every nation on the face Of
the globe the new State House.
building four hundred feet in length
, and of corresponding width, covering
three acres Of ground, the main story
to be (orty-fvc feet in height--the con
: struction Of which is being vigorously
pushed forward step by step toward a
final completion, when New York
State may proudly and justly boast o.
Capitol far exceeding in the yastness
Of its dimensions, the perfection Of it,
} design, aud its imposing grandeur, any
J structure of the kind in this country
: Then may the Goddess Of Liberty
perched on its highest pinnacle, main
tanning the scales Of justice evenly and
steadily balanced, triumphantly wave
her sceptre over this great and pros
porous Commonwealth, purged from
those foul blots Of political corruption
which have, alas, in too many casei
. rendered her Judicial, and must we say
+ her legislative acts also a mockery
c thus aiming a powerful and telling
c blow at the very fundamental princi
q Plies Of justice, equity and civil liberty
S.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1871-09-14
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

pIcTuREs or TRAyEL.-The series OF
Hans Christian Andcrseus writings
which Hurd a. lIoughton: The Riverside
Press, have been issuing, is closed with
this volume. The series contains Ander-
sens Romances, his Stories Told for
Children, his Autobiography, aud bis
Travels. These last have been introduced
for the first time to an American audi
ence, and the liyelincss of the sketches,
the shrewd observations, the quaint char
aeterization aud happy humoi, nave rem
dered them quite unique amongst books
OF travel The present volume contains
Audcrscns adventures III the ncighbOring
country Of Sweden, among the IIanz
Mountains, aud in Switzerland and the
Tyrol, where be was present at the per-
Torrance ofthe Passion Play ten years
ago; and closes with The narrative Of a
visit which be made 10 Charles Dickens
just at the time when Douglas Jerrold's
death had given occasion 70 series Of
dramatic performances BY Dickens, VIII
lie Collins, and Others, for the benefit Of
Jcrrold's widow. The volume viii be
found 70 contain good illustrations Of
Andersen's genius.