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From the path on the west side at a lower level :

268. Henry Howell, of Birmingham, drowned at San Vicenzo, 30 May, 1875, a. 52.

269. Helen, d. of Joseph and Elizabeth Schofield, ob. 30 May, 1875.

270. Cornelia Amory Goddard Loririg, of Boston, Mass., b. 27 Sept., 1810; ob. 15 May, 1875.

271. Ina, d. of Ross Saulter and Mary Holden, ob. 19 May, 1875, a. 18.

272. Richard Gibbons, Captain 60th Royal Rifles, 2nd s. of the late Sir John Gibbons, Bart., of Stan- well Place, Midd., b. 27 Ap., 1807 ; 06. 26 Ap., 1875.

273. Louisa, widow of David Olyphant King, ob. 18 Dec., 1874.

274. Frederica, youngest d. of the late Rev. James Williams, A.M., of Pendley Manor, Herts, b. at Tring Park, Herts, 27 Feb., 1857 ; ob. 27 Jan., 1875.

275. Harwick, eldest s. of Richard Doncaster, Esq., of Middlethorpe, Newark, Notts, late Captain in H.B.M.'s Royal Body-Guard, ob. 7 Jan., 1875, A. 37.

276. Wm. Fawcett, of Mossgill House, West- morland, ob. 17 Dec., 1874, a. 75.

277. Harriet, 2nd d. of John Croft Brooke and Mary his w., of Ansthorpe Lodge, Yorks, b. 18 Jan., 1830; ob. 28 Nov., 1874.

278. Elizabeth Collins Hanchett, relict of Capt. M. Hanchett, R.N., d. of the Rev. C. Rigbye Collins, of Bath, Somt., and of Sidmouth, Devon, ob. 23 Aug., 1874.

279. Henry Dorr Child, b. 1821, in Boston, U.S.A., ob. 1874. Erected by Addison Child.

280. William, youngest s. of the late George Washington Tremlett, of Bristol, ob. 28 Ap., 1874, .a. 24.

G. S. PARRY, Lieut.-Col. 18, Hyde Gardens, Eastbourne.

(To be, continued.)

THE STRAND HOTEL. There is an in- teresting revival of an old name in the impending erection on the site of Exeter Hall of a huge hotel which the prospectus announces as "The New Strand Hotel." The name is associated with an earlier under- taking, much on the same lines, but situated immediately east of St. Mary-le- Strand, a site almost entirely absorbed into the widened Strand. The Strand Hotel Com- pany (capital 100,000?.), having purchased December, 1862, the building material, &c., of this and the adjoining property. tSee ' Some Account of the Parish of St. Clement Danes,' by John Diprose, i. 180, ii. 153 ; 'Walks and Talks about London,' by Timbs, pp. 1-7. The information in "Old-Time Aldwych, the Kingsway,' &c., l>y " Charles Gordon," is only a repetition of Diprose' s data.)
 * a lease of the site of Lyon's Inn, sold in

The clearance involved by this and subse- quent purchases to 22 March, 1864, included the told " Dog Tavern," and the total area provided was for a southern block having frontages of 68ft. in the Strand and 68ft.

10 in. to Holywell Street ; and a northern block having frontages of 191ft. 6 in. to Wych Street, 13 ft. 2 in. to Newcastle Street, and 180 ft. to Holywell Street. The build- ings planned for these sites included 24 shop properties and a huge public hall, 145ft. by 67 ft., having communication in the basement with the Strand frontage. Above the shops and hall, the hotel a superstruc- ture of four floors would provide nearly 300 rooms. There is a copy of the prospectus in the Guildhall Library.

The scheme for several reasons did not succeed. The hall and its connecting sub- way, the shops, and the mezzanine floor were built, but not completed when building operations ceased :

" The buildings, exposed to the elements, com- menced to decay; massive walls, lofty pillars reaching to the roof, across which are giant girders of mighty weight and size, are all mouldering to a state of ruin. The site of Lyon's Inn is still the seat of desolation and decay." Diprose, i. 182.

Except for the completion of the shops, the first important utilization of the site was the building in 1868 of the Globe Theatre. It was opened on 28 November under the management of Mr. Sefton Parry. Almost immediately afterwards part of the huge cellar or excavation that was intended for the public hall was fitted as a theatre, and on 29 Oct., 1870, the Opera Comique was opened with * Les Pres Saint Gervais,' by Sardou, performed by the company from the Theatre Dejazet.

The subsequent history of these two theatres need not be detailed. Neither was of importance, although at both several memorable successes were attained ; but the Globe was too small, and the Opera Comique too much handicapped by position. Its front entrance for stalls and balcony was in the Strand, whence the mirror-lined tunnel led to the auditorium. Access to the gallery was obtained from Wych Street ; and all those behind the footlights found their way thither through a narrow doorway in Newcastle Street. When the final clear- ance came, and these theatres, with all their neighbourhood, fell under the Holborn to Strand Improvement, the building material of the Opera Comique was sold in 55 lots on 31 Jan., 1901, and that of the Globe on 12 May, 1903.

The shop property was generally success- ful after 1870. With the Holywell Street frontage of the southern block Messrs. W. & A. Denny were associated until the end. Journalism was represented in the Strand front by* 1 The^ London Reader and