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6 ## s1 ## leather bindings, with inscriptions and autographs illuminated by hand in gold, red, and blue-one from his "German admirers in London, in grateful remembrance of his" Parsifal" concerts at the Royal Albert Hall'; another from the E.C.R.V. band at Eton, with a silver salver, a gift of the Musical Society; a massive silver tray from the entire staff of the Professors of the Guildhall School; a silver casket from the Cardiff Musical Festival committee, and innumerable other offerings. Lady Barnby mentions, with tender pride, the marriage gift presented to Sir Joseph, a dessert-service of gold dishes and silver candelabra and candlesticks from the Royal Choral Society, Albert Hall, to which they added a tea and coffee service for his wife,' which she has used every day since. Then there are a great four-handled Eton loving cup, a silver-gilt rosewater dish from the choir of St. Anne's; the beautiful old punch bowls, gifts from Sir Arthur Sullivan and the students of the Royal Academy of Music, and silver cigar and cigarette cases galore.

But amidst all these outward tokens of affcctionate appreciation the noble-hearted wife and devoted children have a deeper joy and pride in the knowledge of what Sir Joseph Barnby has done for the world in elevating and refining the soul of the public by work that will never die.


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It is an open secret that Miss Marie Corelli has the strongest objection to being 'interviewed,' and has never even availed herself of the oft-repeated invitation to 'sit for her photograph.' In the circumstances, therefore, the reminiscences of sundry hours spent in her company, together with a subsequent conversation during a journey with a group of people who as yet know her not, save through her writings, may convey some idea, not only of