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" succeeded in spreading the gospel of " Peace on 

 " earth and goodwill towards men," which our Divine 

 " Master came on earth to teach and encourage." 

 Ernest F. Lange. 



Fairholm, Willow Bank, 



Manchester, 1913. 



APPENDIX. 

 Note I. Bessemer Velvet. 



In connection with this subject, I received the following 

 letter from Sir William Bailey : — 



Sale Hall, Cheshire, 



August 25th, 1913. 

 Dear Mr. Lange, 



My finding of the Bessemer Velvet that I named to 

 you was caused by dropping into conversation with the late 

 Mr. Lamb, a well-known Manchester upholsterer, whose 

 shop was in John Dalton Street. When Mr. Lamb was 

 speaking to his manager about a contract that was in hand, 

 he said, " Use Bessemer Velvet," and when the manager 

 left the room, I found that in early life Mr. Lamb had been 

 a friend of Sir Henry Bessemer's, and he had been using 

 embossed velvet made by a process invented by Sir Henry. 

 I was able to get 20 or 30 specimens from him. I sent one 

 to the Bessemer Club in New York, which I understand is 

 there now, and I also sent one to the late wife of Sir 

 Charles Allen, the Managing Director of the Bessemer Steel 

 Company at Sheffield ; she was a niece of Sir Henry 

 Bessemer. The following is an extract from the letter I 

 sent to her : — 



" Please receive herewith by pattern post a piece of 

 embossed velvet with which Sir Henry Bessemer had to 

 do when a young man. 



" I am sorry I cannot give dates, but it must be 

 between thirty and forty years ago that Mr. Pugin, the 

 eminent architect, was engaged to design the draperies of 

 the House of Lords, and he designed this pattern velvet, 

 Sir Henry Bessemer designing and engraving the rollers 

 for embossing it. I obtained it from Mr. Lamb, who 

 knew Miss Bessemer (Sir Henry Bessemer's sister) well. 



" He informed me that Miss Bessemer was also clever 

 as a designer, and had to do with the embroideries of St. 

 George's Chapel and Windsor Castle, Miss Bessemer 



