Personal Notices. 



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PERSONAL NOTICES. 



IiOrd LaUSdOWne, and Lansdowne House in Berkeley Square, is the 

 subject of " Celebrities at Home " in The World, quoted Devizes Gazette, 

 April 12th, and Wilts County Mirror, April 6th, 1900. 



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Short Sketch in Daily Mail, May 5th, 1900. 



Lt.-Gen. Lord Methuen. Sketch of his military career, with 

 large-sized portrait, in Daily Mail, Dec. 2nd, 1899. 



" At Corsham Court." Article in Lady's Realm, April, 1900. 



"As a Soldier and Country Gentleman." Article by "A 



Wiltshire Correspondent" in the Rural World, quoted in Devizes Gazette, 

 March 29th, 1900. 



Major Poore. Ludgate Mag., Dec, 1899, pp. 172—4, gives a portrait 

 and account of him amongst " County Cricketers in 1899." 



Lady MeUX. Short sketch, M.A.P., January 27th, 1900. 



The late Lord Pembroke. Mr. Balfour's appreciation of his 



character, spoken at the unveiling of the statue at Wilton. Times, 

 May 21st ; Wilts County Mirror, May 25th, 1900. 



Leonard Raven Hill, the Punch artist, resident at Bromham, is the 

 subject of an " interview " published in the Daily News, and quoted in 

 Devizes Gazette, Nov. 23rd, 1899. 



Hrichard StrattOn, " his Shorthorns and his Kerry crosses," is the 

 subject of a long article in the Stockbreeder's Magazine, quoted in Devizes 

 Gazette, Nov. 23rd, 1899. 



William Henry POX TalbOt. The Times says " To Henry Fox 

 Talbot, rather than to Niepce or Daguerre, belongs by right the credit of 

 the discovery of Photography ... It seems strange that the Inventor 

 of Photography who was prominent in every step of its progress for forty 

 years should have received so little public recognition, while Daguerre 

 has received so much. The explanation lies in the characters of the men. 

 Daguerre, the successful showman and painter of dioramas, versed in the 

 methods of advertisement, secured the dramatic reclame of his Govern- 

 ment's vigorous recognition and support. Fox Talbot, a man of ancient 

 family and reasonable wealth,distinguished as a mathematician,orientalist, 

 botanist, chemist, and astronomer, received the recognition'of the scientific 

 world, but is practically unknown to the public." 



The Standard had also an article on him, Feb. 9th ; and the P hologram, 

 quoted by Devizes Gazette, Jan. 4th, 1900, dwells on his achievements 



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