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It contained matter of no consequence a London County Council debate so he took a pair of scissors from his pocket and cut out the complete item, placing the slip as a votive offering in front of a finely-executed bust of Edgar Allen Poe, that stood on a bookcase behind him. Within three minutes the scissors were again employed. The new cutting ran "There is trouble at Yildiz Kiosk.

Among others, an edition, in octavo, of Miss Fenimore Cooper's charming Rural Hours, embellished by twenty finely-colored drawings of birds and flowers; The Picturesque Souvenir, or Letters of a Traveler in Europe and America, by Bryant, embellished by a series of finely-executed engravings; and The Alhambra, by Washington Irving, with designs by Darley, uniform with the splendid series of Mr.

The princess did not answer: she stepped to the window, and turning her back to the jeweller, looked eagerly at the cup. It was, indeed, a masterpiece of art and industry. The surface was divided by small and graceful arabesques into ten departments, each one of which contained an enchanting and finely-executed picture.

A single oil-painting hung on the wall a finely-executed marine representing two stately ships becalmed near each other on a glassy sea under the glare of a tropical sun and in a corner, resting upon a light stand, the top of which was a charming Florentine mosaic, was a polished brass box containing a ship's compass.