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Southampton Street, and its permanent fittings — piece, and many books of reference occupy are of a similar character - -both pleasant the surrounding shelves and cases. The rooms cnough, with their framed sketches and usual electric hghts and the telephone fittings padded chairs; but still work-rooms. Instecad — for gencral communication are observable, ol MSS., however, many drawings, many wood-blocks, and many India- paper proofls Titter the tables. Photo- craphs of various-aged celebrities, and of ther drawimg-rooms andstudies, arce obscrvable, Tying i well-ordered con- fusion. "T'here s a large magnifying lens mounted on a frame, and there arc numbered drawers full of many clever preces of artistry. T'he room behind, too, 1s devoted to the ar- rangement and storage of black and white drawings, and of current wood- blocks and cleetros. The table more immediately i NMr. Boot’s constant use, near the window, 15 at once dlwlll]”tll%]l{ll)]L by its l)lcnt]lul litter of pencils and brushes.

On the opposite side a passage cinds at the door ol 7777y head- quarters. This 1s a hght and airy room overlooking Southampton Strecet, and htted with varous writing- tables. Here is the sanctum of M,

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Galloway IFraser who, under Mr. Newnes, conducets 77-Bits and “

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AMv. [0 1. Munro, who assists in the same work. In the illustration M, I'raser 1s standing. A large portrait of l Mr. Newnes hangs over the mantel-

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