Warning to Subscribers.
Purchasers who do not invest in Humphry Ward’s Iron Buildings, are cautioned against storing the Encyclopædia anywhere but in the basement. To the unfortunate descent of a complete set from the second floor to the ground in a house at Queen’s Gate has been attributed by Professor Camille Flammarion not only the eruption of Mont Pelée but the destruction of the Campanile of St. Mark.
The Duchess of Sutherland wires:—‘Please send Humphry Ward immediately. Oldest turret in Dunrobin Castle in ruins. Navvies excavating supplement.’
Dr. H. S. Lunn writes:—‘I regret to say that we inadvertently committed the cardinal error of placing your otherwise admirable volumes in an upper apartment. The house is old, and I am now writing in the cowshed surrounded by my shivering family. If you have any Humphry Wards of a larger size please send them by luggage train.’