This communication is designed to convey the expression of the wish
that on the 25th of December and proximate days you, and those not
distantly connected with you by family ties, may have enjoyed a season
of Wholesome Hilarity, and that the new period of twelve months,
upon which we are about to enter, may be Suffused with Happiness.
(_Signed_) W.H.S.
_Henley-on-Thames, New Year's Eve_, 1890.
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THE PERFECT UNION OF CHURCH AND STATE is exemplified in the title and
name of BISHOP KING.
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[Illustration: "A HAPPY NEW YEAR!"]
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[Illustration: "DEFENCE, NOT DEFIANCE."
"In these days of conflicts between Counsel, I propose to make a few
additions to my usual forensic costume."--_Extract from a Letter of
Mr. Welnown Kewsee, Q.C., to a young Friend_.]
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