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THE
STRAND MAGAZINE
An Illustrated Monthly
EDITED BY
GEORGE NEWNES
Vol. XVII.
JANUARY TO JUNE
London:
GEORGE NEWNES, LTD., 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, & 12, SOUTHAMPTON STREET,AND EXETER STREET, STRAND
1899
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Round the Fire.
Illustrated Interviews.
His Home Coming
In Nature's Workshop.
Weepin' Willie
Animal Friendship.
Miss Cayley's Adventures.
Unique Log-Marks.
A Wedding Tour in a Balloon
A Peep into "Punch."
The Spider of Guyana
The Training Ship "Exmouth."
False Colours
Animal Actualities.
The Cotton-wool Princess.
A Funeral at Sea.
Curiosities.
Transcriber's Notes.
The Strand Magazine.
Vol. xvii. JANUARY, 1899. No. 97.
Round the Fire.[1]
By A. Conan Doyle.
VIII.—THE STORY OF THE JAPANNED BOX.
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