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ALTHOUGH HE WAS A LORD. By Mrs Forrester, Author of
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THE WITCH'S HEAD.

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By H. Rider Haggard, Author of 'Dawn.'

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[In January.

ABOUT CLARET.

There has been during the last few years a great deal of exaggeration and
misconception, mainly arising from letters and articles in the Press, by
those who are almost entirely ignorant on the subject. They exaggerate the
quantity consumed in this country, and understate the quantity produced.
Why, Paris alone consumes more wine than the whole of Great Britain and
Ireland. It is true the production of common wine in France has been
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years, and as every person in France consumes wine, low wines have to be im-
ported to supply the home demand. Hence the unusual circumstance of France
importing great quantities of common wine. There never has been any diffi-
culty in procuring good pure French Wines, except in the very lowest qualities.
For ourselves, owing to the large reserves we buy, we have always been able to
supply

The more we see of the wines gentlemen buy from dealers from Bordeaux, the
more we are surprised, as we can give the ordinary wines at lower, and the High-
Class Wines at very much lower, prices than they pay.

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Fifty-three of the tenants of the Company, availing themselves of the peculiar facilities afforded,
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to purchasers.

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by an eminent medical authority, can be seen at the Office of the Company.

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