J. Theobald and Company's extra special illustrated catalogue of magic lanterns, slides and apparatus (circa 1900)

110 “Dick’s Fairy.” I A Service of Song, from the popular story by Rev. Silas K. Hocking, F.R.H.S. FROM LIFE MODELS. (Copyright) READING 4d. 1 Introduction, (Dick’s Fairy) 2 Their meeting was a strange one 3 She drew back into the shadow of the tall building 4 For some distance they hurried on in silence 5 ‘ Well, lad, what’s thy business 6 He clenched his fist in a threatening attitude 7 * Fairy, sir,’ came the answer, in timid tones 8 Then her eyes filled with tears again 9 He stood for some time looking out into the night 10 The old man was busy cooking his breakfast 11 It was in the window still 12 That was the proudest evening in Dick’s life 13 She came and stood beside his chair 14 And now Fairy’s last fear vanished 15 Luther made straight for the ‘ fair-ground ’ 16 He found Mrs. Limber by the caravan steps 17 The show trappings on the move 18 ‘ Then you’d better write on a label, “THIS IS A CHURCH” 19 Dick settled down as toy maker in earnest 20 In those dark days of sickness 21 ‘ No, no, my boy, do not cry,’ she said 22 She sleeping—died 23 Luther told the whole story to a police- man 24 A paragraph headed ‘ Serious Circus Accident ’ 25 ‘I’m bound to find her somewheres’ he said 26 He leaned against a lamp-post for support 27 They hurried with him to the hospital 28 In the same building was the object of his search 29 ‘ Is not that little blind girl called Fairy ? ’ 30 Startled by the rattle of a cab 31 ‘Mercy on us,’ said Luther, tugging at the door 32 In another moment he had her in his arms 33 Fairy’s discovery 34 ‘ It’s right, Fairy! ’ he exclaimed excitedly 35 Luther listened in astonishment 36 The second strange thing that happened 37 Fairy commences by singing a carol 38 The new house 39 The song the old man loved 40 In Dick’s eyes, no one is half so fair as Fairy. The Tom Bible, or Hubert’s Best Friend. Service of Song, a true Story. ILLUSTRATED FROM LIFE MODEL. (Copyright). READING. 4 d. 1 Introduction 2 In the old church-yard of the village 3 Return of the young soldier 4 Good-bye, their last kisses 5 Hubert receiving his mother’s last gift 6 The train wended its way out of the station 7 The Regiment Embarking 8 The stillness of night rested upon the vessel 9 He hastened to the cabin 10 The boat was pushed off 11 It was not the song-book—it was the Bible 12 In India, marching up countiy 13 After the battle 14 For some minutes he sat in deep thought 15 Discovery of the note from his comrade 16 His head drooped in deep anguish upon his bosom 17 A terrible fight 18 Found in a jungle 19 The doctor read the fifty-first Psalm :— 20 The poor sufferer’s eyes turned towards the door 21 They watched with Christian love beside the bed 22 The doctor crept softly into Hubert’s chamber 23 He knelt, and poured out his heart to Heaven 24 The blood-stained coat 25 The torn Bible 26 “ See what saved my life ; ” he said 27 Invalided home 28 He turned into a shaded lane 29 “ What! Hubert ? ” cried the old man 30 Hubert and his father in the church-yai'd. A Strong Contrast. From Nature and Life Models. Each picture tells its own story. There is nothing like such contrasts for enabling one to take in at a glance the great width of the gulf that lies between the abstainer and the drunkard. 1 Introduction 2 Temperance 3 Intemperance 4 I am worn by a man W'ho w’orks and thinks 5 And I by one wFo don’t and drinks 6 We guard his feet from damp and dust 7 Like him we are always on the “ bust ” 8 I am the coat my master wears ■9 I resemble mine in terrible tears 10 When master thirsts he comes to me I cost him nothing ; to all I’m free 11 My master’s throat I only burn And cost him all he can borrow or earn 12 Text The Clang of the Forge- Song in E and F (C to E.) Music and words 2s. extra. FROM LIFE MODELS. (Copyright.) By perfnission of Messrs. Enoch Sons. I The Furnace fires are shining Thro’ the darkness, clear and bright,