Phil May's Illustrated Annual, 1899

Excerpt from Phil May's Illustrated Annual, 1899: An Artistic and Literary Annual Illustrated by Phil May, Tenth Issue; Winter Number Mr. Crump did not appreciate quite the storm he was precipitating, even after this warning. Knowing nothing of the fierce delights of exclusive catching which the sole possession of important news arouses in the journalist's breast, he failed to foresee the awkward predicament he was creating. He realised vaguely that he was putting his foot in it, but felt he had gone too far now to recede. Miss Anstruther and Alec Yorke listened with an air of constraint which blended curiously with their intense interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.