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A BRILLMNt 'CR~~TS~AN
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of Mr. '':'SAMUEL ELLIPTr of
Ca\'ersham, remQved & piot¢cr of t.he high-
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~~ mQ,p'lding t;~ade, yo'ith
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which
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R·'several
¢nn~tcd (or fllRny YCl\nI~ 1l11tl
.t Ne wbury B_nd at · Rend i ng. H e wu 'a r emt;'\[.
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able ma.n i lie had wcnderful en(>rgy â¢. untiri:::.g, peraevcrll. not: and iTh-eriti\"Q gbni Wl. At l h e age of :il
he succeeded ~ ' Il ls grR"flfllthcr's bu ilding Lu.si~ A.~d ' ca;rri('d bilt. I!(':.\'c.ral church and IUn~ioll
DIlfI'H! WIUJ cI05Cly
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of the leading publi.bere, we bave been enabled
hardly remind, o~ r~ader8 tlUlt fewt presents
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been OUl-.pleaflur. ~o revieW' can ~e procure1 through
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mu(';h appreciated ,as books, and ..that
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Read~~ he built. th~ old' Count,y Court Q'mces.
einco demolishl....u; t.he Congrcgall(l lUlit Churc h In
Friar~t1"(!o6t, 8:1\00 convcr. ..ed l.[jtJ n. t hcntro ' 'ami
a.n acruc\'ement ot not.cwo rth'y ' akill, was t.ho rc; ~
UlOVtJ of old Temple Bllr fro m J.qndo n lind . ita
re-ercetion in Thc~bn.1ds r a.r k. J~R t<lr ,t ho building
businOSB gav?wILY , the IIUHII~raCL'IIn.' o f 1lIc$II {di,;ga , ,
and )oinera, and IUl\.ny gold Illt..>dala wete u.wllrd~d
for eX06l1f?l1oe of production and d =-sign.
A, R' ~
inventor \le patented Hie ',' Siml)lex" wcatl,er bn.l'
far Ca8ClUcnt.6 nDd t h e "A nt.r.cyc1<lrw " I·c,·o!,d ng
door, dovioos which have boon ext(,11!.inlly adop~l
in hote'ls and bn.nks. Ht! diacovertd ' n. Kol uLioll to
~ tha &Inoke problem,: ~ub ma.nllfasiurors WOI'(! d iGim::linoo t'9 incur t he ~t. of puttin g tbo proCl.'â¬6- in
operation and the fW<helll q Df':Â¥<lr mntcrill!iliC<l. lIr.
'Elliott. mll.'rricd.. MiM Hibbert.·, o r Wrou"&h lon, and
in 1911 they oelebr,a:Led their golde n w~ding .
Wm ,BLACKWOOD &
Haat.aln has illustrated it.
I reland is repreeent-ed
in "T"" Quoon·. Gift Book" by "Ttw ' Da.n.·.
Broochin,!' an. Irish czpcricnce by E . <E. Somer·
dllo l a.nd Martin R06S, while Ernest Thbmpson
' f3.'<lton, tho NB.ture ,writ.er1 contribut.es II- ch&~ria·
t ic illust.rated. oIIkitoh of 'The Cubhood of }Vahb."
: 'l'biB \In.iq~o volume . c!oeea with" Tho LittIf! Goa.th erd," a. legend of ltaJ j, by Mrs. Hump~1J Wa-rd.
who te11l. in a. 'most intoT'Cllting Lpt.TOductlon b ow
the t.aleI was written ,in. the old Villa. Baroorini,
~ . with all the Campagna. at our feet, 8par~ling in
0. tnous.a.rni ooloun to t.he 86&:".,,1 , Mr.
Dudley
Hardy'e pa.jnting for thM IItorr is full of 'ilor~iou8
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Among the books t.1lat rome to Ute rovLeWQl' are
,some OLnt 60 ca pl,urc' and 11()ld hil4 i'l t.erost that. he ,I
10lliCf> ISigh!:. or l 1li3 cr :tical m iSilion Illld sink}; with
pipe and' pouch" into t.\l& n..oorcat. armchair to re~df
1~l1d e njoy a nd revel to tho full ' in , the litora.ry
"a.ULnila, " Tho First Hundroo 'l'housand " . cap.
tured us crQ we had road a. ha.lf.down pagcs. *,nd
tho roaso n is .not fiLr jo Heck. It. is a. great book ;
lL book t.hat ' wil\ be. rend llllUlY a. ,)·ca,-: ,honoo when
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't.nc calm of POIlOO has settled d own upon
Po... By HteU", :Bene0D( (t?I- ,n~t.)
Dneo
tho
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of Europe\. It' will rocal!
Tho publis~ · of thi.e..,book announce
ill Britain t.hol forfilS of ~
pa.per oover that enwm.'~ it.~that it lis tbo i".â¢- ·" ":,: .â¢
~~'~.·.~:'..~:,!:g'.,:E:· ' ~~~
'II of du ty, IIl1d jn th o oxproslliull
of a. n ow writer. We 'aro inclined·to ·add that it is
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. not 'Only ' the work of & new wrif..er, it is 8. new
of e. dy ing (;>ffLocr, .. carried O lI ,
MO pagOli
typrlloof work a.ltogctbOr; 80 a.\Iurmgly lIubtle and tIO
,peak of many t.hing1l; bu~ t.hoy, ~OIItl y !~pou.k ~r _
un:like a.nythin'g e l80 ~ ha,ve CVCT' read that wo are
heroism apd ~ ot.errnilla.tio ll . 'l'hoy p rove thwt tho
at. a. W. to relegate it ..toO its proper r01M8. fer~IUl who toil ill f~clory nnd " wor.ksbo~ ~a~ r~rc·
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fla:pa it will' prove to be' the forerunner of &D' ung~t.llOr with tho prQduct. of tho g!'1!at publip ~18
explored mediw:n of literary ezpreasKtD⢠. We hope
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not; beoaU.8& we feel that there can , never J be
a.oot.her work baaed upon the
which 0I)iIJ0.
nnd keep the empire inviolate , ' e1 prove a
six m ont.hs can t.ra.in Po IIOldier to do his bit .right
talne eo much whim.ica\ nutriment, eo rich ' a fund
galla.ntly in t.ho d efonce of -bia.(JlUld. ~is book baa
i of wiedom ~,6xoollon.tly oonveyed ⢠.and 80 cboioe &
baen uwa.itt.>d with eage.r ~xpect.at.ion. Th068 who ~~r~'~~~~~~~~l~~;
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' store of lightning·like anatchea of brilliant Ll"6fbin.gp.
.'''ve ollic.yOtl Ule other volumes by the .. Junior
l\.a tho one before U&. Tho tint pa.ragra.~ll of tho
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Riley.
8aohelor" ~ book ja OO:J!uaive ev.id~noe "'for the revie~or that
Sub," anticipated IK'llll0th.ing finer t ha n even Or!!
,,- author
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, l.-...... tn k SA II(11- each.)
t.uu
boat of li ia pre v1o~ls \'{)llturca, And ho~ tbey , have
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duck talrea to water-and 1.119 rmst page of a book
it-tho. story df tho. part played ill tHo first year of
Herbert Jenkins Q Ut a. flign.p08t to thE. critic of litora.rx wa~. 'We
t.ho ,sc~c,nth, '(SfJr"i~) Bn.t.t;a:li?n of Of?
popular ndvels. No eo.noot
thie volume'; our Atrler\Can friends.
f,lIU (Jo\lfl- N!gllll~mt. m .t,ho· Brltilsh AmlY,
of .. Wj~y,ridge '~ would , DO oubt d06Cribe jit as .. 801lle OODdimontwh.,"",.,,· in l..l-..w1c r hR. fAr and kUtl!l,
roadel1l will wol- piquant." We have'--Do;l ~e li:n.ack. It ie the story
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o[ &. suft'ra.gette &.nd a. gardener i without being "
6~111l "Nl, '" mGtloy
thi& che ap and al1Dry. Thero a.re otOOr cba':s.actcrs lightly limned,
:~~~!~t,~, undi"lpli~c'" individllals, t3 the day
from
cb.u.nn We.oem to W&Qt to do wUat Lewis Carroll did
proud. a.n~~
, ~r â¢.()ffi~
plC.willrO to.a about. the waJ.rua.--cooooct 'a. .rhyme about .. 'file
be 1..._,.1 of SuffLu ·and the Q-aroener," but wo refrain. ·We note
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tha.t t.bere are lota of ph.nulos that ma.qu&radc as
.. in piont.y . lIICntcnOOll. 'I'his is all for the best; pre.dic;a.tee
, luwd too getting out of «late ..< We arc a. ma-Io reviewer,
u(ter reading ' tbis stiniulatiDÂ¥ bunch of two
ca.n a..urfJ ten and a. pre face
Dine worda we feel we are up
" â¢.⢠,-.., .. ' 'Io''ill. DOt. bo ap.inU. someone very clever" very out.t.ing:v We '
t.bo l'6OOJ'd have not ~ the .~, beC&U8e there ian~t
en- one. ·'.pbe boot ia five shillings, a.nd it is 000 of
'",Iy,.t â¢â¢ t matton.
the beat. orawu'. worthe we have ever ha.ndled~ A
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"THE MESSIAH" FILMED.,
AnnounoclUcnt. is made o f a ~lIIiquo c ntert.n.irunent
\·ocaJ"'~ll c lUa,t.ogr:a ph r endering . o f .. Tho
"I,.cea.iah
"-at I tllC ).argâ¬r T..l..·n
Ha\l. l~ndi n g. for
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will be
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.full Qnorl\~. A pprformanoo of
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old·foahio nf',j
60106 o n h i~ £1 ,500 \·iolin. 'l11C cn lf'rtai ume nt. \\;m
be gh'en t.wice II. nigltt. at 6 and 8.30 atKl'
t.h~
aft.erDOODa at. 2,30.
on
of clcaniineflS we
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are ·a:lways
:able to supply
I Eggs; During la.st
week we 1s01 d
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'i Lloid Eggs:' aldn.e
-anq they' w.ere
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all ebtained fronl
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farms.
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churns cans- anl ~mployee:>, tOQ- all ~re sc rupulou sly clean. H igh-pressur,e · s teal11
jets ar~ use:! t) clean;e' Il\ ~!al uten;:ls, w hil e fla;s b :) ttl e;. arc washed in b~i\.ing waler~
Protect y,>ul'.ielf by dealing w ith a safe a!l:!. c(fi ..: le nt , D ::llry. ,
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~We sell here Egg; (.ice abave), l\lilk, Cream, Butter, l\'f argarine, Cheddar Ch eese,
and our ' Spec:al I\f"ake of Co~oanut Ice, a w~lOle5:)me and delicious CllI;·istmas s weetmeat."
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It. is ,qu08tionable whetbcr Mr.. Algernon Black·
wood baa over conjured up a. bevy or characters 180
cbLl.lJllL.J;Lgly irr&liponaible II.nd 8() s trangely lovabie
11.8 Lbe juvonile inhabitant. of thljl old Mill liouse.
;Judy, 'bm a.nd M&ri.a.. Not t.bat. 'thoy lre the only
ones in t.oo hOWIC, or in t.ho p rocinct. tberoot.
'l'bere loS Daddy and .h1other and Aunt Emily, a.nd
.Uolon'o1 St.umper a.nd Hridgct and 'l' hompson a.nd
t ho 'l'rBmp aod BOvera.L OL.llers..
Bub J Judy, '11m
and Maria. are juat tho three who matter. Without
Lbem the C'Clit na,'c ~ place in t.he viaion.
One
wonders how. with but human a.id, Mr. Blackwood
ooina SUM ⢠string of dh'erLing ch&tter, lillch 8.
t()uut. of, qua.int eayi.6ga, 6uch a bl~nd 'of weird
yarna in & region of b&aunting wonder&. The illt.roduct.ion of weh· we irdly unezpected oollusioll6 as
lobO Apoc.a.lyp80 a.nd ' tbo tragic end of Mr. J1WcB,
, who ha.d a horrid black heart t.ha.t waa. found
beneat;b tho regiODll ()f iii. spocial ciUTiage next t.tl
t.oo luggage van by a. pbrwr'6 ' eon Wh086 motller
Wail 1;0 poor that Bbe took in washing for Mcru'bcrt.
ot' .earh alll6nt, who pa.id , thoir bilJ& lrregula.rly becaU9C t.My we r.e very b1Â¥lY governing . !relana !-i.e.
just. 80 bt.tJe. crumb ot tho 6ntort.alning mixture that
JIj Mr. ' )::Uackwood 'a 6pecial ble nd.
1'h.ut is not &0
much IlL cluldrcn'. a1.ory u.a a. atory [or grown-ups
,who lo ...e children and are~ C\)nt.4:!nt to browSe
loho borderland of wonder a..ud fancy. in - tho
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glOW of & Ve,:;emoor fire'. And how wo liko
!;Lormin g: of the H~~ f'nzol1 cr n R L'\loubt nn(, F osso S.
The book 1~ lLtl6 wil,\t t,h.'l t ,hrilliant. a ffrny ruld wi t.h
t,he prom ise of n further reoctl'<l- if Providonte wills
-at- a laler datc. Wo sincerely trust. t.ha,t it may
~u "~, reu J MeO.Iued
part of 1Jw l&ndacapc.
Lhu.t
uld weatb.er-acarrod
Mill Rouse,6060year·ridden
ucient,. t.hat
it.
.so be willed, " rid tha t ..... e R11aJI m~t agai n t,hat
_ It. only at0Q4 upl\kht becauso it.ll. roots, lito t.hoae
bu.nd of ge.uticnu\ II\Y omco.rs a nd men who repre; ~f ~be big dark troes; were doop down in the soil
sent 10 us K.l. ~)lain st.at cmellt.& of fact and SO!l)O
lof ~nturl08.
W it.hlti it.ll walla wore hal.ched tJlAl
home t. ru t hs are n ot wB.ut.iug · in ·tliiil. . ~o\ume .
For
t.e.rrib1e p10ta Lbat we a.re not going to di.6c.l~,
th,e deligllUul verbiage ·tbat. we. are iuat' going, to
instanoo, in conn.cction 'ji't:h a Rthet..ic little stor y
hint at as & rural Kor&n. We we re inclined to set
of how' : Wep P eter" f d.'m ~~r ~umbll rton. "justl
<Iown
., 'l 'hEi Extra Day" as the clou of M..r: ·Blaclt·
ilh;t.oon," died fQr his co\wt.ry o.nd now' l'08U! a.lono
wood's works. but when wo r ecall the
in h~ glory bcn·ca t.h tJl e, ~a~ps;birc p,incel i we aro,
sailed ca.rTack of delight&. for which we
reminded th.a.-t , j t])() British prlva.te 18 , cP.Ui nfon ly ,
mdebt.cd uf
.
indeed wiae
reputed to spend· all or mOllt. o{ Ilia pockot money
upon b oer... '~ut. I caD tell you . thil,. tbat if' ypu
Uncla
loh&t
gl\'e h im ilia Iilioloo betwecn bUylDG bl111601f a-plDt
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of ' beer and rsubscribing to n. wreath he will mo&t
which ,b.;';';o.J;
deeidoo\y go t.hirsty.... F Or 1JOme there is noUting
.nd
sufficiently bad tba:t can be Mid of the .Q.\'orage
forth .
., ffotllmy.!' It ia a. 61anQcr. ; AU,er aU I a man who ,
givce hie ,Ii{o {oj others. is making the supremo yeLONGMA~S, ·
rifiee a.nd it oug-ht · not. to, take a year of war t.o
bring· t.his fact. aha.rplyiio~.' Pathos a,nd humour
With 80tha In t'h e Field. By Moore ~itchie . '
abound in thit!. book, {or death and gOod.na.turcd).
(~/ 6 net.)
chaff a.:ro oofl6t.ant. frienda in ~ tho raill-flOllk.c4 '
It ia a. littJe difficult for tho a.verago individua.l
tronclle&. 'fhoro are aom e. ~y aid~plitti. n g in· ~:!!!!:.U~~!~t~..:~!!!.!!!!.!!!!!:
inte.Io:;t.6d in the wa.r to carry in his mmd, or for tne .
cidonts, cspecu,.lly in t.he ~!tr.ter devoted to th~ :.;.
Illtr.tter at: t.Ilat, to p Jaoo in unport&nc't.l lohe relative
la ..... s Of tho Mro.c. Ilud the Penlians, and the tale ot
va.lue6 of t.he various fron~ Oil which tne pre66nt
tho great.. pUAh is lold in a 6plendid mallOOr. 'I'hi1
strugg\e is raging. 'fOO word" front " is used in
book is going to sell in tens of t.hoUB8.nds and
8. I wwt.a.:rY eOllBC,
eonveywg tb'o meaning of n
SUC0C6S is thoroughly ~rved.
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ing forces . As the a.ut hor of thie volume col'rectJy
. ' By Rober. Holm .. , ·(2/· net.)
,
6ta~ in hiB forewori::t-: - " liomparoo with Lbo dc:r
lng8' in t.he Eaatern a.nd Western Fronts, in the
Mr: Robert HOJI~c8 belongs to t.bat ba~PJ blUld
Aust.ro-ItaJ.ian thea.tro, br I'D the Darda.neUe&, ttw
who )w.ve devoted 'their livsp to IPving prIlct.icnl
oampaign ' of SoutJt Africa must ta.te a mode6t
effect!
to tho eX prC'Slli<lD "£jIVO 'a. chap a cha.lloo."
fi~:~.j~"D;~~~.~~:
pL~. " .But tp.e rE\ader (If 'thi& bOOk will assured·
·It
it! 'not.
alway. a -thankful task, unleea oqo looh
,
lY i&a.ro, from the tot.a.1 ClI.5ua.lty list. t.hat when
alooo! to t.he r emilA of UH!i r l abau", M the m08t., .
~b.e full story of the South Afnean campu.ign 19
tllm:ihle eIJ,1re&1!1ion of gratit\lde. H ere we are in· ._by
wri~too there will be 'recorded deeds of heroism
to somo
of the
who ·luI.
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a.nd endurance fit to rank heaide th06O IOf 1wbich w~
.. llL.lLde good
.... N ot
le5!I llulllor's
than oneCa&e6
thpu.&fUlU
t.wo
hundred a..lld alxt.y-scvcn . JDCn IJJld lads, who Ilftor
'OOc""!p",,ylng &re 80 jU8til proud in the trenchee: of Flander& &lid
on the IIhOlU of GaUipoli. Mr. M~Jl.itchie, t.b.B
being in ,erapc1l had al1 lroooovored their fe et. and
aut.hor, waa a mewbel- of, the South African Police.
were gaining n.n oon1:!8t ~iveUho6d; have IUUI Wc.rod
t.he nation 's call , a:nd have gone. ~ the fight t hink·
:';'i,~d~."'l.i<n
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but when
Botha announced
that he . lumeelf
would General
tate <XImma.nd
of the Expeditionary
ing of .no reward, 'but just of the ,saletY I and hon· . '
Foree to South-W~ Africa, ·a. bodyguard from the
Our of Brit.ain. ' Thia i.e Ii great \'.,olHevement &nd
South Afric.n Police w_ dedded upon. volWlteers
we shnll \'8[U6 t.he part that Mr. HoimOB
!fame forward, a.nd in this unit the a.uthor eerved.
the rMuggle agairurt. the despotism o{ t.he
It ill olear, therefore, that he -.peake from tiITJ,. kultul'." TbQ voium6,contaiNl the b riaf
. hand knowledge
the
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D&lITat.i.Ve
bi<)gr.p~·ieo of seventy.two hcl'OO8, some OD 800
ia written in & . I
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on laoo, .rand flO,me from the great la.nds
told
~,~,.,;;;;;;;:. 'l'li~"' fuial chapl:W, :' On Higher
an eloqucnt ' te&timony to J.ho fqhdamcntal
that lie ab th~ root of thi labour Of t.he moe~ ~
eminent of our Nli~ court miMion~. A book
~ be road by all ~o ~'aJu~ the · w.~ of aoeial reo
Sons and , Ite'ploui
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WAY, 7,
Mrs. WM.
Welt Ginge, · 1L~~kilnlle,
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GREENAWAY, 7th Batt.
Royal Be,rke Regiment.
AWAY, 2nd Canadian
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L,lght ' lnfantry.
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paint.ing by EtheJ ·Gra.,., · . the spirit of the EngLiah; the spirit that will win
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Leonard Merriek:a de- told in a. 6lmplo way. The soooo opina In an old
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peal to all roaders ' as dra.y in which Capt-in· Bev~rley fin.t meeta hie
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