Contains: The Alabaster Box by Walter BESANT. Complete serialisation. Illustrated. Tom Wallis: a Tale of the South Seas by Louis BECKE. Complete serialisation. Illustrated. Short stories include: A Flight by Tighe HOPKINS, A Real Treasure by Leslie KEITH. Numerous other short stories and articles by minor authors. Contemporary maroon leather over marbled boards, closed split on one hinge, otherwise good. The Leisure Hour -- for a long time a rather staid, old-fashioned journal -- revamped its format towards the end of the century, using a more modern typeface, adding regular articles on chess and society gossip, competitions etc. and the yearly volume at this stage ran to over 1,000 pages. A very heavy item (2.5 kg) which will require additional delivery costs