AUTOGRAPH TELEGRAM FROM THE LATE PRINCE ALBERT VICTOR OF WALES TO HIS GRANDMOTHER, QUEEN VICTORIA.

HOLOGRAPH TELEGRAM OF THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT TO QUEEN VICTORIA, ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 26, 1896.

Confessions.

1. Your favourite virtue—Self-denial.

2. Your favourite qualities in man—Decision and hardihood.

3. Your favourite qualities in woman—Dress and paint.