Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs, 1845 - 1922. Anglican Clergyman, Suffragan Bishop Of Southwark, Worcester And Coventry. From The Strand Magazine Published 1897.

Facsimile of the first bars of It Came Upon The Midnight Clear by Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan. From The Strand Magazine published 1897.

A dog headed man, Cynocephali, conquers a Macedonian warrior. According to legend the soldier's weapons passed harmlessly through the Cynocephali. From The Strand Magazine published 1897.

Hunting alligators in the Southern States of America, from an illustration in the 16th century book De Bry's Travels. From The Strand Magazine published 1897.

Gay Jewel, 1863 -? Nicknamed Jumbo, Was The Heaviest Man Alive In 1899 Weighing 53 St. 6Lb. And Measuring 6Ft. 4In. In Height. From The Strand Magazine Published 1897.

A Nineteenth Century Three Wheeled Velocipede On A Railroad Track. From The Strand Magazine, Published 1896

A Giant Hog Belonging To Mr Charles Butler In 1797, It Measured 8Ft. In Length, 3Ft. 7½ Ins. High And Weighed 811 Lbs. From The Strand Magazine Published 1897.

Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink On Possession Island In The Antarctic In 1895, Giving Three Cheers For Sir James Clark Ross Who Had Landed There Previously In 1841. From The Strand Magazine Published 1897.

Captain Harry Willes Darell de Windt, 1856 -1933, seen here aged 35. Explorer and travel writer and aide-de-camp to his brother-in-law Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak. From The Strand Magazine published 1897.

Captain Harry Willes Darell de Windt, 1856 -1933. Explorer and travel writer and aide-de-camp to his brother-in-law Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak. From The Strand Magazine published 1897.

A postman in Landes, Bordeaux, France delivering letters whilst walking on stilts. This form of walking was adopted by many people in Bordeaux due to non existent roads and marshy, uneven terrain. From The Strand Magazine published 1897.

A human faced animal. From The Strand Magazine published 1897.