It would be interesting to know how many of the millions of Christmas curds that are flying about the world xs the year closes come from Raphael House, where from dawn to dark the whole year round the artistic staff of Mess. Raphael Tue &Sons are at work preparing to satisfy the wants of the tens of millions who find in Christmas cards " pleasant mode of xending their greetings and good wishes to their friends. 'The motto of Raphael House this year is 'For an Empire!" and the design of Messrs. Raphael Tuck & Sons been to make this year 'a bold bid for an Empire' in the world of art." That they have succeeded, the hox of cards that they send us is a convincing proof. They have made this year alone 1,200 entirely new sets of cards, embodying some 3,000 individual designs, the most conspicuous novelty being the "Gem Pendant" series, a double folding card, which appears in nearly a hundred different sets, With the cards come calendars and book: nnd first of the former is the ' World: famed Pictures" Calendar, with four fine reproductions, in mezzotivt, fully worthy to he separately framed, of pain ings by Mme. Vixée Lelrun and Miss One golian Kaufmany. Other calendars there Are, opulent in colour, and of various designs, ull attractive, and suiting them selves to the purse of the buyer; for it is to he noted with Raphael Tuck & Sons' cards, that however low-priced or high. priced they may he, they are all fraught with good taste. It is the seme with the boxed cards, the humorous cards, and the toy books and booklets; the bayer may every case he sure that the must fastidious can find no real fault with th Ingenious children can ask for nothir more fascinating than the model relief series, which have with them instructions for making them up into complete models, But how can we possibly notice adequately in the limits at our disposal a collection the catalogue of which occupies over 250 pages? Nor indyed is it necessary, for what buyer of Christmas cards anywhere in the world is there that does not_know and buy the products of Raphael House
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