Rapidly the day of the Christmas mail draws near and the provision of Christmas Cards occupies the minds of the foreseeing For the Christmas Card has not been, a8 the cynics prophesied, an ephemeral fancy it has taken a firm hold of the Britisher all over the world, and as he likes to count with pride and satisfaction the number he receives, he is also glad to show her friends and relations that separation has not brought with it forgetfulness. And so one Christmas is hardly over before hosts of artists and designers, poots and printers, set to work getting ready new designs for the following annual festival: for the of Christmas Cards, while he sticks faithfully to the custom he adopted years before in principle, likes novelty in detail. It is hardly necessary to repeat what we have said so often before, thst of all the publishers of Christmas Cards there are none that can surpass and few if any that cxn equal in the variety, tastefulness, and beauty of their productions Messrs. Raphael Tuck and Sons, Ld. The box of specimens that they send us annually isa trengure of Art; for the Christmas Card grows more refined year by year, and the little card that will go easily in an ordinary envelope is as perfect and delightful artistically as the big photogravure or chromolithograph that requires a box to itself. Raphael House is always happy in its selection of its titles for its collections, which are changed every year. The title this year is ""LEntente Cordiale." "It is, we hope, pardonable {pride," say Messrs. Raphael
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