[Boycotted by Talbot Baines Reed]@TWC D-Link bookBoycotted CHAPTER TEN 29/30
These palatial houses, standing in their own grounds, are fitted with every comfort and replete with every convenience.
Fixtures at a valuation.
By order of the executors of the late Giants Blunderbore, Cormoran, and Galligantus. Catalogues and orders to view on application. From the _Army Gazetteer_, December 1st. Captain Tom Thumb to be Major-General, _vice_ Sir Cap a Pie, deceased. From the _Lincoln Weekly Supplement_, December 25th. The Reverend Friar Tucker has been appointed to the living lately held by the Reverend Simon Cellarer. From the _West Anglian Anthropomorphist_, January 1st. At a meeting held last week it was decided to reorganise this society. A new president was elected.
It was announced that an exhibition would be offered yearly, to be called the "Hardhide Exhibition," for the best essay on the gigantic remains of south-west Britain. From the _Scampingtonian_, January 25th. Term has begun.
We are glad to say that our chum, a Pie--now Sir Hugh a Pie--has been unanimously elected captain of the football club. From the _Stilly Gazette_, April 3rd. At the mart on Monday were sold the three Giant Hotels of Giants' Bay. The bidding was very slack, but we understand the lots were eventually knocked down to a dealer in old bricks. Our respected fellow-islander, Dr John Smith, has had the honour of being presented at court, where his Majesty has been pleased to confer on him several stripes, and the order of the Giant Killer.
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