The will of one William Ison, of Bex- I ley Heath, who almost starved himself to death, has just been proved for £8,255. The British Museum has books -written on bricks, tiles, oyster shells, bones, and flat stones, together with manuscripts on bark, on leaves, on. ivory, leather, parchment, i)3.pyrus, lead, iron, copper, and j rood. ■■■■■■- ... I
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Evening Star, Issue 12867, 17 July 1906, Page 8
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57Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 Evening Star, Issue 12867, 17 July 1906, Page 8
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