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WILLIAM MORRIS. [Per Press Association.'! . } LONDON, Ott. 4. ' William Morris, poet and art worker, is d-jjad ; Betat 62. [Mr Morris, Tyvho has published several volumes of verse, turned hi 3 attention for ' some time to the* study of architecture ; and in 1861, together with his friends Dante G, Rosetti, Ford Madox Brown and Edward Burne- Jones, endeavoured to elevate the artistic taste of the public. For this purpose a business" of " art fabrics," wall-papers and stained glass was started. Though undertaken rather as an artistic venture than as a business speculation, the concern was extremely successful. As much may be said for the Kelmscott Press, which Mr Morris carried on, and from which have issued some extremely beautiful reprints of old works. Mr Morris was one of the leaders of the socialistic movement in England, and, in conjunction with Mr Belfort Bax, published " Socialism : Its Growth and Outcome," in 1893.]
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5687, 5 October 1896, Page 3
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