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THE STRAND MAGAZINE.

nothing but strict business—a bookcase, desks, chairs, and many papers.


Editorial office of "The Strand Magazine."

To the left, on the next floor, stands the editorial office of The Strand Magazine, wherein, before the central writing-table, sits Mr. H. Greenhough Smith, in whose charge lies the selection and arrangement of the literary matter—the editing, in fact, of course under the supervision of Mr. Newnes—of this, by far the most widely-circulated monthly in the country. This room also, with its bookcase, its cabinets for the reception of proofs and MSS., its telephones, and its many loose papers, is unmistakably a room for work.


Art Editor's office of "The Strand Magazine."

Just so is the adjoining room, occupied by Mr. W. H. J. Boot, the Art Editor. Like Mr. Greenhough Smith's room, it overlooks