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THE STRAND MAGAZINE OFFICES.
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ing is a lincrusta of salmon pink, with a dado in a terra-cotta shade. All the joinery is of polished mahogany, the carpet is a velvet pile, and the ceiling is decorated in pale tints of salmon, green, and cream. Many original drawings for Strand illustrations brighten the walls, and a high book-case hides such of the further end wall as is not occupied by one of the two fireplaces. The chairs are upholstered in dark blue leather, and these, a small cabinet, and two tables constitute the chief floor furniture. Electricity is represented by telephone fittings communicating with every department in the building, as well as by the brackets and chandeliers of electric light. Mr. Newnes's own particular table is the upper large one.


The counting-house.


Mr. Newnes's office.

On the right, double folding doors lead to