Item 84 - Pears’ Annual

84 pp; printed

A copy of the 1898 edition of the ‘Pears’ Annual’. The magazine includes a lengthy historical piece titled ‘Who fears to speak of ninety-eight’ by Robert Edward Francillon (1841-1919), an English journalist and author who was active in newspapers and periodicals in the last decade of the nineteenth century. Published to mark the centenary of the 1798 Irish rebellion, Francillon’s fictional story of romance and heroic feats has numerous drawings by Frank Dadd (1851-1929). Dadd was a well-known illustrator whose work appeared in publications such as the ‘Illustrated London News’ and ‘The Graphic’.