These portraits are published by special arrangement with Messrs. W. and D. Downey, whose permission thus to reproduce photographs of celebrities from their enormous and unique assortment we are the first to obtain. [Illustration: AGE 5. _From a Photo. by Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] [Illustration: AGE 7. _From a Photo. by Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] [Illustration: AGE 14. _From a Photo. by Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] [Illustration: AGE 19. _From a Photo. by Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| AGE 26. |_Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] THE DUCHESS OF FIFE. [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| AGE 3 MONTHS. |_Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| AGE 6. |_Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| AGE 10. |_Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| AGE 15. |_Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| PRESENT DAY. |_Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] The Duchess of Fife, as our readers are aware, inherits in no small degree the conspicuous gifts of grace and beauty for which her Royal mother is so pre-eminently distinguished. That such has been the case throughout her life is manifested by the charming portraits which here represent her from the age when, as a solemn baby, her first photograph was taken, down to her appearance at the present day. These portraits are reproduced by special arrangement with Messrs. W. and D. Downey. PRINCE GEORGE OF WALES. BORN 1865. [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| AGE 3. |_Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| AGE 5. |_Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| AGE 14. |_Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| AGE 18. |_Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| AGE 25. |_Messrs. W. & D. Downey._] Of Prince George at the ages of three and five we have nothing to record; but at the time at which our third portrait represents him, he was a middy on board H.M.S. _Britannia_. A sailor is always a popular member of all classes of society, and "our sailor prince" enjoys the reputation of being among the most popular of his profession. These portraits are reproduced by special arrangement with Messrs. W. and D. Downey. MME. ALBANI. [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| AGE 18. |_Levitsky, Paris._] [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| AGE 19. |_Bergamasco, St. Petersburg._] [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| AGE 25. |_Sarony, New York._] [Illustration: _From a Photo. by_| PRESENT DAY. |_Sarony, New York._] The first portrait we give of Mme. Albani-Gye shows her at eighteen years, when a student under M. Duprez, of Paris. The second represents her at nineteen, as _La Sonnambula_, in which _rôle_ she made a triumphant _début_ in 1872 at Covent Garden. Mme. Albani spent her 25th birthday in New York, where she created the part of _Elsa_. The last photograph represents her as _Desdemona_, a character which particularly appeals to her.