Show w WANTED AH X ISIt ND The Princely Estates That Lie lae Off Many Kany Coasts London Spectator The want quoted above forms lucius the introduction to an advertisement issued on behalf of a client by a firm in Mu Munich Munich Munich nich The notice proceeds thus Would buy an island situated either in the Atlantic or PacIfic ocean or th the Mediterranean Conditions Healthy climate not too warm 1 luxuriant vege vegetation vegetation tation Send offers with price and lull lullI I particulars to G A A 1871 care of ot G GL GL 1 L Daube Cos agency agene Munich MunichI I I Recent descriptions s of the conversion of or the island of Monte M Cristo into a I rural and marine paradise by an Italian princess may ma have hac ha suggested the de do desire sirs sire to set out but the advertisers advertiser s sv I v wish ish to own an island is t one which H wm will ill enlist general sympathy There Th r are ar I indeed very few minds to which some such idea has not occurred Some no doubt entertain it from an egotistical e oli I desire de ire to be monarchs of all they sur JUr survey survey vey ve and to own a place in which they can be a law to themselves if It not to toi i I other people But apart from this as asi aspert i pert peet of oC the fancy fot tot islands one t perhaps be gratified by paying the tho sultan in cash ca h for the right to be pedar ho or hereditary prince of some Ome f islet ilet in th the th n with a pic pie picturesque population of and a d there is 18 much to tobe tobe tobe be said for tor an island domain as a reel resi residence deuce dence Fancy ncy and Imagination do restI no nf err in investing those tho e 8 acres with exceptional charm The last individual who was present presented pre ent ed with an Rn island in is his hI own right was wasa a Turk who won what may be termed the international wrestling contest at Constantinople The sultan was waa so de tie delighted I lighted lI that it was won by a true be believer believer liever that he gave pe him one of the islets in the sea of Marmora to have and to hold forever r Why y no rich En Englishman n has yet tried to secure one of the exquisite islands of ot the coast of i I Old loan lona it is difficult to say They could probably be bought bou ht far tar more cheaply than those t off the coast oi of Norway for which there has as recently been considerable competition Those Tho e eI round the English and nd Scotch shores I occasionally come into the market and an l seldom go long without a purchaser er erThe The owner of Holy island died quite recently but Holy island was a family property The Fame islands are also in private hands and the owner has succeeded in preserving and restoring the old and interesting bird fauna launa On One of the smallest of the Channel islands was recently offered for sale The Calf Caf Ca f of Man mainly devoted to sea fowl and rabbits was also aJeo offered to pur put purchasers chasers Those on the tM west Irish coast seem too unproductive to invite habitation habitation habitation tation much less ownership The warm air all and Atlantic rains rende render them unfit for vigorous life ute 6 0 Perhaps the best beet example of an island estate Is fe on the Danish Da 1 h shore snore The whole island is the th property of a single wealthy Dane Daile who cultivates its lands sports in its Ita woods wood and ft hes around aroun l lIts its tin shores much as u his ancestors did five centuries ago OB O it he feeds great hOcks flocks of oi sheep and keePs keepe a pedigree herd of cattle The steamers call by signal when desired to do so to take on board boRnI the produce of at his flocks and herds herd His own ow boats go 50 forth with grain or cheeses ches or v with ith the game shot in his wood The whole island is isa isI isa a great game preserve as well as an agricultural property for the woods I are extensive and aud full of wild and pheasants off of the south southwest southwest I west est coast t of N Norway has an indi indigenous indigenous I genous race of red deer and many of the islands offer some of the best beat shooting in Norway There Is 18 considerable continental competition when one of these the is i offered for sale sate Germany has ba few pleasant seaside sea towns town and ad little attractive coast line linein linea in Is spite of the emperors belief that his hAs people can now enjoy y sunshine by bythe bythe bythe the sea The result is I that Germany has converted the island ef af f ac acquired acquire acquired quire with Helstein R B n into a marine mar Ine playground whence the themOre more m re ambitious cast longing leaping eyes toward the akin sion of the more beautiful and wit wild islets of Scandinavia g |