... The launch of the Olympic at Belfast, treated in our double page, and the remarkable picture at the top of this page, help to remind us of the extraordinary shipbuilding facilitie ...

... The University of Berlin, founded in 1809 under Frederick William III, when the fortunes of Prussia were at a low ebb, has just been celebrating its centenary when they ...

... iHE DEPARTING VICEROY: Lord Minto's Farewell to Indian Chiefs t j i i u h,in tn hid firewpll to the DeoDle over whom he has ruled For the past five years. He will leave Simla on November 2, ...

... Thanks to much informa tion, to be had almost without the asking, the young person who happens to be stage- struck cannot long remain in a state of dazzled ignorance. We tak ...

... A/T r. Edwin H. Lemare is obviously one of those fortunate -L v -T persons born great/' for at the age of eleven he gained the Sir John Goss scholarship granted by the Royal College of Organists in co ...

... , 1. Mr. IF. Dudley IFartf's Dancing Wave, who divided the Yrvntnn Stakes with Sherlock Holmes. 2. The judge, Mr. H. Ledger. 3. Messrs. Hams ana nemroses aaenocK noimes, who divided the Yapton Stakes with Dancing Wave. 4. Messrs. Gollis Browne, owners of Full Swing, who divided the Ford Stakes with Harpoon, owned by Mr. H. IF. Green (reading from left to right). 5. Dressing down the dogs after ...

... By T. F. Dale. THERE is no animal about which there are so many myths as the fox. From the time of Æsop to our own day the fox has figured as a villain of romance. Gay, clever, unscrupulous, and daring, he has suffered some obloquy indeed for his morals, but also received much affectionate admiration. Like some famous outlaws, Robin graphy or drawn his portrait. Authors and artists have ...

... LAND, AIR, AND WATER. By H. MASSAC BUIST. MOTOR SHOWS AS PUZZLES. IT would scarcely be an exaggeration to say that there is no evidence of any current activity in the motor world worthy the name that is not connected, directly or in directly, with the forthcoming Motor Show at Olympia, for which no effort is lacking to make it finer than any former ones of the series. In one connection, ...

... V 1 I THE NEWSLETTER 5s r=ni Week by Week. 1 _ 1 A Red Cross Display at Stratton Park.-- A most successful Red Cross display took place at Stratton in Hampshire last week, organised by the Countess of Northbrook as vice-president of the society for the Winchester division. The Northbrook V.A.D., No. 18, under their commandant, show much proficiency in their work, and the Winchester V.A.D., ...

... la Tl L^jJr^2-- \p/&3C& ^Sr* S/^/^ jfs- u I I Two Naval Heroes-- A Strange Picture.! WAS IT POSED? The above picture deserves careful examination. It has been reproduced in several journals as a picture showing the results of a raid upon a Lisbon convent during the first days of the revo'ution. If, however, the picture is carefully examined it will be seen that nothing is actually broken. All ...

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... TOE TENSION IN ILISBON How tlhe Revolution! Came. jf I Specially described for The Sphere by one of 'IT f its correspondents. I For many years I have visited Spain and Portugual but never have I witnessed such tension, unrest, and dis satisfaction as during the past two years. I was in Barcelona last year when the riots took place and when Ferrer, the strong Socialist and educationalist, was ...