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... Chronicle of the Unr By CHARLES LOWE Turning of the Tide THE tide of war has now turned in our favour. For a week and more we have had a thrilling succession of bulletins announcing brilliant successe ...
... THE BATTLE OF MONTE CRISTO. Letters from the Battlefield. Our special artist, Mr. Ernest Prater, who accompanies General Buller's army, has shown himself a first-rate draughtsman. But he is more, for he writes as graphic a letter as if he were a trained writing-journalist. His most recent series of sketches dealt with General Buller's attempt to relieve Ladysmith from the east by way of Hussar ...
... [re fnturjc of the Republics EPHEMERAL MR. CHAMBERLAIN MR. HERBERT PAUL, in his indictment of the Government and all i works in the Contemporary, raises the question of annexation, and the word is to ...
... FROM THE, PEI-HO TO PEKIN A Bird's-eye View of the Disturbed Area China. I On this bird's-eye via p all the important points between Taku and Pekin are to be seen in their relative positions The absolute distances are given in the adjoining table. The route of the un successful relief force lay along the railway from Tientsin to the village of Lang-fang a party of bluejackets from H.M.S. ...
... THE RELIEF OF KIJMASI And the Governors Dash from the of Death. The Golden Stool of Ashanti which figures ahove is closely connected with the present rising. Seated on it, under the sh-de of the royal umbrella, King Premoeh would order his countless human sacrifices. At great functions twenty heads used to fill the great braaen execution bowl. With the Golden i Stool still in their possession ...
... BACK TO JERUSALEM- --The Dream of the Zionists. AN IDEAL VIEW OF THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT If all the Jews in the world answered to the call of the Zionists and returned to the Holy Land they would converge upon Jerusalem in five great streams, from Europe Asia, A frica, Am rica, and Australasia. According to the latest returns (given above) the total of the streams would amount to over 9,000,000, ...
... THE LATEST ARCTIC RECORD The Italian Expedition Beats Nansen. J he curva.ure or .he earth at the Pote is one of the most important points to be decided by polar exploration. At present the ignorance of the exact curvature leads to incorrect charting. A mistake in making the proper allowance in connection with this element of error at sea sometimes runs a vessel on to shoals and rocks. Fewer ...
... 1? Does gigantic MYLODON -V jmm TOfal.-rr^7 L-- still liz //L c SoUtfL AMEEICA In the room just behind the main staircase of the Natural History Museum, South Kensington, there is an unpretentious looking glass case bearing the following label:-- REMAINS OF A LARGE GROUND SLOTH AND ASSOCIATED MAMMALS, FROM A CAVERN IN SOUTHERN PATAGONIA. Lent by Dr. F. P. Moreno, Corres. Memb. ZooL Soc. ...
... The Saving of the Oregon, the Bulldog of the American Navy. NOW REPAIRING IN A JAPANESE NAVY YARD. When the news was reported in this country that the United States battleship Oregon had struck upon uncharted rocks in the Gulf of Pechili, when on her way to Taku, the fact did not strike us with the force with which the news was received in America. That such an un fortunate accident should ...
... . London is looking forward to the return of the City Imperial Volunteers from South Africa, for which they sailed last January. To-day (Saturday) they will march from Paddington to St. Paul's. The private shown in this picture, taken by Mr. Weston, is holding the banner of the gallant corps which consists of the Cross of St. George and the City Dagger in red on a white background ...
... SHAN-HAI-QUAN, situated about one hundred and thirty-five miles north-east of Taku, in the Gulf of Liaoutung, is a place of considerable strategic importance on the border of Manchuria and China proper. Hitherto it has, perhaps, been better known as the spot where the famous Great Wall reaches the coast. It was occupied by the Allied Powers 011 Oct. 1, without fighting, the Chinese having left ...
... The Barber-surgeon of Sabugal. By Q. A further Extract from the Memoirs of Manuel (or M anus) McNeill, a Spaniard of Highland descent, engaged in the Secret Service of the Allies during the Campaigns in the Peninsula, 1808-13. Q. He turned white as a sheet, opened his mouth, and I could feel him gathering his muscles together to heave himself out of the chair; no easy matter. I laid the flat ...