... How the Purvitive Expedition against the Mad Mullah was attacked after crossing the Waterless Desert of the Havid. The disaster in Somaliland, by which two British officers and one hundred men have been killed and two maxims captured, has at last roused the atten tion of the House of Commons to the seriousness of the expedition against the Mad Mullah. At the first blast it would seem as if the ...

... A GREAT BOOK ABOUT THE JEWS AND THEIR WAYS THE JEWISH ENCYCLOPAEDIA THE GHETTO AT PR-AGUE The Jew forms but a small portion of humanity, but he remains a big problem. The recent note of the United States Government on the Roumanian Jews serves to remind us of the truism at the beginning of the twentieth century, while the selection of Sir Marcus Samuel for the Lord Mayoralty of London during ...

... THE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD VII. AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA. AUGUST THE NINTH. MCMII. GREAT NEW STREET, E.C., August 13th, 1902. King Edward has been crowned at last. Until the very eve of the ceremony pessimists predicted a breakdown; fortunately their prediction was falsified. The great and solemn event took place on Saturday under happy circumstances. The Abbey was transformed into a great ...

... . No man lives who can say that he saw every aspect of the coronation and the procession to and from the Abbey equally well. To see the coronation service you had to occupy a very good place in the Abbey. If you wanted to get a good idea of the procession as a whole you had to get at least on the first floor of some building; and if you wished to see inside the coaches you had to be in front ...

... . Archbishop Will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the people of 7 this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dominions thereto belonging according to the statutes in Parliament agreed on, and the respec tive laws and customs of the same King I solemnly promise so to do. Archbishop Will you to your power cause law and justice, in mercy, to be executed in all your ...

... A FEW POINTS ABOUT THE r ROYAL FAMILY IN THE GREAT PAGEANT. PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE ABBEY WITH VICTORIA STREET IN THE DISTANCE This view shows the immediate environs of the Abbey. To the extreme left one sees the vista of Victoria Street, which was cut off by a huge gate The photograph is by Russell and Sons, 17, Baker Street How did the King look? Many observers differ in their estimate, but ...

... . THE CLERGY BRINGING IN THE REGALIA London Stereoscopic Co. CANON DUCKWORTH CARRYING THE KING'S CROWN London Stereoscopic Co LIGHTING THE ALTAR WHERE THE REGALIA LAY Drawn bv P. B. Hick tin 0 CORONATION GUESTS GETTING THEIR CARRIAGES AFTER THE CEREMONY at-JBE. m _ia tt 1 t s nnwwi aw s 1 Drawn by Ernest Sherie ...

... Charles I. This unfortunate prince enjoyed the rare distinction of being crowned twice, once at Westminster on February 2, 1626, and again at Scone in Scotland on June 15, 1633. As regards this coronation an abundance of contemporary history exists, and the cere monial used on that occasion occupies a conspicuous place in all books on English coronations, in addition to being edited with notes ...

... THE RETURN OF H.M.S. TERRIBLE after her Memorable Three Years* Com mission. in South African and Chinese Waters After three years of the most meritorious service H.M.S. Terrible has returned home. She sailed into Portsmouth on the anniversary of the very day on which she left in 1899. Little did she then think what a momen tous future lay in store for her-- not less than two very difficult ...

... If the Empire is growing in point of size it is being decreased yearly in point of distance. The Orient- Pacific Line, which turned the Ophir into a floating palace in an incredibly short time, is tightening its hold on Australia, for to meet the demands of the trade it has just equipped itself with a beautiful new twin-screw steamer, the Orontes, completing the tenth steamer of the line. They ...

... . The burning question of the hour appears to be The Need of a National Theatre. The ball was set rolling by those earnest play goers, the members of the O.P. Club. It was promptly given another turn by the staunch Playgoers' Club, and Mr. Cecil Raleigh is to give the subject another twist at the Criterion on Sunday evening. The question is by no means new, tor it long ago found a firm ...

... . While other more progressive nations have allowed the fine old pastime of falconry to lapse or languish in favour of shooting the Chinese --conservative in their sports as in other matters-- still practise it with the keenest zest. The Manchurians, as will be seen from our illustration, look highly picturesque when equipped for a day's sport, mounted on their sturdy ponies, clad in fur coats ...