... Supplied with Water-- A Gigantic Scheme. THE RESERVOIRS, COSTING OVER £6,500,000, WHICH WILL SUPPLY SHEFFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, LEICESTER, AND DERBY DRAWN BY JOHN DUNCAN The view shows the positions of the great reservoirs which will supply a large district of central England with the pure water of the High Peak district of Derbyshire, which is to the right of the above view. The spectator is ...

... THE MOST EXCITING RACE THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN K1VAL ROUTES OF CAPTAIN SCOTT AND COMMANDER PEARY TO THE SOUTH POLE The race for the South Pole will be the most exciting and nerve-racking the world ...

... THE NEW NAVAL BASE FOR THE GERMAN HIGH SEA FLEET A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF WILHELMSHAVEN, LOOKING WEST TOWARDS ENGLAND Germany, like Great Briiain, is concentrating i^VFI CCW i /Ji e'l m ready possesses tl ...

... THE MOST EXCITING RACE THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN K1VAL ROUTES OF CAPTAIN SCOTT AND COMMANDER PEARY TO THE SOUTH POLE The race for the South Pole will be the most exciting and nerve-racking the world ...

... THE NEW NAVAL BASE FOR THE GERMAN HIGH SEA FLEET A BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF WILHELMSHAVEN, LOOKING WEST TOWARDS ENGLAND Germany, like Great Briiain, is concentrating i^VFI CCW i /Ji e'l m ready possesses tl ...

... China Again Moving Westward. Westward Stirring in the Footsteps of Jenghiz Khan. Specially Described for Tfhe Sphere bv One Familiar with the Far-Eastern Situation Events in China to-day are not lacking foundation for the im pression that the present century may see before its close some repetition of that expansive movement by which the Mongols achieved the conquest of the West. Already the ...

... A ClHlt 0f JF v The IDEA L HOLIDAY. Three Rivers Tours. HORTH-EflST SCOTLAND For HEALTH and NERVES. I DEE, DON, AND SPEY. Great North of Scotland Railway THE ROYAL ROUTE via ABERDEEN^ A Map of the Tours, together with Illustrated Tourist Programmes, may be obtained from Mr. W. Deuchar, Passenger Superintendent, Aberdeen, who will make arrangements for Tourists and Parties. GEORGE DAVIDSON, ...

... Linking Up Two Continents A A MAP SHOWING HOW NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA ARE BEING CONNECTED BY RAILWAY An important scheme which rivals in magnitude the Cape-to-Cairo Railway undertaking is the Chilian Longitudinal Railway, that forms part of the proposed Pan-American Railway between New York and Valparaiso. The firm of Messrs. Griffiths and Co. of London Wall, has secured the contract for the ...

... CHESTER'S PAGEANT- -By the Banks of the Dee. THE POSITION OF CHESTER'S PAGEANT GROUND AT EATON PARK rhe pageant ground is shown in the foreground in the immediate vicinity of Eaton Hall, the Duke of Westminster's palatial seat by the river Dee. The view shows the position of the walled :!ty and the ancient rows. Neat and effective tram cars of appropriate size link up the various parts of the ...

... I \l .i /g) Since the dawn of the twentieth century, numerous linkings up and expansions have been accom plished by the Great Western Rail way, but probably none are more important than the completion of the new route to Birmingham I opened for passenger traffic on July i. The new route, which incidentally will be the shortest one by railway between London and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and ...

... H EXPLOITATION IN THE SARGASSO SEA: have been Exaggerated. !'M On July 3 there arrived at St. John's, New- foundland, the steamer, Michael Sars, which left Plymouth last April for a deep-sea explora tion of the Atlantic, and a notable feature of the work included an investiga tion of the Sargasso Sea. The existence of a vast mid-ocean area covered with weeds and marine flora, in which ...

... . THE RACE FOR YACHTS OF THE 23-METRE AND A CLASS AT COWES ON MONDAY DRAWN BY G. TORRANCE STEPHENSON One of the best races of the Cowes week took place on Monday. The race started at 9.30 a.m.. the yachts leaving the starting line in the direction indicated by the arrows on the above drawing. The order directly after the start was Westward Shamrock Cicely, then Qermania and Susanne. followed ...