y ---- ---- ----
important strategic point ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ----. 'I am very
pleased with you,' said our General to us."]

The Under-Study

[Illustration: (_From Numero, Turin._)

The Triple Alliance Revised and Corrected.]

A Substitute for Belgian Blocks

[Illustration: (_From Numero, Turin._)

A New Form of Paving for French and Belgian Cities.]

What Italy Thinks of "Guglielmo"

(A SERIES OF ITALIAN POSTCARDS.)

[Illustration: HIMSELF TO GOD: "If I were not afraid of Thee I would
declare war upon Thee also!"]

[Illustration: GUGLIELMO'S DREAM. The map bears the inscription, "The
Great German Empire."]

[Illustration: "Isn't there somebody else to declare war upon?"

"There's the Republic of San Marino, your Majesty."]

[Illustration: GUGLIELMO (bearing the European war): "Heavens! It's
beginning to get heavy."]

You Can't Bluff the Turk

(_From Simplicissimus, Munich._)

[Illustration: "Will you restore the capitulations immediately?"]

[Illustration: "No."]

[Illustration: "Will you give up the Goeben and the Breslau
immediately?"]

[Illustration: "No."]

[Illustration: "In respect to the Dardanelles, will you immediately
----?"

"No. And now suppose you just put up that revolver."]

[Illustration: "With pleasure! The thing wasn't loaded at all!"]

The Mistress of the Sea

(_From Lustige Blaetter, Berlin._)

[Illustration: Behold, O World, How I Stand Here!

Look Out, Britannia!]

The "Prize-Taker"

[Illustration: (_From Lustige Blaetter, Berlin._)

"How long will you allow this brute to tread on your corns?"

[The allusion is to England's attitude toward neutral shipping.]]

The Face at the Window

[Illustration: (_From Lustige Blaetter, Berlin._)]

Novel Coastwise Scenery

[Illustration: (_From Jugend, Munich._)

Since it was given out that the German barbarians were refusing to
fire on cathedrals, England has worked out a jolly little plan for
coast defense.]

The Dancers

[Illustration: (_From Lustige Blaetter, Berlin._)

How the Germans Conduct the English Ballet.]

The English Spider

[Illustration: (_From Jugend, Munich._)]

The Jap-Infested British Lion

[Illustration: (_From Simplicissimus, Munich._)

"Goddam! What kind of fleas have I got in my mane anyway!"]

The Englishman and His Globe

[Illustration: (_From Simplicissimus, Munich._)

"Curses! Blood is more sli