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Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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BAD FOR THE DRAGON !—From Ncivs of the World (London). LOOK OUT, IT IS FALLING I While the powers are supporting the lower part, the upperstories seem likely to fall upon them. From the Kladdrradatfich (Berlin). 164 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REI^IEIV OF REKIEJVS.
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TO PEKING. The success of the common action of the powers is assured, because of their trust of each other.—From VIk (Berlin), The European cartoons reflecta good deal of the sentiment ex-pressed in the Emperor Wil-liams famous drawing of somefour and a half years ago. Someof our readers will rememberthat we made use of it for ourfrontispiece in January, 1896.We bring the picture to mindagain by a smaller reproduction,which will be found at the top ofthe opposite page. The EmperorWilliam did not make the fin-ished drawing, but furnished arough sketch and an explanationof his idea, and the final workwas done by a well-known artist,Knachfus. The allegorical fig-ures represent the civilized na-tions of Europe, in front of whichstands unmailed the winged arch-angel Michael, holding in hisright hand a flaming sword.His countenance, to quote thesemi-official explanation that wasgiven to the German press in 1895,is turned toward the femalegroup. His features reflect graveenergy, and his ou

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