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REVIEW OF REVIEWS 



lonians. It shows a huge lion standing 

 over a man. This, which is the largest 

 piece of sculpture so far unearthed in 

 the ancient city, was hewn from a block 

 of granite. It was apparently never 

 completed, and bears no inscription to 

 tell its age or history. 



It is pointed out by the photographer 

 that the ruins are a pale yellow-brown 

 in colour, with a slight tint of red. The 

 lion, however, is steel-grey blue in 

 colour. 



The excavation of Babylon is not yet 

 completed. A good deal of the ancient 

 city stiU lies beneath some 40 or 50 feet 

 of later ruins. The city being exca- 

 vated by the Germans is chiefly the 

 capital of Nebuchadnezzar. In fact 

 nothing preceding .the time of Sen- 

 nacherib has been found. That mon- 

 arch boasted that he completely de- 

 stroyed the first Babylon, throwing even 

 its foundations into the River 

 Euphrates. On one of the larger 

 mounds known as Babil, Dr. Koldewey 



believes there stood the ancient struc- 

 ture known in the Bible as the Tower 

 of Babel. The excavators have alreadv 

 revealed huge arches of passage ways 

 leading through the ruins. These 

 arches, modern scholars believe, once 

 supported the famous Hanging Gar- 

 dens. The explanation is that the 

 overhanging foliage of the different ter- 

 races gave the appearance of being sus- 

 pended in the air. 



The German zeal for investigation in 

 this is undoubtedly due primarily to 

 scholarship, although there may be a 

 political motive behind the work. The 

 ambition of the German Government to 

 dominate in the Near East is well 

 known. When the Bagdad railroad is 

 completed across the northern desert, 

 which will be a triumph of German 

 diplomacy and engineering skill, this 

 land of vast mineral wealth, agricul- 

 tural possibilities, and ancient ruins 

 may then become, to all intents and pur- 

 poses, German territory. 



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HUMOURS OF GOLF. 



Nervous Puttist : " I'm sorry to trouble you, 

 but would you mind buttoning up your coat?" 



AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY. 



She: "There's a. smart evening gown. Who is 

 it a portrait of?" 



He : " Can't say, but the title is, ' Ready for the 

 bath. - " 



[By special permission of Punch, London. 



