By Will Dyson. First published in _The Nation_, May 8, 1915. [Illustration: III.] IV. THE BAFFLED BURGLAR. _The Burglar_: "I've got the swag, but strafe that copper! I can't get away with it, and there's no food in that beastly cupboard!" By "F. C. G." First published in the _Westminster Gazette_, February 11, 1916. [Illustration: IV.] V. This very Haseldenian page speaks for itself. By permission of the Editor of the _Daily Mirror_. [Illustration: "I'M AN EAGLE!" "I SAY I'M AN EAGLE!" "DOES ANYONE DARE TO CONTRADICT ME?" "I AM AN EAGLE!" "I WILL BE AN EAGLE!" "AREN'T I AN EAGLE?" V.] VI. IMPERIALISMUS. Under this laconic title Mr. E. J. Sullivan shows us a museum specimen of that extinct monster "The German Eagle." Reproduced from "The Kaiser's Garland," by permission of Mr. William Heinemann. [Illustration: VI.] VII. Mr. W. Heath Robinson's well-known series entitled "Rejected by the Inventions Board," is typical of the irresponsible sense of fun which English People seem able to retain even in war-time. Here we see an excellent idea put into action: "The Armoured Corn-Crusher for treading on the Enemy's Toes." Reproduced from _The Sketch_ of Jan. 5, 1916. [Illustration: VII.] A NEW ZEALAND CARTOON VIII. This is what the _Auckland Observer_ thought of floating mines, in the first few months of the war. Those were the days before submarine warfare put even mines in the shade for wanton cruelty and stupid destructiveness. [Illustration: VIII.] ITALIAN CARTOONS IX. There were few pro-German cartoons in Italy, even before she came in with the Allies. Now and then her artists took a cynical and detached attitude towards the awful struggle in the north, but for the most part their drawings left no doubt as to where their sympathies lay, as may be judged by this and the two following cartoons. This first is from the Turin _Numero_. Musini shows the Germans paving the ruined streets of Flanders with the material most plentifully to hand. [Illustration: IX.] X. & XI. In these allegorical sketches, published by _l'Uomo di Pietra_, of Milan, the artist pictures the results to Europe should Germany and should the Allies win. Under the Prussian sword and helmet the whole continent lies burning and bleeding; around the Phrygian cap of liberty her merry and obviously well-nourished children play over her prosperous lands, amid commerce-laden seas. [Illustration: X.] [Illustration: XI.] TWO ARGENTINE DRAWINGS