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Show I THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD.. Our attention lias been tailed to the "seven wonders of the world,' including the ancient, ihe middle agej and the new wonders. The list is most interesting as mark-j inp tho now lines of effort which separate the different periods. The seven wonders of the ancient world were: Pjramids of Egypt, Pharos ot Egypt, Hmsinc Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Diana at Kphesus, Statue of JupittT by Phidias. .Mausoleum ol Artemisia, Colossus of Rhodes. The seven wonders of the middle I ages were: Coliseum of Rome, Great Wall ot China, Catacombs of Alexandria. Stonehenge. Leaning Tower of Pisa, Porcelain Tower of Nankin, Mosque of St. Sophia in Constantinople The seven new wonders of the world are Wireless, Telephone, Aeroplane. Radium, Antiseptics and Antitoxins, Spectrum Analysis. X-Ray. The last list might be added to by including some of the weapons of war. rwi |