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  2. BUCCANEERS.

    Pre-eminent among buccaneers, and whose name even to this day is a charm to call up his deeds of daring, his dauntless courage, his truculent ...

    Article : 1,179 words
  3. WOMAN DIARIST.

    One of the earliest accounts of life in Australia, as seen through the eyes of a woman, is that of Mrs. Mary Anne Parker. She was the wife of Captain ...

    Article : 1,190 words
  4. FARM LANDS NEAR ROBERTSON.

    (From the "Sydney Morning Herald" Art Gallery.) "Here and there a side track leads to some cosy farm, bowered in trees," writes a contributor to this page, in describing the charm of the Robertson district, which he compares to parts of England. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 46 words
  5. OXFORD TO-DAY.

    Of all universities in the Empire, none stands for tradition as much as Oxford, and around her name clings a special fragrance, a lovely graciousriess. ...

    Article : 1,488 words
  6. A PALACE IN MINIATURE

    The grim palace of the Hapsburg Kings of Spain, the Escurial, has few touches of humanity about it. Its 20 miles of stone corridors, its 3000 ...

    Article : 819 words
  7. Children's Poetry A PUZZLE.

    O, the things that people sell, They always make me smile, There's a funny, red-faced man Comes every little while ...

    Article : 115 words
  8. SMALLEST DUCHY

    Sixteen or seventeen years ago the King of Italy conferred on Gabriele d'Annunzio, the Italian writer, who recently described himself as "an old ...

    Article : 495 words
  9. SPENSER'S TOMB.

    The cable news from London recently contained this very interesting announcement:—"The eternal Bacon-Shakespeare controversy has been ...

    Article : 883 words
  10. ROBERTSON.

    Less than 100 miles from Sydney is a region so typically English in character that it needs no great feat of imagination to believe oneself back in England, ...

    Article : 578 words
  11. WISDOM.

    Years ago when I was six (or maybe I was seven), I used to think the stars were holes worn in the floor of heaven; ...

    Article : 128 words
  12. "LOSTED."

    "Losted"—she was "Iosted"... And she was only three! This little rosy fragrant scrap Of sweet humanity. ...

    Article : 70 words
  13. CAMP, PITTWATER.

    So near, so clear, the heavens eve, That, peering through the trees, I glimpse the shy, small, seventh star, Among the Pleiades. ...

    Article : 72 words
  14. JACKY WINTER.

    Happy little Jacky Winter, How I love to see him play On a stump, or post, or splinter, With his restless tail asway, ...

    Article : 153 words
  15. RESTING.

    Green and blue and umber boats. Stained by [?] ruthless [?]a,— Resting they, lie in the shelt'ring hay, Casting their cares with the winds away, ...

    Article : 114 words
  16. FRIENDLY LYRE BIRDS.

    Are lyre birds the most shy of birds? I believed so, but now I doubt it, because I have seen them venturing boldly into the open and strolling ...

    Article : 480 words
  17. "SWEET CITY OF DREAMING SPIRES."

    (Ella Ward photograph.) "The mellow charm of Oxford," referred to in the article "Oxford To-day" on this page, is reflected in this pleasant study of the Magdalen Tower and Bridge. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 35 words
  18. THE DUKE HUMPHREY'S LIBRARY.

    (Ella Ward photograph.) An interior view of the Duke Humphrey's library at Oxford, which is referred to in the article "Oxford To-day" on this page. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  19. STILL WATERS.

    It was in Holland that I saw old houses, In the late afternoon, in quiet light, Pictured in calm canals—dimly receding, The red walls soundlessly slipped out of ...

    Article : 176 words
  20. EPITAPH OF A POOR MAN.

    Here lies one, who in life was proud to know, He turned no beggar hungry from his door, But listened to their tales of want and woe, And gave so gladly from his humble store. ...

    Article : 140 words
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