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  2. SEA WANDERERS.

    It was Christmas Eve, and the Seamen's Mission was transformed into a veritable Fairyland. Festoons of gaily-coloured streamers dipped gracefully from corner to corner of ...

    Article : 1,209 words
  3. LONDON CHURCHES.

    In the reign of Henry I. there was a courtier and professional jester named Rahere, who, after conversion, set out on a pilgrimage to Rome. There he fell ill, and while ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,202 words
  4. ONE OF ENGLAND'S STATELY MONUMENTS.

    Interior of Southwark Cathedral, on the south bank of the Thames, near London Bridge, one of the glorious architectural monuments of England, which has survived the turmoil of centuries. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  5. A TOWN HALL CONCERT

    Please do not tell me—and expect me to believe you—that Sydney audiences are not musical! Big "houses" are the rule rather than the ...

    Article : 762 words
  6. CORAL ATOLLS.

    When visiting the coral atolls of Micronesia, one is often apt to wonder how the inhabitants arrived at such little isolated spots in the vast ocean, and how long they had ...

    Article : 1,203 words
  7. PERFUMES.

    To flatter Eve and to gratify Adam, the world must yield up its treasures. A beautiful woman to-day is a synthetic product, clothed by millions, beautified by the learning ...

    Article : 1,500 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN. THE FROG AND THE STORK.

    A saucy young frog to the old stork said, "It's a long way up from your feet to your head; Please tell me if it's cold up there ...

    Article : 153 words
  9. IN STORM-TIME.

    The man who has farmed on the Downs and left it might in a year or so forget its late frosts, its plagues of mice and grasshoppers, its westerly winds, and icy mornings, its ...

    Article : 777 words
  10. NAMING THE PUPPY.

    It all began like this. The puppy arrived on Tuesday evening, and we spent best part of Wednesday in choosing a name for him. I was very eager for ...

    Article : 382 words
  11. THE BIRD TABLE.

    We have lately heard quite a lot about that delightful adjunct to our gardens, the birdbath. May I modestly strike the lyre in praise of the bird-table? Probably there are ...

    Article : 415 words
  12. SPRING CLEANING.

    There is laughter in the sunshine, So it's great to be on earth; There's a language in the Springtime, That in gold its weight is worth. ...

    Article : 119 words
  13. A NATIVE VILLAGE.

    In the Ellice Islands. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 7 words
  14. IN THE MUSEUM.

    Through the Museum's stately rooms A little maiden aged just four. Walked softly by her mother's side, And asked her questions by the score. ...

    Article : 103 words
  15. MRS. POSSUM.

    In a water pipe running along the edge of the roof lives Mrs. Possum and her baby. All day long they sleep snugly in their quaint home, and when darkness falls Mrs. Possum ...

    Article : 205 words
  16. FAIRY BELLS.

    In the meadows every morn Comes the sound of fairy bells. 'Tis an elfin in the dawn, Calling playmates to the dells. ...

    Article : 88 words
  17. JUST A DOG.

    The whole trouble with me is I'm just a dog —and when I say dog I don't mean "my darling little ffuffikins wuffikins" or "muzzer's baby pupsie-wupsie," but "Brute, ...

    Article : 298 words
  18. GOLDEN LURE.

    Australia! Stern, seared by the sun. So vast. Wild spirits set aghast The Spartan souls, nigh every one, Who seek to trace thy centre-cast. ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. JONATHAN JAMES.

    Jonathan James, will you come here at once? If you don't go to school, you will grow up a dunce. You don't know the alphabet, can't read a ...

    Article : 142 words
  20. JANUARY.

    In flaming martyrdom the stubble dies, That thro' its ashes an enrich-ed earth May know again the beauty and the worth Of happy harvesting. No sounds arise ...

    Article : 100 words
  21. TREES.

    I have loved always many kinds of trees: Pale camphor laurels in the early morn, All faintly stirring in the tender breeze— And flame trees dripping colour on the lawn. ...

    Article : 113 words
  22. THE MAGIC TOUCH.

    It is so very sweet to dream, And golden visions rise, I seem to feel a magic touch And see with other eyes. ...

    Article : 70 words
  23. THE SCENT OF LILAC.

    The night is hot—the air is still, And Drought lies brooding o'er the plain. Then—mem'ry brings, without my will, The scent of Lilac in the rain! ...

    Article : 82 words
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