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  2. OUR FIRST CIRCUS.

    This form of amusement has, alas, languished latterly for want of sufficient encouragement. We have become too sophisticated to laugh at the quips of a clown or ...

    Article : 620 words
  3. A GREAT AUSTRALIAN.

    I knew Sir S. W. Griffith before and after he was knighted-knew more of him than some and much less than others. I was first introduced to him at our old Queensland ...

    Article : 1,557 words
  4. SARK.

    Our steamer, the New Fawn is heading for an island. In a few minutes we will reach Sark—and Sark in the month of April is a Rolden Jewel set in blue enamel. The blue ...

    Article : 1,392 words
  5. LAND OF THE INCA.

    Cuzco was the scene of what was perhaps the most mysterious of all national dramas, the rise and fall of the ancient Inca Empire, and has for centuries been a centre ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,291 words
  6. JOHN MACARTHUR.

    Modern facilities of communication have practically wiped out evidences of the lot which faced Australian pioneers one hundred and twenty years ago; yet any person who has ...

    Article : 1,474 words
  7. MEN OF THE TREES.

    Who are the men of the trees? They are tree lovers, all over the world who are banding themselves together to keep the world beautiful by tree planting. ...

    Article : 1,625 words
  8. PINUS INSIGNES, CALIFORNIA.

    These trees, growing on the Monterey Peninsula, are over forty years old. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 15 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MIGHTY SONG.

    I'd like to make a mighty song On all the little things in life— A baby's hand, The feel of sand, ...

    Article : 106 words
  10. THE FAIRY CAPTIVE.

    It was a dark and stormy night; the rain poured down and wind moaned through the tree tops. From a cottage nearby came sounds of high revelry. This was the one night of ...

    Article : 330 words
  11. AN OLD-TIME BARQUE.

    On February 14, 1855, the barque Constitution sailed from Southampton for Sydney, where she arrived on May 27. Owing to an outbreak of measles on board the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 326 words
  12. THE UGLY ORANG.

    A picture of orang-outangs Is in my story book. One from a green bamboo tree hangs, But I don't like to look, ...

    Article : 74 words
  13. A BIT ABOUT CROWNS.

    I'm told that kings and queens still keep Their crowns on when they go to sleep; I'm sure it isn't at all right That they should wear them day and night, ...

    Article : 138 words
  14. MY BABY BROTHER.

    Norma has a teddy bear, Jocelyn has another; I'm the luckiest of them all "Cos I've a baby brother. ...

    Article : 68 words
  15. PINUS INSIGNIS, NEW ZEALAND.

    A five-year-old tree near Rotorura—girth 21 inches. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 11 words
  16. ON THE PUNT.

    Come, let's have a lark, and, for once not particular, Suppose we embark on the ferry vehicular[?] So, up with the stageway! She's off with a ...

    Article : 210 words
  17. WEALTHY.

    Men blindly rush by shining riches, Complaining they are poor. O, can they never stop to gather One Jewel from Earth's wide store? ...

    Article : 133 words
  18. THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

    (It is rumoured that the whole Australian fleet is to be handed over to the British Government.) They towed the old "Austialia" to her ...

    Article : 142 words
  19. EVENING.

    A jealous sea mist snatched our golden day. The warm grass drooped beneath its fumy spray; Our steps were slow; the wheeling tern's ...

    Article : 71 words
  20. KOOLEWONG.

    When "Koolewong," the Rainbow Sprite, Evaded those who sought her She vanished in a flood of light Beside the Brisbane Water ...

    Article : 50 words
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