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  2. MARK RUTHERFORD.

    "Since Bunyan, English Puritanism has produced one imaginative genius of the highest order—Mark Rutherford." H. W. Massingham's opinion will be shared, with inevitable ...

    Article : 1,439 words
  3. DRESS REFORM.

    "Oh for a doublet and a swishing cloak," sighed the poet. It is a wish that many young men have echoed. Trousers are anathema to chivalry. The advent of the green male hat ...

    Article : 439 words
  4. TERRY'S FOREFINGER

    "What are you doing?" said a small voice. Two wide-awake eyes, sky blue, were peering over the arm of my chair. "Looking for something among these diaries ...

    Article : 1,629 words
  5. NORHEIMSUND, ONE OF NORWAY'S MOST SHELTERED RETREATS.

    The scenery of the Norwegian f[?]ords, often impressively sublime, is also in places serenely peaceful. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 23 words
  6. J. G. WHITTIER.

    This year marks the centenary, of the noble part played by the Quaker poet, Whittier, in the anti-slavery agitation of 1831-65. For in 1836 Whittier became the ...

    Article : 1,375 words
  7. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Some like to call him organ bird, But butcher bird is apt; He sings the sweetest song that's heard When autumn's robes are wrapt ...

    Article : 199 words
  8. TRAVEL SKETCHES.

    In 1905, of course, King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra were the reigning monarchs, and I was so fortunate as to see them several times, once to special advantage (on June 8) ...

    Article : 1,190 words
  9. PEACE OF THE HILLS.

    The soft blue haze on the distant heights, Lone peaks that lift to the stars." In the gathering twilight the Jamieson Valley—vague, shadowy, immense—stretched ...

    Article : 495 words
  10. A DAY WITH THE WIND.

    One day the wind woke up at dawning, feeling in a very mischievous mood. So he floated up from his bed at the bottom of the sea and ruffled the surface of the water until ...

    Article : 617 words
  11. JOHN SMEATON.

    The accompanying picture is a reproduction of particular interest. It is a life-size portrait in oils, by Mather Brown, of John Smeaton, the re-builder of the Eddystone ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 526 words
  12. THE SECRET.

    This morning Johnnie's hands were clean, His hair was thick with brilliantine; His porridge vanished from his plate Without the regular debate; ...

    Article : 110 words
  13. YELLOW DAISIES.

    A clump of yellow daisies, Beside a rocky ledge, Is in my little garden, near the pretty water's edge. ...

    Article : 85 words
  14. BIDDY.

    I don't know whether sheep are really as silly as they are supposed to be, but we keep one as a pet, and certainly she is a trial to us. Biddy does like her own home, which ...

    Article : 314 words
  15. "TINY."

    For over thirteen years he has stood on point, duty, watching over the citizens' safety, at the busy junction, where no less than four main roads meet, great arteries that ...

    Article : 544 words
  16. SEA-SAW.

    The seagull soars across the sea (White wings against the blue). Like flags that flutter lazily His white wings hover leisurely, ...

    Article : 65 words
  17. COMING HOME.

    O, it's great fun coming home at night With mummie, in the tram! I love to watch the moon so bright, That really is a sham, ...

    Article : 90 words
  18. WINDSOR, ANCIENT SEAT OF, ROYALTY.

    "Yon old castle, grey with time." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 12 words
  19. WATTLE GOLD.

    I know a tree of living gold, Entrancing thing. That fast unto itself doth hold The captive spring. ...

    Article : 133 words
  20. ISLAND OF THE DEAD.

    Tell me, Swiss painter, how it came to thee— The silence fraught with fear and so profound. So still, so wrapped in breathless mystery, ...

    Article : 159 words
  21. WALL-FLOWERS.

    I am sitting, chin in hands and elbows resting upon the table, looking at a round, mauve-coloured bowl filled with gold and brown wallflowers. Their cool green leaves ...

    Article : 157 words
  22. MOON MAGIC.

    Slowly the moon, uprising, Spills her silver into the sea, Each little wave surprising In a mood of tranquillity; ...

    Article : 48 words
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