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  2. A Chat About Books. We have received from the author, Mr. Charles H. Barton, B.A. Oxon, his “OUTLINES OF AUSTRALIAN PHYSIOGRAPHY.”

    The volume comprises the substance of a course of University Extension lectures at Maryborough, Queensland, during the winter of 1894. The author has dealt with his subject in a masterly manner and has endeavoured, as far as it was possible, ...

    Article : 110 words
  3. The New Poet Laureate Tunes His Little Lyre.

    The following verses on Dr. JAMESONS now famous ride were published by Mr. ALFRED AUSTIN in The Times of 11th ulto. Wrong! Is it wrong? well, may be; But I'm going, boys, all the same. ...

    Article : 490 words
  4. LIFE OF WARREN HASTINGS, First Governor General of India By Colonel G. B. Malleson, C.S.

    Colonel Malleson has already achieved distinction as a writer of Indian history, and in his life of Warren Hastings he has produced a biography which is a storehouse of accurate information, all of which has been well weighed and tested. The author has ...

    Article : 109 words
  5. “A WOMAN IN IT” is the latest novel from the pen of “Rita.”

    It is the story of an adventuress who places herself in positions which are, to say the least of it, embarrassing. Mrs. Noel Grey —an impulsive Englishwoman, whose real name is Nina Garbett —is a somewhat impossible character even in a novel. She is ...

    Article : 95 words
  6. “SONS OF BELIAL,” a story by William Westall, relates the

    fortunes of a family of Lancashire operatives, and gives a vigorous and impressive picture of life among the labouring classes in the North of England. Matthew Armstrong, a journeyman moulder at Whitebrook, while employed at the foundry ...

    Article : 373 words
  7. “SOME MORE RECOLLECTIONS OF THE CRIMEA.”

    St. Colonel Anthony Sterling is the latest writer on this now well worn subject. He describes himself as “Staff-officer who was there.” The book is a revised collection of letters written home to friends at the time of the ...

    Article : 137 words
  8. WHERE THEN?

    Actor's Wife to friend: “Have you seen my husband play Don Juan?” Friend: “Not at the theatre.” ...

    Article : 26 words
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