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  2. "THE WESTERN KEY OF THE EAST."

    When we read not so many years ago of the swift overrunning of Albania by the Italian invader and of the flight of King Zog, few of us, I expect, paid any particular attention to the crossing of the narrow strait between Italy and Albania or had ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 874 words
  3. IN LONDON'S EDEN.

    The bombing and partial destruction of Kew Gardens, near London, might justly be regarded as a blow at British culture. For Kew is the ...

    Article : 755 words
  4. SUNSHINE, SHADOW AND SEA.

    Avoca Beach, with "The Skillion" at Terrigal on the right. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 14 words
  5. JAPAN UNDER THE MODERN VENEER.

    The Japanese appear to be Western in character, but no appearance was ever more deceiving. Under the patchy European veneer there is a Mongol temperament so complex and tortuous as to be utterly incomprehensible. That is why the news from Japan is so often perplexing. Modernism and medievalism exist side by side and are sometimes ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,153 words
  6. HERCULES WITH A CAMERA.

    This is the story of one who struggled with photography when a practitioner had to be a Hercules to cope with it. The amateur of the last generation seldom found the "art" a pleasure; it was more in the nature of a physical feat. He was ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 816 words
  7. "SPEECH DAY."

    In these next few days the weary schoolmaster sits up into the small hours of the morning marking examination papers the tempo of ...

    Article : 730 words
  8. IMMORTALITY.

    Into all sights of lonely grandeur my soul Shall pass: into infinity of sea and sky; Into forsaken spaces wide and bare: And shall be scattered over the starry ...

    Article : 53 words
  9. THE CLIMBER.

    To mount a hill is to lift with you something lighter and brighter than yourself or than any meaner burden. You lift the world, you raise the horizon; you ...

    Article : 43 words
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  11. MAN AND THE SCALES.

    Many must have been surprised to learn that J. Chegwyn, of New South Wales, recently gained seven pounds in weight in less than 14 ...

    Article : 530 words
  12. "BOMB STOPPED PLAY."

    More news from England. The village cricket ground at (let us call it Little Puddleton so as not to convey information to the enemy) was as busy as usual last summer, and Little Puddleton had a fairly successful season, mainly because the ...

    Article : 1,337 words
  13. MORTON'S FORK.

    To-day everyone has to pay the heaviest taxes in our history, but whereas in former times nobody liked paying taxes, now (let us ...

    Article : 213 words
  14. "ENGLISH" IN AMERICA.

    The American brand of the English language is going to have a dictionary all its own—"A Dictionary of American English on ...

    Article : 201 words
  15. BOMBS ARE A "NUISANCE."

    The British gift for understatement is superbly illustrated by a letter recently received by a Sydney resident from his aged ...

    Article : 133 words
  16. A "TEMPLE" AT KEW.

    The Temple of the Sun in Kew Gardens, near London. (See accompanying article.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 18 words
  17. LIFE AND DEATH.

    Golden sunrise. Apricot-tinted clouds Sweeping the sky. White icy rime covers the ground Keeping beneath the unwary folk ...

    Article : 72 words
  18. "THEIR GORIOUS PART."

    Mr. Menzies has said, very justly, that we overwork our visitors who come to us from overseas. Mr. Coward is the latest example. ...

    Article : 129 words
  19. ONE GREEK TO ANOTHER.

    What, though our cup tastes bitterly— There's humour in the dregs: The call to arms in Italy Connotes a call to legs! ...

    Article : 28 words
  20. THE ALBATROSS.

    Behold the sea-king in his sweeping fight, Space-cleaving, steadily disdaining rest, So stately swaying in and out of sight; ...

    Article : 89 words
  21. PAX BRITANNICA.

    "It is very easy, but quite untrue, to speak of the Empire as an area of servitude lashed to London by dividends and tribute. The truth is, as anyone could ...

    Article : 84 words
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