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  2. HARBOURSIDE.

    There is a great, but friendly, rivalry between the lucky people who live along the shores of Sydney Harbour. Those whose homes are near the Heads, where you can ...

    Article : 529 words
  3. VETERANS ALL.

    "Old soldiers never die..." Who was the author of that song? Someone with a cynical twist, no doubt, for there is a dare-devil swing about the words which ...

    Article : 1,026 words
  4. CANBERRA.

    The National Library at Canberra will be found a little below Parliament House on the King's-avenue. The building forms a small section of a magnificent edifice, proposed to ...

    Article : 1,669 words
  5. TRAVEL SKETCHES.

    My first very enjoyable visit to Edinburgh in 1905 ended on September 25, when I left for Aberfoyle, for my coach drive through the Trossachs. At Balloch I took the train ...

    Article : 1,704 words
  6. "THE MAGIC FLUTE."

    Another great opera new to Sydney audiences will be given at the Conservatorium to-night, when Mozart's "Magic Flute," composed in 1791, has its first performance here. Prior to ...

    Article : 818 words
  7. AUSTRALIA'S NATIONAL LIBRARY AT CANBERRA.

    This building, of which the Poet Laureate, Mr. John Masefield, laid the foundation-stone, is the first section of the edifice yet to be completed. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  8. STRAVINSKY.

    Only some twelve years ago a musical encyclopaedist could describe—and dismiss— Igor Stravinsky as "an eccentric Russian composer." Yet Paul Rosenfeld can write of ...

    Article : 1,001 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN. THE SINGER.

    "Waken, daughter, waken," sighed the sea that rocks the islands, "You may find no space for sleeping in the mystic twilight time, ...

    Article : 287 words
  10. MUSHROOMING.

    A dryish spell, then rain in plenteous showers, and—mushrooms! Their advent always brings a thrill to the family of the country-sider. While the rain is rattling ...

    Article : 439 words
  11. MAGGIE MOORE.

    Old-time theatre-goers will be interested in the accompanying early portrait of the popular actress, the late Maggie Moore, who for so many years occupied a warm place ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 375 words
  12. FAIRY BUDS.

    Pretty fairy flower buds are blowing in my garden; You can't see the fairies 'cause they're safely tucked inside. ...

    Article : 94 words
  13. THE FLOWERS' PARTY.

    "Rosie" called Mrs. Red Rose: "Come here and put on your dress of pink rose leaves for it is nearly time to go to Mrs. Carnation's party." ...

    Article : 305 words
  14. POLAND.

    With reference to the article on "Poland" written by Mr. N. St. C. Deschamps, which appeared in the "Herald" recently, it is my duty to point out the glaring misstatements ...

    Article : 605 words
  15. THE POSSUMS.

    When Owls are sitting in the trees, And phantom moons ride high, And far away one hears the watch Dog howling at the sky, ...

    Article : 136 words
  16. GATES.

    All my life I have loved gates. Gates of Childhood! Always hard to open. They were white picket gates mostly, on which, often, a bright tin milk billy hung. Some were ...

    Article : 334 words
  17. JENNIFER'S FIRST BIRTHDAY.

    Jennifer had a party, And let me make this clear, It was to celebrate the fact That she had reached one year. ...

    Article : 72 words
  18. CANINE INTELLIGENCE.

    Once we had two dogs, Brownie and Tom. Brownie was an active little kelpie, whose chief interest in life was to hunt wallabies, while Tom, a gigantic mixture of retriever, ...

    Article : 150 words
  19. PETER.

    Peter, my friend, an old tom-cat, Is black as an old-time stove-pipe hat— P'raps he's even blacker than that. He sleeps all day on the kitchen mat. ...

    Article : 59 words
  20. THE BLACKS' CEMETERY.

    Last winter, I was staying way out west at Collarenebri, and one morning the doctor's wife said. "Come along, and I'll show you the blacks' cemetery." ...

    Article : 293 words
  21. DOORWAY, ELGIN CATHEDRAL.

    This cathedral, begun in 1224 a.d., was finally reduced to ruins in 1711. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 16 words
  22. TREES.

    Tall trees, wrapped in the early morning mist Of pearly grey and rose and amethyst. Whose limbs reflect the first thin spears of light ...

    Article : 140 words
  23. SPRING IN ENGLAND.

    Wide eyed, to gaze across the main. And see the English land again! Once more to glimpse the living green Of oak and elm and thick hedgerow; ...

    Article : 138 words
  24. IN WINTER.

    The sun is hid by [?]rling mist, The sodden earth lies desolate, The wet wind, mournful melodist, Goes wandering lone and late. ...

    Article : 68 words
  25. FANTASIA.

    The night, departing, sheds her silent tears. On every trembling blade and leaf and flower Cluster her dewdrops...now in this hushed hour ...

    Article : 51 words
  26. INSPIRATION.

    E'en though the impearled dew and silver rain Delight not fools, unthirsting men. At least such opalescent loveliness Is ink for ev'ry poet's pen. ...

    Article : 29 words
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