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  2. THE "RECESSIONAL."

    While living in Vermont, Kipling had formed a warm and lasting friendship with Charles Eliot Norton and his family. In July, 1897. Miss Sara Norton visited Mr. and ...

    Article : 605 words
  3. THE KING.

    Many more than one denizen of Fleet-street past or present, will drop a silent tear at the passing of King George, who possessed in preeminent degree the gift, all too rare in ...

    Article : 895 words
  4. MEMORIES.

    The Palmer. River of Magicl It is a pity our nation is so young that the wonderful, as well as true, stories of this river of gold are already lost to posterity. Those were the days ...

    Article : 1,190 words
  5. GRIM SENTINELS OF THE PACIFIC.

    The grandeur of the entrance to Sydney Harbour is splendidly revealed in this view of the southern headlands from the reserve on North Head, which was recently reopened to the public. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 36 words
  6. RUDYARD KIPLING.

    Kipling's writings are so well known around the world, and have been so well translated into foreign languages, that it is not my intention to refer to them in this ...

    Article : 1,532 words
  7. GEORGE MOORE

    "There are only two prose epics in the English language," George Moore would say "One is 'The Brook Kerith.'" "And what is the other," you were expected to ask, "The ...

    Article : 947 words
  8. LANDSDOWNE BRIDGE.

    Pew districts are of such historic interest as Prospect, fewer still possess such priceless relics redolent of the pioneer days as the Lansdowne Bridge. January 26th marks the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 564 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN. THE PASSING HOURS.

    Dark shadows creep across the sky, And daylight bids the world good-bye; Stars through clouds on the world do peep While Lady Moon doth vigil keep. ...

    Article : 86 words
  10. MAN AND HIS HORSE.

    Whilst reading on my porch I heard a most fearful flow of invective being poured out, and the language became so violent that I decided to investigate the cause of the quarrel. ...

    Article : 257 words
  11. ROBERT BURNS. (Born January 25, 1759.)

    To speak of Ayr is to think of Burns: Auld Ayr wham ne'er'a toon surpasses For honest men and bonnie lasses. Ayr is the undisputed centre of the Burns ...

    Article : 465 words
  12. LITTLE DOCTOR DOLITTLE.

    The Doctor is a blithesome bird, And debonair[?] He perches on his Lady's knee, As free as air! ...

    Article : 82 words
  13. TINKER GOES TO CHURCH.

    Tinker is known nere as "a lad of a dog." Black and tan, with deep, dark brown eyes, he is a true Australian terrier. I bought him as a puppy for 15/ some years ago at a dog ...

    Article : 269 words
  14. DAFFODILS.

    Lovely golden daffodils! All among the vales and hills, Dancing gally all the while, Making all the sad ones smile. ...

    Article : 67 words
  15. "OLD CON."

    Down in the beautiful Tumut valley, where a dashing, glittering mountain stream rushes impetuously on his way, lives "Old Con"— affectionately so known by the few keen ...

    Article : 518 words
  16. HUMPTY DUMPTY.

    Humpty Dumpty had no sense: Humpty Dumpty sat on a fence. When he tried to act the clown, Humpty Dumpty tumbled down. ...

    Article : 80 words
  17. KIPLING'S FIRST STORY.

    Will Briasts Ghosts Chaps THE murder It was a dark [?] might of the goo[?] and [?] [?] heavely lad on [?] a creed of five [?] ...

    Article : 47 words
  18. THE "PARSON BIRD."

    The New Zealand tul, known to the early settlers as the "parson bird," because of its blue-black plumage, ornamented with a white "choker" at the neck, is one of the sweetest ...

    Article : 432 words
  19. A UNIQUE NEWSPAPER.

    There is an extraordinary demand, on the part of travellers, writers on the South Seas, and people of literary tastes residing in out-of-the-way corners of the globe, for copies ...

    Article : 222 words
  20. FOR LANDLESS MEN.

    Who owns the land must serve the land. And we admire and criticise And envy, with our unbound eyes, The man this selfdom satisfies, ...

    Article : 120 words
  21. THE KING PASSES.

    His flag is furled— The kindly soul, the kingly hand, That touched the human chords in every heart, ...

    Article : 99 words
  22. ROBERT BURNS.

    Immortal Bard beloved, Again our honoured guest, Again our glass we raise To toast thee with our best, ...

    Article : 77 words
  23. WHERE'ER A BLOSSOM BLOWS.

    Where'er a blossom blows Of lily fair or rose, Or gem the border knows, Where'er a flower grows, ...

    Article : 69 words
  24. DEATH COMES.

    Death comes to serrs and Kings— Nor pomp nor power Can hold at bay That last dread hour. ...

    Article : 40 words
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