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  2. IDEALISTIC PAGANS.

    With the medical flavour still in the air, although most of the distinguished B.M.A. visitors to the Melbourne conference have left our shores, it is opportune to recall the ...

    Article : 786 words
  3. "KING MONMOUTH."

    In the veins of the new Duchess of Gloucester there is Royal Stuart blood. On the arms of the Buccleuch family are still those of Charles II., but they are "debruised by a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,168 words
  4. "THERE SHE BLOWS."

    Bound for the South Seas from faraway Japan, a supply ship and five whale chasers left Sydney recently, reviving memories of the days when Australia led the world in ...

    Article : 718 words
  5. ONE OF ENGLAND'S OLDEST CHURCHES, WHICH HAS JUST BEEN RESTORED.

    All Saints' Church at West Markham, near Retford, Nottinghamshire, which has lately been restored, contains a mixture of Saxon, Norman, Early English, and Tudor architecture. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 35 words
  6. THE WARATAH.

    The waratah belongs to one of the oldest botanical orders of plants. This order, Pro[?]eaceae, represents the survivors of many fossil species, and contains some thousand ...

    Article : 1,470 words
  7. POLYNESIAN ATOLLS.

    An hour after getting the sextant observation, the ship was up to Baker Island, and moored to a buoy abreast of the settlement and to portion of a wooden stump-jetty ...

    Article : 997 words
  8. CASSIDY.

    Of its own free will the little pink and grey galah came to be grandma's constant companion. It learnt to whistle and to talk in a harsh kind of way. It would fly on to ...

    Article : 254 words
  9. OSBERT SITWELL'S AVERSIONS.

    Osbert Sitwell, eldest of a well-known literary family, has come to distinguish himself as the prose Sitwell, yet he is neither prosy nor prosaic. With a full share of ...

    Article : 1,052 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    In years gone by, the magpie's coat Was just as black as a crow's, And wherever he went, he was much distressed, For you see, he had plenty of foes. ...

    Article : 209 words
  11. BEAUTIFUL TREE.

    With every tint from pinkish mauve to brown, down to deep orange where fire has played the part of a master painter, the Angophora, or Sydney Redgum, is ...

    Article : 404 words
  12. "IN REMEMBRANCE."

    O valiant hearts, who to your glory came Through dust of conflict and through battle flame. Tranquil you lie, your knightly virtue proved. Your memory hallowed in the land you loved. ...

    Article : 533 words
  13. RAFFERTY RESTS.

    For six years on rising I have been met in the hall by a gallant little Irish gentleman of aristocratic lineage, who, with a wag of short stumpy tail, has wished me good morning, and ...

    Article : 161 words
  14. THE WOODPECKER.

    With a rap-a-tap-a-tap The sure-footed little chap Kept tapping as he climbed the old gum tree, And I wondered till I saw ...

    Article : 80 words
  15. MOTH-EATEN.

    The moths have ate my bathing suit, I'll have to buy another. All winter it has lain away; I went to get it out to-day, ...

    Article : 68 words
  16. TIBBY.

    He came, he saw, he conquered, and thus was allowed to stay. A small, furry ball, every inch of him alive with feline mischief; the apple of his ...

    Article : 181 words
  17. MOTHER'S MAN.

    I'd like to be a pirate with a pistol at my belt, I'd like to be an Indian brave, a Pict or warlike Celt. ...

    Article : 78 words
  18. AN ISLAND ROAD.

    Natives carrying copra in palm-leaf basket. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 9 words
  19. A WINDOW

    We talk of Spain. A branch of oranges flung colour-wise against a white wall; languorous eyes, the strum of a guitar, the spell of passion neath a southern moon. ...

    Article : 250 words
  20. BUSHRANGERS' HILL

    It rises in sugar-loaf formation overlooking Newport Beach—a distinct landmark [?]l[?] houetted against a backcloth of deepest blue. Its ascent is by no means difficult, and once ...

    Article : 177 words
  21. THE DESERTED GARDEN.

    The fragrance of romance still lingers here; Dream voices whisper through the rustling leaves; The heart, attuned, instinctively perceives ...

    Article : 145 words
  22. THE ROAD.

    There goes a road before me, I watch it with delight, Till under mating branches It vanishes from sight. ...

    Article : 105 words
  23. SONNET.

    Give to me flowers with their form divine, Fashioned so purely with a magic art, To drink their fragrance like a draught of wine. ...

    Article : 112 words
  24. ARMISTICE.

    Thunder of guns no more, Silence, and sweet reprieve; Ah, could but Truth proclaim, And the hearts of men believe! ...

    Article : 23 words
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