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  2. REPLANNING.

    To-day the port of Marseilles possesses six basins, with an area of 312 hectares (1 hectare is slightly less than 2 [?] acres), of which 212 hectares are water surface and 100 of quays. ...

    Article : 1,519 words
  3. CLOSE QUARTERS.

    There are three kinds of travel books[?] records of adventure, of observation, and of experience. The first, full of action, is, of course, the most popular. The second, to ...

    Article : 1,333 words
  4. JOHN RUSKIN.

    If memory, "the warden of the brain," can be trusted, it was in 1885 and the fall of that year. Having discharged a journalistic assignment further afield, I had halted at ...

    Article : 1,464 words
  5. VIEW ACROSS CONISTON FROM RUSKIN'S "BRANTWOOD."

    Prominent in the background is the Old Man of Coniston, 2633 fee., the name of which was often applied to Ruskin himself. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 32 words
  6. TASMANIAN TOUR.

    Right in the heart of Tasmania lies the Great Lake, famous for two widely differing reasons, Listening to the enthusiast one finds it difficult to decide whether the lake's ...

    Article : 1,395 words
  7. "PONTO."

    From the very first days of his existence, Ponto was the outcast of his litter. His mother, a highly respectable and very strict Pointer, disliked him because she could not ...

    Article : 394 words
  8. AN EARLY SYDNEY ZOO.

    Long before many of the present-day holiday resorts around Sydney were developed, and indeed before some of them were "discovered," he shores of Botany Bay were ...

    Article : 1,044 words
  9. THE BATTLE.

    A woman was the cause of it. Stealing a wife is the accepted method of the Australian blackfellow when his thoughts lightly turn to love, but often the capture is attended with ...

    Article : 872 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    A dimpled face, and two eyes of blue, And a smile that is just too sweet: This is the picture I have of you, As I kiss your chubby feet. ...

    Article : 148 words
  11. A KITCHEN GARDEN.

    Poor Molly, sad and lonely. Had cried for hours and hours. Because her window garden Would yield her no bright flow'rs. ...

    Article : 88 words
  12. TO WENDY.

    There are fairy tales of Peter Pan, And rhymes of Little Bo-Peep, But the fairiest fairy tale of all, Is Wendy, when Wendy's asleep. ...

    Article : 84 words
  13. MY FRIEND.

    He is old this friend of mine, close on eighty years of age; but, although his hair is white and he is not so active as he once was, he has the most acute mind of any man ...

    Article : 261 words
  14. THE BULLFROG AND THE LIZARD.

    "You're a reptile," said a bullfrog To a lizard, "I'm one, too; But although I am a reptile, I'm not a bit like you. ...

    Article : 117 words
  15. GILLY-GALLEY.

    Gilly-Galley was a gander. When he became the father of four fine goslings, he was exceedingly proud, and took a share of the responsibility of their care. But sad days ...

    Article : 187 words
  16. THE SKATERS.

    Last Monday night we went, to see Mister Glaciarium. He was glad as glad can be, For he said, "I'm pleased you've come." ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. LEPROSY IN THE SOLOMONS.

    A conservative estimate of the number of lepers on the island of Malaita alone, in the British Solomons group, is 400. The news, therefore, that the Bishop of Melanesia ...

    Article : 298 words
  18. SYDNEY'S EARLIEST ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS IN 1857.

    A Sydney Directory illustration of the Sir Joseph Banks Hotel and Zoo at Botany. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  19. THE ROAD.

    It glimmered in the snining vibrance of morning, that long, twisting ribbon of pale grey concrete, looping its way into the mystery of the Far Beyond. Already dawn mist trailed ...

    Article : 185 words
  20. TRANQUILITY.

    'Tis night! The sun has long since sunk to rest Away beyond the portals of the west; And in its place a silver moon is hung, ...

    Article : 185 words
  21. INCONGRUITY.

    Bleak, bleak is the day: The dead leaves go Like brown cowled monks through lank grey grass; ...

    Article : 69 words
  22. THE MASTERPIECE.

    'Twas not by oil and pigments wrought, Nor cunning brush, this wholesome whole; But by the price of Art 'twas bought, The bitter life-blood of the soul. ...

    Article : 38 words
  23. DESECRATION.

    Miserly, each man hoards a wealth Of finer thoughts from view. Afraid lest that which is his gold Might seem but dross to you. ...

    Article : 29 words
  24. SNOW KISSES.

    Crystalline flakes, Born in the pure grey air, Destined to die, Caress my loved one's hair. ...

    Article : 22 words
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