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  2. STRATFORD-ON-AVON

    On April 23 each year all Stratford-on-Avon is given over to the celebration of Shakespeare's birth in that village in 1564 [?] it is also the anniversary of his death, as ...

    Article : 730 words
  3. "TREETOPS."

    To spend a night at "Treetops Hotel" is an experience that no one who has done so is ever likely to forget, for it is unique, and has been described as the quietest and most ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 906 words
  4. PICTURE IN A BANK

    A painting of "The Woman Taken in Adultery," now considered by one expert to be by Titian, after being for a long time in Sydney, is at present in London. The painting, in ...

    Article : 964 words
  5. EMPIRE DAY.

    The late Archdeacon F. B. Boyce, in a booklet, entitled "Empire Day," states that the credit for inaugurating "Empire Day for school children" belongs to Mrs. Clementine ...

    Article : 1,057 words
  6. "THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY."

    The original painting, which has been for many years in the possession of the Bank of New South Wales, Sydney, is now believed to be a Titian. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 33 words
  7. WELCOME VISITORS.

    Not far from the home of my childhood, in Tasmania, and on our land, there was a swamp that was like a bit of Fairyland to me and my brothers and sisters, away back in ...

    Article : 219 words
  8. A PICTURE TREASURY.

    The "Illustrated London News" has always maintained a high standard of photography and news interest, so that it is only natural to find that its Silver Jubilee Record Number ...

    Article : 922 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN. HOW MRS. NOAH VOTED.

    "The United Art Party," observed Captain Noah. "Has achieved a magnificent victory once more." ...

    Article : 145 words
  10. VETERAN ENGINEER.

    To the coal-mining district of Newcastle-on-Tyne belongs the credit of introducing railway locomotion. As early as 1633 beams of wood were laid down to facilitate the draughts ...

    Article : 1,127 words
  11. THE POOLS WITHOUT END.

    Have you ever found the Pools Without an End? I cannot tell you where they are, save that they are hidden in a valley of those mountains that are blue as the skies of late ...

    Article : 285 words
  12. AT BELLBIRD CORNER.

    "Ting, ting, ting!" The lively bellbirds sing In the morning chill, At Kurrajong Hill; ...

    Article : 50 words
  13. NATIVE WAYS.

    "Yar-ling-in a-e, Wun-a-wae, Wun-a-wae, Wun-a-wae. Ouch-a, Ouch-a, Ouch-a, Ouch-a, Ouch-a, Ouch. ...

    Article : 668 words
  14. THE FAIRY DUNCE.

    Did you ever see a fairy school? I only saw one once, There were twenty-seven pupils. And there was one fairy dunce. ...

    Article : 142 words
  15. DAINTY CHINA.

    It was in an antique shop that I first saw it, gleaming pearly-white between a pile of old volumes and a heaped collection of island curios, clubs, bows and arrows, and great ...

    Article : 472 words
  16. "TORKIN'!"

    Children tork a lot more than "grown ups" because they go to school, and are very 'quisitive. If you ain't 'quisitive you'll never find out anything. I was awful 'quisitive when I ...

    Article : 218 words
  17. SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

    Sunday afternoon. How peaceful everything is! One feels a desire to dream away the quiet afternoon in some secluded nook where stillness reigns, where the very Spirit ...

    Article : 242 words
  18. ASPIRATIONS.

    I'd like to be a doctor. Or maybe study law; I'd like to be an artist (Although I cannot draw). ...

    Article : 87 words
  19. HIS MAJESTY'S HEAD.

    The Silver Jubilee celebrations reminded us of pictured aspects of the Royal head that we have seen throughout the years. These are most familiar from the face of postage stamps. ...

    Article : 354 words
  20. THE DOG THAT CHASED THE SEA.

    I miss the brightest little atom of life that has been on this earth. He was a little dog of doubtful breed, and for over two years on a week-end I have watched him chase the ...

    Article : 174 words
  21. THE MICE PLAY.

    When Puss and Mistress went away Upon a week-end holiday The Mice who dwelt within the Flat Soon lost their angles and grew fat. ...

    Article : 81 words
  22. SILKEN THREADS.

    No fetter forged, no iron band, No naked sword, no tyrant hand, But loyalty and love entwined Are silken threads that surely bind ...

    Article : 217 words
  23. THE LOCOMOTION.

    Stephensons' engine, popularly known as "The Puffing Billy." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 9 words
  24. CHERRY-BLOSSOM TIME.

    Do you know that the cherry-tree In the sacred garden wept; Crying out: "Where is he "My lover—who has not kept ...

    Article : 143 words
  25. STRATFORD-ON-AVON.

    The white thorn drops her cloud of snow Over white swans that swim below, And in the water's even flow Still whiter water-lilies blow. ...

    Article : 127 words
  26. AT LUNCH.

    Relaxed, beneath the trees, On God's own soil, One little hour I seize From daily toil. ...

    Article : 92 words
  27. ESCAPE.

    No prison wall, nor bars of iron wrought, Need keep the captive, when he would be free, For who can lock the door that leads to ...

    Article : 43 words
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