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  2. OLD KOREAN POETS.

    Mrs. Joan S. Grigsby, a Scottish-born woman who has lived in many countries, and much in the Far East, has delighted English and[?] American readers svith her translations of ...

    Article : 1,376 words
  3. "HUMANITY DICK."

    Animal welfare organisations throughout the Empire are this year celebrating the centenary of the passage by the British Parliament in 1835 of the first Act granting protection against ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,046 words
  4. SYDNEY HARBOUR AS SEEN FROM VAUCLUSE IN 1802

    From a watercolour painting by William Westall, who visited Australia in the Investigator, under Flinders. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  5. BERRIQUIN SCHEME.

    The official ceremony of turning the first sod of the Berriquin irrigation scheme will be performed by the Premier (Mr. Stevens) on April 6 next. ...

    Article : 591 words
  6. TERRITORY GOLD.

    For the first time since the 'eighties, when the windiammers carried away thousands of ounces of gold from Darwin, and when a multitude of Chinese coolies scratched a good ...

    Article : 1,162 words
  7. ARCHIPELAGOES.

    Breakers raved on the reef close, by, the sea was rough, but the wind was light. I tried to sleep, but heard the captain's order to start the engine. The windlass clanked ...

    Article : 1,161 words
  8. WILLIAM WESTALL.

    William Westall was the aitist—officially and prosaically described as "landscape and figure draftsman"—attached to the exploilng ship Investigator, under the command of Captain ...

    Article : 1,179 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    I dreamed last night, oh such a queer, strange dream: The dollies in my cupboard came to life. I saw them plainly in the pale moon's bleam, ...

    Article : 211 words
  10. JERRY THE 'POSSUM.

    When I look at her fal body squatting on the kitchen table both litle paws clutching a piece of cake, and two beady black eyes radiating satisfaction, my thoughts hark back ...

    Article : 1,023 words
  11. VAUCLUSE LANDMARK.

    It is calculated that Norfolk Island pine trees rarely exceed the age of 100 years if grown under unsuitable conditions. Tree lovers will remember that the famous ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 643 words
  12. THE ANTELOPE.

    The Antelope's a bounder— His fastness is astounding: He really sets a frightful pace And dashes round from place to place ...

    Article : 65 words
  13. A NEW DAY.

    Oh sky of misty grey, not far above, And clouds low hanging on the mountain peak. Oh stretch of paddock, and of trees I love, ...

    Article : 74 words
  14. A CHILD'S QUERY.

    'Tw[?]s Norma's birthday—she was four, And, thoughtfully alive, Asked: "Dear mamma, what shall I do With my four when Iam five?" ...

    Article : 26 words
  15. WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

    What are they doing? And where are they going? Tony and Douglas and Anne. The thrush and the whipbird are singing and ...

    Article : 124 words
  16. ONCE A PARADISE.

    In connection with tne report that a lighthouse has been erected to guide aeroplanes across an arid region known as "the Land of Fear." in Ihe Sahara. Professor Child, of ...

    Article : 278 words
  17. WOOD GRAINS.

    All timbers bear a grain of some sort, the bases of which are the annual rings which the tree adds year by year in the expansion of its girth. The beauty of the grain in ...

    Article : 267 words
  18. REVERIE.

    Lazily at close of day, through mist-enshrouded trees and shadowy vales, We wend our slow, contented way 'tween dewy, bracken-bordered trails ...

    Article : 48 words
  19. THE MAGIC THREAD.

    A single strand of spider web hung down directly from heaven, it seemed, and far up into the sky it glittered and swayed and vibrated with the sunbeams that chased up ...

    Article : 306 words
  20. EDGE OF AN ATOLL REEF AT LOW TIDE.

    The ocean-side reef is rarely tranquil, even on the leeward side. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 19 words
  21. THE LAST ILLUSION.

    Here is no star. But the night-token And the image far Of a dream broken: ...

    Article : 111 words
  22. BELOVED.

    Somewhere, from out the mists of Time and place, I shall behold your dear, beloved face. Shall kiss your lips, and see your dear eyes ...

    Article : 59 words
  23. THOUGHTS.

    I could not... nay! I would not try To live, if by mischance were I Robbed of the, privilege to think... Thoughts are the pearls from Heaven's brink! ...

    Article : 40 words
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