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  2. PORT MACQUARIE

    Not many relics remain to remind us of convict settlement at Port Macquarie. The old gaol has been removed, not even a stone of the wall is there, and ...

    Article : 1,354 words
  3. THE EARTH'S AGE.

    As the various branches of science have developed there have become available more accurate methods of determining the age of the world. ...

    Article : 905 words
  4. SEVILLE.

    On a hot midsummer Sunday our anchor bit yellow mud in the broad mouth of Spain's large southern rio (river), Gaudalquivir. White and ...

    Article : 1,522 words
  5. THE GREY BEAUTY OF AN OLD BRIDGE.

    Time, while enriching the beauty of this old bridge over the River Lune at Kirkby Lonsdale, in Westmoreland, England, has robbed it of its usefulness. It has been closed to traffic, and a wide modern bridge has been erected nearby. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 47 words
  6. PAINTINGS OF KINGS.

    "The King!" This is not merely a formal toast to ihe crown and sceptre of Royalty, but evokes in each individual an image of ...

    Article : 1,130 words
  7. COMBOYNE HILLS

    If one had descended the circuitous road that leads from the Comboyne plateau into Wingham a few weeks before Christmas he would have seen an ...

    Article : 730 words
  8. Children's Poetry PLAYMATES.

    When I'm lonesome for a playmate And the time is slow to pass. Then I have such fun by playing With my shadow, on the grass. ...

    Article : 108 words
  9. GARDEN CALENDAR.

    One wonders why, among a people of garden-lovers, and in a season when certain successful English novelists are writing so much about country cottages ...

    Article : 528 words
  10. GOVETT'S LEAP.

    Australia possesses some rare gems of legendary, which have come to be regarded by many as true stories of early happenings in the infant colony. ...

    Article : 396 words
  11. DIRECT RATIO.

    Young Alan watched the locust With amazement in his eyes, And said, "You make a lot of noise, Considering your size. ...

    Article : 45 words
  12. A TRULY BOAT.

    If I might have A truly boat— Not just a toy On Pond to float— ...

    Article : 101 words
  13. WRECKS.

    Once stately ships that sailed the seas and bore Rich cargoes homeward from a foreign shore, Your voyages being spent, are left to die, ...

    Article : 71 words
  14. WOOD PIGEONS.

    Years ago a protest was raised against the indiscriminate slaughter of the American wood pigeon, millions of which were shephered into spread nets ...

    Article : 548 words
  15. THE UNSEEING.

    The poet sat on a wooded slope which rambled down to a gleaming river. He was seeking inspiration. He gazed straight ahead, running his ...

    Article : 447 words
  16. "SILHOUETTE."

    She dances in the shadows—silhouette, With her grace and old-world charm— sly coquette. She steps and turns so lightly—a pierette, ...

    Article : 60 words
  17. THE HARVEST OF THE REEDS.

    The reeds on the lakes and inland waters of Germany are harvested each year. They are cut off close above the ice. Bound into sheaves, they are then sent to reed-weaving sheds, where they are prepared for ceiling work in houses. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 48 words
  18. THE BRIDGE.

    Grey ribs of steel, grey spans of curving steel, Tauten strength's bow metallic; cranes, cloudjutting. Raise spider skeletons to dance death's reel ...

    Article : 236 words
  19. WEBS OF SUMMER.

    O, summer is a weaver! The fields of rip'ning wheat Plush green-gold, red-gold, yellow, In lolt'ring, noon-tides heat, ...

    Article : 113 words
  20. MAIDEN HAIR.

    O, soft, green, delicate wild fern, Mirrored in the burn, Where spate of tossing waters swirl, Light silver spray o'er fronds that curl. ...

    Article : 86 words
  21. RAIN.

    There's something that is friendly about rain, The kindly way it whispers as it falls; A cheerful music as it splashes stones, Or beats with slow insistence on the walls. ...

    Article : 67 words
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