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  2. A BERLIN TROUPE.

    They've done it again! The little figurines have come and conquered. Some years ago it was Podrecca and his company from Rome; now it is Harro ...

    Article : 710 words
  3. BLACKS WITHOUT AN AIM.

    Small bands of blacks, clad in th[?] ragged, cast-off clothes of white men, may be seen any day in the Darwin aboriginal compound, or in any centre ...

    Article : 1,481 words
  4. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S HOME IN THE LOWLANDS.

    In a hollow between the smooth, clipped hills of Melrose (Roxburgh) is Abbotsford, the old home in which Sir Walter Scott, novelist and poet, died more than 101 years ago. Here he worked, weaving stirring and romantic fancies. Often he strolled to watch the nearby view of the valley of the Tweed, which, he said, was among the most glorious of any he knew. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 71 words
  5. MINOR POETS.

    Those who lament the decline of poetry in modern times may take comfort from a recent pronouncement by W. B. Yeats, himself a poet who has ...

    Article : 1,568 words
  6. BANDA NEIRA'S BEAUTY.

    It was three days since we had lost touch with the Australian coast at Thursday Island; and the news had gone round that at about dawn we ...

    Article : 1,499 words
  7. Children's Poetry

    The sun is sinking in the west, The dew is falling fast, Each bird goes off into its nest, The night has come at last. ...

    Article : 86 words
  8. RUSSIAN LIFE.

    I visited Russia with an open and unbiassed mind, never having read any books on Russia or Communism. Travelling from London on a small Soviet ...

    Article : 735 words
  9. KING'S COACHES.

    When King George VI. and Queen Elizabeth drive in state to historic Westminster Abbey to be crowned, many ancient and interesting vehicles ...

    Article : 827 words
  10. MT. BLAXLAND.

    Is Mt. Blaxland, the farthest point reached by the explorers Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth, when they forced a passage over the Blue ...

    Article : 1,035 words
  11. FOAM BEAUTY.

    The foam-capped, rushing, deep, blue sea Is such a wondrous sight to see, As upon rough rocks it dashes, Or gainst craggy cliffs it crashes, ...

    Article : 69 words
  12. MOCKING BIRDS,

    In a secluded gully at National Park near the site of the Royal Zoological Society's station, may be heard almost any day the calls of two notable ...

    Article : 669 words
  13. THE RIVER.

    In Blue Mountain valleys arises the stream That wends its way downwards to oceans of blue. The sun throws her rays, which invitingly ...

    Article : 145 words
  14. PIRATES' "COLD."

    When John and Jim decided to be A couple of mariners bold. To sail across the unknown sea In search of pirates' gold. ...

    Article : 162 words
  15. IDYLL.

    Where is it now—lost youth of Atnie Greece? Dreaming, in sunburnt gold, her cities lie— The broken arches and the graceful ruin Of many temples, vaulted with the sky. ...

    Article : 67 words
  16. A LOOKOUT IN THE BUSH.

    A typical study of an aboriginal in the buah of the Northern Territory. He is looking out for other members of his tribe during a corroboree. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 31 words
  17. OUTWARD BOUND.

    A cloud upon the purple far horizon, The land I loved. I watch it misting over— Swimming away into the star-gilt darkness, And lesser lights, the shore's small flickering ...

    Article : 84 words
  18. TO A LADY.

    Though you have gone, lightly, With a faint promise of a far return, Some part of you is left— The flowers, nodding together with soft ...

    Article : 70 words
  19. IDEA.

    Within the mind are hosts of thoughts, Like little moons that rise and wane; A thousand, thousand such must die Ere one new theme will live and reign. ...

    Article : 31 words
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