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  2. LIFE OF JELLICOE.

    It was time that an intimate biography o[?] the late Earl Jellicoe appeared and his friend Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, has written it There are some winning pictures of the bo[?] ...

    Article : 1,635 words
  3. RACHEL DE RUVIGNY.

    The accompanying portrait by Sir Anthony van Dyke was painted about the year 1635. It was purchased by the Felton Bequest in 1922 for the sum of £15,000. The trustees reported ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,412 words
  4. VIEW OF LIVERPOOL AS SHOWN BY AN ENGRAVING OF 1770.

    It was about 1770 that Liverpool first took the lead, which she has ever since retained, from the rival port of Bristol. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 35 words
  5. LIVERPOOL.

    Thus a poet of the eighteenth century describes the humble origin of that vast seaport which is now one of the greatest maritime cities of the world. Among the great ...

    Article : 1,354 words
  6. THE CRYSTAL PALACE.

    News in Thursday's "Herald" of the Crystal Palace fire sent me to a box wherein lie some relics brought out by the family more than 80 years ago. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 727 words
  7. BEAUTY OF SYDNEY.

    Forty years ago Sydney had the atmosphere of a city on the Mediterranean coast; colourful brightness everywhere, the unexpected turn or bend of a street following the original ...

    Article : 1,079 words
  8. POINT CLARE.

    South of the beautiful promontory of Point Clare, on the crest of which still st[?]ds a few tall ironbarks, stretches the level strip of land where Thomas A. Scott grew sugar cane ...

    Article : 916 words
  9. A VISIT TO A HAT FACTORY.

    Aecently I was taken to visit a hat factory. On arriving we saw a lorry with bales of rabbitskins, each weighing 4cwt, being unloaded and stacked in a large room. We ...

    Article : 347 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Said the Sparrow to the Bul-bul, "I' like a chat with you, I've seen you round about the place, Have you nothing much to do? ...

    Article : 239 words
  11. GINGER.

    Ginger was just another dog whom nobody wanted, of no particular breed, long body and short little legs, and a stumpy little tail which never seemed to stop wagging. His twinkling ...

    Article : 354 words
  12. SHADOWS.

    Shadows on the curtains, I see them every night. For when I wake up suddenly They give me such a fright. ...

    Article : 90 words
  13. FAIRY TALE.

    "A poet and a princess fair, A happy tramp, a mournful King, Where witches wave a wicked wand, And mountains walk, and frogs can sing." ...

    Article : 115 words
  14. SEA-SHORE PLANTS.

    After a gale off the coast it is intciesting to go over the sandhills at Bondi and observe by what extraordinary powers of adaptation the shore plants manage to survive such ...

    Article : 378 words
  15. BUCHANAN.

    He was [?] noble fellow of the feline specie[?]et black, except for his snow-white waistcoat and spats—and they called him Buchanan. He was born in the sail loft at Garden Island, ...

    Article : 248 words
  16. THE DISADVANTAGE.

    The other night, when William John Was climbing into bed, He hesitated for a while. Then confidentially said, ...

    Article : 87 words
  17. SUMMER NIGHT.

    Wrapped in a pall of smoke, the red sun goes Down and away beyond, where no one knows. Now from the foxgloves tall a spider swings; Hawk moths are whirring low on rapid wings. ...

    Article : 72 words
  18. A SURPRISE VISIT.

    The hour was late—at feast far too late to expect hearing little birds chirping and cheeping and singing sweetly and gally about something or other. ...

    Article : 238 words
  19. THE BROADWATER.

    Point Clate is on the right, Point Frederick on the left. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 16 words
  20. THE BELUBULA.

    In the hills, the far hills, where the sunset [?]es At the close of the day, And the eagle cries neath Western skic[?], ...

    Article : 168 words
  21. AUSTRAL MAID.

    Thou art peerless, thou pearl of Australia, fair maid, Beauty's queen of the wide Southern Sea; Like a summer sky azured, with silver inlaid. ...

    Article : 99 words
  22. FIR CONES AT BURRADOO.

    Beneath the sighing pine trees The cones lay, here and there, We gathered them rejoicing, For a frost was in the air. ...

    Article : 56 words
  23. THE UPWARD STAIR.

    Within each soul's a little winding stair Where one, in climbing, finds a room for prayer Or rests in contemplation's lofty seat To watch the eternal tides their currents meet. ...

    Article : 56 words
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