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  2. A MOORISH CAFE IN TANGIER, ABOUT 1870.

    Scarcely affected by political upheavals, the social habits of the natives display but little change. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  3. MOTUROA.

    In the excitement following the record-breaking flight of Miss Jean Batten across the Tasman Sea the New Zealand Postmaster-General (Mr. Jones), doubtless carried away ...

    Article : 1,239 words
  4. TOC H IN ENGLAND.

    In 1934, one was privileged to see something of Toc H at work in England. One had gone there as a member of Toc H New South Wales. Since, however, Toc H, in each State ...

    Article : 1,586 words
  5. OSSIANIC POETRY.

    The expression "Ossianic poetry" requires [?]me definition. It refers in its immediate [?]se to the poetical works of James Mac[?]erson (1736-1796), who published in the ...

    Article : 1,290 words
  6. TANGIER.

    After the Roman occupation of Northern Africa had come to an end the whole country relapsed, with little exception, into a state of-barbarism; a series of independent States, ...

    Article : 1,217 words
  7. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    I was at Burrawong Station, standing just outside my door. When along came a little maiden—I'd say her age was four[?] ...

    Article : 193 words
  8. VISITING AUNT.

    Two gleaming white sailor suits, inside which were two little boys, sat stiffly on the edge of a couch. The owners ot the sailor suits were paying a call upon an elderly aunt, ...

    Article : 449 words
  9. ROMANTIC LONDON.

    London is always essentially the same, yet she is always changing, One heare laments over the manner in which Regent-street has been rebuilt, or at the pulling down of famous ...

    Article : 896 words
  10. EARLY STAMPS.

    It seems that amongst pnnatelists the phrase "first postage stamp" is understood to apply to the first practical application of the suggestion for postal reform submitted to ...

    Article : 728 words
  11. A FLYING VISIT TO THE ARK.

    Captain Noah was eagerly scanning the sky From the bridge of the Ark, while excitement ran high, For the seene was beyond any pen to depict, ...

    Article : 161 words
  12. JACARANDA'S SEED BABIES.

    Cosily tucked in their brown cradle, Jacaranda's seed babies slept soundly. Only one cradle hung from the bare branches, so mother tree guarded it with loving care. ...

    Article : 186 words
  13. TRAVELLING WITH THE BAKER.

    The baker clatters down the street, And I sit near him, on the seat, And all the boys are envying me; I'm proud, you needn't doubt it. ...

    Article : 141 words
  14. A MEETING.

    When Mr. Zane Grey was in Australia, I had the pleasure of receiving several letters from him. He is very interested in young people who are trying to become authors, ...

    Article : 216 words
  15. THE SYMBOLIC STATUE.

    I was at Lucerne—that Swiss city by the lake, with the mountains rising about it like sheer, dramatic walls. But in a more real and actual sense I was in the land of Hans ...

    Article : 405 words
  16. NEW ERA.

    A thousands years ago dawn's smile was here, Here on the green, while the children at play Wove in their laughter the threads of a year Beyond their lives' sweet and ancient decay; ...

    Article : 117 words
  17. KNOBS.

    I love the knobs within my room, I love them more than sailing ships, And more than Jock, the doll that skip. Or guns I have that bang and boom. ...

    Article : 98 words
  18. THE CYPRESS PINE.

    I looked sorrowfully at the cypress pine— dear old friendly thing! This was to be the last glimpse I would have of it standing in my garden as it was to be rooted out and ...

    Article : 299 words
  19. YOUTH IMMORTAL.

    "Life is eternal-Death but a passing wind!" Ah, surely we have met before, But when and there? In quiet Engoish vales. ...

    Article : 211 words
  20. MOTUROA AS IT APPEARED TO LT. THOS. WOORE, R.N., A CENTURY AGO.

    From a hitherto unpublished sketch in the possession of a grandson of Lieutenant Woore. Several of the islands have since been removed to create New Plymouth's breakwater. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 39 words
  21. SEA-SHELL.

    I found you on the sandy shore, Fluted and delicate and thin. And knew that lately you had been Lapped by the tide that, rushing in, ...

    Article : 117 words
  22. EVENING PRAYER.

    God's day Is ended, Sinks the sun Into the Golden West. Pray that our God ...

    Article : 34 words
  23. TRUE PRIDE.

    True pride (a virtue seldom understood— Too oft adjudicated mere conceit), Though dressed in rags, can treat with scorn or wit ...

    Article : 42 words
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