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  2. BARING-GOULD.

    The Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould, besides being extraordinarily prolific, was a writer of quite unommon charm; and it is one of the curiosities of literature that, though he produced more ...

    Article : 672 words
  3. RICHARD III.

    Some little time back the "Herald" published a reproduction of its advertisement announcing the first Shakespearean production to be adequately attempted in the colony. ...

    Article : 1,478 words
  4. PHILLIP'S LANDING.

    "Sentries were placed in position and a guard always under arms was placed on the Quarter decks of the transports to prevent any tudden outbreak Fortunately nothing of the ...

    Article : 847 words
  5. THE HACKNEY COACH.

    The letting out [?] hire of vehicles resembling a rude form of coach appears to have originated at a very early date and is another of those customs in which the wonderful old Romans ...

    Article : 1,375 words
  6. A MODE OF TRAVEL WHICH VARIED LITTLE FOR CENTURIES.

    Type of coach used in the time of James [?]. or William III. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. JIMMY AND A KITTEN.

    Jimmy is a tomcat, 11 months old, fat, good-looking, and very affectionate. Mitzie is his mother; thin and miserable. A few months ago Mizzie became the mother of two kittens. ...

    Article : 295 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    A winding and awindlng goes the road to Goblin Town, Atwisting and atwining far across a purple down; ...

    Article : 121 words
  9. HANS ANDERSEN.

    "Our good-natured, vain, child-like Andersen, who certainly cannot be denied a fair amount of talent." This marked perhaps one of Hans Andersen's greatest achievements, his ...

    Article : 1,114 words
  10. ROYALTY IN WAX.

    It is surprising how few Londoners have ever visited the collection of wax effigies at Westminster Abbey. I have rarely come across one who knows anything about these treasures ...

    Article : 986 words
  11. HISTORIC WELLINGTON.

    On August l8, 1817, a party of weary men, led by John Oxley, Surveyor-General, made their camp in the glen afterwards called Glenfillas. For weeks they had been exploring the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 243 words
  12. ENVY.

    Sparrow on the roof top Chirping to the breeze. Flirting with the sunlight, Flitting where you please, ...

    Article : 101 words
  13. WILLIAM BLIGH.

    As the 26th of January marks two great writs in the early history of Australia, viz., the founding of the first settlement at Port Jackson in 1788, and the insurrection of the ...

    Article : 750 words
  14. AN IDEAL PICNIC SPOT.

    Now that the school holidays are here and mother is wondering where to take the children, I could not suggest a more beautiful, and at the same time readily accessible, spot ...

    Article : 221 words
  15. BUNNYK1NS.

    There's the sweetest little bunny that you could ever meet, Living in a cubby house, not far down our street; ...

    Article : 140 words
  16. FUSSY FOXIE DEFIED.

    Hurrying through the crowd of busy shoppers I was attracted by the defiant barking of a small, pert fox terrier pup perched precariously on a lorry. One eye was encircled ...

    Article : 112 words
  17. WESTMINSTER ABBEY EFFIGIES.

    The figures of William and Mary. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 11 words
  18. HOURS.

    "Of these thy vanished hours what shalt thou say?" That is what Dante Gabriel Rossetti asks in a poem of his Perhaps there are strange answers upon the Ups of ...

    Article : 171 words
  19. POETS AND PERFUME.

    In gracious fellowship the volumes stand Like jars of perfume on the shelves; I take and turn their beauty in my hand; They breathe lthe fragrance of themselves. ...

    Article : 201 words
  20. VIOLIN.

    Take up your violin and play to me! And let your music set my spirit free. Cast off the chains of hard reality. And wander in the realms of poesy! ...

    Article : 150 words
  21. AUSTRALIA.

    Isle of the Southern Seas—Deneath whose breast Lies boundless wealth, forgot in Empire's plan— ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. NIGHT IN THE TROPICS.

    Soft cooling winds sweep over palm-fringed isles, Where jewelled wavelets idly break and croon; ...

    Article : 35 words
  23. MELODY.

    In the rushes by the river. As night paled into morn, Pan plucked a reed and blew a note— And melody was born. ...

    Article : 34 words
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