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  2. ARMISTICE DAY.

    What is it that we have been celebrating for the fifteenth time? The arrival of peace! We were at war. Are we at peace? The war to end war should have begun in November. ...

    Article : 1,473 words
  3. PISA'S PRIDE.

    In the civic and artistic history of Italy, Pisa, on the fast-flowing, muddy Arno, has had no insignificant part. As early as the eleventh century it disputed with Genoa and ...

    Article : 1,147 words
  4. BLANDFORDIA.

    A friend brought us to-day a bunch of Christmas bells, which were gathered on the sandy heathland behind Coff's Harbour. These bells, Blandfordia fiammea, are golden ...

    Article : 782 words
  5. THE FROZEN SOUTH.

    We were outward-bound, heading for the Frozen South, that grim and desolate stronghold of nature. Our ultimate destination was the Ross Sea, the haunt of the mammoth blue ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,378 words
  6. PISA'S MARBLE CATHEDRAL AND LEANING TOWER

    This world-famous Bell Tower has a departure from the perpendicular or more than 14 feet. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  7. MAORI "KINGS."

    "The King is dead; long live the King." And so the Maori, although faithful enough to his British sovereign, has carried on the traditions of his race by the crowning, early in ...

    Article : 771 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    With a loud crash-bang and thumpety-boom, A possum came tumbling into my room. He landed on top of my bestest hat And squashed it quite completely flat. ...

    Article : 260 words
  9. TRIUMPH OF THE TREES

    Forty—eight years ago one of Sydney's wholehearted tree lovers and tree planters dreamed a dream. He had developed a passion for giant trees ...

    Article : 979 words
  10. DEATH OF A DOG.

    I killed a little dog the other day. Like Maeterlinck's Peleas, "his eyes had hardly opened to look upon the world when they closed again in the cruel secrets of death." ...

    Article : 686 words
  11. JANE'S CAT.

    Jane has a cat, a Persian cat, one. green, one orange eye; She crept Into my yard to-day; oh, she is very sly. ...

    Article : 143 words
  12. LISTEN AND LEARN.

    We had never seen him before. Without any encouragement on our part, he constituted himself our guide and friend. It was a lovely April morning, and we were ...

    Article : 606 words
  13. TREE SONGS.

    Above the Queensland border, And lifted to the sky Four thousand feet above the seaAnd that is middling ...

    Article : 87 words
  14. A REGIMENTAL MASCOT.

    About 25 years ago a rox terrier dog named Bob was the regimental mascot of the Royal Australian Artillery stationed at Victoria Barracks, Paddington, Sydney. This dog was ...

    Article : 131 words
  15. PRAYER TIME.

    When I say my prayers at night, My eyes are shuttered very tight; Ye. through my fingers I can see My dad and mother watching me. ...

    Article : 60 words
  16. IN MEMORIAM.

    There died in Sydney, not many days past, in early manhood, one who shall be nameless, since he would have wished It, unhonoured, save by those who knew him for ...

    Article : 373 words
  17. ENGLAND'S LARGEST CARILLON.

    The Tower stands in Westcroft Park, Chobham, Surrey. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 12 words
  18. BIBLE AND CROSS.

    A recent issue of the Bible Society's monthly missionary magazine, the "Bible in the World," gives a very interesting sidelight on the administration of Italy by Signor Benito ...

    Article : 310 words
  19. REVERIE.

    If forced to dwell in some unsightly place, Where there was but one lovely thing to view: A tree perhaps—some distant curve of grace— Or just a spot, at evening curve of grace ...

    Article : 188 words
  20. THE PICTURE.

    What shall I give my love that will For long, long years delight her still; Something she'll look at frequently (And perhaps, in looking, think of me). ...

    Article : 126 words
  21. WE RISE AND FALL.

    Can you stand like a mountain, alone, Not to need of assistance? You can? No! You cannot for long keep aloof. Like a stone ...

    Article : 107 words
  22. DAY'S END.

    A silver gleam—the moon is lit, And stars peep out in legions; The sun has called her rays afar To shine in other regions. ...

    Article : 30 words
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