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  2. ANTIQUES.

    The loan exhibition of antiques shown in aid of the Kindergarten Union of New South Wales closed its doors on the 15th of last month, after having delighted thousands of ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,285 words
  3. THE EMU.

    "It may appear paradoxical to state that the emu is the national bird of the Commonwealth, and at the same time the martyr bird of the Confederacy; but it is so, and yet the. emu is ...

    Article : 972 words
  4. UNITY OF SCIENCE.

    The advances made in one branch of scientific inquiry are seized eagerly and applied by workers in another branch. There may be apparently a broad gulf between such ...

    Article : 1,205 words
  5. ONE OF THE STATELY HOMES OF ENGLAND. BURTON CONSTABLE HALL.

    This old family seat, situated in the neighbourhood of Hull, is a veritable treasure-house of art. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 26 words
  6. BURTON CONSTABLE

    I use the name "home" in this case in preference to the more hackneyed term of manor or mansion because no one visiting Burton Constable can fail to feel its genuine homely ...

    Article : 1,449 words
  7. OMAR KHAYYAM.

    These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred, Bach softly-rounded like a lucent moon; The diver Omar plucked them from their bea, ...

    Article : 1,086 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN. "ORANGES AND LEMONS."

    "Or-an-ges and Lem-ons." The little children sang, "The Bells of St. Clem-ents" in chanted chorus gay. ...

    Article : 172 words
  9. THE DROVER.

    A red glow often shines way out in the heart of the bush—I cannot resist its appeal, and find myself drawing near. A drover's camp! What secrets are known to the man ...

    Article : 256 words
  10. CANALS.

    I took it to be a river—a narrow, winding little river, willow-screened and reed-bordered, such as vou may come upon anywhere in rural England. On the late April morning when I ...

    Article : 1,133 words
  11. HOPPY.

    Hoppy was the prettiest little kangaroocreature possible; perhaps this was why. one day, some men out trapping saw him, and decided to take him home, unharmed, as a ...

    Article : 236 words
  12. PETER PANIKIN'S STORE.

    At the end of our lane, and just a little further down, Is a dear little pixies' shop, the quaintest seen in town. ...

    Article : 122 words
  13. NOISES.

    When you're all by yourself in bed after dark, And there's nothing to see by—not even a sparkl Do you ever hear noises? ...

    Article : 143 words
  14. PRIMITIVE MAN.

    The scientific world is still wrangling over the genesis of the primitive man. New Zealand has now entered the controversy. Explorers of that favoured land in the early ...

    Article : 476 words
  15. "SUSIE."

    Susie is a Muscovy duck. She is a great pet, and follows us about wherever we go, and is quite miserable if we are away for any length of time. The children were very excited ...

    Article : 202 words
  16. GROENBURGWAL, AMSTERDAM.

    A tranquil backwater in peaceful Holland. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 8 words
  17. SWAMPS AND TRAM SHEDS.

    How many persons travelling along the Balrain tram line past Harold Park realise that the huge tram sheds near the coursing ground are on the site of what forty years ago was ...

    Article : 297 words
  18. ELIZABETH BAY HOUSE.

    Laughter and tears has the old house known; The young wife's bliss, death, lovers' whlspering. Life had the old house known; and flowers, ...

    Article : 178 words
  19. THE CAPTIVE SOUL.

    Proud form so [?]ine, [?]riet link divine, A leaf in the autumn shed; A tick of time in the life sublime And thy fleeting course is spedl ...

    Article : 120 words
  20. SUNRISE AT SEA.

    From out a leaden sea Rise wings of gold: Slowly they sperad— Till sullen waves become a molten throne ...

    Article : 40 words
  21. BEWILDERED.

    The hurt, a loved one deals, Slays beauty's soul, and steals The bloom from off the peach, And from romance's reach ...

    Article : 45 words
  22. WAR MEMORIALS.

    The stones we raise to honour the dear doom Of those who died in war for peace's sake May slay us in their fall and be our tomb. Unless that peace we make. ...

    Article : 37 words
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