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  2. SCIENCE AND NATURE.

    The ascent during last year of Professor Plccard, the Belgian scientist, to a height of ten and a quarter miles above sea level-a record which may stand for a considerable ...

    Article : 1,500 words
  3. THREE TRIBUTARIES.

    "Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road," sang Wait Whitman, "healthy, free, the world before me," and that is the real way to know a country and what it contains. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,414 words
  4. LAND OF EVANGELINE.

    It has been the habit of Australians for a great many years, when visiting England via Canada, to make a detour at Niagara and then go down the American railway system to New ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 797 words
  5. MEMORIAL CHURCH, GRAND PRE, SHOWING FRENCH CROSS.

    "Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand Pre Lay in the peaceful valley."—Longfellow. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  6. JOHN GALSWORTHY.

    In 1922, being then in London, this present writer was invited by Mr. John Galsworthy to vislt him at hia home at HamP" dead. on arrival the visitor was warmly ...

    Article : 1,593 words
  7. AN ARK NUISANCE.

    The Ark was becalmed, and at anchorage lay, on the glassy green ocean, one midsummer day, when Bertie Bluebottle, that brilliant young fly, began buzzing about, and Just ...

    Article : 252 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN. CHOICE OF A SUBJECT.

    [?] stuck in the office with nothing to do, And feeling so bored—it's sad but it's true— So to rhyme I have turned, to be sure it's not much; ...

    Article : 279 words
  9. THE FIRST SUNDAY.

    In Mr. Cramp's article, in the "Herald" of February 4, on Governor Philip's landing under the above heading he quotes two relevant extracts. Will he or any of the West ...

    Article : 879 words
  10. KERMADECS.

    Towards the end of last year there passed away at Auckland, at the ripe age of 85, Mrs. Frederica Bell, who spent 35 years of her life on Sunday Island, in the Kermadecs. where ...

    Article : 910 words
  11. LOST CITIES.

    It is natural in these days to look back on the romantic, mysterious past, shrouded in obscurity Barely anything presents such a fascinating study as that of lost civilisations, ...

    Article : 266 words
  12. RABBITOI

    The bunnies trooped into the bright, warm sun Tappety, tappety, tap; Their mother, she counted them one by one. Rappety rappety. rapl ...

    Article : 92 words
  13. GOLDIE.

    Goldie was a big chestnut—a glorious creature'with a head that proclaimed her aristocracy, and a coat of shining satin. Goldie belongs to mother, and as a special treat I ...

    Article : 168 words
  14. THE WALKING STICK.

    Our grandpa now is growing staid, And when he's walking out A walking stick he takes for aid, A cane that's strong and stout. ...

    Article : 93 words
  15. BURDEKIN HOUSE.

    The hand of destruction is again eager to get busy and pull down that which Sydney should preserve, namely, Burdekin House Like a child who wants to break a thing ...

    Article : 281 words
  16. LOOKING DOWN THE MACDONALD.

    The stream is seen nearing the Hawkesbury River and Wiseman's Ferry. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 16 words
  17. MARCUS CLARKE.

    Mention by Camden Morrlsby of Marcus Clarke's "His Natural Life" made me unearth from my literary relics a hitherto unpublished story regarding one of the eccentricities of ...

    Article : 219 words
  18. MEMORY.

    I wonder, if you, as I, remember The care-free days When we walked that glad and Mad December ...

    Article : 107 words
  19. STORM OVER LION ISLAND.

    Where waves beat and spray flies, And white gulls sweep. The Island raises ochre cliffs From waters dark and deep. ...

    Article : 118 words
  20. ARCHIE JACKSON.

    Sunshine he loved, and in his happy smile The sunshine ever hovered as he played; So full of charm, and so devoid of guile, An elfin spirit, winsome, unafraid. ...

    Article : 102 words
  21. A BIRD ALONE.

    A bird alone in a woodland dell, piped a clear call like a crystal bell, It called and sang with its hidden flute. And. yet the woods and the stream were mute. ...

    Article : 67 words
  22. EYES.

    The wonder in those eyes of thineMelting, languorous, softly shyLike rich and rare Castillan wine. Sparkling beneath a southern sky I ...

    Article : 27 words
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