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  2. ARMISTICE.

    Hampstead, London, Nov. 2, 1918.—It is the Day of the Dead—of all those millions upon millions of the dead in the midst of whom we, the living of to-day, are but a handful. ...

    Article : 947 words
  3. HELPING THE FARMER.

    There are by-ways and "buy-ways," but it is the latter that interests the producer and the buyer. From the buyer's point of view there are ...

    Article : 631 words
  4. THE ROYAL MAILS

    Of all the countries of Europe, Portugal has been since very early days the steadiest ally of Great Britain. The alliance was more firmly cemented in 1662, when Charles II. ...

    Article : 1,470 words
  5. SNAKES—AND CRICKET.

    At first sight these subjects may seem to be incongruously linked, but they will shortly be seen to be kindred through Mother Earth. During his short and eventful sojourn in ...

    Article : 1,209 words
  6. QUEEN MARIE ANTOINETTE'S THEATRE, VERSAILLES.

    This miniature theatre, forgotten for over a century, is being restored as part of a greater scheme. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 23 words
  7. FRANCE'S PALACES

    That tremendous diorama of remembered yesterdays, centred upon those two magnificent and so historic palaces of Versailles and Fontainebleau, has now been saved for ...

    Article : 1,332 words
  8. GOLDEN POPPIES.

    Elizabeth and Godfrey were twins and lived many hundreds of years ago, when the fairies used to visit earth people more often than they do to-day. Their mother was very ...

    Article : 537 words
  9. FOR, THE CHILDREN.

    If I were a barrowman bold and free, I should make of the Job a perpetual spree; All my life I have wanted to know what It feels To trundle your shop on a couple of wheels, ...

    Article : 248 words
  10. A 24-HOUR DAY.

    "It isn't going to rain" So said, with a particular emphasis on the first word, a hefty lad in khaki whom I met striding Stationwards with a mountain of personal gear on ...

    Article : 559 words
  11. KINGSLEY'S DAUGHTER.

    "Lucas Malet" (Mrs. St. Leger Harrison), whose death took place last week at her beautiful Devonshire home, furnished one of those comparatively rare instances in which the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 671 words
  12. DOLLY LAND.

    Have you ever been to Dolly Land? It's very funny there. You'll see the dollies one by one, Each sitting on a chair. ...

    Article : 136 words
  13. AN INCIDENT FROM NATURE.

    During the recent vacation, which I was spending on a farm just a few miles from Camden, I witnessed an amusing and charming little incident. ...

    Article : 307 words
  14. FIRE VISIONS.

    Fire fairies dancing in the flickering light. Fierce-looking soldiers marching to fight. Grotesque people with twisted limbs, A church full of people singing their hymns ...

    Article : 62 words
  15. "IN REMEMBRANCE."

    Once again, on November 11, we shall keep that solemn two minutes' silence, "In Remembrance"—those moments that are probably the most hallowed of the whole year ...

    Article : 427 words
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    The William Fawcett, a paddle-wheel steamship of 206 tons, built for the Peninsular service in 1829, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 16 words
  17. COUNTING-OUT RHYMES.

    Some years ago, on a previous visit to Sydney, I attended a lecture in the Education Buildings, illustrated by lantern slides, and I noticed that in a picture showing children at ...

    Article : 506 words
  18. IANDRA.

    Mr. W. Green, who has Just been re-elected as Conservative member for Worcester in the pecent English elections, is the son of the late Mr. George Green, at one time a member of ...

    Article : 296 words
  19. THE NONSENSE ZOO.

    O come with me to the Nonsense Zoo, And be introduced to the Kangaroo, Who hasn't got anything else to do But lace and unlace his tennis shoe. ...

    Article : 127 words
  20. JUSTICE WITHHELD.

    Did I startle you, my soft foot falling On softer carpet upon the untroubled floor? Or was it the moaning of the closing door (As a breaking voice for mercy might implore), ...

    Article : 194 words
  21. ADMIRAL BENBOW.

    O, some will sing the praises Of Nelson and of Blake, And some proclaim the deathless fame Of Hawkins and of Drake; ...

    Article : 143 words
  22. VOICES.

    There are three voices born of heaven's blue, The first to all men sounds at morning's break; It rings a trumpet-blast the whole world through, ...

    Article : 88 words
  23. HUMPTY-DUMPTY.

    A few days ago my small nephew, recently promoted to school, politely corrected me, when I was cheerfully chanting the Humpty-Dumpty of my youth, with the astonishing statement ...

    Article : 131 words
  24. WHAT DO TREES TALK ABOUT?

    So often and often I've wondered concerning The long conversations of trees. Now what do they say, one tree to another, When their leaves are stirred by a breeze? ...

    Article : 99 words
  25. THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.

    Blue, not of gentian flower or April sky— A dim, candescent, and unearthly clue, Surely the giants who built, when time was new, Their smithy here, lifting their hammers high, ...

    Article : 120 words
  26. THE BARRED GATE.

    There is a keeper of the gate, Who stands before to bar the way. No woman can foretell the hour She passes through, for on that day ...

    Article : 79 words
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