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  2. BLIGH AT THE NORE.

    So greatly have the two most famous episodes of Admiral Bligh's adventurous life overshadowed all else in it that it is only with effort we can think of him as having been ...

    Article : 1,593 words
  3. HELEN KELLER.

    "Unique" is a bold claim; and the aim of this article is to show that it is well founded. Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became blind, deaf, and dumb. Such a ...

    Article : 1,661 words
  4. THEATRE REVOLUTION.

    The theatre is passing through its revolution. In one generation the most wonderful changes are seen in a craft that has held place for hundreds of years. The stage to-day is a ...

    Article : 1,315 words
  5. SCHOOL SPORT.

    There are times when the earnest teacher gravely wonders whether or not school sport is monopolising too great a share of the interest and energy of his or her pupils, and ...

    Article : 1,306 words
  6. A SNOW-CAPPED MONARCH OF THE ANDES.

    THE PEAK OF EL MISTI, SEEN FROM AREQUIPA. PERU. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 15 words
  7. "THE NEVER NEVER."

    Many Australians are interested in North Australia, or the "Territory" as it is still often called, and one is frequently asked, "Is it a white man's country?" It must be ...

    Article : 924 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN. SILENT MUSIC.

    There's music in a brooklet's gurgling splashes, As on it dashes; In the broad ocean's riotous wealth of sound, As waves leap and bound; ...

    Article : 181 words
  9. LAND OF THE INCA.

    There is nothing more enthralling to the traveller than to quietly dwell with his past experiences and retravcrse in retrospective meditation those lands which he has formerly ...

    Article : 1,142 words
  10. A DAY IN MY LIFE.

    I opened my eyes (or rather one eye—for I always keep one open at night to guard the house from burglars) one early spring morning, and, after, shaking myself (a process ...

    Article : 749 words
  11. WHEN A SNAIL TAKES A WALK.

    How very funny it would be If we were forced to grow Our houses on our backs and take Them everywhere we go! ...

    Article : 118 words
  12. THE CROCODILE.

    The crocodile may slyly smile And bid you stay a little while Beside the waters of the Nile Or any other river. ...

    Article : 71 words
  13. A WHITE SETTLER'S HOMESTEAD.

    The simple architecture of the Far North. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 11 words
  14. MOONLIGHT SONATA.

    Warm is this moonlight! Like a rippling flood It softens all the landscape; the high towers Are bathed in its effulgence. Here and there It smites a deeper blueness to a pool, ...

    Article : 328 words
  15. NURSERY RHYMES.

    Little Mrs. Bluetip, sitting in your nest, Why is your husband so much better dressed? With his navy blue suit and bright blue cap, I do really think he's a smart little chap. ...

    Article : 123 words
  16. MORNING GLORY.

    The rambling morning-glory curled Her clasping tendrils through Rubble and refuse, till the world Was all Madonna-blue— ...

    Article : 120 words
  17. THE ELM AND THE OAK.

    Oh, Mrs. Elm and Mrs. Oak Are really most eccentric folk;' Though quite genteel, I must confess They've strange ideas about their dress. ...

    Article : 130 words
  18. THE ALBATROSS AT SEA.

    If ever you are weary of playing on the deck. Or watching all the water foaming by. Then look behind the ship and you'll see with outstretched neck ...

    Article : 121 words
  19. SECOND THOUGHTS.

    "Whither away?" I said to Rose— The daintiest, thorniest bud that grows— "May I come, too?" Her lip she curl'd; Disdainfully her eyes she furl'd; ...

    Article : 95 words
  20. SYDNEY HARBOUR.

    I never know Which time to love you most' 'Neath evening's glow Or dawn's soft haze, which blends the earth ...

    Article : 92 words
  21. MAY MATIN.

    There is a spider thread on every thorn, Lace trimmings for a fairy's flowered sandals; As in a curtained room with yellow candles. The eastward gipy is lit with fleecy corn, ...

    Article : 63 words
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