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  2. A MACQUARIE RELIC.

    Familiarity has robbed most of our historic landmarks of their charm. We no longer thrill to the mention of Old Government House, Parramatta; Darlinghurst Gaol has ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 688 words
  3. THE ART OF READING.

    There are many who think that a reader's part is a purely passive one; that nothing should be expected of him beyond the ability to read what is set before him. This is a ...

    Article : 1,606 words
  4. A VETERAN PASSES.

    To the younger generation in Australia, and particularly in New South Wales, who were not contemporary with the three or four decades of his political and social activities, the name ...

    Article : 886 words
  5. THE MANTUAN BARD'S LAST RESTING-PLACE.

    VIRGIL'S TOMB AT NAPLES. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 11 words
  6. EXPLORERS MEET.

    No one perhaps followed with greater interest the occasional reports published in the "Herald" a few months ago of the exploits of the McKay Expedition to Central Australia ...

    Article : 742 words
  7. BACK NUMBERS.

    Even later than the sixties, it was a common thing for "a respectable man, able to read and write," to offer his services through the advertisement columns of the "Herald." ...

    Article : 1,597 words
  8. CAN WE FORGET?

    Some of the authorities seem to think it is time we began to forget, and to give up leaving our flowers of memory at the war shrines. But as long as life lasts, no man ...

    Article : 591 words
  9. "COCK."

    It was given to father when a dear little yellow fluffy chicken, after a severe thunderstorm had killed the mother and the remainder of the brood. The kiddies were delighted ...

    Article : 595 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    There's a funny old man, little girl, little boy. Who has lived many hundreds of years, Such a wee little mite— And he comes every night, ...

    Article : 144 words
  11. ARMISTICE DAY.

    It was in the year 1919—the first anniversary of Armistice Day. We were on a tour of some of the groups of Pacific Islands, notably of Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa. In Fiji we had ...

    Article : 596 words
  12. THE MAGIC COUNTRY OF THE FAIRIES.

    Out beyond the blue hills, could I but find the way, Is a Fairyland of beauty that spreads for miles away; ...

    Article : 128 words
  13. A LETTER HOME.

    Dear England,- Since last I wrote the revolution of time has brought great glory upon us. Sydney, like a woman "hushed and half-afraid" in the ...

    Article : 502 words
  14. VIRGIL'S TOMB.

    Some years ago I bought in an old bookshop a copy of the works of Virgil, printed in Amsterdam in 1680. The volume is illustrated with some quaint copperplates by Appelman, ...

    Article : 282 words
  15. TWO AUSTRALIAN PATHFINDERS.

    Mr. Donald McKay (left) who recently carried out an aerial survey in Central Australia, and Mr. John Henry Tietkens, discoverer of the Kintore Ranges, and one of the last of the old-time explorers. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 36 words
  16. "HIS MAJESTY."

    "The farced title running fore the king" has of late become a subject of contention. Ireland and South Africa have proved unduly sensitive over the title "His Britannic Majesty" ...

    Article : 262 words
  17. P'LICEMEN.

    If I was a p'llceman (I'd love to be a p'llceman!) I'd hold my hand up very high, For everyone to stop; ...

    Article : 167 words
  18. BUSH FLOWERS.

    Now is the bush all foaming full Of flowers we love and long to pull, The sweet boronia, pink and white. And crimson bottle-brushes bright. ...

    Article : 110 words
  19. AT THE CENOTAPH.

    (Two minutes' silence was observed throughout the city on Armistice Day.) The hushed crowd gathered round, and laid their flowers ...

    Article : 72 words
  20. (MEXICAN) SERENADE.

    Now the [?]lac peak against the sky Silverly beneath the full moon glows, In its agelong swoon amid the snows Dreaming of a glory long gone by— ...

    Article : 150 words
  21. PROLOGUE—EPILOGUE.

    Shadows we, and vanish with our hour, Shapes from a painted page a breath will kill. Laugh with us, friends—weep—love—then throw a flnwer: ...

    Article : 104 words
  22. REAL BEAUTY.

    Beautiful faces are those that wear— It matters little if dark or fair— Whole-souled honesty printed there. Beautiful eyes are those that show, ...

    Article : 99 words
  23. RAIN SONG.

    There's a wind across the ocean, there are raindrops in my face, And my heart is flying, flying with the scudding clouds that race ...

    Article : 102 words
  24. BUBBLES.

    Have you ever blown a bubble From a little pipe of clay, Then watched it mounting upward, And floating far away? ...

    Article : 91 words
  25. MOTHER SAYS.

    Mother says Have you done your scales, Peter John? Have you cleaned your nails, Peter John? Go and tidy up your toys, Peter John, ...

    Article : 83 words
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