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  2. PECULIARITIES OF TWINS.

    Twins have probably been a source of interest to mankind since the dawn of human history; but precise knowledge of their peculiarities is ...

    Article : 1,256 words
  3. IN PRAISE OF BURNS.

    Twenty-one Scots have decided to form the Scottish Society and Burns Club of Australia "as a corrective to Scottish societies which are nothing but ...

    Article : 1,150 words
  4. HOLLYWOOD FROM WITHIN.—I. NOT ALL MARIONETTES.

    In our childhood, you remember, we were initiated into the mysteries of the puppet theatre. The displays we saw, of course, varied. The simple story of Punch and Judy demanded only half a dozen characters, and it was seldom that a scene required that more ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,740 words
  5. DIGNITY ENHANCED BY BEAUTY.

    The Parliament Buildings, Ottawa, Province of Ontario, Canada—looking west from the Chateau Laurier towards the Confederation Building in the distance. (See accompanying article.) ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. MAITLAND GALE.

    Forty-one years ago a great storm, now known as the Maitland Gale, raged along the New South Wales coast. The gale continued for several days, but ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 323 words
  7. LOST LARRIKIN.

    What has become of the Australian larrikin? The species survives, no doubt, but the larrikin, so-called, seems to have lost his identity. Accordingly, ...

    Article : 725 words
  8. PLAYING AT HISTORY

    In the dear, dim days of my mid-Victorian childhood, when in the lexicon of youth there was no such word as "lounge," every "withdrawing-room" ...

    Article : 811 words
  9. CANADIAN VISTA

    "A land of many waters, a land of hills and forests and prairies, a land of mighty mountains, of desolate tundras, and a vastness that defies ...

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  10. LETTER "M" AND NAPOLEON.

    With Europe so much in the news to-day, it is interesting to recall a curious fact about Napoleon. Call it coincidence, what you will, it is remarkable ...

    Article : 151 words
  11. A CROOKED SPIRE.

    This old parish church, with its crooked spire, is a feature of interest in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Built about five hundred years ago, it has been a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 154 words
  12. FAMOUS ABORIGINE.

    Sir Oswald Brierly was well-known as a marine artist and as manager for Benjamin Boyd for a time in the early forties at Twofold Bay, but almost as ...

    Article : 298 words
  13. BATTLE OF THE FIREFLIES.

    Japan is a land of fairy-tales, and in every city we find stories of the past— tales of beauty, great victories, lovestories that are immortal, and many ...

    Article : 321 words
  14. NON-MAGNETIC SHIP.

    One of the most unusual ships ever built is the British Admiralty's non-magnetic survey ship Research, which was launched in England on April 5. ...

    Article : 242 words
  15. NEAR AFTON WATER.

    The River Nith near its junction with Afton Water—a spot which inspired Burns to some of his best-known poems. (See accompanying article.). ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  16. "GRILLOS" IN CAGES.

    In Florence there is a curious Ascension Day custom. It arises from an old [?]egend that when Christ was ascending to Heaven a cricket was carried up with ...

    Article : 189 words
  17. LILACS IN PARIS.

    The spring holds court in France again, And scented lilacs, fair and gay, Are massed around the Madeleine, In purple splendour's bright array, ...

    Article : 82 words
  18. AFTER SUNSET.

    The window-square frames colour As twilight passes by, The still, blue air of evening, White moths that drift and die. ...

    Article : 44 words
  19. IN CRYSTAL TEARS.

    Beneath the shadows trembling in your eyes There is a liquid silence, memory hears Of loveliness that formed a transient thought And lives within the crystal of your tears. ...

    Article : 36 words
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