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  2. UNCENSORED SPAIN.—II. BLOODLUST IN BARCELONA.

    BARCELONA always was the most interesting town in the Spanish peninsula; to-day it is more lively (and more deathly) than ever, and even ...

    Article : 1,446 words
  3. BACK TO GAOL.

    A visit to Parramatta Gaol, 40 years after my association with this and other penal establishments in New South Wales, afforded an Interesting ...

    Article : 1,366 words
  4. CRITICISM NOT WELCOMED.

    It is quite possible, I think, that we have a wrong notion of what American literature is doing. From the cinematograph we have heard of Hollywood, ...

    Article : 1,066 words
  5. EPICS OF THE AIR.—III. MOST FAMOUS FIGHTER.

    [Captain Albert Ball was one of the greatest air-fighters who have ever lived. Inspired by Ball, the antics of the celebrated Squadron No. 60 were manoeuvres of genius. ...

    Article : 1,512 words
  6. PORTRAIT OF AN ENGLISH OAK TREE.

    The famous King's Oak at Tilford, Surrey, is reputed to be nearly 1000 years old. Recently a bough weighing a ton snapped and fell with a crash across the memorial seat beneath the tree. The King's Oak is 30 feet in circumference at 6 feet above the ground. Experts who have carefully examined the tree have decided that it can be saved, by pollarding. Visitors from many parts of the world have made special journeys to Tilford to see the tree and famous cricket ground which faces it. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 94 words
  7. GILMORE VALLEY.

    Finest gem in a setting of beautiful and softly coloured, landscapes, which abound in a remote corner of our southwestern slopes, Gilmore Valley is well off ...

    Article : 567 words
  8. For the Children.

    'Twas quite the rage in the Middle Age For knights to do their fighting In coats of mail—see many a tale Of Messer Fro[?]ssart's writing. ...

    Article : 237 words
  9. A MANLY TOWER.

    An old landmark of Manly is passing away. Most of us will think of this with regret, as something of beauty leaving us, for who has not been taught to think of a tower as ...

    Article : 191 words
  10. DARWIN WATER.

    The Manton River comes down from the Daly Ranges, about 45 miles from Darwin. Now, towards the end of the dry season, it is a series of lagoons in a ...

    Article : 889 words
  11. "OH SWEET, MY SWEET," YOU SAID.

    "Oh Sweet, my Sweet (you said), the days are brittle Bright with the summer flowers, Our eager lives, Dear Heart, they are so ...

    Article : 125 words
  12. KURRAJONG TO BELL.

    Out beyond the oranges, A little dingley de[?] Braids the gum and wattle track From Kurrajong to Bell. ...

    Article : 151 words
  13. THE GOLDEN AGE.

    This is the golden age again for the mountains. Great bushes of glowing yellow broom have encompassed us, till we feel that we are living within walls of gold. ...

    Article : 174 words
  14. THE DESERTED SCHOOL.

    One tumble-down bush school, perched on the slopes of the Main Range, has made history, though nowadays the cityward impulse has bereft it of pupils. ...

    Article : 222 words
  15. QUIET FLOWS THE VALLEY STREAM.

    A scene in the Gilmore Valley, whose springtime beauty is described by "Waratah" to-day. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 24 words
  16. HARBOUR CORNERS.

    Sprawling in the sun in the harbour's corners Are boat-builders' sheds and fishermen's boats. And nets blotch the sand like seaweed at the ...

    Article : 94 words
  17. TO THE CHINESE POETS.

    Give me one tree, a very little tree, And sometimes let me share a little fire. And let me walk beside the summer sea. Teach me the magic of simplicity. ...

    Article : 112 words
  18. THEIR LAYS LIVE ON.

    If those grand singers haunting aisles of heaven, Whose music is undying, stoop to see The everlasting working of their leaven, They know, o'er stress and strife, their ...

    Article : 68 words
  19. IN THE BOTANIC GARDENS. The Wishing Tree.

    The young around the Wishing Tree Sought splendour, wealth, and fame, forsooth! Whereon a sire smiled pensively, ...

    Article : 35 words
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