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  2. GREEK OSTRAKA.

    Ostraka came mostly from the lower and peasant classes, and shed for us a welcome light upon these humble and otherwise unknown toilers. It is recorded by Diogenes ...

    Article : 1,700 words
  3. DAKAR.

    The ship in whose smokeroom I am typing this is steadily driving northward in the teeth of an icy trade wind, with Dunkirk as her next port. Somewhere out in the ...

    Article : 1,141 words
  4. TRAVEL SKETCHES.

    I finished my last article with my arrival at Lincoin, in September, 1930. I had previously visited Lincoin in 1905, but was only too delighted to have this second opportunity ...

    Article : 1,490 words
  5. IN MACQUARIE'S DAY.

    In so far as it relates to this country, the life of Surgeon William Redfern, one of the prominent figures of the days of early settlement in New South Wales, has been made ...

    Article : 874 words
  6. THE POTTERGATE ARCH, LINCOLN, NEAR THE NOBLE CATHEDRAL.

    This archway, which is one of many old gateways in Lincoin, was built during the 14th century. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 25 words
  7. ABYSSINIA.

    It, will be interesting to see what results the recent happenings in Abyssinia will have on French commercial life in that country. Different French business concerns were ...

    Article : 443 words
  8. ART AND THE OCEAN.

    Until the nineteenth century, the sea, surely the most profoundly sublime of all the elements of nature, was not worthily, interpreted by painters. In ancient art, indicated by ...

    Article : 1,004 words
  9. BRUTUS.

    Brutus was a vagabond—a waif whose home was the streets, and whose meals depended mainly on the bones and, scraps, left over by other dogs, more fortunate than, himself. ...

    Article : 396 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN. THE GIRAFFE'S LAMENT.

    "Why do all the people laugh At my neck?" said the giraffe. "I'd really like to know what it's about. Do I seem so very queer, ...

    Article : 129 words
  11. CATCH-AS-CATCH-CAN.

    I can catch a cold quite easy And when I cough I catch my breath[?] But Daddy says if I'm not careful It will make me catch my death. ...

    Article : 82 words
  12. THE SUNDIAL.

    In the Botanic Gardens near the green, Beyond the kiosk, and the duck-ponds, too. There on the right the sundial can be seen, Above the sea-wall and the Harbour blue ...

    Article : 69 words
  13. GIBRALTAR.

    When, stepping off from the little launch that had brought me from my steamer to the p[?], I passed out through the ticket barrier late gorge-like Waterport-street and,the town, ...

    Article : 716 words
  14. TOBY THE SINGING DOG.

    If one were to travel the whole of New South Wales one would not find another dog comparable with "Toby." For "Toby" was a black and white fox terrier who had attained ...

    Article : 375 words
  15. AMBITION.

    There's a deepening frown set upon his young brow, And a cloud of despair in his eye As my five-years-old frowns at himself in ...

    Article : 68 words
  16. THE BOO-BOOK AND THE BUTCHER-BIRD.

    "More pork, more pork!" Cried the boo-book owl From his perch on the messmate life, And a million stars ...

    Article : 67 words
  17. A COLONIAL MANSION.

    Philip-street is modernised! Perhaps the oldest relic remaining is the Early Victorian mansion of the illustration. This veteran is now the property of the burgesses of ...

    Article : 451 words
  18. LIBRARIES.

    For some twelve years there has been in operation in Devonshire-street, Surry Hills, a Children's Library and Crafts Club. Between four and five hundred children borrow books ...

    Article : 365 words
  19. A RELIC OF OLD SYDNEY.

    Early Victorian mansion in Phillip-street. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 11 words
  20. SERMONS IN STONES.

    I set my sword-edge to the whirling stone, Saw the sparks leap, and heard the grinding din, Then from my palm shav'd off the ...

    Article : 125 words
  21. VERSION.

    Truth, in itself so absolute, Men oft-times misconstrue, Each egotist confusing it With his own point of view. ...

    Article : 22 words
  22. SCENE.

    The Lady Night in dusky gown arrayed, (Before whose splendour even suns may pale): Coquettishly has sportive moods displayed And lifted starry eyes above her veil. ...

    Article : 33 words
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