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  2. TRAVEL SKETCHES.

    I concluded my last article with my arrival at Keswick on October 4, 1905. After an early breakfast, I walked through the then small town of Keswick to Lake ...

    Article : 1,502 words
  3. FANEUIL HALL.

    On July 4, 1776, exactly one hundred and sixty years ago, the British colonies in North America declared their independence of the Mother Country, and thus was formed from ...

    Article : 1,580 words
  4. A BIRD SANCTUARY.

    The little motor train from Cowra was crossing the great plain in a leisurely manner, stopping every now and then to emit a shrill blast on the siren, which sent the sheep scurrying ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,498 words
  5. FANEUIL HALL, LOOKING DOWN STATE-STREET, BOSTON, IN 1836.

    Within the walls of Faneuil Hall, the Declaration of Independence was signed, and from the balcony it was read to the people. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. LORD INCHCAPE.

    "Jeemie is no a bad laddie, but he's a wee sicht over-ambitious," was the verdict of the old sailmaker of Arbroath upon his clerk the boy, James Lyle Mackay. That was ...

    Article : 1,372 words
  7. FOR THE CHILDREN. WHEN NANCY GOES TO FAIRYLAND.

    When night time comes, and the day has sped. And all little girls are put to bed, Fairies through the curtains peep— ...

    Article : 241 words
  8. "R.A."

    "R.A."—to the ambitious artist these two initials signify the triumphant conclusion to the long—and mostly unsuccessful—struggle for fame! The Royal Academy, world's most ...

    Article : 663 words
  9. THE TWO WISHES.

    Once upon a time there was a beautiful Princess who wanted to marry a shepherd boy, but her father didn't want her to marry a shepherd boy at all—he wanted her to ...

    Article : 345 words
  10. SYDNEY DOMAIN.

    Very few people alive to-day will remember the vista from the entrance to the Sydney Domain from Macquarie-street in and about the 'forties and 'fifties, as depicted ...

    Article : 734 words
  11. A MASCOT.

    Idly I turned the pages of the "Sydney Morning Herald" recently, and was on the point of casting it aside when suddenly my attention was arrested by a page of pictures. ...

    Article : 231 words
  12. THE LITTLE DAY.

    To-day was such a little day I thought she was a shy, small girl In soft green-dress with eyes dove-grey And all her yellowy hair in curl. ...

    Article : 59 words
  13. PLAIN DOG.

    It's very hard to be a dog Of plebian blood, like me, Not short of spirit, but without A lengthy pedigree. ...

    Article : 159 words
  14. HUGHIE.

    Hughie is one of the best known and most beloved personalities in Surry Hills. He is most dignified and carries himself in a regal way. He is an Airedale, four years of age. ...

    Article : 322 words
  15. THE LITTLE LOST SHEEP.

    "Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep," It says in the nursery rhyme. The poor little dears fell fast asleep On the silver shores of Time. ...

    Article : 118 words
  16. THE BUTTONHOLE.

    We, as citizens of this great outpost of the British Empire, were asked in a special "Herald" message from her Excellency Lady Gowrie to wear buttonholes and bouquets on ...

    Article : 174 words
  17. WEDGWOOD WARES

    The famous Wedgwood jasper and classical wares are going to be made in a garden settlement. Intense interest has been aroused in England among lovers of pottery, by an ...

    Article : 224 words
  18. THE SHORTEST POEM.

    What is the world's shortest poem? There is one by George MacDonald:— "Come Home." ...

    Article : 69 words
  19. ENTRANCE TO SYDNEY DOMAIN IN 1842.

    The statue on the right, that of Governor Bourke, was the first statue erected in Australia. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  20. SWEET PEAS.

    Lovely, you cling to the grey, trellised wall— Flowers with wings, Wings soft and white as snowy flakes that fall— ...

    Article : 115 words
  21. BROOKLET, BOTANIC GARDENS.

    Below the bridge the stippled waters seep, Droning their way throught green arcades and fair. Where spikenard vapours fan the cactus lair, ...

    Article : 99 words
  22. THE BUSH TRACK.

    I know a little track which winds Among the eucalyptus trees, Tall trees, with friendly arms outflung. To catch the wayward, beckoning breeze; ...

    Article : 110 words
  23. THE MARQUESAS.

    White-fring-ed jewels upon an azure sea— Set in the splendour of infinity! Lone frigate birds—ocean's eternal roar— Huge breakers crashing on a reef-girt shore; ...

    Article : 72 words
  24. NELL.

    Can you recall the pact we made in the calm of a silent night? The mellow light and the velvet shade, the happy moment's flight? ...

    Article : 53 words
  25. IDEALISM.

    All that we see are shadows thrown Upon a three-dimensioned screen; And all we know of the Unknown But flickerings of things unseen. ...

    Article : 27 words
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