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  2. [?]AT THE CALL OF HONOUR.

    With a strenous effort Ralph regained sufficient self-command to reply with a steady voice. "I have come to tell you, but I find it even ...

    Article : 2,164 words
  3. CURRENT LITERATURE.

    Mr. Marriott's "Second Chambers" (Clarendon Press) is a vigorous defence of the bicameral system and incidentally a mine of information as to its history. An arch ...

    Article : 966 words
  4. THE APRIL REVIEWS.

    In the "Fortnightly" Archibald Hurd' writes another vigorous article on defence. He remarks that the European countries, with their long exposed frontiers, are much less ...

    Article : 358 words
  5. THE BUSH BUCCANEER.

    A familiar type of villain is the ancient sea-pirate as pourtrayed by writers of sensational fiction. Particularly dear to the heart of the average school urchin are the ...

    Article : 1,181 words
  6. MUSIC AND DRAMA.

    "Carmen" is to be revived to-night under Signor Hazon's baton, and thus, both as to time and localiy, will furnish coineideneces. The brilliant production in English of 1901 ...

    Article : 1,446 words
  7. ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION.

    Professor Warren's "Engineering Construction, in Steel and Timber" (Longmans) reaches a second edition, which is practically a new book, the disappearance of "Iron" from the ...

    Article : 204 words
  8. CHESS.

    Hon. secretaries of chess clubs are invited to furnish news of general interest. Unpublished games and original problems in diagram (winch should be accompained by analysis) are always acceptable. ...

    Article : 32 words
  9. PROBLEM NO. 1280.—J. R. Neukomm.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 74 words
  10. THE PEOPLE AND THEIR VOTE.

    Mr. Stephen Reynolds, in the "Fortnightly" writes at some length on the disillusions of democracy expressing itself through representative institutions, and in the "Nineteenth ...

    Article : 322 words
  11. SHORTER NOTICES.

    Mr. Erwin Rosen's "In the Foreign Legion" is a very readable account of adventurous years, which indeed began before his enlistment, for from a German University ...

    Article : 333 words
  12. THE TORRID SUDAN.

    Mr. H. Lincoln Tangye's "In the Torrid Sudan" (Murray, through George Robertson) is an agreeable mixture of history, sport, polities, science and travel. From time immemorial ...

    Article : 189 words
  13. PROBLEM No. 1281.—F. Beckers.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 42 words
  14. PBOBLEM No. 1274.—A. G. Fellows.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 76 words
  15. PROBLEM No. 1275.—A. W. Galit[?]ky.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 29 words
  16. CONCERNING THE DALAI LAMA.

    The "Fortnightly" has an interesting article on the Dalai Lama embroglio. The present Buddhist hierach is the thirteenth incarnation. The word "Dalai" means ocean, though ...

    Article : 198 words
  17. PROBLEM No. 1276.—G. Heathcote.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 71 words
  18. THE ART OF HORSE-BREEDING.

    R. von Oettingon's "Horse-Breeding in Theory and Practice" is a thoroughly practical book by the director of the Royal Stud of Trakehaen. The author acutely remarks that ...

    Article : 227 words
  19. PROBLEM No. 1277.—E. Palkoska.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 41 words
  20. NOTES.

    School of Arts Chess Club.—The leading scores to date in the continuous tourney are:—Jonas, 14-2; Cummings, 10-3; Simmonds, 12½-6½; Mair, 10½-8[?], Gluck, 9-8. Simultaneous Chess.—Mr. Bradshaw encountered 21 ...

    Article : 404 words
  21. DRAUGHTS.

    All communications for this department should be addressed to the Editor, "Sydney Morning Herald," Pitt-street, Sydney. ...

    Article : 20 words
  22. COLONISING AS AN IMPERIAL CONCERN.

    In a rathor discursive article, which starts off with Japan's colonising efforts, Sir Francis Piggott, in the "Nineteenth Century," expresses the fear that the English have lost ...

    Article : 165 words
  23. TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    W. Hughes.—Several of the end games were played up to the mark. Messrs. Dorset and Miller were the captains. Correct solutions from J. Brown, W. Hughes, Bega, ...

    Article : 40 words
  24. ENGLISH FORMAL GARDENS.

    Mr. H. Inigo Triggs' "Formal Gardens in England and Scotland" is a very sumptuous volume, which will appeal to all lovers of gardens, formal or otherwise. In a work ...

    Article : 207 words
  25. SOLUTIONS.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 63 words
  26. ACCIDENTS OF AN ANTIQUARY'S LIFE.

    In "Accidents of an Antiquary's Life" (Macmillan) Mr. D. G. Hogarth hovers interestingly on the verge of fascinating things. He tells us that he went to Athens in 1887 as a raw ...

    Article : 333 words
  27. PROBLEM No. 1204.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 24 words
  28. GREAT BRITAIN v AMERICA.

    The twelfth international cable match resulted in a win for Great Britain. The score at conclusion of play was Great Britain 4½ America 2½; unfinished, 8. The unfinished games (at boards 1, 4, and 9) were ...

    Article : 137 words
  29. THE BOYHOOD OF SWINBURNE.

    Mrs. Disney Leith contributes to the "Contemporary" some recollections of Swinburne's youth. Their mothers were sisters, and their fathers were first cousins, and also second ...

    Article : 190 words
  30. STRAY DOGS STARVING.

    Sir,—In your issue of Wednesday last, reference is made to a letter which you had received from a correspondent, "S.I.G.," drawing attontion to a stray dog dying of ...

    Article : 319 words
  31. RECENT FICTION.

    The New South Wales Bookstall add two readable volumes to their locally-produced fiction. Roy Bridges, in "By His Excellency's Command," tells a dashing story of Van ...

    Article : 826 words
  32. CITY OF LONDON C.C. CHAMPIONSHIP.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 88 words
  33. GAME No. 1203—"Dundee."

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 58 words
  34. PERFECT HEALTH.

    To the "Contemporary" Mr. upton sinclair declares he has found the secret of perfect health. He has found a new state of being, a sense of joyousness he did not know ...

    Article : 283 words
  35. INTERNATIONAL CABLE MATCH.

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 130 words
  36. GAME NO. 1204.—"Dundee."

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 32 words
  37. THE FIRST EARL OF CRANBROOK.

    In "Gatborne Hardy, First Earl of Cranbrook" (Longmans), A. E. Gathorne Hardy writes and edits the memoire of his distinguished father. Inasmuch as Lord Cranbrook ...

    Article : 498 words
  38. NOTES.

    A correspondence teams' match, with 10 or 12 players a side, in order to give our country checkerists a chance of crossing swords with a few of our cracks, should take on. ...

    Article : 187 words
  39. Advertising

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    Advertising : 130 words
  40. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    A. M'Naught; Thanks. Fsperante: We shall be pleased to notice the work if sent to us in the ordinary way. E. M. Fry: Sorry you overlooked tho matter. We duly received the books you sent in. A. A. W.: ...

    Article : 113 words
  41. Advertising

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    Advertising : 35 words
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