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  2. CENTENARY of a GREAT POET

    One hundred years ago--in the year 1847--Alice Meynell was born. She died in 1922, the same year as that in which her daughter Viola married John Dallyn. Alice Meynell's seventy-five years of life covered a period full of brilliance in the realm of Poetry. She was herself a poet of chaste ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,303 words
  3. Settlements of Palestine

    Arab peasant villages and Jewish communal settlements exist side by side in Palestine, but remain centuries apart. Their inhabitants make up two distinct agricultural communities who seek a living from the soil. Together they provide an extraordinary mixture of ancient and ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,348 words
  4. Origin of HUMAN SPEECH

    Man is most distinctively the talking animal. if you try to conceive of a human race without language you will readily understand how much it has meant to us. Speech still remains man's most amazing achievement, and it is impossible to contemplate speaking, with its corollary ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,332 words
  5. OUR FLAG in the PACIFIC

    Australians should ever remember, that these, two groups of islands, New Guinea and the New Hebrides, within easy reach of our shores, are indelibly associated in British history with the names of two of our est statesmen--Sir Thomas Mcllwraith and Mr. Alfred Deakin. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  6. Australian Vignettes

    Forty years ago the gaudily-covered Selection books invaded farm and city in their thousands, bringing a touch of comedy to relieve the austerities of pioneering. incidentally, they brought permanent fame to Arthur. H. Davis," known to the reading public as "Steele Rudd." ...

    Article : 748 words
  7. DICTIONARY OF MUSIC

    Everyman's Dictionary of Music, complied by Eric Blom, and published by J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London (English price 106). is well named. ...

    Article : 106 words
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