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  2. STORY of the ARCHIBALD PRIZE

    The Archibald Prize, annual award for the best portrait painted by an Australian artist, will be judged for 1947 in Sydney next week. The award, and the man after whom it is named, have had a profound influence on Australian art and literature during the present century. By M.F. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,146 words
  3. AN "ESSAY IN HAMLET"

    "Not 'Hamlet'--but an essay in 'Hamlet.'" Sir Laurence Olivier, puckering his brow thoughtfully, looked up from the tablecloth on which his finger had been tracing little circles, to see whether his meaning had been taken. By A Staff Correspondent in London ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,008 words
  4. LITERATURE OF DISILLUSION

    An interesting comparison may be made with the literature that immediately succeeded the first World War and that now beginning to take its place in the thought-life of the race. It will be seen that while certain broad tendencies are similar, the emphasis to-day has been different from ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,344 words
  5. Famous Bachelors:

    Thornton Wilder's masterpiece, "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," suggests among other things, the spiritual intuition of a woman, or a keen understanding of women, generally. Few, probably, would guess that the writer was a bachelor. By G.T. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,414 words
  6. "WITH WALKER in NICARAGUA"

    "With Walker in Nicaragua" is the title of what is perhaps the best poem of Joaquin Miller, the "Oregon Byron," as he was called in England, who died in 1913. William Walker was the last and greatest of the filibusters. His first adventure was to penetrate unlawfully into Sonora ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,141 words
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