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  2. POETRY NOTEBOOK by Michael Thwaites

    Selections and translations may grieve the expert or the pedant but the ordinary reader today will greet them with relief and thankfulness. ET IT BE AGREED AT once that the expert is ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,145 words
  3. Mysterious New Guinea -- No. 3

    Married women are mere chattels in the Central Highlands of New Guinea. The native girls are free and "flighty" -- until they are married. Then "hubby" lays it on with a big stick. It is dig and plant, cook and comb (''hubby's" matted hair) and assist in the male's beauty ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,359 words
  4. SEARCHING the STARS

    Astronomy differs from other sciences in one important respect. The astronomer must acquire his knowledge of the universe purely by observation. Light rays, often faint and diffuse, after an unbelievably long vocelestial journey are the astronomer's sole frail link with the stars he ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,003 words
  5. PUNCH and JUDY and TOBY "A NATIONAL INSTITUTION"

    How delightful to meet Mr. Punch ! For since he became naturalised he has become almost a national institution in the land of his adoption, so that now, centuries after his arrival, English people may still rejoice in his bitter antics in the streets of London, on the seashore or at a ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,187 words
  6. A FANTASTIC HOUSE

    There, in the remote Welsh mountains, the astonishing castle stood, and the 18th century traveller, coming at evening through the dark hills, saw the glow of light from many candles pouring through a carved window on to an exquisite garden, and knew that he had come at ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,305 words
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