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  2. Children’s Column.

    “I shall begin just as my grandmother used to Once upon a time, in the days of enchantment, there was a dreadful old ogre”— “Do not make him too dreadful, or I shall ...

    Article : 2,200 words
  3. Ladies’ Column.

    During the last fortnight we have seen little save dark costumes. The Lenten season is one reason, and the wind has been as cold as in winter. Bronze, chesnut-brown, black, and ...

    Article : 802 words
  4. RECENT INVENTIONS IN THE MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.

    The invention of the phonograph, that wonderful instrument for recording and reproducing the sounds of the human voice, was due to the previous existence of a scientific instrument ...

    Article : 2,208 words
  5. NOTES AND CORRESPONDENCE.

    The new problems, &c., sent by the following contributors are acknowledged with thanks:— Ph. J. Oster (2), Ah Udontnoho (2), Large, Mariner, [?] H. (2). ...

    Article : 185 words
  6. A LESSON FOR MAMMA.

    “Dear Mamma, if you just could be A tiny little girl like me, And I your mamma, you would see How nice I’d be to you. ...

    Article : 338 words
  7. PALINDROMES.

    In January last we published the following palindrome selected by Cave Owen, supposed to have been written by Napoleon when in exile:— ...

    Article : 521 words
  8. The Riddler.

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 558 words
  9. FEMININE GOSSIP.

    A premium of 10,000. dollars we recently offered by the owner of one of the [?] circuses in Philadelphia for the handsomest [?]man, from a physical point of view, for th[?]ty weeks’ ...

    Article : 562 words
  10. FETTEROGRAPHIC VERSIFICATION.

    The given words were Take, Tale, Tell, Thing, Teach, This, Through, Time, To-gether, Transporting, Treasure, Truth. We publish the following this week:— ...

    Article : 408 words
  11. QUIEN SABE

    The breeze of thee evening that cools the hot air, That kisses the [?] and shakes out thy hair, Is it freshness [?] welcome, less [?] its perfume, That you know not the region from whence it is come? ...

    Article : 199 words
  12. THE MAD MONK.

    [A correspondent Writes thus to the Athen[?]:— “Having lately come into possession of two books containing poems by S. T. Coleridge, I think you will agree with me that the following. ’The Mad ...

    Article : 503 words
  13. A SPINSTER AND THE CENSUS.

    The Census is past, and how hard it appears, When I've been thirty-five for the space often years. To find out, while my relatives heartlessly roar, That I’ve had to confess to an honest three-score. ...

    Article : 38 words
  14. A DAY'S COACHING.

    To paraphrase a certain ancient saw, “The early riser catches the morning coach.” The ancient saw mast be paraphrased because primarily, it refers strictly but to a bird, as also ...

    Article : 1,974 words
  15. LOVED TO THE LAST.

    The night was a glorious one. The moon rode high in the heavens, casting its shimmering silver beams athwart the plain. The place which in the daytime had a somewhat dreary ...

    Article : 2,214 words
  16. ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS PUBLISHED

    {No abstract available} [ILLUSTRATED]

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 293 words
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