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Books and Bookmen
So far as the fate Sir Edmund Loder acquired fame, it was chiefly among horticulturists, zoologists, and scientists, or among travellers, big-game ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Fifty Years Ago
In a recent "Daily Telegraph article I mentioned a meeting with Eliza Cook, the poetess, who came to Australia in 1871, a fact not ...
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WAYS of the WILD
The annual report of the Smithsonian Institute (U.S.A.) for the year 1922 contains a note that should be [?]ously considered by Australians. ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Fire
This play was bracketed with Mrs. Coulson Davidson's "Sorell" for Third Prize in "The Daily Telegraph" Play Competition. ...
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FOR THE CHILDREN
Assuming it to be true that they best serve their country who rightly direct its aesthetic pleasures, there are few Australians with more right ...
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THE GENIUS OF CABELL
In little more than a year after publication the first edition of "Jurgen," by James Branch Cabell, has risen in value from 30s to somewhere about ...
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SHORTER NOTICES
The book, written to the theme of Burns's "Pleasures are like poppies spread." hears the sub-title of "A Romance of Australian Life," and, in ...
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SHAKESPEARE FOLIOS
Since this year marks the tercentenary of the First Folio of Shakespeare's plays, it is interesting to think of the copies of this most valuable of ...
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FOREST BOTANY
An astonishing feature attached to this text-book is that such an intimate scientific study, such a thorough work, and a book promising to be ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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IN THE LIBRARY
A history of Canberra and its surrounding district will be published shortly. The author of this work, W. Davis Wright, is said to be one of the ...
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Necklaces--A Topical Sketch
I watched a gin patiently boring, with a scrap of pointed wire the scarlet beans with which she will make a necklace. She sat on the ground by a little fire in ...
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"THE NOBLE OPAL."
I am glad (writes "C.M.") to be able, to tell your contributor. Miss. Zora Cross, and any others who may interested in that rare book. "The ...
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HIGH-PRICED VOLUMES.
What is the highest-priced volume issued in Australia? (asks W.M.) The edition-de-luxe of "Idyllia," by Hugh M'Crae, illustrated with four etchings ...
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