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  2. DENIZENS OF THE BUSH.

    In a recent note I showed that snakes move not so much along a waved Hue as along a straight line; and that though the snake walked without legs, its ribs really ...

    Article : 677 words
  3. ONE THING AND ANOTHER.

    The Intelligence Corps sees to be the weak spot of the Civil Aviation Department. The head of that department (Colonel Brinsmead) asked the other day ...

    Article : 1,532 words
  4. LIFE AND LETTERS.

    About a year ago the success of the American book clubs prompted the starting in this country of a similar organisation, entitled the Book Society, which secured ...

    Article : 1,580 words
  5. THE OBSESSION OF ACRES.

    There is an old Neapolitan proverb.: "U pesce fete a'capa," to the effect that in the process of decay in fish, the small is first noticeable the head. This morsel ...

    Article : 1,341 words
  6. VOTES FOR BABIES.

    This title is quite misleading. You have probably jumped to the conclusion already that I am going to make a desperate attempt to be facetious. You expect some ...

    Article : 1,629 words
  7. NOVEL IN AUSTRALIA.

    The publication of an abridged edition of Clarke's "For the Term of His Natural Life" is the first salvo of an organised attack by Australian writers on the ...

    Article : 774 words
  8. BOOK REVIEWS.

    A new book by Mr. Tomlinson is something of a literary event. Among contemporary authors there are few indeed of his distinction as a stylist and as ...

    Article : 1,073 words
  9. SOME RECENT FICTION.

    Maurice, a young playwright-dreamer and idealist, finds the springtime of his life closed almost before it has begun. In pique he has married Chloe, pretty but ...

    Article : 1,201 words
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  11. THE MANGE.

    When Phyllis and I first came to town we stayed at a boarding house. "This will do for a month or so," she said, "while we look round for a suitable ...

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  12. SCIENCE AND THE HEREAFTER.

    Everyone who takes an intelligent interest in philosophical speculation is aware that there has been, in recent years, a profound reaction among scientific men of ...

    Article : 963 words
  13. WHY DO WE SAY IT?

    This saying dates back to the Middle Ages when methods of "persuasion" were less gentle than those permitted in these days. In close association with the ...

    Article : 150 words
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    Writing about cricket matches in which he had taken part, the late Jerome K. Jerome recalls a game played at Shere, in Surrey. Sir James Barrie, who was an ...

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    Tennyson was dining one night with George Venables, Frank Lushington, and two or three others. After dinner the poet insisted on potting his feet on the table ...

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    One of George Robey's "After-Dinner Stories": "A train was just starting from a Northumberland station when an old woman, laden with bundles from the ...

    Article : 85 words
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