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  2. LIFE AND LETTERS

    Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton are now issuing a very neat little edition of Richard King's works at three-and-six a volume. It is not often that occasional ...

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  3. ONE THING AND ANOTHER.

    (A leading schoolmaster has added his testimony to the adverse criticism of present day youth by declaring that the modern boy is timid, dishonest and ...

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  4. DENIZENS OF THE BUSH.

    The kookaburra is frequently condemned as a bird that attacks and preys on smaller birds. G.W. relates a story that should earn the laughing bird some praise. ...

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  5. THE OLYMPIC GAMES.

    Athletic competitions in the form of public games must have made their appearance very early in the life of Ancient Greece, for there are many references to ...

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  6. LIEGE IN WAR TIME.

    On August 9, 1914, I was standng in the Place St. Lambert, Liege, watching refugees pass by. Families grouped around hay carts, young folk helping the old, they ...

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  7. SPONGES.

    The other day—well barely a week ago —I had a bath. I was using a new sponge, and as I lay luxuriating in the grateful warmth—I mean, as I sat in the ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  8. BOOK REVIEWS.

    This pleasantly told story is full of charm and human colour. Those who do not know the South Seas might imagine that one coral-circled, palm-fronded isle ...

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  9. SOME RECENT FICTION.

    Elizabeth Tarleton first makes the acquaintance of Lady Susan Dangerfield when that adventurous woman—"in tweeds, brogues, and a man's hat"—stumps ...

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  10. NATURE STUDIES.

    Eric Fitch Daglish, the author of this little book, is to be congratulated on being so thoroughly at home in the plant world. Many learned text-book writers are so ...

    Article : 238 words
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  12. SIGNPOST THAT WAS MISSED.

    That Britain lost sight of her distinctive practice in the art of war in 1914-1918, a practice proved by three centuries of success, is the contention of Captain ...

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    English "as she its wrote" not infrequently conveys a meaning quite different from the intention of a writer. Here are some examples: "A fellow was arrested ...

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    Sir Edward Clarke used to regard himself as the possessor of a fine singing voice, and George du Maurier told an amusing story of the rival vocal claims ...

    Article : 188 words
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