Articles from page 28: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. Our Bookshelf.

    "Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh," ...

    Article : 28 words
  3. Scientific Amusements.

    The experimenta herewith illustrated are selected by LA NATURE from a new edition of Gaston Tissandier's" Recreations Scientifiques." Figure 1 shows the method of making a sling with ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 519 words
  4. A Leading Chess Player.

    The late Dr. J. H. Zukortort, whose death was recorded in last week's issue of the TOWN AND COUNTRY JOURNAL, was born in 1842, in Riga, one of the principal Russian ports in ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 445 words
  5. "ILLUSTRATED SYDNEY NEWS."

    The contents of the June number of this wellknown pictorial monthly are varied and attractive. The illustrations are well reproduoed; and the letterpress will be found agreeable and entertaining. ...

    Article : 100 words
  6. "CALIFORNIA PASTORAL."

    Banoroft's Works, vol. xxxiv. California Pastoral, 1769—1848. San Francisco: The History Co., publishers, 1838. The history of European settlement in America presents few more striking contrasts than ...

    Article : 645 words
  7. "LITTLE MISS PEGGY."

    Another work issuing from the Bedford-street firm (M'Millan and Co) is a book oalled "Little Miss Peggy," a children's book, not as namby-pambyish as some such books occasionally are. The ...

    Article : 58 words
  8. MEDICAL GAZETTE.

    The "Australasian Medical Gazette" for the ourrent mouth contains the usual reports of proceedings of medical societies in the various colonies, and articles contributed by medical practitioners on ...

    Article : 106 words
  9. The "Doty" Lamp.

    This lamp promises to be one of the most effective of its kind. It may possibly he nrgod against it that the light given is not as intense as that emitted by its rivals. But this objection is at once more than ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 404 words
  10. An Electric Table Waiter.

    A French gentleman, M. Gaston Monier, has introduced a novelty into his dining-room in the shape of a miniature electric railway which runs along the centre of the dinner-table, and guides a small wagon ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 335 words
  11. AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION.

    "The History of Australian Exploration, from 1788 to 1888," by Ernest Favenc, is a summary of the noble work done by Captains Phillip and Hanter, Lieutenants Dawes, Flinders, Shortland ...

    Article : 330 words
  12. "CHAUCER."

    If to be readable is to be worthy, then many an author ia worthy, and ahonld be famous. The converse of this is that many an author is famous who is, novortheloss, not readable, or, at all events, is not ...

    Article : 439 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$