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  2. KUMARSAIN.

    Two-fifths of the sub-continent of India belongs to the native princes. The number of native States is 562. They vary tremendously in influence and size. A group ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 840 words
  3. PUBLISHER'S SPORT.

    In the writing business it is generally supposed that. If there is any hunting, it is done by the authors, who pursue the elusive Snark of a publisher with manuscripts and hope. ...

    Article : 1,156 words
  4. MEN MUST WORK.

    Mr. Teeling, a young journalist now in Australia gathering material for articles for "The Times" and other writings, has visited all the important countries of the world to ...

    Article : 1,318 words
  5. RUINS OF THE RAMESEUM, LUXOR.

    The Rameseum was built by Rameses II., and his statue (now broken) which stood near it, was the largest in Egypt. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  6. TRAVEL SKETCHES.

    On March 12, 1905, we arrived at Luxor, on the east bank of the Nile, and after an early breakfast on board and engaging a well-recommended guide, with the ...

    Article : 1,173 words
  7. THE WARRUMBUNGLE

    "As old as the hills" has so long been a proverbial phrase that poets, an imaginative but erroneous race, apply the epithets "changeless" and "eternal" to their favourite ...

    Article : 786 words
  8. END OF THE WORLD.

    Panics relating to the end of the world have always been, shall we say, popular, notwithstanding the fact that great misery has resulted therefrom. Epidemics of terror from ...

    Article : 918 words
  9. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Shining bright morn, a feeling of heat, Baskets packed early—oh, what a treat! Cool, green waves beckon, salt air is sweet, Thousands are gathering, friends we will meet. ...

    Article : 151 words
  10. MY FIRST FLIGHT.

    Imagine my joy and excitement when the brother of one of my friends promised to take me up for my first aeroplane flight that afternoon. ...

    Article : 453 words
  11. BARBARA GIVES A TEA-PARTY TO HER TOY FRIENDS.

    She plays the little hostess here With more than grown-up grace, And turns to Patsy, Judy dear, A gently smiling face. ...

    Article : 78 words
  12. QUEER NAMES.

    Some of the names we give Australian towns Are very strange, like Wingerarlbbee, Bookoola, Mungie Bundie, Burrenjuck, Cumboogle, Stockinbingal, Nymagee. ...

    Article : 50 words
  13. WHISKERS.

    A short life and a gay one was Whisker's lot. He was a quaint little fellow, but his destructive ways labelled him a pest, and his happy little life was ended by a ...

    Article : 261 words
  14. AGE QUID AGAS.

    A jolly old kookie sat on a gum-tree, As happy, as happy, as happy could be; And he laughed till the air with his laughter rang— ...

    Article : 155 words
  15. THE BLACKS AND THE DINGO.

    Periodically we have Press controversies as to whether or otherwise the blacks, previous to the arrival of the whites, domesticated the dingo and used him in hunting the wild ...

    Article : 393 words
  16. HELIUM.

    Helium, or the sun-element, was so named on account of its first being observed by mean of the spectroscope in the solar prominences during the total eclipse of 1868. It was not ...

    Article : 358 words
  17. CAMPERDOWN LODGE.

    A tangible link with Charles Dickens existed until a few years ago in the pathetic romance surrounding an old house called Camperdown Lodge, or, as it was at one time called, ...

    Article : 263 words
  18. THE PEACEFUL CHARM OF AUSTRALIA'S INLAND.

    Tondeburine Creek, at the foot of the Warrumbungle Range. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 17 words
  19. "YOUR P's AND Q's."

    "Mind your p's and q's" is frequently heard; it is an ancient survival. In olden times England had a great number of ale-houses scattered throughout the rurual districts. In these ...

    Article : 149 words
  20. "D'YE KEN JOHN PEEL?"

    [Efforts are being made by Hobart Rotary Club to remove the grave of John Woodcock Graves, author of the famous hunting song, "D'ye Ken John Peel?" to St. David's Park, ...

    Article : 330 words
  21. THE SILKEN QUEEN.

    Pearl-tinted Iris, splashed with blue, And green of young grass, newly-born; Soft jewelled violet, royal hue, And crimpled powder-blue of dawn; ...

    Article : 144 words
  22. THE RAINBOW.

    A sudden storm raged overhead; Intensely fierce, if brief: It left a trail of beauty dead— Of blossom, bud, and leaf. ...

    Article : 121 words
  23. THE BACK LOG.

    I am thinking of you, dreaming by the embers of the fire. Low on the hearth a faint glow lingers red, Holding a little heat there still. Ah! if you ...

    Article : 135 words
  24. PAVLOVA'S MEMORY.

    Whither has flown that loveliest vision, Who once enchanted us with fairy grace? Blithe and unfettered by her earthly prison, She goes a-dancing on thro' starry space! ...

    Article : 120 words
  25. THE PATHFINDERS.

    Give thanks, my son, for paths well trod, For easy, travell'd ways. For roads, made smoother to your feet By men of bygone days— ...

    Article : 100 words
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