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  2. ENGLISH LITERATURE.

    One need not be actually a student of literature to get pleasure from looking at a favourite author in the light thrown upon him by his antecedents and the group or age to ...

    Article : 1,518 words
  3. CROSS AND CENTAUR.

    Mark Twain, on first sighting the Southern Cross when voyaging to Australia, said that it "looked just like a cross would look if it looked something else." Then, in a somewhat laboured ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,042 words
  4. AUSTRALIAN BIRDS.

    We possess a great variety of the cockatoo and parrot families In Australia, which total altogether about sixty different species. Of the black cockatoos there are five distinct ...

    Article : 1,118 words
  5. STOKE POGES, THREATENED BY THE GROWTH OF LONDON'S SUBURBS.

    The churchyard made famous by Gray's "Elegy" may soon be submerged by streets of houses and shops. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 27 words
  6. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.

    Taronga Park, which is such an ornament to our city and an attraction to its many visitors, is the outcome of the formation in 1879 of a society for the acclimatisation of song ...

    Article : 1,598 words
  7. CAPTAIN COOK.

    Captain Cook's old home in boyhood has been acquired by the Government of Victoria, and in its new Australian ownership will vividly recall to pilgrims from Australia the ...

    Article : 1,112 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Said the kangaroo to the wagtail, now anyone can see Why you are called a wagtail, but please can you tell me ...

    Article : 231 words
  9. A KOOKABURRA'S OUTLOOK.

    Has anyone ever paused to think what feelings exist in the minds of birds towards aeroplanes? I have. Now, at least, I have the satisfaction of knowing the view the ...

    Article : 291 words
  10. STOKE POGES.

    The churchyard at Stoke Poges, in which Thomas Gray was inspired to write the famous Elegy, and which Englishmen and pilgrims from the outposts of the Empire have learned ...

    Article : 620 words
  11. DICK, A BLIND CANARY.

    In an aviary, which stood in a corner of a neat and sunny backyard, lived Dick, a canary. Dick, having a bright green feather in one of his wings, was distinctive from his ...

    Article : 258 words
  12. PUDDLES AND MUDDLES.

    Our ducks go out swimming In puddles, in puddles, Whenever a big storm has been, Dillie and Dinnie and Duckle and Duddles ...

    Article : 93 words
  13. OUR GARDEN.

    Tis winter in our garden, the leaves have all blown down, Save the apple tree and date plum, still dressed in russet-brown. ...

    Article : 141 words
  14. TWEEKIE.

    Tweekle is an inky black little water-fowl with very warm brown eyes that occasionally fleck vividly under any undue excitement, and a white bill. ...

    Article : 199 words
  15. KIRRIBILLI.

    I wonder if the jaded throngs on the homeward-bound ferries realize the romance of Kirribilli wharf. After a day spent in the airless atmosphere of shop or office, the sight ...

    Article : 277 words
  16. LITTLE PROBLEMS OF HISTORY.

    In the year sixteen hundred and eighty and eight The people of England wiped James off the slate— ...

    Article : 411 words
  17. HENRY KENDALL.

    At the time the appended and hitherto unpublished poem was written by Henry Kendall, Cundletown, on the Manning River, was a township of small proportions, and the ...

    Article : 283 words
  18. JENNIFER JANE.

    Jennifer Jane, soft, flaxen curis, Are most becoming to baby girls, Especially when they frame a face So full as yours of fun and grace ...

    Article : 58 words
  19. PART OF SYDNEY'S OLD ZOO IN MOORE PARK

    The fountain in the central lake was presented by the Australian Jockey Club. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  20. LANDING AT FOLKESTONE.

    Demure, the little houses stand, For friendly comfort, hand in hand; Gardens that creep to meet the train, Glow softly green with summer rain; ...

    Article : 168 words
  21. A MOUNTAIN STREAM.

    Half hidden by a myriad of trees, By myrtle boughs, and slender maidenhair; Where sweet, bright flowers offer to the bees ...

    Article : 108 words
  22. TREES.

    Trees are as comforting to me As mother-love, or sympathy. They shelter me beneath their shade When I am most afraid; ...

    Article : 73 words
  23. NIGHT.

    The world has wrapped about itself a shawl, Adorned with jewels that glisten, burn, and gleam, And ev'ry, living thing is in a dream— ...

    Article : 35 words
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