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  2. TOUCHINGT THE EGG.

    It was with considerable pleasure that I read in my morning paper the other day that a certain politician, venturing to address a country audience not altogether at one with ...

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  3. EDWARD JOHN EYRE.

    When the name of Henry Kingsley is mentioned, he is usually referred to as the author of "Geoffrey Hamlyn," as if that were the only thing he wrote which had any ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,117 words
  4. EXCELSIOR.

    Gingerly I commenced to ascend the lower arch of the bridge. I was amazed at the immensity of the framework, awesomely I gazed at the toweling steel columns, latticed ...

    Article : 931 words
  5. THE MUSEUM.

    Under the directorship of Dr. Charles Anderson, most learned and most lovable of scientists, a large and perfectly organised body of enthusiasts work "behind the scenes" at the ...

    Article : 1,241 words
  6. FIRST EXHIBITION HELD IN THE SYDNEY MUSEUM, 1855.

    Reproduced from a Daguerreotype by a George-street firm of that period. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. BAR ISLAND.

    Bar Island in the Hawkesbury River, hitherto practically unknown, has lately come into prominence by reason of the inauguration of a one-day tourist trip, from Berowra to the ...

    Article : 769 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Now here's a puzzle to be solved, That's quite a hard one too— Suppose the clocks all went "on strike And no more work would dol ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 147 words
  9. RUTH.

    The little girl of whom I write lives in the country about five miles from one of the large towns, and she is seven years old. She does not know I am writing about her, and ...

    Article : 495 words
  10. LEWIS CARROLL.

    Carrollian, meaning something whimsical and fantastical, has become, though not yet officially, a dictionary word. No doubt it will come into its own this centenary year of ...

    Article : 804 words
  11. ARCHIBALD FOUNTAIN.

    Viewing the Archibald Memorial in all its beauty recalled to mind one late November morning in Paris, spent in the home and in the Atelier of Monsieur Sicard, the creator of ...

    Article : 544 words
  12. A BANQUET AT THE ZOO.

    Said the stately kangaroo To his mate, the Walaroo, One morning at the Zoo, "I'll tell you what we'll do. ...

    Article : 54 words
  13. VIGNETTES OF FANCY.

    Is there any other place in Sydney where you wake to the splash of water against the stucco-white wall of your porch—where your garden is a stretch of moon-glazed water, laid ...

    Article : 358 words
  14. JOHN'S SMILE.

    Where it comes from, or wnere it goes, No one can tell me, for nobody knows. It isn't a laugh and it isn't a grin; It is east and west, where the freckles begin, ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 132 words
  15. THE VISION.

    Alone; I tramped the crowded street. Amid the city's din and roar. No friendly hand sought mine to greet Me as in long gone days of yore. ...

    Article : 255 words
  16. GUM TIPS.

    An armful of gum-tips in my little room brings all the bush before me. Like a fairy broom it sweeps away the city sounds and scents, the traffic quietens, the next door ...

    Article : 218 words
  17. RENDEZVOUS.

    Oh, Easter's here in Sydney town, And Easter skies are blue, And Easter crowds throng merrily To careless rendezvous; ...

    Article : 126 words
  18. A GALLOWS ON A HILL.

    A gallows on a hill was set, The gods of brass and gods of clay, Herod and Rome, wove coronet Of thorns on convict brows to lay; ...

    Article : 144 words
  19. TO A DROWSY CHILD.

    Sleep-laden eyes, O cherub sweet, Are fix'd on some fair dream afar; Where life and paradise both meet In thy particular bright star[?] ...

    Article : 61 words
  20. CONTRAST.

    They may not heaven know. That hell know not, Who see no blemish—lo! They may not heaven know. ...

    Article : 37 words
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