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  2. SURPLUS SHIPS.

    At present about 7,000,000 tons gross of shipping are lying idle in the principal ports of the world owing to the reduced amount of sea-borne commerce to be moved from ...

    Article : 1,285 words
  3. SOME PUBLISHERS.

    With the opening of the nineteenth century, genius was again let loose upon the earth, Men once more were charmed with beauty. There was an eager feeling of unrest ...

    Article : 1,053 words
  4. A CURIOUS SPECIES.

    One of the many interesting and rather extraordinary forms of bird life met with by me during my scientific expeditions in Australia is a species known as the Tooth-billed ...

    Article : 1,080 words
  5. PLAYGROUND OF THE TOOTH-BILLED BOWER BIRD.

    Photographed in a North Queensland jungle. These large green leaves are always placed upside down by the birds. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 29 words
  6. AUSTRALIAN CULTURE.

    A beam of light is never so welcome as on a dark night, and in an age when despair as to culture in general, and Australian culture in particular, is far from unjustified, the recent ...

    Article : 1,232 words
  7. THE BUGONG MOTHS.

    A Bugong moth greeted me as I opened the door at six o'clock this morning. It had passed the night on the lintel of the door, and then it fell on the doorstep. Unhurt, it fluttered ...

    Article : 1,037 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN.

    Cuthbert, the calf, is rude and rough, His manner is pert, and his speech is gruff. He chases Tiny, the lambkin, off, And steals the milk from her nice clean trough; ...

    Article : 179 words
  9. HECTOR.

    He came into our home and hearts—a cream curly dog, with the meekest expression of face, and named "Hector." We thought the name unsuitable for such ...

    Article : 582 words
  10. JOAN PROCTER.

    England mourns the passing of a brilliant woman. Her extraordinary vocation in life made an appeal to every class, and stirred the imagination of a countless host. ...

    Article : 823 words
  11. SHOPPING.

    Shops, shops, lots of shops, Full of cakes and lollipops, Kegs of ice cream, cherries sweet, Everything that's nice to eat, ...

    Article : 105 words
  12. TO MOONLIT NIGHT.

    Fairies must have dressed you In your silver shoon, Crowned you with their diamonds, To please the smiling Moon. ...

    Article : 48 words
  13. EL'PHUNTS.

    El'phunts walk Like this and that, They're ter'bly big, And ter'bly fat; ...

    Article : 58 words
  14. LITTLE, BUT OLD.

    It was Johnnie's birthday, and he was— well, strange to say, I can't give particulars, because he had quite forgotten how old he was. Now, Johnnie's parents kept the ages ...

    Article : 111 words
  15. CYCLING.

    Of all the forms of transport for business or pleasure, cycling is one of the most useful and inexpensive. Such strides have been made in the ...

    Article : 323 words
  16. EARLY PAGE IN TELEPHONE HISTORY.

    The original of this sketch, now in the possession of Mrs. Bessie. Winslow, Northbridge, Sydney, was presented to her mother by Dr. A. G. Bell, the inventor, her cousin, in 1876. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 37 words
  17. FRANCE'S PALACES.

    Reading the interesting article in the "Herald" (7/ll/'31), the writer, by chance, alighted upon a Parisian journal published in 1855. Week by week France's palaces and ...

    Article : 325 words
  18. ST. IVES AND ITS HERRINGS.

    Silvery and indefinite, the November sun rises behind the mass of nebulous clouds eastward of the town of St. Ives, throwing its subdued light through the still atmosphere ...

    Article : 400 words
  19. ADMIRAL JOHN BENBOW.

    Apropos of the poem by Alex. Scott in the "Herald" of November 7 in praise of Benbow, the writer, in the third verse, seems to doubt if the people of Jamaica are aware of the ...

    Article : 336 words
  20. SEA TANG.

    It's a small ship, not a tall ship, that is down in Pyrmont Bay, It's a grey ship, not a gay ship, but it's putting out to-day, ...

    Article : 232 words
  21. LAKE NARRABEEN.

    The soft breeze blows on Narrabeen, Bright lake of gleaming light; The sky is deep and blue and clean. With fleecy clouds bedight. ...

    Article : 193 words
  22. WORKLESS.

    Another day! Our eyes behold the light, The golden sunshine and the sky so bright; The promise of the morning soon is fled— Hope springs anew, but soon, alas, is dead; ...

    Article : 179 words
  23. YOUTH'S THOUGHTLESSNESS.

    These dear young people Now that I at last Leave, and contentedly, that land behind, And dwell with new-found solace in the past, While youth looks ever forward; this I find— ...

    Article : 148 words
  24. MY TREE OF REMEMBRANCE.

    When I am dead, if you would think of me, Plant in some quiet place a slender tree, A tree that drops its leaves each Fall, Slumbers awhile, and then at Spring's glad call ...

    Article : 61 words
  25. NO TRANQUIL HEART.

    No tranquil heart for me the future holds, For aye horizon's robe my dream enfolds; However hard I toll along the way, Still distant lies my goal at close of day. ...

    Article : 60 words
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