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  2. SIR A. CONAN DOYLE.

    I met Sir A. Conan Doyle in London, and found him as delightful at close quarters as in the pages of his books. I confess to feeling a thrill when firse I saw the writer of the ...

    Article : 1,595 words
  3. CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.

    The glamour of a new country, never previously seen by white men, led Mr. Donald Mackay, of Port Hacking, Sydney, to organise the Mackay aerial survey expedition to ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 1,340 words
  4. PICTURES OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA SECURED BY THE MACKAY EXPEDITION.

    Ayers Rock, a remarkable monolith rising 1000 feet from the plain. The aeroplanes are two miles in front of it. Group of aboriginals outside the church at Hermannsburg Mission Station. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 40 words
  5. THE BROTHERS IMLAY.

    Governor Bourke referred to his journey from Twofold Bay to the Limestone Plains (Monaro) in 1835; having been the guest of Dr. Imlay at his station about twelve miles ...

    Article : 1,197 words
  6. AMONG THE FUEGIANS.

    Our provisions were getting low. The old woman helped us by making us dough cakes, as we had run out of bread. We had come for a day, possibly two, but it had taken us ...

    Article : 1,345 words
  7. ISABEL RAMSAY.

    Before me lies the large lithographed notepaper on which Signore Rodolfo Foa, Doctor of Arts and Philosophy of the University of Turin, announces in recognised French ...

    Article : 546 words
  8. WILLOWS OF THE BROOK.

    We drifted down stream in the little boat between banks that were practically hidden by tall, wide-spreading green willows that were in the flood-tide of summer beauty. Their ...

    Article : 1,022 words
  9. FRANCE'S DAY.

    On July 14, 1789, the Paris mob stormed the Bastille, and the destruction of that hated symbol of tyranny marked the beginning of the French Revolution. Years ...

    Article : 967 words
  10. FOR THE CHILDREN. FEATHER-HEADED RHYMES.

    I have a little gardener Who works for me all day; He never grumbles, never lags, And never asks for pay. ...

    Article : 122 words
  11. NURSERY RHYME.

    Mary Louisa is Just a wee grub, A dear little, pink little grubbins who goes A-wriggling around on the nursery floor. Did you ever see a fat grub with ten toes? ...

    Article : 136 words
  12. MONKEY AN' ME.

    I wish I were a monkey. A monkey, a monkey— I wish I were a monkey, A-swinging on a tree; ...

    Article : 81 words
  13. FEELING BLUE.

    Why do folk say they're feeling blue, When life seems dull and grey? For the sens are blue and the skies are too. When seas and skies are gay. ...

    Article : 91 words
  14. MANX NATIONAL DAY.

    Every summer, many thousands of health or pleasure seekers throng to the little Isle of Man, the majority to remain in the beautifully-situated capital, Douglas. ...

    Article : 531 words
  15. OUR JENNY.

    She was one of a litter of thirteen, and evidently the odd one, as life from the start was unfair to her; at meal time all that fell to Jenny was a few orange peels. By the ...

    Article : 394 words
  16. POTTED BIOGRAPHIES.

    Sam Pepys, or Pepps, was a curious mixture Of characteristics—and none was a fixture. Vivacious, sententious, pretentious, absurd, He swept from the organ of life, in a word, ...

    Article : 355 words
  17. THERE ARE NO WORDS UNSPOKEN.

    There are no words unspoken from a fear That you will doubt my love—nor gesture swift, Nor sudden change of mien that would deceive ...

    Article : 134 words
  18. BUSH MEDITATIONS.

    The lazy noontide heat is past, And here, beside the sheltered stream I watch the chequered shadows play. And seek a silent hour to dream. ...

    Article : 183 words
  19. SYDNEYSIDE SONGS.

    I am sick of life's noise and dust, but away— away There lies a nook that I know—oh, thither to stray! ...

    Article : 221 words
  20. TYNWALD HILL. ISLE OF MAN.

    View from the north, showing the church as it appeared in 1774. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 21 words
  21. MISTS.

    Under a leaden sky, White mists are spreading; Close to the snow they lie, Shadowed by ranges high, ...

    Article : 119 words
  22. COLLAROY BEACH.

    How beautiful is Morn, Breaking so silently! To greet a world new-born A wind awakes the Sea. ...

    Article : 61 words
  23. IDOLATRY.

    Her gracious beauty has no counterpart. Her golden hair, close-cropped, clusters her brow: Her eyes are violet pools—set wide apart, ...

    Article : 57 words
  24. BELLADONNAS.

    Pink the belladonnas blow In the tufted grasses, Till the fire with searing glow Scorches when it passes. ...

    Article : 47 words
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