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  2. AN AUSTRALIAN REBBL.

    Will Dyson was unquestionably one of the most distinguished Australians of his generation—and that generat was a great one. It produced more ...

    Article : 1,346 words
  3. WAR IN SPAIN.

    THREE signal reasons sent me from Salamanca to tour the coast of Biscay and the towns of Santander and Bilbao. First, I wanted to see for ...

    Article : 1,580 words
  4. A WAR-TIME DRAWING BY WILL DYSON.

    "Back at the Waggon Lines, Somme, 1918," is a fine example of the art of Will Dyson, who has just died in London. An appreciation of his work and character appears in the next column. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 43 words
  5. THE STORY OF AUSTRALIA IN BOOK AND PICTURE.

    IT is sometimes urged, in extenuation of our various shortcomings, that Australia is a young country. Whatever the merits, or demerits of this ...

    Article : 2,071 words
  6. NORTHERN RAINS.

    At midnight on the first day of this year "the wet" broke over the Northern Territory. The forerunner of "the wet" is a ...

    Article : 520 words
  7. LOVELY KIAMA.

    The earliest history of Kiama, which will hold the 150th Anniversary celebrations from February. 12 to 19, dates back to 1797, when Surgeon Bass, who ...

    Article : 574 words
  8. For the Children

    I was going to a party, To a really grown-up one, For my Mummle had to take me, Till our nurse's work was done. ...

    Article : 259 words
  9. SIRIUS, MAYFLOWER.

    Many, people in Australia can claim descent from pioneers of the First Fleet, and in America many families are descended from the Mayflower pioneers. To be able ...

    Article : 306 words
  10. SMOKE.

    Smoke from factory chimneys is black, and foul, and thick. Drifting like sad thoughts across the city's face. ...

    Article : 118 words
  11. ELIZABETH ANN.

    O Elizabeth Ann is exceeding sweet, From her raven head to her restless feet. As she plays with the birds and the bees and flowers. ...

    Article : 111 words
  12. LILY OF THE VALLEY.

    Beauty that lies in rare simplicity, Serene as that pale star before the light; Fragrance that sinks the soul in mystery. Like half-remembered music in the night. ...

    Article : 31 words
  13. THE BUSY GARDEN SPIDER

    It is interesting to watch in the cool of the evening the business-like activities of the garden spider, especially when his trade is brisk, and he has to carry away many flies ...

    Article : 244 words
  14. A STUDY BY EPSTEIN.

    A new life of "Don Roberto"—the versatile R. B. Cunninghame Grahame—is reviewed on the opposite page to-day. This is Epstein's study of the "veritable Robinson Crusoe—tall, bronzed, long hair." ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 34 words
  15. WHEN A BABY IS BORN IN HOLLAND.

    The expectation of a Royal infant to the Princess Juliana of Holland, heiress to the Throne, recalls a curious Dutch custom which takes place in many parts of Holland, with ...

    Article : 282 words
  16. MANNA FROM NEW ENGLAND EUCALYPTS.

    Every year from September until November in the New England Ranges the ground beneath some of the gums, the Eucalyptus Mannifera, is spotted white, with manna. ...

    Article : 353 words
  17. THE VANISHING CASSOWARY.

    Wild pigs, which overrun the eastern sid of Cape York Peninsula, and devour eggs and everything else they come across, seem to have sounded the death knell of the ...

    Article : 395 words
  18. THE DREAM OF THE WHITE GUM.

    The stars set a crown about the high crest Of the old, old, tall white gum; When sunset sinks to ashes in the red west, Then the voices and the visions come. ...

    Article : 244 words
  19. RIVALS.

    The wind ran up the hill; It caught me, and it passed, And though I struggled still, I could not run so fast. ...

    Article : 138 words
  20. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

    New met upon the mountain's brow We fain would share the ways of good By which we climbed until we stood Upon this pinnacle of Now. ...

    Article : 84 words
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