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  2. THOUGHTS ON CHINA.

    Most of us, like the writer, have a knowledge of China only through meeting men who have been there, through books, and through the Press. And those who know it at first ...

    Article : 1,557 words
  3. THE RIVER HIGHWAY.

    The steamers of Cadell and Randall met with the most enthusiastic reception up river. At Williams's, just before Jamieson's (now Mildura), Mrs. Williams stood under a flag with ...

    Article : 1,419 words
  4. GEORG BRANDES.

    By the death recently of Anatole France, and now of Georg Brandes, Europe has lost its most celebrated men of letters and its greatest critics. Brandes, who a few days ...

    Article : 1,260 words
  5. A SANATORIUM IN CENTRAL CHINA.

    ON THE ROAD TO KULING (3500 FEET). In the distance are the plains on the way to Kiukiang. IN A CHAIR UP A THOUSAND STEPS. The coolies race down with the chair and give the passenger a fright. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 43 words
  6. LIFE IN CHINA.

    Letters received from China from former residents of Sydney contain graphic reports of the exciting times in Hankow and Shanghai. Details of the ways in which Chinese ...

    Article : 1,476 words
  7. A TIDELESS SEA.

    The sun is shining on the bright waters of the Mediterranean, the sky is as clear as the blue sky of Australia, and beyond, inland, white houses, green shuttered, rise terrace ...

    Article : 997 words
  8. FOR THE CHILDREN. THE GOBLIN'S BALL.

    One sultry summer evening The air seemed full of sound; It came from fairy footsteps Which tripped along the ground. ...

    Article : 118 words
  9. ON THE TRAMP.

    I never could settle down to the routine of continuous city life. I have great admiration for the wonderful pertinacity of those who are able to stick at the same job year ...

    Article : 1,084 words
  10. KULING.

    Kuling, the foreign sanitarium which has figured so much in recent cables is situated on a range of mountains of that name, which is some seven miles south of Kiukiang. The ...

    Article : 360 words
  11. THE BOYS' ROOM.

    They say our room is never straight. Disorder early rules and late, I'll tell the reason, if you wait— A story of the boys' room. ...

    Article : 135 words
  12. PLACE NAMES.

    Much has been said of the origin and meaning of native names in Australia, but a somewhat unexplored field is that of place-names of other than native origin. "Come ...

    Article : 478 words
  13. "SUN-UP AND SUN-DOWN."

    In a little pink cottage, three clouds from Skytown. Live two little pixies, Sun-Up and Sun-Down; They wear little cocked caps and tiny blue ...

    Article : 155 words
  14. SHALE OIL INDUSTRY.

    The distillation of shale, which promises to become very important to the entire nation, is not a new way of getting oil at this time of approaching scarcity, but is merely an ...

    Article : 421 words
  15. THE MAGIC CARPET.

    Betty had been lying on the carpet reading a book and had suddenly fallen asleep. A moment later she felt the carpet whiz out of the window and into the sky. Away ...

    Article : 424 words
  16. MRS. MACQUARIE'S CHAIR.

    Was it in sorrow that she sat And gazed across the sea, Or dreamed she in her solitude Of glories yet to be? ...

    Article : 128 words
  17. THE PRESCRIPTION.

    "I'm ordering you some strychnine and quinine." He told her as he wrote, "and iron of course, While what you need, as you know well ...

    Article : 142 words
  18. THIS DAY.

    Surely these hours will not pass all away, And night come down the same as yesternight, And soft dusk veil to our tense straining ...

    Article : 120 words
  19. WOY WOY.

    Of Woy Woy I sing, and the pleasures Of Ettalong's beaches and buys: Patonga deserves a few measures Of doggerel praisa. ...

    Article : 100 words
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