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  2. THE FAR EAST.

    Trade between Europe and the East goes back many centuries, but it it only within the last century that the contact of East and West has become regular and intimate. ...

    Article : 1,589 words
  3. THE BLACK GIN.

    The writer knows Australia fairly well. and a few other bits of the world, and he ought to stand up for his countrywomen when they deserve it. Our natives are regarded ...

    Article : 608 words
  4. PICTURESQUE TWEED RIVER DISTRICT.

    TYPICAL SCENE, WITH MOUNT WARNING IN THE DISTANCE. Our special representative with the Imperial Press Delegation writes:—"The appreciation of delegates of the magnificent views of rivers, mountains, and farms was freely expressed. Groups of visitors stood for many minutes gazing at the wonderful panorama to the east—the Pacific and the surf beaches north and south of the border, with the Tweed Heads and Point Danger at the river mouth. Southwards stretched the rich sugar-cane lands of Cudgen; westward ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 103 words
  5. PAGE LETTERS.

    Dear Mr. President.— The more fully the whole recent diplomatic story of the war and of the events that preceded it comes out, the clearer it becomes ...

    Article : 1,131 words
  6. EDISON AT WORK.

    Seated one day in a bedroom on the twenty-fourth floor of the McAlpine Hotel in New York, the writer, inspired by the Edison electric lamps which flooded the room with ...

    Article : 1,421 words
  7. JOHN GOULD.

    By shallow rivers, to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals. It is recorded that a well-known millionaire visited the museum and was shown case ...

    Article : 1,295 words
  8. A QUIET SPOT.

    There is always a joy in seeing new and untravelled country, a thrill of adventure in climbing hillsides where few have climbed before, and in treading down untrodden paths. ...

    Article : 1,499 words
  9. CRIME IN AMERICA.

    During the past two years the American Bar Association has been directing its energies to stem the tide of criminality that is sweeping the whole country, from the Atlantic to ...

    Article : 599 words
  10. "ROOK OF PAIN."

    Note: An American educational institution, Beloit College, of Wisconsin, has undertaken a unique entterprise in paleontology. An ancient camp site of prehistoric man in southern France has been leased for ...

    Article : 923 words
  11. FOR THE CHILDREN. FLYING.

    Said the crow to the swallow, "Did you hear about Jim?" "No," said the swallow. "What happoned to him?" ...

    Article : 84 words
  12. PLATYPUS.

    Platypus, Platypus, tell me as you float Why you have a duck's face with a furry coat[?] Didn't you know really what you were going to be? ...

    Article : 118 words
  13. NURSERY RHYMES.

    I'm a merry little fish, And I live in the sea, Quite close to the rocks and the sand. I breathe in the water, ...

    Article : 144 words
  14. BABYLON.

    (How man miles to Babylon[?] Three score miles and ton. Can you get there by candielight [?] Yes—and back again.) ...

    Article : 285 words
  15. ANTIQUITY OF ALPHABET.

    The Phoenician alphabet, ancestor of all the alphabets of modern western civilisation, has had over seven centuries added to its known peried of existence as a result of ...

    Article : 113 words
  16. TIME'S FLY.

    O'er each cloudy acre Dawn comes up the sky, Phaeton's drab fiacre Rumbles slowly by. ...

    Article : 92 words
  17. THE FAIRY TALE.

    Bluebells blossom in the woodland. In each bluebell is a cup. Now! You must be very careful As you lift the flower up. ...

    Article : 145 words
  18. THE GRASSY WAYS.

    As up the grassy ways she came, Where the purple blcoms were rife. Within my heart a sudden flame Sprang to sudden life. ...

    Article : 52 words
  19. WOOLLOOMOOLOO.

    Woolloomooloo, as [?] passed your way, I did not notice the streets were gray— There was blue of the skies In your babies' eyes— ...

    Article : 50 words
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