Humorous verses

P.S.—As poet and as Yankee I will greet you, Texas Jack, For it isn't no ill-feelin' that is gettin' up my back, But I won't see this land crowded by each Yank and

British cuss Who takes it in his head to come a-civilisin' us.

So if you feel like shootin' now, don't let yer pistol cough— (Our Government is very free at ohokin' fellers off) ; And though on your great continent there's misery in the towns An' not a few untitled lords and kings without their crowns, I will admit your countrymen is busted big, an' free, An' great on ekal rites of men and great on liberty ; I will admit yer fathers punched the gory tyrant's

head, But then we've got our heroes, too, the diggers that is dead — The plucky men of Ballarat who toed the scratch right well And broke the nose of Tyranny and made his peepers swell For yankin' Lib.'s gold tresses in the roarin' days gone by, An' doublin' up his dirty fist to black her bonny eye; So when it comes to ridin' mokes, or hoistin' out the Ohow, Or stickin' up for labour's rights, we don't want showin' how.

236 A WORD TO TEXAS JACK

They come to learn us cricket in the days of long ago, An' Hanlan come from Canada to learn us how to

row, An' ' doctors ' come from 'Frisco just to learn us how to skite. An' ' pugs' from all the lands on earth to learn us how to fight; An' when they go, as like or not, we find we're taken in. They've left behind no larnin'—but they've carried

off our tin.

'TwiXT the coastline and the border lay the town of Grog-an'-

Grumble In the days before the bushman was a duU 'n' heartless drudge, An' they say the local meeting was a drunken roughand-tumble, Which was ended pretty often by an inquest on the judge.

An' 'tis said the city talent very often caught a tartar In the Grog-an'-

Grumble sportsman, 'n' retired with broken heads, For the fortune, life, and safety of the Grog-an'Grumble starter Mostly hung upon the finish of the local thoroughbreds.

237

Pat M'Durmer was the owner of a horse they called the Screamer, Which he called the ' quickest shtepper 'twixt the Darling and the sea;' And I think it's very doubtful if the stomachtroubled dreamer Ever saw a more outrageous piece of equine scenery; For his points were most decided, from his end to his beginning, He had eyes of different colour, and his legs they wasn't mates. Pat M'Durmer said he always came ' widin a flip av winnin',' An' his sire had come from England, 'n' his dam was from the States.

Friends would argue with M'Durmer, and they said he was in error To put up his horse the Screamer, for he'd lose in any case. And they said a city racer by the name of Holy Terror Was regarded as the winner of the coming steeplechase ;

But he said he had the knowledge to come in when it was raining, And irrelevantly mentioned that he knew the time of day, So he rose in their opinion. It was noticed that the training Of the Screamer was conducted in a dark, mysterious way.

Well, the day arrived in glory; 'twas a day of jubilation With careless-hearted bushmen for a hundred miles around. An' the rum 'n' beer 'n'

whisky came in waggons from the station, An' the Holy Terror talent were the first upon the ground. Judge M'Ard—with whose opinion it was scarcely safe to wrestle— Took his dangerous position on the bark-and-sapling stand : He was what the local Stiggins used to

speak of as a * wessel ' Of -v^ath,' and he'd a bludgeon that he carried in his hand.

' Off ye go !' the starter shouted, as down fell a stupid jockeyOff they started in disorder—left the jockey where he lay— And they fell and rolled and galloped down the crooked course and rocky, Till the pumping of the Screamer could be heard a mile away. But he kept his legs and galloped; he was used to rugged courses, And he lumbered down the gully till the ridge began to quake : And he ploughed along the siding, raising earth till other horses An' their riders, too, were blinded by the dustcloud in his wake.

Prom the ruck he'd struggled slowly—they were much surprised to find him Close abeam of Holy Terror as along the flat they tore—

Even higher still and denser rose the cloud of dust behind him, While in more divided splinters flew the shattered rails before.

THE GROG-AN'-GRUMBLE STEEPLECHASE 241

' Terror!' ' Dead heat!' they were shouting— ' Terror !' but the Screamer hung out Nose to nose with Holy Terror as across the creek they swung, An' M'Durmer shouted loudly, ' Put yer tongue out!

put yer tongue out!' An' the Screamer put his tongue out, and he won by half-a-tongue.

Bdt what's the use of writing ' hush '—

Though editors demand it— For city folk, and farming folk, Can never understand it. They're blind to what the bushman sees The best with eyes shut tightest, Out where the sun is hottest and The stars are most and brightest.

The crows at sunrise flopping round

Where some poor life has run down ; The pah- of emus trotting from

The lonely tank at sundown, Their snaky heads well up, and eyes Well out for man's manceuvres, And feathers bobbing round behind Like fringes round improvers.

The swagman tramping 'cross the plain j

Good Lord, there's nothing sadder, Except the dog that slopes behind

His master like a shadder ; The turkey-tail to scare the flies, The water-bag and billy ; The nose-bag getting cruel light.

The traveller getting silly. The plain that seems to Jackaroos Like gently sloping rises, The shrubs and tufts that's miles away But magnified in sizes ; The track that seems arisen up Or else seems gently slopin', And just a hint of kangaroos Way out across the open. The joy and hope the swagman feels Returning, after shearing, Or after six months' tramp Out Back, He strikes the final clearing. His weary spirit breathes again.

His aching legs seem limber When to the East across the plain He spots the Darling Timber !

244 BUT WHAT'S THE USB

But what's the use of writing ' bush '—

Though editors demand it— For city folk and cockatoos, They do not understand it. They're blind to what the whaler sees

The best with eyes shut tightest, Out where Australia's widest, and The stars are most and brightest.

NOVEMBER, 1900

LIST OF BOOKS

PUBLISHED BY

ANGUS & ROBERTSON SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

SOLD IN ENGLAND BY

THE AUSTRALIAN BOOK COMPANY

38 WEST SMITHFIELD, LONDON, E.G.

THE COMMONWEALTH SERIES

Each Tolume crown 8vo., picture covers. Is.

POPULAR VERSES. By Henry Lawson

First publication in book form.

HUMOROUS VERSES. By Heney Lawson

First publication in booh/orm.

ON THE TRACK : New Stories. By Heney Lawson OVER THE SLIPRAILS: New Stories. By Heney Lawson WHILE THE BILLY BOILS: Australian Stories.

First Series. By Henry Lawson

WHILE THE BILLY BOILS: Australian Stories.

Second Series. By Hknry Lawson HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN BUSHRANGING :

By Charles White

Part I.—The Early Days.

Paet II.—1850 TO 1862.

Part III.—1863 to 1865. [In j)ieparation

Part IV.—1866 to 1878. \In preparation

*,* For press notices of these books see under separate headings throughout this catalogue.

ON THE TRACK AND OVER THE SLIPRAILS.

A New Volume of Australian Stories.

By henry LAWSON, Author of "While the Billy Boils;" "When the World Was Wide and Other Verses;" "Verses, Popular and Humorous."

Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d,

For Cheaper Edition see Commonwealth Series, page S.

Sydney Morning' Herald : " It Ib not too much to say for these sketches that they show an acquaintance with bush life and an insight into the class of people which is met with in this life that are hardly equalled to-day in Australia. In a few words he can paint for you the landscape of his pictures or the innermost recesses of his bushman's soul."

Queenslander : " The ' yarns ' are, of course, ' of the bush bushy,'

tales of hard, unending toil, grim greyness of prospects, the hundred

and one drawbacks to life in the back blocks, which Lawson knows so well and treats so cleverly."

Wellingfton (N.Z.) Evening* Post: "His sketches are literally alive with the life of the land which gave them birth, and they cannot but appeal strongly to all Australians."

South Australian RegfiSter : "Asa litterateur, Mr Lawson has an enviable reputation, which is not confined to this continent. A collection of wholesome and typically Australian stories, told with force and originality."

Melbourne Punch: " Often the little stories are wedges cut clean out of life, and presented with artistic truth and vivid colour."

WHILE THE BILLY BOILS.

Australian Stories.

By henry LAWSON, Author of "When the World Was Wide and Other Verses;" " On the Track and Over the Sliprails ;" "Verses, Popular and Humorous."

Fifth Edition, completing the Twenty-third Thousand. With eight plates and vignette title, by P. P. Mahony. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s.

6d.

For Gheaper Edition see Commonwealth Series, page 2.

The Academy: "A book of honest, direct, sympathetic, humorous writing about Australia from within is worth a library of travellers'

tales. Mr. La-wson shows us what living in the bush really means.

The result is a real book—a book in a hundred. His language is terse, supple, and richly idiomatic."

Mr. A. Patchbtt Martin, in Literature : " A book which Mrs. Campbell Praed, the Australian novelist, assured me made her feel that all she had written of bush life was pale and ineffective."

The Spectator : " In these days when short, dramatic stories are eagerly looked for, it is strange that one we would venture to call the greatest Australian writer should be practically unknown in England.

Short stories, but biting into the very heart of the bushman's life, ruthless in truth, extraordinarily dramatic, and pathetically uneven "

The Times : " A collection of short and vigorous studies and stories of Australian life and character. A little in Bret Harte's manner, crossed, perhaps, with that of Guy de Maupassant."

WHEN THE WORLD WAS WIDE AND OTHER VERSES.

By henry LAWSON, Author of "While the Billy Boils;" "On the Track and Over the Sliprails;" " Verses, Popular and Humorous."

Tenth Thousand. With photogravure portrait and vignette title. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top, 5s.

Me. E. Le Gallienne, in The Idler : " A striking volume of ballad poetry. A volume to console one for the tantalising postponement of Mr. Kipling's promised volume of sea ballads."

Newcastle Weekly Chronicle : " Swinging, rhythmic verse."

Sydney Morning Herald: " The verses have natural vigour, the writer has a rough, true faculty of characterisation, and the book is racy of the soil from cover to cover."

Melbourne Age : " ' In the Days when the World was "Wide and Other Verses,' by Henry Lawson, is poetry, and some of it poetry of a very high order."

QtagfO Witness : " It were well to have such books upon our shelves

. . . they are true history."

New Zealand Herald; " There is a heart-stirring ring about the verses."

Bulletin: " How graphic he is, how natural, how true, how strong."

VERSES: POPULAR AND HUMOROUS.

By HENRY LA.WSON, Author of 'When the World was Wide, and Other Verses," " On the Track and Over the Sliprails," and " While the Billy Boils."

Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. [Just out.

For Cheaper Edition see Commonwealth Series, page S.

FOR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE.

By MARCUS CLARKE

With a Memoir of the Author, by A. B. Paterson, 15 full page plates and a portrait, Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top, 5s.

The Queenslander : " The book's value is enhanced by an introductory memoir of the author from the peji of A. B. Paterson, and it has also many illustrations of various places where incidents narrated in the book took place."

The Australasian : " This edition can be recommended to all who desire to possess one of the few works of original genius produced in Australia."

Maitland Mercury: " There can never be a time when Australians will cease to care to read Clarke's enthralling narrative, and the form in which this edition submits it ought to become a very favourite one."

Melbourne Argfus : " The memoir written by Mr. A. B. Paterson is kindly and appreciative, and, on the whole, is a very just estimate of the man and of the writer."

THE MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER AND OTHER VERSES.

By a. B. PATERSON, Author of "In No Man's Land : a Story of Australian Bush Life."

Twenty-First Thousand. With photogravure portrait and vignette title.

Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top, 5s.

The Literary Year Book, 1900: " The immediate success of this book of bush ballads is without parallel in Colonial literary annals, nor can any living English or American poet boast so wide a public, always excepting Mr. Rudyard Kipling."

The Times : " At his best he compares not unfavourably with the author of ' Barrack Room Ballads.' "

Spectator : " These lines have the true lyrical cry in them. Eloquent and ardent verses."

Athenaeum : " Swinging, rattling ballads of ready humour, ready pathos, and crowding adventure. . . . Stirring and entertaining ballads about great rides, in >vhich the lines gallop like the very hoofs of the horses."

Mr. A. Patchett Martin, in Literature (London) : "In my opinion it is the absolutely un-English, thoroughly Australian style and character of these new bush bards which has given them such immediate popularity, such wide vogue, among all classes of the rising native generation."

London: Macmillan & Co., Limited.

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AT DAWN AND DUSK: POEMS.

By VICTOR J, DALEY.

Third Thousand. With photogravure portrait. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top, 5s.

The Bookman -. " Most of these verses had already seen the light in Australia, but they are worth more permanent form. They are very full of graceful poetic fancy musically expressed."

The Australasian: "It is unmistakable poetry . . Mr. Daley has a gift of delicate construction— there is barely a crude idea or a thought roughly moulded in the book."

RHYMES FROM THE MINES AND OTHER LINES.

By EDWARD DYSON, Author of "A Golden Shanty.'

Second Thousand. With photogravure portrait and vignette title.

Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top, 5s.

The Academy: "Here from within we have the Australian miner complete : the young miner, the old miner, the miner in luck, and the miner out of it, the miner in love, and the miner in peril. Mr. Dyson knows it all. What we prize in Mr. Dyson, as in Mr. Lawson, is the presentation of some observed oddity of human nature."

Melbourne Punch: " The mines have wanted a man to sing their stories, and the hour and the man have arrived. The hour is now, and the man is Edward Dyson."

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WHERE THE DEAD MEN LIE AND OTHER POEMS.

By BARCROFT HENRY BOAKE.

Third Thousand. With photogravure portrait and 32 illustrations by Mahony, Lambert, and Fischer. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, gilt top, 5s.

J. Bkunton Stephens, in The Bulletin: " The contents of the volume amply justify their reproduction in collected form. The impression of native power is confirmed by reading the poems "in bulk. Boake's work is often praised for its local colour; but it has something better than that. It has atmosphere— Australian atmosphere, that makes you feel the air of the place—breathe the breath of the life."

THE MUTINEER:

A Romance of Pitcairn Island.

By LOUIS BECKE and WALTER JEFFERY.

New Edition. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

The Scotsman : " The charm of the description of Tahitian scenery, the interest of the savage mythology and customs, the fine simplicity and trustfulness of the native character as contrasted with the jealousies and disagreements of the mutineers, all combine to make an impressive story. The story is so true that it will prove especially welcome."

Saturday Review : " So skilfully is fact woven up with fictiort that most readers will feel inclined to accept the narrative as a truthful record of actual events. The authors of this volume have produced a story of enduring interest."

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TEENS. A story of Australian Schoolgirls.

By LOUISE MACK.

Third Thousand. With 14 full-page illustrations by F. P. Mahony.

Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

Sydney Morningf Herald: " Ought to be welcome to all who feel the responsibility of choosing the reading books of the young ... its gaiety, impulsiveness, and youthfulness will charm them."

Sydney Daily Telegraph: " Nothing could be more natural, more sympathetic."

The Australasian : " 'Teens' is a pleasantly-written story, very suitable for a present or a school prize."

Bulletin : " It is written so well that it could not be written better."

GIRLS TOGETHER.

A Sequel to " Teens." By LOUISE MACK.

Second Thousand. Illustrated by G. W. Lambert. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6cl.

Sydney Morning: Herald: "'Girls Together' should be in the library of every girl who liies a pleasant story of real life. . . Older people will read it for its bright touches of human nature."

Queenslander : "A story told in a dainty style that makes it attractive to all. It is fresh, bright, and cheery, and well worth a place on any Australian bookshelf."

THE SPIRIT OF THE BUSH FIRE AND OTHER AUSTRALIAN

FARIY

TALES. Br J. M. WHITFELD.

Second Thousand. With 32 illustrations by G. W. Lambert. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

Sydney Morning Herald: " It is frankly written for the young folks. The youngster will find a delight in Miss Whitfeld's marvellous company."

South Australian Regrister; "A number of fascinating creations of the imagination . . . will last and be popular."

HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN BUSHRANGING. by charles white.

To be completed in two vols. Crown 8vo, cloth gili, 3s. 6d. each. [Vol.

I. now ready.

For Chea/per Edition see Commonwealth Series, page S.

Press Notices of Volume I.

Year Book of Australia : " There is ' romance' enough about it to make it of permanent interest as a peculiar and most remarkable stage in our social history."

Queen^lander : " A highly-acceptable resume of the conditions of life in the colonies during the early days. Mr. White has supplied material enough for twenty such novels as ' Robbery Under Arms.'"

H

THE GROWTH OF THE EMPIRE.

.A Handbook to the History of Greater Britain By Arthur W. JOSE, Author of " A Short History of Australasia."

Second Edition. With 14 Maps. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 5s.

Morning Post: " This book is published in Sydney, but it deserves to be circulated throughout the United Kingdom. The picture of the fashion in which British enterprise made its way from settlement to settlement has never been drawn more vividly than in these pages.

Mr. Jose's style is crisp and pleasant, now and then even rising to eloquence on his grand theme. His book deserves wide popularity, and it has the rare merit of being so written as to be attractive alike to the young student and to the mature man of letters."

Literature: " He has studied thoroughly, and writes vigorously. . . .

Admirably done. . . We commend it to Britons the world over."

Saturday Review : " He writes Imperially; he also often writes sympathetically. . . . We cannot close Mr. Jose's creditable account, of our misdoings without a glow of national pride."

Yorkshire Post: " A brighter short history we do not know, and this book deserves for the matter and the manner of it to be as well known as Mr. McCarthy's ' History of Our Own Times.' "

The Scotsman : " This admirable work is a solid octavo of more than 400 pages. It is thonghful, well written, and well-arranged history.

There are fourteen excellent maps to illustrate the text."

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A SHORT HISTORY OF AUSTRALASIA.

. By ARTHUR W. JOSE, Author of " The Growth of the Empire.''

With 6 maps and 64 portraits and illustrations. Crown 8v^o, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

Town and Country Journal: " His language is graphic and simple,, and he has maintained the unity and: iCQntinuity of the story of events despite the necessity of following the subject along the seven branches corresponding with the seven separate colonies. The whole book shows evidence of much careful work and a large amount of research among the original sources of information."

Sydney Daily Teleg-raph : " There was ample room for a cleverly-condensed, clear, and yet thoroughly live account of these colonies, such as Mr. Jose now presents us with."

The Australasian : " It is a useful summary of the eventful history of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, from the voyages of De Qniros and Torres down to the virtual accomplishment of federation."

New Zealand Herald: " The history is concise and clear, and gives a mass of information in a small compass."

West Australian : " A valuable feature about this little work is its accuracy. This, with the author, has evidentlv been a condition precedent, and in pursuance of it he has had recourse to original sources for his information, and to specially authentic and contemporary documents,"

13

THE GEOLOGY OF SYDNEY AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.

A Popular Introduction to the Study of Australian Geology, By Rev. J, MILNE CURRAN, Lecturer in Chemistry and Geology, Technical College, Sydney.

Second Edition. With a Glossary of Scientific terms, a Reference List of commonlyoccurring Fossils, 2 coloured maps, and 83 illustrations.

Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 6s.

Melbourne Argus: " The book is written in a popular style, and it deals with a subject of general and perpetual interest. As a handbook for schools in which, it is desired to interest the advanced classes in the study of nature, the volume has great value."

Sydney Morning' Herald: "Mr. Curran is the most admirable guide that any geologfical student can require for the interpretation of the hieroglyphics of

Nature."

South Australian Register : " Mr. Curran has extracted a charming narrative of the earth's history out of the prosaic stone. Though he has selected Sydney rocks for his text, his discourse is interestingly Australian."

The Australasian : " Mr. Curran lets us see at once that his purpose is to deal with the geological history of Australia, and not to pad his treatise out with matter common to text-books in general. When he introduced what appear to be hard words, he does not close the remarks that they are associated with without fully explaining them."

14

SIMPLE TESTS FOR MINERALS;

Or, Every Man his Own Analyst.

By JOSEPH CAMPBELL, M.A., F.G S., M.LM E.

Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged (completing the ninth thousand). With illustrations. Cloth, round corners, 3s. 6d.

Newcastle Morning' Herald: "The book is a thoroughly practical one."

BundabePg Star: " A handy and useful book for miners and all interested in the mining industry."

Daylesford Advocate : " A very useful and valuable work."

Bendig-O Evening- Mail: " Should be in every prospector's kit. It enables any intelligent man to ascertain for himself whether any mineral he may discover has a commercial value."

Omeo standard : " Exactly the work required."

BendigO Advertiser : " To those engaged in prospecting for minerals this book should be invaluable."

QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

Notes and Tables for the Use of Students.

By Rev. J. MILNE CURRAN, Lecturer in Chemistry and Geology, Technical College, Sydney, Author of " The Geology of Sydney and the Blue Mountains."

With illustrations. Demy 8vo, cloth gilt, 4s. 6d.

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A COURSE OF INSTRUCTION IN ARCHITECTURAL AND

TRADES DRAWING.

By CYRIL 6LACKET, Lecturer on Architecture and Building Construction, Technical College, Sydney

32 Hand-coloured plates (size, 19 by 13 inches), mounted on strong mill-board and accompanied by printed explanations. In strong deal box, £16 16s.

DIET LISTS FOR AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS.

By J. W. SPRINGTHORPE, M.D., and GEORGE LANE MULLINS, M.D.

Cloth, 3s. 6d. Containing 160 JJetachable Diet Lists, 12 kinds assorted : 1, Albuminuria ; 2, Anaemia and Debility; 3, Biliousness; 4, Constipation; 5, Convalescence ; 6, Diabetes;. 7, Diarrhoea; 8, Dyspepsia; 9, Gout; 10, Infant Feeding; 11, Phthisis and Wasting Disease; 12, Pyrexia,

These Diet Lists may also be had, bound separately, 50 copies of one kind, in cheque book form, at 2s.

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THE KINGSWOOD COOKERY BOOK.

By Mrs. WICKEN, M.C.A., Late Teacher of Cookery, Technical Colleges Sydney.

Fifth edition, revised, completing the Nineteenth Thousand. 382

pages, crown 8vo, paper cover, Is.; cloth. Is. 6d.

•»* This is the largsst book ever published at the price in Australia.

Newcastle Morning- Herald: "Mrs. Wicken has long been recognised as an able exponent of the art of cooking, and the success of her book is probably due to the fact that it was written by a practical teacher, of many years' Australian experience."

Sydney Morning- Herald: "Her excellent 'Kingswood Cookery Book^'

which is handsomely issued."

Sydney Daily Telegraph; ' This work may be said to fulfil all the requirements of a practical course of instruction."

Town and Country Journal; " A real boon to Australian women."

Maitland Mercury : " The merit of the book is that it is written by a scientific teacher who has had ten years' Australian experience."

Adelaide Advertiser: "No materials are mentioned which are not easily procurable, while the quantities in every case are concisely stated."

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GEOGRAPHY OF NEW SOUTH

WALES. Bv J. M. TAYLOR, M.A, LL.B.

New Edition, revised. With 37 illustrations and 6 folding maps. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

Sydney Daily Telegraph : " Can be recommended as a volume in every way able to impart tbe latest information regarding this colony.

After the physical features, Mr. Taylor deals with the geology, climate, flora and fauna, aborigines, mines and minerals, industries, artesian wells, exports and imports."

Queensland Education Journal: "A mine of thoroughly well arranged, perfectly accurate, and, for the most part, interesting information on the general physical and political features of New South Wales."

The Australasian : "The reading is very interesting. . . . There are any number of excellent and striking photo-prints .... commendable features in a school book."

The Queenslander: " The book embraces within its 152 pages all the information that a geography should, presented in an easy, assimilable form."

Sydney Morning- Herald: " Something more than a school book; it is an approach to an ideal geography."

Review of Reviews : " It makes a very attractive handbook. Its geography is up to date; it is not overburdened with details, and it is richly illustrated with geological diagrams and photographs of scenery reproduced with happy skill."

For Use by Candidates for University and Public Service Exams.

By JAMES CONWAY, Headmaster at Clevelandstreet Superior Public School, Sydney.

Prescribed by the Department of Public Instruction, N.S.W., for First and Second Class Teachers' Certificate Examinations. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s 6d.

Sydney Morning Herald: " To its concise and admirable arrangement of rules and definitions, which holds good wherever the English language is spoken or written, is added special treatment of special difficulties. Mr. Conway adopts the excellent plan of taking certain papers, and of answering the questions in detail. . . . Should be in the hands of every teacher."

Victorian Educational News: " A book which we can heartily recommend as the most suitable we have yet met with to place in the hands of students for our intermediate examinations, and also for matriculation, pupil teachers' and certificate of competency examinations. We should be glad to see the work set down in the syllabus of the Department so that it would reach the hands of all the students and teachers engaged in studying the subject in our State schools."

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A SMALLER ENGLISH GRAMMAR, COMPOSITION, AND PRECIS

WRITING.

By JAMES CONWAY.

Prescribed by the Department of Public Instruction, N.S.W., for Third Class and Pupil Teachers' Examinations. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Crown 8vo, cloth. Is. 6d.

N.S.W. Educational Gazette: " The abridgment is very well done.

The clearness of the instruction, both rules and examples, is as evident in one book as the other, and by this one would recognise the hand of a man who had had long experience of the difficulties of this subject."

GEOGRAPHY OF NEW SOUTH WALES.

Abridged from Mr. Taylor's larger work. With 5 folding maps, 48

pages, 6d.

N.S.W. Educational Gazette: "In May last we expressed the opinion that Mr. Taylor had succeeded in producing a compendious and reliable work, well up to date in every particular. The little volume now under consideration is an abridgment of the original work, and contains all that our Standards of Proficiency require for third and fourth class pupils. The work of the teacher will be mucli facilitated if he can persuade every, pupil to provide himself with this excellent little handbook. For senior pupils and pupil teachers we would strongly recommend the larger work."

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CAUSERIES FAMILIERES; OR, FRIENDLY CHATS.

A Simple and Deductive French Course.

By Mrs. S. C. BOYD.

Prescribed for use in schools by the Department of Public Instruction, New South Wales.

Pupils' Edition, containing all that need be in the hands of the learner. Grown 8vo, cloth, limp. Is. 6d.

Teachers' Edition, containing, in addition to the above, grammatical summaries, exercises, a full treatise on pronunciation, French-English and English-French Vocabulary, and other matter for the use of the teacher or of a student without a master. New Edition, revised and enlarged. Grown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.

The London Spectator: " A most excellent and practical little volume, evidently the work of a trained teacher. It combines admirably and in an entertaining form the advantages of the conversational with those of the grammatical method of learning a language."

The Scotsman: " A pleasant and familiar tone pervades the whole work, and it is to be welcomed as a further step in the desired direction."

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THE AUSTRALIAN OBJECT LESSON BOOK.

Compiled by practical teachers, and edited by DAVID T. WILEY.

Part I.—For Infant and Junior Classes. With 43 illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. ; paper cover, 2s. 6d.

N.S.W. Educational Gazette: "Mr. Wiley has wisely adopted the plan of utilising the services of specialists. The series is remarkably complete, and includes almost everything with which the little learners ought to be made familiar. Throughout the whole series the lessons have been selected with judgment and with a due appreciation of the capacity of the pupils for whose use they are intended."

THE AUSTRALIAN LETTERING BOOK.

Part II.—For advanced classes. With 113 illustrations. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt, 3s. 6d.; paper cover, 2s. 6d.

N.S.W. Educational Gazette: "The Australian Object Lesson Book is evidently the result of infinite patience and deep research on the part of its compiler, who is also to be commended for the admirable arrangement of his matter."

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MANUAL OF PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS HELD BY THE

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HANDBOOK FOR TEACHERS OF INFANT SCHOOLS AND

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GEOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

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Document Outline

• Humorous verses