Five Months at Anzac Part 8

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_TO-MORROW: A Dramatic Sketch of the Character and Environment of Robert Greene._

By J. LE GAY BRERETON. Paper cover, 1s. 6d. (_postage 1d._)

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_SONGS OF A SUNLIT LAND._

By COLONEL J.A. KENNETH MACKAY. Cloth gilt, 3s. 6d. (_postage 2d._)

_STORIES OF OLD SYDNEY._

By CHARLES H. BERTIE. With 53 pen and pencil drawings by SYDNEY URE SMITH. Cloth cover, printed in colours, 3s. 6d. (_postage 1d._)

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they live and breathe, and he has contrived to make actual to us those remote and almost incredible days.... Mr. Smith's admirable ill.u.s.trations are an equally important feature of the book, which, in addition to its interest, presents a great antiquarian value."

_THE RISING OF THE COURT, AND OTHER SKETCHES IN PROSE AND VERSE._

By HENRY LAWSON. With picture cover (_Commonwealth Series_), 1s.

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QUEENSLAND TIMES: "These stories show Lawson at his best, and Lawson at his best is not to be beaten by short story writers in current literature."

_AN OUTBACK MARRIAGE: A Story of Australian Life._

By A.B. PATERSON. Ninth thousand, with picture cover (_Commonwealth Series_), 1s. (_postage 1d._)

SCOTSMAN: "The chief virtue of the book lies in its fresh and vivid presentment of the wild life and the picturesque manners of the Australian bush, while in form and style it claims recognition as a work of considerable literary distinction."

_THE OLD BUSH SONGS._

Collected and edited by A.B. PATERSON. Thirteenth thousand, with picture cover (_Commonwealth Series_), 1s. (_postage 1d._)

DAILY TELEGRAPH: "Rude and rugged these old bush songs are, but they carry in their vigorous lines the very impress of their origin and of their genuineness.... Mr. Paterson has done his work like an artist."

_G.o.dS AND WOOD THINGS._

By L.H. ALLEN. Paper boards, 1s. (_postage 1d._)

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: "Mr. Allen is one of the select band who are saturated with cla.s.sic lore and who seek to translate the beings of pagan mythology to the Australian bush. 'G.o.ds and Wood Things'

contains both prose and verse--the latter rhapsodical, the former mystical."

_BUSHLAND STORIES._

By AMY ELEANOR MACK. Second edition, with coloured ill.u.s.trations and decorated cloth cover, 3s. 6d. (_postage 2d._)

ACADEMY: "It is not often that we have the pleasure to welcome from Australia a book of so many charming short stories as are contained in the volume before us."

SCOTSMAN: "Charming and simple nursery tales, appetisingly touched with local colour of the Bush."

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_SCRIBBLING SUE, AND OTHER STORIES._

By AMY ELEANOR MACK. With coloured and other ill.u.s.trations and decorated cloth cover, 3s. 6d. (_postage 2d._)

These stories are written in the same happy vein as "Bushland Stories." Miss Mack's intense love of nature is reflected in all her books, and her readers, both young and old, are at once attracted by the natural ring of her work.

_GEM OF THE FLAT: A. Story of Young Australians._

By CONSTANCE MACKNESS. With coloured and other ill.u.s.trations and decorated cloth cover, 3s. 6d. (_postage 2d._)

"Gem of the Flat" is a story of Australian bush children. The local colouring is distinctly good; the children are alive, and talk like real children; the incidents are natural and well described. The style is fresh, the dialogue well managed, and the story as a whole is interesting and pleasant, with a good tone about it.

_DOT AND THE KANGAROO._

By ETHEL C. PEDLEY. Ill.u.s.trated by F.P. Mahony. Third edition, with decorated cloth cover, 2s. 6d. (_postage 2d._)

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: "'Dot and the Kangaroo' is without doubt one of the most charming books that could be put into the hands of a child.

It is admirably ill.u.s.trated by Frank P. Mahony, who seems to have entered thoroughly into the animal world of Australia. The story is altogether Australian.... It is told so simply, and yet so artistically, that even the 'grown-ups' amongst us must enjoy it."

_THE ANNOTATED CONSt.i.tUTION OF THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH._