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ORDER EARLY I! ORDER EARLY 11I COUNTRY JOURNALXMAS NUMBER, fiD1907. \JPRESENTATION COLORED SUPPLEMENT,“A RACE FOR LIFETn addition to the colored Bupplemcut, which was specially painted by that '•»!' 1 IOWA artist, Mr. W. A. Moir, the issue contains a splendid doiibfe-pago il kuL ration, “UNDER THE WILLOWS’’—a scene on a backwater of the Murrumbidgee. A full page drawing of Au',tralisn Anitnals is snpplied by Mr. Kosebray, an artist who is likely to make a great name for himself at thiH class of work. That popular artist, Mr. C. H. Hunt, also sends in a page entitled “DREAMS, a phabtaRy showing the visions that come at Christmas to various classes.The illustrated stories form a great feature of the Christmas Number \ vory comical story is the “MULGA QUEEN, a tola of steamboat life on i.i.u Darling. It deals with the adventurous voyage and queer climax of a Darling River Steamer. It is oxcellently illustrated by Mr. H. Wollaston. A very high-class article from the pen of Ethel Turner if called “ 80ME NOTABLE NONSENSE, and reviews in artistic fashion some of the books of humor over winch the world has smiled. Mr. John Arthur Barry, author of STEVE BROWN'S BUNYIP, lends a variety to the issue by his well-written talc, “WHEN KINDLY WINDS BEFRIENDED HER U deals with an old sailing .drip, aud in addition to being a true picture of tbo life of these vessels, it forms a sort of prose poem, so well is it written.“THREE ELEPHANT POWER, a Chauffeur's Story, is a humorous contribution by A.B.P., illustrated by Lionel Lindsay, and tells of the adventures of an Australian youth turned chauffeur, who developed a mania for spcod that led him into complicated troubles, ending up with a brush with an elephant attached to a travelling circus.The verse of the number is high-class, Mr. E. S. Sorenson contributor “GRANNY FROM THE COUNTRY much in the style of Will Carlctoi.’s farm ballads, but new in ideas and treatment. An operotta for children by Hclou Ashton is full of good songs. Numerous illustrations, racing and sporting stories, and the usual number of comic drawings and Christmas jokes complete a most varied and attractive publication.TOWN COUNTRY JOURNAL6XMAS NUMBER.1007.ORDER EARLY!! ORDER EARLY!!6°SPEEDWELLS!TO OTANI) THE SEA HON AT HEBDY CliRHK PAIIM (fonr ioiIm t,om QuMDtrtrau on tho OowUroo Koad). »l*o at Mi. W. Oambvir*. «l, tailna furthar on. fin Win.rtf Pnww Or*
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Queanbeyan Observer
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, AU
Tue, Dec 10, 1907
Page 4
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