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ORDER EARLY I! ORDER EARLY 11 COUNTRY JOURNALXMAS NUMBER, fiD1907. \jPRESENTATION COLORED SUPPLEMENT,“A RACE FOR LIFE”In addition to tbe colored supplement, which was specially painted by that w»l! 1 lovvn artist, Mr. VV. A. Moir, tbe issue contains a splendid doubfe-pago liberation, “UNDER THE WILLOWS’'—a scene on a backwater of the Murrunibidgee. A full page drawing of Australian Animals is snpphed by Mr. Rosebray, an artist who is likely to make a great name for himself at thiH Hn.ss of work. That popular artist, Mr. C. H. Hunt, also sends in a page entitlod DREAMS. a phattasy showing the visions that come at Christmas to varioir. class* 5.The illustrated stories form a great feature of the Christina* Number \ vory comical story is the “MULGA QUEEN, a tale of steamboat life on iiu 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-clav article from the pen of Ethol Turner ii called SOME NOTABLE NONSENSE, and reviews in artistio fashion some of the hooks 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. It deals with an old sailing „hip, aud in addition to being a true picture of the 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 hnmbmuH 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 speed 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. Sorensen contributes “GRANNY FROM THE COUNTRY much in the style of Will Carletou's farm ballads, but new in ideas and treatment. An operetta for children by Hclon Ashton is full of good songs. Numerous illustrations, raciDg and sporting slortva. and lbs usual number of comic drawings and Christmas jokes complete a moat varied and attractive publication.TOWN COUNTRY JOURNAL6XMHS NUMBER.1007.ORDER EARLY 11 ORDER EARLY!!6°SPEEDWELLS I SPEEDWELLS ITO STAND THE MBA HON AT HKBUY CllRRK FARM (fonr mil*, tiom Quoaobarao 011 lh*» Uuadaroo Koad). alao at Hi. W. GamUM'a. lt;1, mil** furthar on.Tll» WUX-KNOWS POMV S FALLIOX, •ivv____i.
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Queanbeyan Observer
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, AU
Tue, Dec 10, 1907
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