3

Things Worth Thinking About 4

Told in the Dormitory 6

Woman's Work 11

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THE SPIRIT OF THE CHILD

BY TULLIE WOLLASTON.

_Pott 4th._ _224 pages._ _Price_, 5/-; _posted_, 5/4

_Every Home in Australia_ should possess a copy of "_The Spirit of
the Child_"--and, in fact, _every teacher and child lover
everywhere_.

This is a distinctly original book, with quaint gleams of humour and a
spiritual atmosphere, impossible to describe, but the very thing to
rejoice the hearts of fathers and mothers who know how to give good
gifts to their children. Also it is even more valuable for the parents
themselves.

A father, ordered abroad for his health, and realizing how precarious
life is, feels impelled to gather up in some interesting way the vital
points of his varied experience for the children he loves so well. He
feels, as so many fathers do, the veil of shyness between parent and
child, and recognizes how few are the opportunities, in the rough and
tumble of life, for the fitly spoken word to confirm "what has been
silently indrawn by contact of love." A passionate Nature lover himself,
he takes for unique treasures of Australia--a flower, a bird, a tree,
and a precious stone--and treats them in a way to quicken every earnest
heart, and foster the child spirit of bright interest and loving
humility.

Two of these subjects are illustrated by six fine three-colour
pictures--those of the _Black Opals_, probably being finer reproductions
of _Gems of Colour_ than any ever previously made anywhere.

A quaint love story linked to the rest of the subject matter by the same
mystic touch, lends variety to the Book and strengthens the one golden
thread of purpose, which is briefly summed up in the title.

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THINGS WORTH THINKING ABOUT

BY T. G. TUCKER, Litt. D.

PROFESSOR OF CLASSICAL LITERATURE IN UNIVERSITY, MELBOURNE.

_Crown 8vo. 288 pages. Bound in full cloth. Price, 3/6; posted, 3/9._

In this volume, Education, Science, Literature, Culture and Cant and
other kindred subjects are treated in a manner that is full of vitality
and attracts. This is a reprint of a book that has been out of print and
quite unprocurable for many years.