Platform Monologues Part 13

"It gives within a small compa.s.s an astonis.h.i.+ng amount of interesting and well-arranged information. The book is very readably written, is well ill.u.s.trated with numerous clear figures, and should appeal to a large body of readers."--_Australian Naturalist._

AUSTRALIANS YET

BY GRANT HERVEY.

"This is a volume of vigorous ballads, chanting the praise of Australia, a creed of hard work, and a love of women, in long, rollicking lines. He sings manfully, with a good ear for a chorus."--_Times_.

"His verses are good reading."--_The Bookseller._

"This is jolly hearty Colonial stuff, by one who sees that Australia needs an arch interpreter."--_The Daily Chronicle_, London.

AUSTRALIAN BOOKLETS

SEA SPRAY AND SMOKE DRIFT, BY ADAM LINDSAY GORDON.

POEMS OF HENRY C. KENDALL.

BUSHLAND BALLADS, BY E. J. BRADY.

POEMS, BY BERNARD O'DOWD.

POEMS, BY WILLIAM GAY.

POEMS, BY JENNINGS CARMICHAEL.

MATEs.h.i.+P, BY HENRY LAWSON.

THE STRANGER'S FRIEND, BY HENRY LAWSON.

POEMS, BY JESSIE MACKAY.

The verses in these volumes are the very best, and wherever possible the authors themselves have specially selected the verses they wish to be printed. Therefore, these booklets contain only their living work--the cream of these authors. The set should be purchased straight away by all good Australians, and further copies sent to friends. No other books yet published in Australia are at once so suitable for your reading, or make such exquisite little gifts for friends. They make beautiful little books for the pocket, and are able to be carried around and read during leisure moments.

A BOOK OF VITAL IMPORTANCE. WHAT TO DO WITH OUR GIRLS.

WOMAN'S WORK

BY HENRIETTA C. McGOWAN.

MARGARET C. CUTHBERTSON.

The Publisher has pleasure in placing upon the market a book of such eminent importance and usefulness as this book on Woman's Work.

The aim of the writers has been to set before the prospective worker the ways and means by which she may secure the work best suited to her, and some idea of the remuneration she may expect to receive as a return for her investment of time, study, work and money.

The writers are probably the two most able women in Australia for the subject in hand. Miss H. C. McGowan, by her long experience in connection with the _Age_ and _Leader_, has been brought into close practical touch with the conditions and possibilities of private women workers, while Miss Cuthbertson, in her capacity of Inspectress of Factories, is peculiarly fitted to speak with authority upon this particular cla.s.s of work.

PERADVENTURE

BY ARCHIBALD T. STRONG.

A book that is a pleasure to handle as it is an education and inspiration to read. Mr. Strong does not belong to the School of Dryasdust, he treats his books as human doc.u.ments, and his literary friends as beings of flesh and blood. The breadth of his range and the freshness of this point of view are seen by a glance at the t.i.tles of his Essays, which range from "The Devil" to "The Faith of Sh.e.l.ley," and from "Rabelais" to "Nietzsche."

"Both in its grave and gay moods the book is one of unusual charm."--_Literary World._

THE DARK TOWER

BY ALAN D. MICKLE. AUTHOR OF "THE GREAT LONGING."

"The Dark Tower" is a new and original volume of short essays; stimulating, good, attractive. All thoughtful people who are interested in living thought should obtain a copy of this new book.

These essays deal with a variety of things and people, but the value of this book lies in the author's forceful sincerity and his advocacy of fearlessness in thought.

SOME OF THE BEST CHAPTERS: The Supreme Virtue; Tolstoy and Turgeneiff; Don Quixote, Mr. Pickwick and Hamlet; Hedda Gabler; Nietzsche; William Blake; Pontius Pilate; Gallio; Cleopatra; The Venus of Milo; The Sphinx.

" ... gives the impression of genuine sincerity."--_Athenaeum._

"A book worth buying and worth keeping."--_The Triad._

"Those who have read 'The Great Longing' will welcome Mr. Mickle's latest work, as, indeed, anything that comes from his pen. He stands in the front rank of philosophical essayists, and is doing more for Australian literature than all the many poetasters and their kind who yearly publish many books, but write little poetry. Regarded only for their literary merit his essays have high place.... It is good for Australian literature to have the books of Mr. Mickle, which will win him permanence of position. He is making a very real and valuable addition to the best in our literature."--_Hobart Daily Post._

"Certainly a striking little book."--_The Australasian._

NO BREAKFAST; OR, THE SECRET OF LIFE

By "Gossip."

When a book of this description goes into a Fifth Edition we realize that the gospel it preaches is one that has been accepted and proved to be true by thousands of readers. This is not surprising when one considers that this is the actual story of a man's own experience.

Gossip writes of what he knows to be true, he has proved it--is proving it every day.

"This little book," says the _Sydney Morning Herald_, "has been a continuous success since its first appearance in 1905, and it deserved to be so, for the argument is lively, sound and helpful throughout. It is a vigorous expression of the philosophy of common sense. The plea is for more simplicity, for moderation in all things."

How to live and how to get the most out of life: Those are the problems that confront every one of us. This little volume helps to solve them.

You will be glad to read it.

THE ST. ABBS PRESS, LONDON.