Chapter 14
"The book contains a mass of information regarding many diseases, and the effect of diet upon them, and emphasizes the importance of doing as much thinking for oneself as one can, instead of trusting implicitly to the medicine men, who are liable--even the best of them--to go wrong, at all events, in matters of diet."--_The Advertiser_, Adelaide.
These are some of the subjects with which this most interesting book deals:--
Eating for Disease. The Influence of Fruit Diet. Influence of Natural Diet. Typhoid. Rheumatism. Cancer. Affections of the Lungs. Eating for Death. Eating for Life. What shall we Eat? When shall we Eat? What shall we Drink? Humanity v. Alcohol. Etc., etc.
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A GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF AUSTRALIAN BUTTERFLIES
BY W. J. RAINBOW, F.L.S., F.E.S.
Entomologist to the Australian Museum, Sydney.
_300 pages. Full cloth. Crown 8vo. Over 250 illustrations. Price, 3/6; posted, 3/9._
A thoroughly scientific, yet popular work for all who desire a knowledge of Australian Butterflies. It is quite indispensable to the modern teacher.
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"A model of arrangement and sound work."--_Publishers' Circular._
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MOSQUITOES: THEIR HABITS AND DISTRIBUTION
BY W. J. RAINBOW, F.L.S., F.E.S.
Entomologist to the Australian Museum, Sydney.
A neat booklet of 64 pp., well illustrated, dealing with this interesting pest and its extermination.
_Price, 1/6; postage, 1d._
"A most interesting and useful little book."--_Sunday Times_.
"This little book is worthy of a place with 'The Study of Australian Butterflies,' by the same careful writer."--_Ballarat Courier._
"A valuable contribution to Nature Study."--_The Herald._
"It gives within a small compass an astonishing amount of interesting and well-arranged information. The book is very readably written, is well illustrated with numerous clear figures, and should appeal to a large body of readers."--_Australian Naturalist._
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AUSTRALIANS YET
BY GRANT HERVEY.
_Crown 8vo. 254 pages. Clearly printed on good white paper, and attractively bound. Lettered in gold. Gilt top. Price, 3/6; post free, 3/8._
"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._
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AUSTRALIAN BOOKLETS
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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. MATESHIP, 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.
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SATYRS AND SUNLIGHT
BY HUGH McCRAE.
_2nd Edition, cloth bound, crown 8vo. Price, 3/6; posted, 3/8._
Readers of Australian verse will remember the sensation caused by the appearance of the limited edition of these poems, illustrated by Norman Lindsay. This second (unillustrated) edition brings, as the _Herald_ says, "one of the best books of recent Australian verse within the reach of the general public."
"Mr. McCrae ... produces remarkable poems, which strike a note new to Australia, and take a high place in our literature."--_Sydney Morning Herald._
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POEMS
BY HUBERT CHURCH.
_Crown 8vo. Antique Paper. Bound in Full Cloth. Price, 3/6; posted, 3/9._
Those acquainted with this poet's "Egmont" will be glad to see this announcement of a further collection of poems. The present volume includes a few of the best poems in "Egmont," and a number of fine additions, some published for the first time, make up a most attractive volume.
"In Hubert Church we have a poet who worthily upholds the highest traditions of Australasian poetry. Grandeur, simplicity, tenderness and power are all reflected in this fine collection of poems."--_Dundee Advertiser._
"The ripe work of a genuine poet ... a book that will live."--_The Triad._
"He is a delightful writer, and has been well advised to bring together in one volume the best of his work."--_Adelaide Register._
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SEA AND SKY
BY J. LE GAY BRERETON.
_Small Quarto. Edition limited to 500 copies. Price, 3/6; posted, 3/8._
Any lover of Australian verse unacquainted with Mr. J. Le Gay Brereton's work has a real pleasure in store. The poems in this collection are unique, and as the _Bulletin_ says, "Such careful work, so delicately done, is a rare portent in our vague Australian sky."
The _Scotsman_ writes that "Sea and Sky" "reflects no little credit upon the condition of poetical culture in Melbourne."
"In Mr. Le Gay Brereton's 'Sea and Sky,'" says the _Bookman_, "one has some of the most delicate and essentially poetical work that has yet been written in Australia."
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POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM GAY
With Biographical Sketch by J. Glen Oliphant.
_Bound in Full Cloth, Gold Blocked, Gilt Top. Crown 8vo. Price, 3/6; posted, 3/9. The authentic and only complete edition._
This Scotch born poet, driven like so many, before and since, to seek health across the sea, has left a rare memorial in the land of his adoption. We cannot call him an Australian poet. "His poetry," says his biographer, "was universal, not local, and might have been written anywhere," but as his life was linked with Australia, we are glad to count him among her sons, and to remember that he found under her skies greater spiritual peace, and a measure of physical strength sufficient to leave this legacy.
"Gay's finished achievement.... He held by clarity of thought and expression above all things.... Gay's poetry ... will assuredly endure."--_The Argus_, Melbourne.
"Many of the sonnets show an unusual command of language, and one at least, 'To Triumphe,' leaves us wondering what we may not have lost by the early death of their author."--_Birmingham Post._
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THE MOST PRACTICAL AUSTRALIAN COOKERY BOOK EVER PUBLISHED.
THE KEEYUGA COOKERY BOOK
BY HENRIETTA C. McGOWAN.
(Of _The Age_ and _The Leader_,)
_Price, 1/6; posted, 1/8._
Strongly Bound in Grease-proof Cloth.
This is the long-looked-for Australian Cookery Book. Once used, you will find it a practical necessity in your kitchen. Every recipe has been tried, proved and found good. It is well printed, clearly written, and the directions can easily be followed.
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These are some titles taken from its invaluable contents:--
"Meals Make the Man" Emergency Meals Cookery for Children School Lunches Camp Life and Week-end Cookery Household Cookery--Joints Poultry Fish Spiced Meat, Sausages, etc. Curries Invalid Cookery Vegetables Fruit For Breakfast, Lunch, or Supper Soups Puddings Pastry Cold Puddings and Sweets Cakes Teacakes Sandwiches Jams, Jellies, Marmalades, Fruit Cheeses and Preserves Sauces, Pickles and Chutneys Salads Drinks Sweets Sundries Things Worth Knowing And many other interesting Chapters.
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A BOOK OF VITAL IMPORTANCE. WHAT TO DO WITH OUR GIRLS.
WOMAN'S WORK
BY HENRIETTA C. McGOWAN. MARGARET C. CUTHBERTSON.
_Price, 1/-; posted, 1/1._
The Publisher has pleasure in placing upon the market a book of such eminent importance and usefulness as this book on Woman's Work.
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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 class of work.
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PERADVENTURE
BY ARCHIBALD T. STRONG.
_164 pages. Post 4to. Printed on art paper, with attractive paper cover. Price, 3/6; posted, 3/9._
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 documents, 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 titles of his Essays, which range from "The Devil" to "The Faith of Shelley," and from "Rabelais" to "Nietzsche."
"Both in its grave and gay moods the book is one of unusual charm."--_Literary World._
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THE DARK TOWER
BY ALAN D. MICKLE. AUTHOR OF "THE GREAT LONGING."
_Bound in Art Cloth. Crown 8vo. 152 pages. Price, 3/6; posted, 3/8_.
"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._
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NO BREAKFAST; OR, THE SECRET OF LIFE
By "Gossip."
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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.