The Home Page. School Dangers. No More Home Lessons
"Home lessons," declared Sir James Crichton Brown, the other day, "are an invention of the Evil One. They poison sleep, and, like Macbeth, they murder it."…
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Mainly About Everything. Katoomba School of Arts Library
With that avidity for giving advice which charcterises so many of us, a writer in these pages a week or two ago advocated the purchasing of a few up-to-date books…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →What to Read. Adventures in London. [Book No. A1766, Katoomba School of Arts.]
Everyone who can read anything beyond a detective story or a love yarn should get hold of this book. It is one of the most recently published by Cassell & Co., London, and is got up well. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The School of Life
I sat in the school of sorrow, No friends at hand that I knew; The tears on my cheeks fell faster As sadder and sadder I grew…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Katoomba School of Arts
The usual monthly committee meeting of the above institution was held in the library on Monday evening, when the following members were present:— Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →What to Read. (No. 1790 in the Library of the Katoomba School of Arts)
"A bright book, a sunny book, and a wise book." Thus the London Daily Telegraph speaks of it. The book was published only last year, and has just arrived in Australia. Those who have enjoyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Katoomba School of Arts. Consideration of Applications Localites Successful
A special meeting of the committee was held in the Library on Tuesday night for the purpose of considering the applications for the positions of librarian and billiard…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →What to Read. (No. 1776 in the Library at the Katoomba School of Arts.)
"The Gateway" is a novel of the powerful type. One of last year's books, of the same author as "The Vigil," "The Priest," "The Cage," and one or two other works. This is not a book that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Schoolboy Blunders
Another selection of amusing schoolboy mistakes has just been published by a home exchange. Among the examples in history, geography, grammar, and literature…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →School of Arts
Members of the School of Arts wil take notice that the hours for the exchange of books, magazines, etc., etc., under the new regulations, will be as…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local and General. Sunday School Anniversary
The Sunday School Anniversary Service will be held on Sunday 20th March, when Rev. E. Moore City Missionary will conduct the morning service, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Leura School of Arts
In our last issue our Leura correspondent made reference to the proposed School of Arts in that centre, and insinuated that the enthusiasts who had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →What to Read. (Vol. No. 1800 in the library of the School of Arts, Katoomba.)
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Continued on Trove, page 15 →School of Arts
The usual committee meeting of the above institution was held in the library on Monday evening, when the following members were present:—Messrs. R. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lithgow District Teachers' Association. Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the district teachers was held in the Public School, Katoomba, last Saturday morning, when about 40 ladies and gentlemen were present…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What to Read. "The Climing Courvatels." [Vol. No. 1804 in the Library of the Katoomba School of Arts.]
This book was published first two years ago in New York. It is attractively got up, with eight excellent illustrations. Dick and Betty Courvatel, sleight-of-hand performers, make…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →What to Read. "The Butler's Story" [Volume No. A 1782 in the Library of the Katoomba School of Arts]
(This book professes to deal with the "Reflections, Observations and Experiences of Mr. Peter Ridges, of Wapping-on-Velly, Devon, sometime in the service of Samuel Carter,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hon. T. Waddell's Visit. Before the Electors. at the School of Arts
The Hon. T. Waddell, Colonial Treasurer, addressed the electors of Katoomba, in the School of Arts last Friday evening, Mayor Goyder presiding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What to Read. the Ha'penny Millionaire." [In the Library of the Katoomba School of Arts]
" At ten minutes past two on a June afternoon Mr. Melia let himself in to his furnished apartments, and five seconds later his landlady rushed into his presence with such violence…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →School of Arts
Last Monday night the ordinary monthly meeting of the School of Arts Committee was held. There were present Messrs W. A. Crawford (President)…
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