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The Calcutta Review October 1915

1915

Swiatoslaff the prince of Kiev began to dream of the conquest of Constantinople and hoped to transfer the Empire of the East from the Romans of Byzantium to the Russians. [...] With the advent of sheep and the wonderful expansion of the wool industry in consequence of the rapid adaptation of the merino to the conditions of the country men began to look further afield. [...] The scheme for the navy aims at the gradual building of a fleet sufficient to ensure the protection of Australia from aggression and thus to release the squadron of the Imperial navy for service elsewhere.396 THE CALCUTTA REVIEW There is an agreement with the Brit 'sh Government that the Australian navy shall be put under the orders of the Imperial Naval authorities in time of war and as by this [...] To my mind the most interesting features of this most interesting development are the gradual evolution of the statesmen who are now the guiding spirits of their party and the almost utter lack of comprehension of the difficulties of a responsible Minister of the Crown manifested by the great majority of their constituentQ There are to-day in the ranks of the Cabinet-Ministers in Australia men wh [...] Thus the lilt of a bulbul " " the dance of the deon the wings of a moo"fireflies weaving aerial dances in fragile rhythms of flickering gold " " the fragile gold of poppies " " the fugitive sheen " of the goldmohur " the luminous passioatie bloom" of the nasturtiums—all these are images that attest by the startling appositeness of their epithets to the magic of her pictorial power.
history
Pages
120
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120137
Segment Pages Author Actions
Russia and Constantinople: A Historical Retrospect
381-386 J. Coyajee view
Australia and the Australians
387-410 W.H. view
The Art of Sarojini Naidu
411-425 Ace Vieme view
A Study in Anglo-Indian Melancholy
426-439 Edward Oaten view
“The Glory that was Greece”
440-444 W. Douglas view
Muhammadan Marriage Customs in Calcutta
445-465 A.F.M. Ali view
The Nebulae and their Relation to Cosmic Evolution
466-481 A.C. Ridsdale view
Reviews of Books
482-495 unknown view
Acknowledgments
496-500 unknown view

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