Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'A Book Lover' [81].
• Poetry: 'Books in Winter', an extract from 'Picture-Books in Winter' by Scottish Poet R L. Stevenson (1815-1894), 81-82; 'Jack Frost' by American poet Hannah Flagg Gould (1789-1865), illus., 83-84; 'Beauty and the Beast', a fairytale in rhyme from Nelson's Wide-Awake Stories for Wide-Awake Children, illus., 86-87; 'The Sower' by American poet Lucy Larcom (1824-1893), 92; 'Winter Rain' by English poet, Christina Rossetti (1830-1894); 'The Cottager to Her Infant' by English poet Dorothy Wordsworth, 94.
• Fiction: 'The Gingerbread Man', a Scottish folk tale based on version in Nelson's Reading and Thinking, illus., 84-86; 'The Town Band' by the Brothers Grimm, 90-92; 'A Better Plan' (unattributed) 93-94; 'The Necklace of Truth: Part I' (unattributed) 95.
• Drama: 'The Endless Tale', from Harrap's Dramatic Readers, Book II, illus., 88-89.
• Aphorisms: 'Kindness' (unattributed), 87.
• Science: 'July' (unattributed), 82.
• Song: 'The Blacksmith', music by Brahms, words by Florence Hoare.

Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.