Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom', photograph from the statue in the Vatican Museum, [17].
• Poetry: 'Wisdom', four short extracts about wisdom from poems by Milton, Cowper, Tennyson and Young, 18; 'A Lament for the Forest' by W. P. Reeves, formerly of New Zealand, 20; 'Debit and Credit', extract from Plain Talk in Psalm and Parable by Ernest Crosby, 24-25; 'The Boy Who Didn't Pass' (unattributed), illustration: 'Education', photograph of a statue by English sculptor Albert Toft, 28-29; 'London at Early Morning', sonnet by English poet William Wordsworth (1770-1850) 30; 'The Erl King' by German poet Goethe (1749-1832) 32.
• Fiction: 'Diogenes and the Slave' (unattributed) 18-19.
• Drama: 'Long After Blenheim', extract from 'Make-Believe', a play by English author A. A. Milne, 20-21.
• Prose: 'Back O'Beyond', extract from The Dead Heart of Australia by Professor J. W. Gregory, illustrated with two photographs from Victorian Railways: 'A Camel Train in Central Australia', and 'Grass Country near Central Mt. Stuart', 22-24; 'The Gun', extract from 'Alpha of the Plough', an essay by A. G. Gardiner, former editor of the London Daily News, 25-27; 'In the Desert', extract from Eothen by Alexander William Kinglake 29-30; 'Commerce', essay by English author Joseph Addison (1672-1719) 31-32.
• History: 'Made in Australia: Petroleum Products', prepared by the Made in Australia Council, Melbourne, and issued as a supplement to The School Paper under the authority of the Minister of Public Instruction, Victoria, illustrated, i-iv.

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.