Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: Page heading: 'Plant Trees', photograph: 'Trees Along the Highway: A View of St. Kilda Road, Melbourne' supplied by the Commonwealth Migration and Development Commission, 65.
• Fiction: 'Treasure-Boxes' from The Stories Mother Nature Told by Jane Andrews, with additions by Henry T. Tisdall of Victoria, illustrations from Botanic Teachings by Ferdinand Von Mueller, 66-68; 'The Oak-Tree and the Reed' (unattributed story about flexibility), illustration: 'There Arose a Great Storm of Wind', 77; 'Counting Her Chickens' (unattributed story about vanity), illustration: 'Down tumbled the pail', 78.
• Poetry: Anonymous poem about trees along the highway, 65; 'In a Garden' poem by American poet Dorothy Gurney (1858-1952) 68; 'Port After Stormy Seas' extract from 'Dauber' by English poet John Masefield (q.v.), illustration: 'Coming Into Port' from a painting by Arthur Briscoe, 71; 'Bound to Win' last six lines of poem by C. C. Cameron, 74; 'The Coming Storm' by English writer W. B. Rands, 76; 'The Night' from the poem 'Check' by Irish poet James Stephens, 77; 'The Piper' by Irish poet Seamus O'Sullivan (1879-1958) 79.
• Prose: 'On Planting a Tree', tree planting instructions by J. A. Hughes, Supervisor of School Gardening, Education Department, Victoria, photograph: 'Planting a Pine'' 69-70; 'The Schools' Horticultural Society' (unattributed summary of the Society's work during 1927), illustration: 'The School Garden at Kerang, Victoria' from Weekly Times, 73-74; 'The Timber-Getters' (unattributed outline of the work of timber getters), photograph: 'Timber-Getters', 74-76; 'Fruits' (unattributed advocacy for eating and preserving fruit) 78-79.
• Song: 'The Linden Tree' by Schubert, 79-80.