Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'At the Piano' by American-born artist who lived in England, James McNeill Whistler (q.v.), [17].
• Fiction: 'Balder the Bright', a Norse myth, reprinted from The School Journal, NZ, illus. from Cassell's Book of Knowledge, 19-20; 'Who Will Bell the Cat?' by Aesop (q.v.), 31.
• Poetry: 'Sayings About Music', a selection of lines from Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825), William Shakespeare (q.v.), William Congreve (1637-1708), Ludwig van Beethoven (c.1770-1827), Lord Byron (q.v.), [17]; 'The World's Music' by Scottish poet Gabriel Setoun (1861-1930), illus., 18-19; 'The Cats' Tea Party' by F.E. Weatherly (q.v.), illus., 21-22, 'The Clouds' by Robert Louis Stevenson (q.v.), 23; 'The Land of Nod' by Robert Louis Stevenson, 25; 'Minnie and Winnie' by Alfred Tennyson (q.v.), 27; 'A Boy's Song' by Scottish poet James Hogg (1770-1835), with illus. 'A French Boy Scout', 29; 'The Wonderful World' (unattributed), 30; 'The Purple Cow' (unattributed) 31.
• Prose: 'The Little Koala' (unattributed), illus., 22, 'The Wind's Advice to a Boy', from Wood Magic by English essayist Richard Jefferies (1848-1887), 28; 'The Two Frogs' (unattributed), 30.
• Art Appreciation: 'Listening In' (unattributed), with photograph (reprinted from The Woman's Mirror, Sydney) of sculpture by Russian artist, Joukov, 23.
• Natural History: 'March' (unattributed), with photographs 'The Grape Pickers' and 'Vintage Scene in South Australia' from the Commonwealth Development and Migration Commission, 25-27.
• Song: 'The Garment of Truth' (unattributed) 32.