Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'The Boy' from the painting 'The Holy Family' by Martinetti, [97] .
• Poetry: 'A Boy's Thanksgiving' by Richard Molesworth Dennis who was killed in the Great War, 98; 'The Dumb Soldier' by Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), illus., 101-102; 'The Pet Lamb' by English poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827), illus., 106-107; 'The Merry Fay' by George Darley, 107; 'The Night Wind' by Eugene Field, 110-111.
• Fiction: 'Old Mother Frost', from Stories From Many Lands (Chambers Ltd.) (to be continued) illus., 99-100; 'The Brave Blackbird' from The True Annals of Fairyland by William Canton, an English journalist and author, born in China in 1845, educated in France, illus. (to be continued) 102-103; 'The Three Golden Hairs' from one of Grimm's Fairy Tales (finis) 108;
• Drama: 'The Pot of Gold' by Augusta Stevenson, from Harrap's Dramatic Readers Book II, illus., 104-106
• Natural History:'Story of the Grasshopper' (unattributed) illus., 109-110
• Illustration: 'The Braille Alphabet' (Note: "Mr. S.W. Hedger, Superintendent of the Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind, Melbourne, has pointed out that the Braille Alphabet pictured in the June number page 66, is not the alphabet used here. It seems the original alphabet has been modified and the illustration we gave, taken from an American encyclopaedia, showed the alphabet for the blind used in America three years ago. The alphabet pictured above is now generally adopted.") 103.
• Song: 'The Blue Bell of Scotland', a ballad composed by Mrs Jordan, and sung by her at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London in 1800, 111-112.

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.