Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'Winter Sports at Mount Buffalo National Park', photograph from Victorian Railways, [81].
• Poetry: 'Last night, when winds went roaring by' by American children's author, Anna M. Pratt, [81]; 'The Duel' bu American poet and journalist, Eugene Field (1851-1896), 82; 'Green Broom' by Anonymous, 84-85, 'The Scarecrow' by Michael Franklin, from Child Education, illus., 87; 'Dear Me' by H. Halmyr, 87; 'Rilloby-Rill' by English poet Sir Henry Newbolt (q.v.), illus., 90-91.
• Fiction: 'The Three Little Pigs' from How to Tell Stories to Children by American teacher and children's author, Sara Cone Bryant (1873-unknown), illus., 83-84; 'Tom Thumb' from The Children's Encyclopaedia, illus., 91-94.
• Wordless stories: 'A Bright Idea' (unattributed) 94.
• Natural History: 'A Chat About the Months : July' (unattributed) with illus. of Wilson Hall, Melbourne University, 85-87.
• Drama: 'Tom Tit Tot', abridged from Child Education, 88-90.
• Song: 'The Little Sandman', words by J.S.H., music by Johannes Brahms (q.v.), 95-96.

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.