Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'We All Love Jack', from a painting of a kookaburra by H. Hector, [129].
• Poetry: 'On the topmost branch' (unattributed) [129]; 'The Rivals' by Irish poet James Stephens, 130; 'Labour' (unattributed) 132; 'The Bird's Nest' (unattributed) 133; 'The Morn' (unattributed) 133); 'In London Town' by English poet Mary E. Coleridge (1861-1907), with illus. of Australia House, London, 135-136; 'What I Like', a trad. Welsh poem, 138; 'The Faithful Dove' by English poet Christina Rosetti (1830-1894), illus., 138; 'Mind Your Stops' (unattributed) 140; 'The Queer Little House' from Child Education, illus., 141.
• Fiction: 'The Gate with the Broken Latch' (unattributed) 142-143.
• Prose: 'A Great Giant' (unattributed), illus. from a painting by W.L. Wyllie, 133-135.
• Natural History: 'The Song of Birds', an extract from Eyes and No Eyes by English scientist Arabella B. Buckley (1840-1929), with illus. of Australian songbird specimens from National Museum, Melbourne, 130-132.
• Drama: 'A Piece of Cheese' from Harrap's Dramatic Readers, illus.,139-140.
• Promotions: 'Bird Day Doings', information about a Gould League festival in Melbourne, 144.

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.