Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: '"In that first budding spring of youth, when all its prospects please"' from an oil painting by George Harcourt, reproduced in The Studio, page heading: 'Gentle Spring', [113].
• Poetry: 'The Sweet Spring' by English author Thomas Nashe (1567-1601), with illustration: 'Spring', "from a picture on exhibition at the Department's Art Center", 120; ''The Battle of Hohenlinden' by British poet Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) 122-123;
• Drama: 'The Castaways', extract from The Admirable Crichton by Scottish author J. M. Barrie, 121-122.
• Fiction: 'Beating Off a Pirate', first part of an extract from Hard Cash by English novelist Charles Read (1814-1884), "to be continued", 126-128.
• Prose: 'Seasonable Work for Little Gardeners', (unattributed gardening instructions), 128.
• Aphorism: 'Life is Short' by Amiel, 125.
• Industry: 'Made in Australia: Safes and Locks', prepared by the Made in Australia Council, Melbourne, and issued as a supplement to The School Paper under the authority of the Minister of Public Instruction, Victoria, illustrated with photographs of the manufacturing process, i-iv.
• Safety Information: 'Safety First: School Bulletin No. 206', prepared by the Victorian Railways Department and the Melbourne and Metropolitan Tramways Board, and issued as a supplement to The School Paper under the authority of the Minister of Public Instruction, Victoria, illustrated, unpaginated insert.

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.