Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'The Shepherd Boy Who Became King', a photograph of Michelangelo's David, [161].
• Prose: 'Young David' (author unknown), with illus. 'Dreams' by Doris Burton162-163; 'The Consuls on Christmas' (unattributed), with illus. 'A Sheaf for the Birds', 'A French Peasant Woman', 'On the Plains of Argentina', Statue of Liberty, New York Harbour', 'Scenes in Holland', 'Parliament Houses, Vienna', 164-169; 'Seasonable Work for Little Gardeners: ' (unattributed gardening instructions) 174.
• Poetry: 'Dauntless' by English author Harold Begbie, 162; 'The Oxen' by English author Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), 171.
• Drama: 'The Petty Tyrant', a dramatisation from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens (1812-1870), 169-170.
• Industry: 'Made in Australia: Christmas Gifts', 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, with illustrations : 'The Little Girl Telephones to Santa Claus', 'Melbourne in the Early Days, before the Time of Factories' [1856], 'Melbourne Today' and reprod. of Christmas postcard designed by Charles Nuttall, i-iv;
• Supplement: 'Careers for Boys and Girls' with notes on training opportunities and minimum age for entry into trades, [1-4].
• Notices: 'Notices', regarding 'The Junior Red Cross', 174; and 'Spelling Tests' and the 'Price of The School Paper', 176.
• Annual Index: 'Contents - Grades VII. and VIII. (1929)', 175-176.

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.