Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'Mother and Child' by Raphael (1483-1520) [161].
• Poetry: 'A Christmas Hymn' by Premier of New Zealand Alfred Domett (1811-1887), 162-163; 'How Ugly is Litter', a selection of prize winning jingles from the English Spectator reproduced from I Serve, the Junior Red Cross Magazine, Victoria, with illus. 'At the Gippsland Lakes', 164; 'Christmas Morning' by English poet Edwin Waugh (1817-1890), 169; 'To Helen' by American writer Edgar Allan Poe (q.v.), 171; 'The New Day' by English poet William Blake (q.v.), 173; 'Mock Epitaph on Charles II' by Earl of Rochester, 173; 'I Shall Arrive' by English poet Robert Browning (q.v.), 173.
• Prose: 'Keeping Christmas' by American clergyman and author, Dr. Henry van Dyke (1852-1933), 163; 'Beware of Starting a Bush Fire' (unattributed), with stanza from Marie Pitt's 'A Gallop of Fire' (see below) and illus. poster 'A Bush Fire' from Victorian Forests Commission, 172; 'A Garden' by Francis Bacon (q.v.), 173.
• Drama: 'The Discontented Ass', illus., from We Read Them Aloud by English author Hugh Chesterman (1884-?), 165-168.
• Natural History: 'Evenings With the Stars' (Part V) , with illus. of southern constellations, written for The School Paper by R.J.A. Barnard, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Melbourne, 169-171.
• Amusements: 'What is the Secret of Success?', from The Children's Hour, South Australia, 164-165.
• Song: 'A Christmas Carol: The First Noel' (trad.) 174.