Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First page picture: 'The Rivals', from Child Education, containing inset of poem 'The Rivals' by Irish poet James Stephens, [97].
• Poetry: 'The Table and the Chair', by English humorous poet Edward Lear (1812-1888) 99-100; 'Afternoon' by H. C. Kendall, 101; Pass It On' by Henry Burton, 102; 'A Child's Dream' by English writer Frances Cornford, with illustration of a dog: '"His tail he held it bravely',105; 'Touching Heaven' by Isabel Bellman, from The Christian Science Monitor, 106; 'What I Live For' by English writer George Linnaeus Banks (1821-1881) 109; 'In Holland' by English writer Rose Fyleman, quoted in the N. Z. School Journal, with illustration of three girls: '"The little girls have caps of lace"', 111;
• Fiction: 'The Boy and the Wind', originally from Wood-Magic by Richard Jefferies, this version from The World's Story Time by W. J. Glover, illustration: 'Wind and Rain', from Mr Wind and Madam Rain, 98-99; 'The Friendly Cow', extract from The Crock of Gold by Irish writer James Stephens, illustration: 'An Irish Jaunting Car' from Lands and Peoples, 103-104; 'The Arab and His Camel', from Aesop's Fables, 105-106; 'The Tale of the Talkative Tortoise' (to be continued), from Stories to Tell and How to Tell Them, by Elizabeth Clarke, with illustration of pond: '"At the edge of a pool"' 106-108; 'Evangeline of Arcadia' (continued from previous issue, to be continued), adapted from Longfellow's poem Evangeline, with illustration: 'The Farmhouse in Acadia', 109-110;
• Drama: 'Dotheboys Hall : A Peep at Education in the Bad Old Days', unattributed dramatisation of an extract from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens (1812-1870), with illustration: 'Squeers', 100-101;
• Quotes and Aphorisms: 'The Seeing Eye' (Anonymous) 111.
• Notices: 'Notices' about spelling tests and the price of The School Paper, 111.
• Song: 'In Derry Vale', Irish air with words by W. G. Rothery, 112.

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.