Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First page picture: 'Youth and the Peace-pipe', photograph of a statue of Peter Pan by British sculptor Sir George Frampton, [145].
• Poetry: 'For the Maimed' by Gilbert Pass in The Education Outlook, November 1929, with illustration: 'An Invocation', 147; 'Complete Living' by Philip James Bailey, 148; 'The Land Where Hate Should Die' by Irish writer Denis A. McCarthy, with illustration: 'Love and Peace', 149; 'Little Things' by Irish writer James Stephens, 150; 'Down the Road' by English poet Wilfrid W. Gibson, 152; 'Bluebell Song' by English artist and author W. Graham Robertson, with illustration: 'Bluebells', 155.
• Fiction: 'The Enchanted Forest', fable by French statesman and orator Jean Jaures, with illustration: 'The Infant Hercules', 146-147; 'The Disabled Soldier' (to be continued) by Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) 158-159.
• Prose: 'The Armistice', from Days to Remember by John Buchan and Henry Hewbolt, with illustration: 'Reconciliation', from the statue by French sculptor Derre, 148; 'Bad Habits', from A Health Reader by C. E. Shelly and E. Stenhouse, with illustration: 'Don't Neglect Your Teeth', 150; 'Look After Your Bodies' from Good Neighbours by American writer Mary S. Haviland, with illustrations: 'The Right Way and the Wrong', and 'Avoid Eye-strain' 151; 'The Blue Bird (Or the Quest for Happiness) from Talks with Children about Themselves by Amy B. Barnard, with portrait: 'Maurice Maeterlinck', 155-157.
• Quotes: 'Triumph' by John Bunyan, on the passing of Mr Valiant, 150.
• Notices and Instruction: Spelling tests and Price of The School Paper, 129; 'A Morning Score Card', self-inspection card for children with checklist, entitled 'Am I Ready for School To-day?' distributed by the Child Hygiene division of the Pasadena, California, Health Department, 157.
• Science and Nature: 'How Birds Rear Their Young' (concluded from previous issue) by Lilian Scullin, a former pupil pf the Dunkeld School, Victoria, from a Gould League Prize essay, with illustration: 'Flame Breasted Robin on Nest', after a photograph by Charles Barrett, 152-155.
• Song: 'God Bless Australia', with the tune of 'Adeste Fideles' (adapted) 160.

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.