Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First page picture: 'The Sandy Beach' (unattributed photograph) [1].
• Poetry: 'Waves on the Seashore' (unattributed), from Aunt Effie's Rhymes, with photograph 'The Sandy Beach', [1]-2; 'Supposing' (unattributed), with photograph 'Williamstown Beach, Near Melbourne, on a Holiday in Summer', 6; 'Casabianca: at the Battle of the Nile, 1798' by English poet Felicia Dorothea Hemans (q.v.), with cameo illustration 'Admiral Nelson, the Victor at the Battle of the Nile, 1798', 10-11.
• Fiction: 'Katie's Visit to Topsyturvia' (unattributed) from The Children's Paper, with illustration 'Katie in the Hammock', 7-10; 'Elsie's First Aid to the Injured' (unattributed) with illustration 'The Sparrow', 14-16.
• Prose: 'A Chat About the Months: January and February' (unattributed) with illustrations 'Head of Janus, From a Coin', 'Temple of Janus With Closed Doors' and photograph of painting 'View of Sydney Cove and the Settlement on its Shores, in August, 1788 (About Seven Months After the Founding of Sydney)', with (unattributed) poems about January and February, 11-13.
• Notice: 'Queen Mary's Coronation Gift' request for a penny from every child named Mary (or a form thereof), 6.

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.