Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First page picture: 'The Little White Dog and His Master' (unattributed), 145.
• Poetry: 'The Little White Dog' by May Ellis Nichols, 145; 'A Boy's Evening Prayer' (unattributed), 150; 'A Cat Tale' (unattributed) extract from the American children's magazine Saint Nicholas, with line drawing 'The Cat and Her Kitten', 154-155; 'His Way' (unattributed) poem, 160.
• Fiction: 'The Two Edwards' (unattributed) with illustration: 'The Creek', 146-147; 'How I Turned the Grindstone' by American author and statesman Benjamin Franklin (q.v.), 148; 'The Brown Dog' abridged from an article by Dorothy Barrett in the English Illustrated Magazine, with illustration 'The Brown Dog', 151-152; 'Be Thorough!' (unattributed), 153-154; 'When Martha Scrubbed the Floor' (unattributed) extract from Our Little Friend, 159-160.
• Prose: 'A Chat About the Months: November' (unattributed) with two pieces of poetry (indexed below) by Henry Clarence Kendall (q.v.) and Edward Booth Loughran (q.v.), with illustrations: photograph of 'Edward Henty, the First Permanent Settler in Victoria. (He Founded Portland in 1834)', drawing 'Edward Henty's House, As Drawn by Surveyor Wedge, 1835' and 'The Henty Brothers' Whaling Establishment, Portland Bay, Built 1834', 155-157; 'Jack Binns' (unattributed) with illustration: 'A Steamer', 158-159.

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.