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Issue Details: First known date: 1927... no. 337 May 1927 of The School Paper : Grades V and VI est. 1912 The School Paper : Grades V and VI
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First page picture: 'The British Empire in May', the map and the diagram given above are from Philips British Empire Calendar 1927, a set of wall-sheets very useful in the schoolroom [49]
    • Poetry: 'Land Of Our Birth' stanzas from The Children's Song by Rudyard Kipling, a living English poet and novelist [49]-50; 'To Whom?' John Oxenham, a modern English poet, 51; 'Bruce and the Spider' Eliza Cook (1818-1889) an English poetess, illus.; 'Langley Lane' Robert Buchanan (1841-1901), Scottish poet, dramatist and novelist, who lived in London, 58-59; 'The Girl Who Smiles' M.A. Gillette, an American writer, illustrated with a photo entitled "A Girl That Smiles" and caption (she is a Lett, a native of Latvia, one of the new republics of Europe having Riga as its capital) 61-62; 'A Wanderer's Song' John Masefield, a living English poet, born in 1875, illustrated with a photo of John Masefield, 63
    • Fiction: 'The Crocodile Pest' illus.(unattributed) 57-58; 'Cross Questions and Kind Answers' based on a story by B.Drillien, in The Merry-Go-Round, 59-60; 'The King and the Figs' (unattributed) from The Queensland Readers, Book III, 62-63
    • Prose: 'Servants of the People' Dr. Richard Wilson, in Servants of the People, illustrated with a drawing of "Westminster Abbey: the Poets' Corner", 50-51; 'Noble Women' Louise Creighton, in Some Famous Women, illus., 54-55
    • Drama: 'King Alfred and the Cakes' (unattributed) illustration "Alfred in the Neatherd's Cottage" from the painting by Sir David Wilkie, R.A. (1785-1841) 52-54;
    • Song: 'Before All Lands in East or West' Dr. Lowell Mason, 64
    • Notices: Spelling Tests (Victoria); Price of The School Paper, 63
  • 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.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1927 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Coo-ee!i"The bush is such a quiet place", Veronica Mason , extract poetry (p. 54)
The Discovery of Australia Australiai"Isle of the ocean! - Zion of the seas!", Thomas K. Hervey , single work poetry (p. 55-57)
Note: With title: The Discovery of Australia. Includes illustration: 'William Dampier (1652-1715)'. Annotated.

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Literary material by Australian authors in this issue:
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