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Notes

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:
- First page picture: 'Aviation' statue by Boutee: inset portrait of Lindbergh by courtesy of the Herald-Sun pictorial, [81].
- Poetry: 'The Ropewalk' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (q.v.), illus., 87-88; 'In the Cool of the Evening' by Alfred Noyes (q.v.), 91-92; 'Nature', from Tintern Abbey, a poem by William Wordsworth (q.v.), illus., 93; 'Dirge' from Shakespeare's Cymbeline, 96.
- Prose: 'Labor' by Thomas Carlyle (q.v.) 83; 'Story of Sir Richard Arkwright' (unattributed) illus., 84-87; 'Panegyric on Marie Antoinette' by Edmund Burke (q.v.), 92-93; 'What Is War?' by John Bright (1811-1889) 94-95; 'To Sharpen Your Wits', riddles, brain teasers etc., 95.
- Fiction: 'Why the Town Hall Fell', adaptation of an old Roman story, by F.J. Gould in Conduct Stories, illus., 89-91.
- Supplement: 'Made in Australia no. 36: Twine and Cordage' prepared by the Made In Australia Council and issued as a supplement to The School Paper, iv pages between pages 88 and 89.
- Notices: Spelling Tests; Price of The School Paper, 95.
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.