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Issue Details: First known date: 1927... no. 326 August 1927 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First page picture: 'The Lute Player' by Frans Hals (1584-1666) [97].
    • Poetry: 'When the Frost Is On the Pumpkin', by James Whitcomb Riley (q.v.), illus.,101; 'Ballad of Fair Helen' (unattributed) 105; 'The Happy Passing' by William Ernest Henley (q.v.), illus.,107-108; 'The Gifts of Gardens' by Mary Carolyn Davies, 111; 'The North Has My Heart' by William Watson (q.v.) 112.
    • Prose: 'Flight to Australia', from Flight and Adventures of Parer and McIntosh, edited by Miss E. J. Charlwood, a Melbourne writer, and published in 1921 by J. Roy Stevens, Melbourne, illus., 102-104; 'Etching', partly from The World Book, illus., 108-109; 'Edinburgh' by Robert Louis Stevenson (q.v.), illus., 110-111; 'Midnight In a Great City' excerpt from The Duel in Strictly Business, a book by O. Henry, pen-name of William Sidney Porter (1867-1910) 111-112; 'To Sharpen Your Wits', riddles, brain teasers etc., 112.
    • Supplement: 'Made in Australia no. 37: Umbrellas and Parasols' prepared by the Made In Australia Council and issued as a supplement to The School Paper [iv pages between pages 104 and 105].
    • Drama: 'Dogberry's Charge To the Watch' abridged from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, 105-107.
    • Notices: Spelling Tests; Price of The School Paper, 104.
  • 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.
Songs of Springi"The wild thrush lifts a note of mirth;", A. B. Paterson , extract poetry (p. 98)
Breaking a Brumby, Katharine Susannah Prichard , extract novel (p. 98-101)
The Blind Mani"Within a corner of this windowed room", Leon Gellert , single work poetry war literature (p. 109)

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Notes:
Literary material by Australian authors in this issue:
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