y separately published work icon Platypus periodical issue  
Issue Details: First known date: 1923... July 1923 of Platypus est. 1914-1952 Platypus
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1923 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Nam ... Scientia Potestas Esti"Knowledge is power; thus spake of old the sage,", Graeculus , single work poetry (p. 10)
Adventurei"Along the path you came unheedingly,", Richard Meredith , single work poetry (p. 16)
An Old Dictionary, Rogo , single work essay
The writer compares an eighteenth-century edition of the Webster Dictionary with the Oxford Concise Dictionary and enjoys the former's style, providing examples of amusing definitions and proverbs.
 (p. 17-19)
Ghostsi"Mine are horrible, chemical ghosts,", Ionone , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
Epitaph upon a Virgini"She had so many lovers, young and old,", Richard Meredith , single work poetry (p. 23)
Epitaph upon a Virgin, Buried near a Flowering Cherry Treei"Let none come nigh but virgins; such was she,", Richard Meredith , single work poetry (p. 37)
VIEW ENTIRE CONTENTS ( works)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()
Last amended 2 Oct 2008 16:24:31
Common subjects:
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X