Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'Mary, the Queen-Empress', mother of King George VI (q.v.) and grandmother of Queen Elizabeth II (q.v.), with Taj Mahal, India, in background, [49].
• Poetry: 'A Song of England' by Scottish poet Charles Mackay (q.v.), 51-52; 'Cushla Ma Chree', a traditional Irish lyric by John Philpot Curran (1750-1817), 53; 'A Loftier Race' by English poet John Addington Symonds (1840-1893), 58-59; 'The Happiest Land' by Irish poet Oliver Goldsmith (q.v.), 59; 'What Builds a Nation's Pillars High?' by American poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson (q.v.), 59.
• Prose: 'Britain's Position Among the Nations' an extract from an article by British Lieutenant H. T. C. Knox, Organizing Lecturer of the Navy League, with photograph of an armoured cruiser like the Australia, flagship of the Australian division of the Imperial fleet, 53-55; 'The Brotherhood of Man', from a tract issued by The Melbourne Peace Society, 56-58; 'The Successful Rifle Team', with portrait of the 'Melbourne High School Rifle Team, 1911', 61-62.
• History: 'The Delhi Durbar', from The School Journal, New Zealand, 50-51; 'Florence Nightingale' (unattributed), with illus., 60-61; 'Nahum Prince : A Humble Patriot' (unattributed), 62-63.
• Song: 'Ye Mariners of England', music by English composer Dr. John Wall Callcott (1766-1821) and words by Scottish poet, Thomas Campbell (1777-1874), 63-64.