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Issue Details: First known date: 1914... no. 173 March 1914 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper for 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 Spirit of Chivalry' by Irish painter Daniel Maclise (1806-1870), [49].
    • Poetry: 'The Spirit of Chivalry' by English Poet Laureate Alfred Austin (1835-1913), 50; 'The Midnight Train' (unattributed) [by Scottish poet James Macfarlan (1832-1864), 56-57.
    • Fiction: 'The Bed of Procrustes' from The Heroes by English clergyman and author Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), with illus. 'Theseus' from The Art Reader by Australian politician and writer, P. E. Quinn (q.v.), 50-52; 'At Salem House' from David Copperfield by English author Charles Dickens (q.v.), with illus. 'At Salem House' by Fred. Barnard, 57-59; 'A Problem in Arithmetic' by English author and mathematician Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (q.v.), 62-63.
    • Prose: 'George Stephenson' (unattributed), with illus. 'George Stephenson (1781-1848)', 'The Rocket' and 'A Modern Railway Train', 53-56.
  • Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned.

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Paddle Your Own Canoe, William Collins , single work children's fiction children's
The boys of Burrajong School, let by Jim Smith, have established the Burrajong School Cricket Club and appointed a committee and fixed a membership fee. However, they have trouble finding the funds for their sports equipment. Joe Rowan, who has recently come from Melbourne to the district with his widowed mother, suggests that they make their own bats, wickets and balls.
 (p. 59-62)
Horo! My Bush-Born Maideni"Horo! the bush-born maiden", E. D. , single work lyric/song
The bush-born maiden is as beautiful as the wattle in Spring.
 (p. 63-64)
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