Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• Editor's Note: 'Government House Fete For School Children' held on December 12 1899 with (unattributed) photograph: 'In Front of Government House' from The Leader and letter of appreciation to Major Eddy from Lady Sybil Brassey, 78-80.
• Poetry: 'To the Colonies' extract from Ver Tenebrosum: Sonnets of March and April 1885 part XIV entitled 'Last Word: To the Colonies' by English poet William Watson (1858-1935) [65]; 'The Sailing of the Long-Ships' by English poet Henry Newbolt (q.v.), cited as 'Newbold', from The Spectator October 1899, 68-69; 'The Victoria Cross' by Scottish poet George John Whyte-Melville (1821-1878) with (unattributed) illustration of the Victoria Cross medal and quotation from The London Gazette citing the Victoria Cross, 7th Hussars, Major Charles Crawford Fraser for gallantry on 31st December 1858, 74-75.
• Fiction: 'Sir Walter Raleigh's First Meeting With Queen Elizabeth' part two of continuation of extracts from Kenilworth by Scottish author Sir Walter Scott (q.v.) with (unattributed) etching: 'Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)' 75-77.
• Non-Fiction: 'Tears' (unattributed) explanation of the eye's tears with (unattributed) illustration showing numbered parts of the eye, 77-78.
• Prose: 'A Call-Sounding Competition' (unattributed) extract from The Argus with photograph from The Australasian: 'The Buglers of the First Victorian Contingent [showing] Bugler Bottle [and] Bugler Brenchley', [65]-68; 'The Founding of Natal' (unattributed) extract from the London Daily Mail, 69-70; 'The Charge at Elands Laagte' extract by 'The Correspondent' from The Times (London) 72-74.
• Notices: Three notices: notification of change of date for competition essays on Hydatid Disease; photographs contained in December 1899 issue in article on The South Seas attributed to Mr D. Garner Jones, Head Teacher of Levuka Public School; explanation of two signatories to the December 1899 issue Supplementary Roll, 80.