Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• Editor's Note: Untitled note about the duration of the American War of Independence, 125.
• Poetry: 'Australia's Mother' extract from The Athenaeum by English poet Theodore Watts (q.v.) [113]; 'The Solitary Reaper' by English poet William Wordsworth (q.v.) 117; 'Nelson and Wellington' extract from Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington by Alfred Tennyson (q.v.) 121-122; 'Conscience' extract from King Henry the Sixth Part II by William Shakespeare (q.v.) 122; 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin' extract by Robert Browning (q.v.) to be continued, 126-127.
• Drama: 'The School of War' extract from A New Way to Pay Old Debts by English dramatist Philip Massinger (1583-1640) 128.
• Non-Fiction: 'Scavengers in Lungs' (unattributed) description of function of the lung's cilia with (unattributed) illustration: 'Ciliated Mucous Membrane Lining Trachea and Air Tubes' 124; 'Learn to Breathe Properly' (unattributed) extract from Cassell's Saturday Journal with illustration: 'Left Lung and Air Tubes' 125; 'Gleanings: Losing or Gaining a Day' extract from The Century Magazine by Benjamin E. smith, 127-128.
• Prose: 'The Relief of Kimberley: Paying the Price' account of Australian participation at Kimberley by A. Hanson of Vere Street State School, Collingwood with two (unattributed) photographs: 'Major-General French' and 'Before the War: Market Square, Kimberley' [113]-117; 'What It Feels Like to Be Bombarded' by British War Correspondent G. W. Steevens (1869-1900) with photograph from The Australasian 'Shelter Occupied by Mr MacDonald, War Correspondent of "The Argus" at Ladysmith [showing] Mr MacDonald, Shells and Compressed Hay' 117-119; 'Grass' extract from Modern Painters by John Ruskin (q.v.) 123-124.
• Conundrum: 'Gleanings: Observation' explanation of Russian proverb 'He goes through the forest, and sees no firewood' 128.