Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• Poetry: 'Love of Country' three untitled extracts first from The Lay of the Last Minstrel by Walter Scott (q.v.), second an anonymous extract and third untitled by American poet J. G. Whittier (q.v.) 74; 'The Rhine--Lord Byron to his Sister' extract from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by George Gordon Byron (q.v.) 78-79.
• Fiction: 'A Gallant Action' continuation of extracts from Two Years Ago by English author Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) with picture: 'Rev Charles Kingsley (1819-75)' 69-71; 'The Two Roads' by German author Jean Paul Richter (1763-1825) 77-78.
• Non-Fiction: 'The Accomplishment of Federation' (unattributed) first part in continuation with photograph: 'The Earl of Hopetoun Taking the Oath of Allegiance As Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia' by photographer J. Randall Mann of The Leader, 66-68; 'The Thermometer' continuation compiled by S.S. with three (unattributed) illustrations: 'Fig. 1' [of a three fold calibrated thermometer], 'Fig. 2' [showing three types of thermometers] and 'Fig. 3' [graphic representation of Centrigrade and Fahrenheit scales] 71-74; 'The Battle of the Ants' extract from Walden, of Life in the Woods by Henry D. Thoreau (q.v.) 75-77; 'Proposed Railway Across Australia' (unattributed) with map: 'Proposed Route of a Trans-Continental Railway' from The Argus, 80.
• Prose: 'Our Late Beloved Queen' tribute to Queen Victoria after her death on 22nd Jan 1901 with poem: 'To the Queen' by Alfred Tennyson (q.v.) [81].