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Notes

Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:
- Poetry: 'Song of the Sea' by Bryan Walter Procter (1790-1874) an English lyric poet, with illus., 122.
- Fiction: 'Uncle Phil's Story', by Sydney Dare in Our Dumb Animals, 113-114; 'The True Story of Whittington' (unattributed), 124-125.
- Prose: 'The Blind Man and the Elephant', by John G. Saxe, 118; 'Chips' (unattributed), 128.
- Natural History: 'Mother-of-Pearl Shell' (unattributed), with illus.,114-118.
- Notices: 'News and Notices' (unattibuted), short items: 'An Addition to the Melbourne Aquarium', 'The Dangers of Tree-Felling' and 'A Collie Dog's Sagacity', 125-126; 'Notices' by Alexander Stewart, Inspector General, 126.
- Music: 'Fatherland' by Franz Abt, 127-128.
- Health: 'Alcohol' from the Child's Health Primer (Pathfinder Physiology, No. 1), 121-122.
Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned, and comments on the metre of poetry.