Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First page picture: (Unattributed) illustration 'Alfred, Lord Tennyson' accompanying poem, [161].
• Editor's Note: Wishing readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, 176.
• Poetry: 'A Song For New Year's Eve' extract from In Memoriam by Alfred Tennyson (q.v.) with one (unattributed) illustration: 'Alfred, Lord Tennyson', [161]-162; 'Christmas Joy' extract from the Children's Hour by M. K. M., 165; 'Seaweeds' extract from unattributed 19th century poem, 170; 'The Army of the Corn' unattributed poem from a reprint in The Little Chronicle (Chicago, USA) 171; 'The Singer's Alms' extract from poem found in Ballads of Good Deeds, and Other Verses by American poet Henry L. Abbey (1842-1911), 174.
• Fiction: 'Christmas Day' extract from The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving (q.v.) with one (unattributed) illustration: '"They Remained for a Moment"', 162-165; 'The Tale of King Lear and His Daughters' continuation of extract from Tales From Shakespeare by English writers Charles Lamb (q.v.) and Mary Lamb (1764-1847) with one (unattributed) illustration: 'Lear and Cordelia' 171-173; 'Give Me Your Luck' unattributed extract from The Children's Paper, 174-175.
• Non-Fiction: 'To Construct a Square Out of Two Given Squares' unattributed mathematical exercise with diagram, 176.
• Prose: 'A Walk by the Sea' extract from The Natural History of the Year by T. Arthur Thomson with photograph: 'The Back Beach (Washed by the Waters of Bass Strait), Sorrento' and six (unattributed) illustrations: 'Sea-Urchin', 'Sea-Urchin, Stripped of its Spines', 'A Sea-Worm [and] A Lobworm', 'A Periwinkle', 'A Starfish' and 'A Cuttlefish', 165-170.
• Supplement: 'Contents [of] The School Paper--Classes V and VI (1903) [i]-iv.