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Notes

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:
- Poetry: 'Wynken, Blyken, and Nod' by American Poet Eugene Field (q.v.) (1851-96), 145; 'The Quest' by Eudora S. Bumstead, 148-149; 'Nobody Else' Pearson's Weekly (London), 153-154.
- Fiction: 'Waste Not, Want Not; Or Two Strings to Your Bow' adapted from The Parent's Assistant by English writer Maria Edgeworth (1767-1849), 144-148; 'The Lion and the Spaniel' (unattributed), with illus., 151-153; 'Kindness to Horses' (unattributed), with illus., 156-157; 'On Guard' adapted from the Juvenile Rechabite, with illus., 158.
- Notices: 'Notice' (unattributed), 159.
- Natural History: 'Ducks and Hens' (unattributed), with illus., 149-151.
- Music: 'All Hail! Gentle Spring' words by J. Harrison, 159-160.
Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words, as well as notes about people and places mentioned and comments on the metre of poetry.