Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First page picture: 'His Most Excellent Majesty Edward the Seventh, By the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of all the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India' photograph of painting by John Longstaff (q.v.) for the National Gallery, Sydney, [1].
• Poetry: 'Is Life Worth Living?' extract from poem by Alfred Austin (q.v.) 10; 'Britons, Hold Your Own' extract from poem by Alfred Tennyson (q.v.) written at the request of the Prince of Wales for the Opening of the India and Colonial Exhibition by the Queen 1886, 10; 'The English Flag' extract from Barrack-Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling (q.v.) 11-12; 'Love of Country' extract from The Lay of the Last Minstrel by Sir Walter Scott (q.v.) 15.
• Prose: 'Empire Day' by William Gillies (q.v.) with one (unattributed) illustration: 'The Union Flag' and one (unattributed) map showing the British Empire, 2-10.
• Song: 'Rule, Britannia' music by English composer Dr. Thomas Arne (1710-1778) words by Scottish poet James Thomson [incorrectly spelt as Thompson] (1700-1748) 15-16.