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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Other material in this issue includes:
First Page Picture: 'At the Heart of the Empire : The Empire's Emblem (One of Landseer's Famous Group at the Foot of the Nelson Column, Trafalgar Square, London', [49].
Poetry: 'Britain's Glory' from 'A Song of the Sea' by English poet Eric Mackay (1851-1898), 54; 'To the Mother Country' by F. D. Livingstone, from Australia in Arms : A Narrative of the Australasian Imperial Forces by P. E. F. Schuler (q.v.) (1916), 55; 'An Appeal that has been Granted' by English poet Alfred Tennyson (q.v.), 58-59.
History: 'The Fleet in Nelson's Time and Ours' from The Argus, with illus. 'How they Fought in Nelson's Days' by E. S. [Edward] Hodgson, and 'An Encounter with German Destroyers' by D. Macpherson, 55-58.
Non-Fiction: 'War Relief' (unattributed), 61; 'Progress of the War' (unattributed), with illus. 'Map to Illustrate the Recent British Offensive on the West Front', 61-63.
Correspondence: 'Our New Ally', letters to President Woodrow Wilson (q.v.) from King George V (q.v.) and David Lloyd George (q.v.) on the event of the USA entering into WWI, with illus. 'One Aim, One Goal', 59-60.
Song: 'Voice Exercises' (unattributed), 63-64.
Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1917 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Moore contends that the effects of the war on Australians are significantly lower than the effects on the British, who, while enduring greater hardships, continue to support and protect the Australian nation.
(p. 51-54)
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With illus. 'Shells for Some of Britain's Big Guns', 'Munition Workers Busily Employed Turning Out Shells for the British Army', and 'On the Western Front : A Big Gun at the Moment of Discharge'.