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Issue Details: First known date: 1917... no. 215 September 1917 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First Page Picture: 'Monument of the Republic, Paris' (unattributed), [113].
    • Poetry: 'Ablain St. Nazaire' by M. B., from The Sphere, 5 May, 1917, with illus. 'Night Scene in a Village of Alsace', 114-115; 'My Normandy' by French poet Frederic Berat (1801-1855), trans. by Gilbert M. Wallace (q.v.), 119.; 'Ecstasy' by French author Victor Hugo (q.v.), trans. by Dean Carrington, 119; 'The Departure for Syria' (Partant pour la Syrie) by French royal Queen Hortense [de Beauharnais] (1783-1827), 126-127.
    • Prose: 'A Chilvalrous Act' by A. S. B., 126.
    • Speeches: 'What the War Means to France and to Us' by New York's 'Mayor Mitchell' [John Purroy Mitchel] (1879-1918), [113]-114.
    • Non-Fiction: 'Australia and France' (unattributed), with illus. 'Motor Ambulances : A Gift to France from Australia', 127-128.
  • 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.
The Spirit of France, Fernand Isidore Maurice-Carton , single work prose war literature
Translated from an article by the author that appeared in Le Francais en Australie : Journal de la Jeunesse Australienne, this piece honours the French for their spirit, moral force and military strength.
 (p. 115-118)
Note:
  • Translated from the original French.
  • With illus. '1914. At the Call of Mother France'; '1915. During the Process of Adjustment', '1916. Reading and Confident', and '1917. Home Again : All's Well' by George Scott from the Paris weekly paper, L'Illustration.
Some Reasons for the Friendship Between France and Britain, William Gillies , single work prose war literature children's
Gillies contemplates the reasons for the allied relationship of Britain and France during World War I despite their having been combatants for centuries.
 (p. 120-125)
Note:
  • With illus. 'The Bastille', 'Louis Pasteur (1822-95)' and 'The Hotel de Ville (Town Hall) in Arras, After Bombardment'.
  • With explanatory notes regarding people, places and language.
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