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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:
- Cover Picture: 'His Royal Highness Frederick George, Prince of Wales', [49].
- Poetry: 'The Grand Old Flag' by Vincent Pyke, 50; 'The Flag Goes By' by Henry Holcomb Bennett, 52; 'The Colours of the Flag' by Frederick George Scott, 56-57; 'Life is Worth Living Still' by Alfred Austin, 62-63.
- Prose: 'Why We Should Honour the National Flag', illustrated, from 'The Educational record', 50-52; 'Round the Empire', illustrated, from 'Macmillan's New History Readers', 52-56; 'The British Empire', illustrated, (unattributed), 57-59; 'The Rose , the Thistle and the Shamrock', illustrated, from 'Our Country's Flag, and the Flags of Foreign Countries' by E.S.Holden, 60; 'The Royal Standard', illustrated, from 'Our Country's Flag, and the Flags of Foreign Countries' by E.S.Holden, 60-61;' Flag of the Commonwealth of Australia', illustrated, abridged from 'Our Public Service: Civic Series for Schools Book I', 61-62.
Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.
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