Issue Details: First known date: 1909... no. 118 May 1909 of The School Paper for Classes V and VI est. 1898 School Paper for Classes V and VI : Empire Day Number
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First page picture: 'Earl Roberts, in the House of Lords, Pointing Out to the British People the Perils of Unpreparedness' [showing] Lord Milner from a drawing by Ralph Cleaver in The Graphic, [49].
    • Poetry: 'The Fleet' by Alfred Tennyson (q.v.) accompanying Sir Graham Berry's speech about the perils of the British Empire, 50; 'Vitai Lampada' extract from Admirals All and Other Verses by Henry Newbolt (q.v.) 54; 'Home Thoughts From the Sea' by English poet Robert Browning (q.v.) 64.
    • Prose: 'The Fleet' speech by Sir Graham Berry (1822-1904), Agent General for Victoria in the United Kingdom about the perils of the British Empire, 50; 'The Formation of Character' speech by Mr Richardson, Master of Marlborough College with (unattributed) photograph: 'General Gordon' the bronze statue by Onslow Ford in barrack square at Chatham, England, 51-53; 'The Empire and the Crown' extract from speech by the Earl of Dudley on the King's birthday 1908 with photograph: 'His Excellency the Earl of Dudley, PC, GCMG, GCVO, Governor General and Commander-In-chief of the Commonwealth of Australia' by Talma of Melbourne, 62-63; 'Our Country is What We Make It' extract from The Citizen Reader by H. O. Arnold-Forster and C[harles] R. Long, 63-64.
    • Supplement: 'The Golden Fleece' continuation of extracts from Tanglewood Tales by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) 2-5; 'Our Duty as Citizens' extract from Natal: The State and the Citizen by P. A. Barnett and G. W. Sweeney, 6.
    • Song: 'Soldiers' Chorus' extract from the opera Faust, 6-8.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1909 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Verses from The House of Empire, John Sandes , extract poetry war literature (p. [1] Suppl)
The War Against War, William Gillies , single work prose children's war literature (p. 54-60)
Note: With three (unattributed) illustrations: 'Czar Nicholas II', 'Andrew Carnegie' and 'Design for a Staircase in the Palace of Peace' and two photographs: 'The Prize Design for the Palace of Peace at The Hague, Holland' by L.M. Cordonnier, Lille, France and 'The "Christ of the Andes"' lent by the proprietor of The Advocate.
The Guard of the Northern Strait : A Song of Queenslandi"Bold Torres, the sailor, came and went,", Ernest Favenc , single work poetry (p. 61-62)
Note:

Five verses only. With (unattributed) illustration: 'Sept 1606- The Ships of Torres in the Strait Named After Him'.

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Notes:
Literary material by Australian authors in this issue:
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