Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'Statue of Captain James Cook at Whitby, Yorkshire, England', [1].
• Poetry: 'The Chambered Nautilus', from The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table by American author Oliver Wendell Holmes (q.v.), with illus. 'Section of the Shell of hte Pearly Nautilus', 8-9; 'A Salute to the Trees' by American poet Dr. Henry van Dyke (1852-1933), 13.
• Prose: 'The Stream of Youth to the School-House' by historian William Gillies (q.v.), with illus. 'A Country School, Victoria', 6-8; 'Now', from an essay by English essayist Leigh Hunt (1784-1859), 9-10; History: 'The Founding of the First Colony in Australia' (unattributed), with illus. 'The First Fleet in Botany Bay, January, 1788' from [Governor] Phillip's Voyage to Botany Bay (1790) by John Stockdale (q.v.), 'Sydney Cove, on the Shores of which the First Settlement in Australia was made, January, 1788', from a sketch by Captain Hunter (q.v.), of the Sirius (August, 1788), 'A Part of Sydney Cove, which has Circular Quay around it', and 'Memorial on the Site of Australia's First Government House', 2-6.
• Natural Science: 'The Mystery of the Tadpole' by English philosopher George Henry Lewes (q.v.), with illus. 'Tadpole almost to Frog', 11-12; 'The Longevity of Trees' from The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table by Oliver Wendell Holmes (q.v.), with illus. 'Section of the Stem of a Tree that was Four Years Old', 13-14; 'Bush and Grass Fires' (unattributed), with illus. 'A Word in Season' from 'a poster issued by the Forests Commission', 15-16.
• Notices: 'The League of Tree Lovers', regarding membership, 16.