Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First page picture: 'Edward Dyson' (q.v.) (unattributed) accompanying extract of poem 'The Old Whim Horse', [145].
• Editor's Note: 'Competitions for Prizes' two forthcoming competitions by the Independent Order of Rechabites and the League of the Empire, 160.
• Poetry: '"The Things That are More Excellent"' extract by English poet William Watson (1858-1935) 150-151; 'Perfection Admits of No Addition' extract from King John by William Shakespeare (q.v.) 157; 'The Lotos-Eaters' extract by Alfred Lord Tennyson (q.v.) 158; 'Captain Cook' by English poet William Cowper (1731-1800) 159.
• Fiction: 'The Night Coach to London' extract from Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens (q.v.) with (unattributed) illustration: 'A Stage Coach, England, in the Time of Dickens' 147-149; 'Friends for Life' extract from John Hallifax, Gentleman by English novelist Dinah Maria Mulock Craik (q.v.) with (unattributed) illustration: '"Lad, Shall I Give Thee the Groat Now?"', 151-157.
• Prose: 'Mothers and Sons' extract from The Presbyterian by L. E. Keeler, 149-150; 'Alcoholic Beverages' consists of three extracts: 'Are Alcoholic Beverages Beneficial When Taken in Moderation?' (unattributed) extract from The Times (London), 'Is Alcohol a Food?' extract from Cheap Foods and Wholesome Foods by Dr W. A. Osborne, Professor of Physiology, Melbourne University and 'Does Alcohol Keep Out the Cold' (unattributed) account of temperance speech given by Professor Hall on his return from the Antarctic, 159-160.