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Notes

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes :
- Poetry: 'An Arbor-Day Song', illustrated, from 'The Century', N.Y., 66-67; 'The Rain Lesson' by Mrs Sigourney (1791-1865), 70-71; 'The Resting Place of Titania, the Queen of the Fairies', from Shakespeare's comedy 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 73; 'The Brook', by Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-92), 74; 'The Shepherdess', by Alice Meynell, 79.
- Prose: 'Our King and Queen', illustrated, (unattributed), [65]-66; 'Trees', illustrated, Abridged from an article by Rev R.W.Rock in 'The Record', 67-69; 'Buds', illustrated, (unattributed), 71-72; 'Leaves', illustrated, (unattributed), 72-73; 'Flowers', illustrated, (unattributed), 75-76; 'What is Alcohol?', illustrated, Adapted from 'The Child's Health Primer', 77-78; 'One of Mankind's Foes', (unattributed), 78.
- Song: 'The Spinning Wheel', by Wilhelm, 79-80.
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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