Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'A View of Anzac Beach, Gallipoli, on 3rd May, 1915' from The Australian War Museum, Melbourne, [33].
• Poetry: 'Prudence' from The Rape of Lucrece by English poet William Shakespeare (q.v.), 42; 'On a Phase or Two of Courtesy' from Littleman's Book of Courtesy by English educationalist H. Caldwell Cook (1885-1939), 45-46; 'Gems from Shakespeare', a collection of short excerpts from the plays of William Shakespeare (q.v.), 48.
• Drama: 'The Power of Music' from The Merchant of Venice, Act V, sc.i, by English playwright William Shakespeare (q.v.), 40-41; 'On Reputation' from Othello, Act II, sc.iii, by William Shakespeare (q.v.), 41-42; 'The Blessing of a Low Station' from King Henry VIII, Act II, sc.iii, by William Shakespeare (q.v.), 42.
• Fiction: 'At School with Shakespeare', adapted from Highroads of Literature [1916], with illus. 'Will on his Way to School' and 'The Latin Room in the Free Grammar School that Shakespeare Attended', 38-40.
• Non-Fiction: 'Our Railways' (unattributed), with illus. 'Corridor Vestibule Passenger-Car' and 'Australia's Most Powerful Locomotive (Heavy Consolidation Goods Locomotive - "C" Class), Victorian Railways', photographs provided by the editor of The Victorian Railways Magazine, 43-45; 'Speaking and Writing' (unattributed), 46; 'The School at Villers-Bretonneux : Letter from Monsieur Poincare', with editorial and portrait of M. Raymond Poincare, 47.
• History: 'The Anzac Army : Its Accomplishment', from Australia in Arms by P. F. E. Schuler (q.v.), 34; 'At Anzac on a Hospital Ship', an extract from The Navy, with illus. 'Mudros Harbor, Island of Lemnos, Aegean Sea', 'A Hospital Ship Goes By' and 'An Australian Hospital Barge Leaving Anzac', 35-37.
• Notices: 'Cadet Midshipmen for R. A. Naval College', from the Naval Board, Melbourne, 37; 'Thanks from the Children's Hospital', 'Oversea [sic] Correspondence', 'Hume and Hovell's Expedition', 'Spelling Tests' and 'Price of The School Paper' (unattributed), 46.
• Supplement: 'Made in Australia : 2. The Felt Hat Industry' by the Made in Australia Council, 312 Flinders Street, Melbourne, with illustrations: 'Bringing in Raw Material' from the painting 'Across the Black Soil Plains' by Australian artist G.W. Lambert, (q.v.); 'Hats in the Making'; and 'Packers at Work, and Completed Hats', i-iv.