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Notes

Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:
- First Page Pictures: 'After a Heavy Snowfall', 'Scene in the Schoolground, Harrietville, Eastern Victoria' , [81].
- Poetry: 'The Frost', by Hannah Flagg Gould (1789-1805), [81]-82; "A Winter Evening', by William Cowper, (1731-1800), 83; 'The Approach of Winter' by Bernard Barton (1784-1849), 86; 'From 'Winter in Northumberland', by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), 86; 'Fire', by Mary Howitt (1799-1888), 90.
- Moral Tale: 'One Who is Warm Thinks All So : A Fable', illustrated, (unattributed), 82-83; 'The 'No-Timers' and the 'Near-Enoughs'', from 'A Little Book on Thrift' by Mabel Quiller-Cough, 93-94.
- Prose: 'Coffee', illustrated, (unattributed), 84-86; 'An Adventure With the Blacks', illustrated, by Samuel Carter from events which took place near the Wimmera River about 1843, 87-90; 'Grass-Trees', illustrated, by C.T.White, Governemtn Botanist, Brisbane, 90-93.
- Song: 'Golden Slumbers', to the tune 'Mayfair', 95-96.
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.