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Notes

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:
- First Page Picture: 'View of the Exhibition Building, Melbourne', [113].
- Prose: 'The Jubilee Exhibition', [113]; 'Going to School', illustrated, by William Canton, in 'The Invisible Playmate', 115-116; 'The Wee Fell Yin', illustrated, by George Macdonald (1824-1905), 121-123; 'Aurora', illustrated, (unattributed), 125-126.
- Poetry: 'Couldn't and Could', (unattributed), 114; 'Nothing Lost', by Marguerite Bigelow, 116; 'The Farmer King', illustrated, by James McCarroll, 123-124.
- Fiction: 'Two Sides to a Tale', illustrated, (unattributed), 124-125; 'The Cedar : A Fable', from 'Tra la Mondo', 127.
- Song: 'A Southerly Wind', (to be sung at the Jubilee Exhibition in September and October), (unattributed), 127-128.
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.