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Notes

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:
- Poetry: 'Robin's Cross' by Irish poet George Darley, with illus., 129; 'The Swallows' by English poet Christina Rossetti (1830-1894), 129; 'A Sunny Day' by R. K. Munkittrick, 130; 'An Idle Shot' by Elaine Walker, in Our Dumb Animals, 133; 'Be Kind To The Birds' (unattributed), 134; 'The Traveller's Return' by English poet Robert Southey (1774-1843), 138.
- Prose: 'The Roads' adapted, with illus., 139-140.
- Fiction: 'The Nest In The Orchard' by American author Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe (1812-1896), with illus., 140-143.
- Natural History: 'Emu Wrens' by F. Erasmus Wilson, with illus., 130-131; 'Tommy Oystercatcher' by Miss J. A. Fletcher, with illus., 134-138; 'The Month Of October' (unattributed), 138-139.
- Moral Instruction: 'The Stone That Rebounded' (unattributed), 131-133.
- Music: 'Ducks And Geese' (unattributed), 143-144.
Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words, as well as notes about people and places mentioned and comments on the metre of poetry.