Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First page picture: 'The Rally Round the Flag' accompanying poem: 'The Empire's Call', [49].
• Poetry: 'The Empire's Call' extract from Poems for Young Patriots by C. E. Byles with (unattributed) picture: 'The Rally Round the Flag', [49]-50; 'The Soldier's Dream' by Thomas Campbell (q.v.) 53-54; 'The Flag goes By' by American Henry Holcomb Bennett (1863-1924) with (unattributed) illustration: 'The Flags of the Allies', 57-58; 'If (Special Reading for Peace Day, the 18th of May)' (unattributed) 62; 'My Country (The National Anthem of the United States of America)' by American Reverend Samuel F. Smith (1808-1895) 62.
• Prose: 'Our King' (unattributed) with (unattributed) map: 'Map Showing the Tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales', 50-51; 'A Sympathetic Monarch: On the Field of Battle' (unattributed) with illustration: 'Homage to the Fallen: King George at the Scene of a Battle in France' from The Sphere London, 52-53; 'At a Hospital' (unattributed) 53; 'The Flags of the Nations' extract from My Children's Magazine with three (unattributed) photographs: 'The Red Dragon of Wales', 'The Royal Standard' and 'The Flag of Egypt', 56-57; 'A Hundred Years of Progress' (unattributed) with two photographs: 'The Central Telephone Exchange, Melbourne' from the Deputy Postmaster General, Melbourne and 'Progress in Naval Defence: Nelson's "Victory" and a Modern Dreadnought' (unattributed) 59-61.
• Song: 'When the Empire Calls' words by Hugh MacDonald (q.v.) and music by Alfred Hill (q.v.) 63-64.
• Notices: 'Friends in Need' about the Rose Day Movement with illustration: 'Under the Iron Hand: Homeless Belgians' from The Sphere London, 54-55; 'The Empire Day Movement' outline of the object, rally cry, flowers, motto and watchwords, 61.