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Issue Details: First known date: 1918... no. 229 November 1918 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First Page Picture: 'Greeting the French Mission : Five Thousand Children at the Entrance to the Federal Parliament House, Melbourne, Singing The Marseillaise' (unattributed), [145].
    • Poetry: 'The Name of France' by American clergyman Henry van Dyke (1852-1933), with illus. 'Reception of the French Mission in the Masonic Hall, Melbourne, by French Residents', 148-149; 'The Kaiser's Crown' by Scottish writer Charles Mackay (q.v.), with illus. 'The Palace and Gardens of Versailles', 151-152.
    • Prose: 'Worthy of Imitation' (unattributed), 146; 'School-Children's Welcome to General Pau' (unattributed), with illus. 'Miss Antoinette du Boisee de Ricquebourg Reading the Address to General Pau', 156-158.
    • Speeches: 'France's Need' by Monsieur Motte, a member of the French Mission visiting Melbourne, 147-148; 'General Pau's Speech at the Civic Reception, Melbourne' by French Commander Paul Pau (1848-1032), with illus. 'M. Motte, Mr. J.T. Meadows-Smith, and General Pau', 150-151.
    • Non-Fiction: 'Progress of the War' (unattributed), with map 'The Theatre of War in Western Europe', 159-160; 'Our Schools and the War' (unattributed), 160.
  • Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1918 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
To Francei"The Soul of Freedom swelled her song", single work poetry war literature
This poem praises the French efforts in securing the freedom of Australia during the First World War. An editor's note states that it was first published in The Herald, Melbourne, on the day that the French Mission arrived in Melbourne for official ceremonies, 11 October, 1918.
 (p. [145])
Among the 'Diggers', George Merrick Long , single work correspondence
Reprinted from The Sun, Sydney, 6 June 1918, this report from an American hospital near Villers-Bretonneux, France, recognises the similar wit of Australian and American soldiers during World War I.
 (p. 153-154)
The Happy Warriors, James Hebblethwaite , single work prose children's
Hebblethwaite honours the Anzacs awarded the Victoria Cross during World War I. He cites his own poem Forgotten in memory of the fallen soldiers.
 (p. 155-156)
Note: With photograph: 'The Return of the Anzacs : Group of Winners of the Victoria Cross'
Forgotteni"The white sun-fire of morn divinely bright", James Hebblethwaite , single work poetry (p. 156)
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