Cirrus@Austlit

Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First page picture: Two (unattributed) illustrations of St. Nicholas and a seated doll with book and ball accompanying poem: 'A Visit from St. Nicholas', [161].
• Editor's Note: 'The Ministering Children's League' about railway concessions to convalescent children and the annual excursion to Queenscliff, 174; 'A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All Our Readers', 176.
• Poetry: 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' by American author Clement C. Moore (q.v.) with two untitled illustrations of St. Nicholas and a seated doll, book and ball, [161]-162; 'Piccola' by Celia Thaxter (q.v.) with two (unattributed) pictures: 'Piccola's Christmas Gift' and 'Piccola and Her Sweet Bird', 165-166; 'A Christmas Story' (unattributed) 170; 'To the New Year' by Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)176.
• Fiction: 'Peter the Faithful' (unattributed) extract from My Magazine with picture: 'City People Hurrying Howewards' from My Magazine, 168-170; 'The Dragon Fly and the Water Lily' (unattributed) extract from The Children's Paper with eight untitled illustrations, 171-174.
• Prose: 'Christmas Greeting' extract from Our Dumb Animals, 162-163; 'Where Plum Puddings Grow' (unattributed) with three pictures: untitled steaming pudding, 'A Bunch of Currant Grapes' and 'Currants Drying, Mildura, North Western Victoria', 166-168.
• Notices: 'Contents-Grades V and VI (1920)', 175-176.