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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Other material in this issue includes:
First Page Picture: 'Courage and Wisdom Directing Industry' by Mr. G. H. Dancey, originally produced on tiles at the Australian Tessellated Tile Company, Mitcham, and relocated to the entrance of the Fourth Victoria Buildings, Collins Street, Melbourne, [129].
Poetry: 'Work' by American poet J. G. Whittier (q.v.), 130; 'The Shadow : In France' by American Staff Sergeant-Major 594, Paul A. Tierney, of the Convois Automobiles, published in Songs from the Trenches (1918), 135; 'Morning' from Pippa Passes by English poet Robert Browning (q.v.), 144; 'Evening' from Alastor by English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (q.v.), 144.
Fiction: 'A Flood Incident' from The Mill on the Floss by English novelist George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) (q.v.), with portrait of the author, 141-143.
Prose: 'Work' from Past and Present by English author Thomas Carlyle (q.v.), 130; 'Australian Manufactures' by 'W.', with illus. 'Room in a Boot Factory' showing 'Operatives cutting out uppers at the factory of the Clifton Shoe Company, Clifton Hill, Melbourne', and 'Making Lollies : View of a Department in MacRobertson's Confectionery Factory, Fitzroy, Melbourne', 131-134; 'Letter from Charles Kingsley to his Son at School' by English author Charles Kingsley (1819-1975), 134-135.
Non-Fiction: 'Lloyd George's Advice' (unattributed), 137; 'General Birdwood's Farewell to the Australasians on the West Front' from a letter by Sergeant W. L. Brewster, Australian School of Musketry, Tidworth, England and formerly of Sandringham, Victoria, reprinted from The Age, 143-144.
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 1919 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Australian Engineersi"Ah, well! but the case seems hopeless, and the pen might write in vain;",Henry Lawson,
single work poetry
(p. 130)
The author watches returned soldier 'Double-three-six' as he walks modestly but with ease towards his home with his kit on his shoulder, returning from a horrendous war from which not all of the Australian recruits returned.
(p. 135-137)
Note: With photograph by 'Tolra', from Our Empire (official organ of the Sailors' and Soldiers' Fathers' Association) : 'A Gathering of Members of the Sailors' and Soldiers' Fathers' Association of Victoria, Town Hall, Melbourne'.
Clive Thompson, of the Albert Park School, joins his Eighth Grade friends for a dip on a hot summer day. When Clive goes missing in the water, two of the 'old boys' of the school, Roy Brown and Jack Wilson jump the fence from Stubbs' Baths and dive in to rescue Clive. Roy and Jack administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and Clive recovers. This story provides detailed instructions on how to administer CPR.
(p. 139-141)
Note: With photographs depicting cardiopulmonary resuscitation: 'Forward and Downward' and 'He Released the Pressure' by W. J. Mildenhall (1891-1962).