AustLit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'Fording the Creek at Toolangi', photographs from the Victorian Railways, [97].
• Poetry: 'The Poet and His Songs', extract from poem by American author Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) 101; 'The Tiger' by English poet William Blake (1757-1827), with illustration of a tiger, 102; 'Flannan Isle' by English poet Wilfrid Wilson Gibson,103-104; 'The Sands of Dee' by English poet Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) 108; 'The Height of the Ridiculous' by American writer Oliver Wendall Holmes (1809-1894) 112.
• Fiction: 'An Old-Time Reaping', extract from Lorna Doone by R. D. Blackmore (1825-1900), with illustrations, 99-101
• Drama: 'Oliver Twist Asks for More', extract from Dramatic Readings from Dickens, with illustration: '"Please sir, I want some more"', 105-107.
• Prose: 'Seasonable Work for Little Gardeners: August ' (unattributed gardening instructions) 112.
• Industry: 'Made in Australia: The Gifts of the Forest', prepared by the Made in Australia Council, Melbourne, and issued as a supplement to The School Paper under the authority of the Minister of Public Instruction, Victoria, illustrated with photographs and map, i-iv;
• Notices: 'Notices', regarding 'Spelling Tests' and the 'Price of The School Paper', 98.

Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.