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Issue Details:
First known date:
1930...
no.
369
April
1930
of
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
est. 1912
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
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Notes
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Other material in this issue includes:
- First page picture: Photograph of Mr. Paul Montford's Modelled Figure of Sacrifice for the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne, [35].
- Poetry: 'A Listening Post' by R.E. Vernede (q.v.) 36; 'Venice' by Samuel Rogers (1763-1855) 37; 'Ariel's Song' from Shakespeare's romantic play The Tempest, with illustration of Ariel as played by actress Miss Horton, from a painting by Daniel Maclise hanging in the Memorial Gallery at Stratford-on-Avon, 38; 'Fairies' Song' from Shakespeare's comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 38; 'The Witch's Song' from The Midnight Folk by John Masefield (q.v.), 40; 'The World's Needs' by American poetess and journalist Mrs Ella Wheeler Wilcox (q.v.) 46.
- Fiction: 'The Merchant of Venice' (unattributed) 36-37; 'Why the Bear's Tail Is Short' (unattributed) illus., 39; 'The Fox Without a Tail' (unattributed) 44; 'An Idle Day' from The Children's Paper (Nelson and Sons) 47.
- Drama: 'Hubert and Prince Arthur' from Shakespeare's King John, 40-41; 'Character' from Shakespeare's Othello, 43; 'A Tide in Human Affairs' by Shakespeare.
- Song: 'The Harp of Tara' (unattributed) 47-48.
- Notices: Spelling tests; Price of The School Paper.
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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.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1930 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Anzac Day, single work prose children's (p. 34-36)
- In the Droving Daysi"At dawn of day we would feel the breeze", extract poetry (p. 42-43)
- The Haunts of Childhoodi"I long to go back to the haunts of my childhood", single work poetry children's (p. 45-46)
- Making Fire, extract non-fiction (p. 46)
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