Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First page picture: 'The Cherubs' from a picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds (q.v.), 161.
• Poetry: 'My Garden' by New Zealand poet Edith Howes (q.v.), 163; 'Piccola' by American author Celia Thaxter (q.v.), 171-172; 'The Father's Return' by English poet Mrs Alexander, 176.
• Fiction: 'The Crab' (unattributed) with illustrations: 'A Rocky Part of the Beach' (unattributed) photograph and 'A Crab' (unattributed) line drawing, 172-174; 'Lazy Jack' from A Box of Stories Packed for the Young by Horace Happyman, with illustration: 'Jack Was Passing With the Donkey on His Shoulders', 174-176.
• Prose: 'A Chat About the Months: December' (unattributed) with two lines of poetry by Henry Kendall (q.v.) (indexed below), and photograph: 'Harvesting' courtesy of the Lands Department, Victoria, 164-165.

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.