Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First page picture: 'Fluttering and Dancing', photo of the Maypole Dance on the 26th April, by courtesy of The Argus, [65].
• Poetry: 'Planting a Tree' by Edith Kinney, 66; 'The Song of the Leaves' by F.E. Weatherley, an English poet, 70; 'The Country Faith' by Norman Gale, in A Country Muse, 76; 'Winter' by Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) 77; 'The Blind Men and the Elephant' by John Godfrey Saxe (1815-1887), an American humourous poet, 78-79; 'Plowing' (unattributed) 79.
• Fiction: 'The Bird and the Trees' with photos. of the Treasury Gardens, the Fitzroy Gardens and the Botanic Gardens, all in Melbourne (unattributed) 67-69; 'The Cobbler and the Elves' (unattributed) 75-76.
• Drama: 'The Pot of Gold', from Harrap's Dramatic Readers, Book II, by Augusta Stevenson, 'an excellent book for schools', 70-72.
• Prose: 'Flowers' (unattributed), illustrated with a photo: 'Children Singing the National Anthem' from Herald and Sun News-Pictorial; 'June' (unattributed) 78.
• Song: 'Linden Lea' a Dorset folk song, music by R. Vaughan Williams, 80.
• Notices: Spelling Tests (Victoria); Price of The School Paper, 80.

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.