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Issue Details:
First known date:
1927...
no.
357
October
1927
of
The School Paper : Grades III and IV
est. 1927
The School Paper : Grades III and IV
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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: 'In Days of Sweet October', from a drawing by Neville Cayley, (q.v.) in Feathered Minstrels of Australia (1st series) written by A.H. Chisholm (q.v.) [129].
- Poetry: 'The River' (unattributed), with photograph: 'The Rubicon River at Alexandra, Victoria' from Victorian Railways, 134; 'Over the Hill to Town' by Margaret G. Rhodes, 136-137; 'The Rainbow' by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from Hiawatha, 138; 'She Goeth All In White' by Robert Bridges, Poet Laureate in Poems of To-Day, 140; 'The Owl and the Pussycat' by Edward Lear (1812-1888) an English painter, traveller and humorist, 142; 'An Old Song of Spring' (unattributed) illus., 143.
- Fiction: 'Yes, I Know' (unattributed) 130-131; 'The Sparrow's Story' (unattributed) 135-136; 'King Log and King Stork' (unattributed), illus., 137-138; 'The Talking Book', adapted from Baldwin's Reader, 138-139.
- Competition: 'Gould League Competitions', 133.
- Drama: 'The Slaughter of the Innocents' (unattributed), dramatised from Longfellow's Birds of Killingworth, 140-141.
- Notices: Spelling Tests (Victoria); Price of The School Paper, 134.
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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 1927 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Wimmera Wildflowersi"Buttercups and cowslips on the Wimmera plain,", single work poetry (p. 130)
- Over the Rangei"Little bush maiden, wondering-eyed,", single work poetry (p. 131-132)
- The Jackassi"The jackass sits upon a bough,", single work lyric/song (p. 143-144)
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