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Issue Details:
First known date:
1922...
no.
265
February
1922
of
The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII
est. 1896-1932
The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Other material in this issue includes:
- First Page Picture: 'Thinking of Days Gone By', from a sculpture by French artist Rene Bertrand Boutee (1877-1950), [1].
- Poetry: 'Vatai Lampada' from Admirals All and Other Verses by English poet Sir Henry Newbolt (q.v.), 7; 'Lines to a Waterfowl' by American poet William Curran Bryant (1794-1878), 10; 'True Greatness' by Lady Elizabeth Carew (b. 1500?), 16.
- Fiction: 'Don Quixote and the Windmills' from The Adventures of Don Quixote by Spanish author Cervantes (q.v.), with illus. 'Dragging Horse and Rider After It' by Autralian illustrator D. H. Souterv) (q.v.), orig. published in The New Australian Fifth Reader (Sydney), 8-9.
- Prose: 'The Peach' from Simple Talks on Fruits for Young People by S. L. Dyson, 5-7; 'Do Things to a Finish' from The Teachers' World (London), 15.
- Science: 'Politeness' from Moods of Life : Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day (1921) by Arthur Lynchtf) (q.v.), 9; 'A Benefactor to Australia : William Farrer' by W. H. Clarke (Melbourne), with illus. 'William Farrer' and 'Practising Cross-Pollination at Dookie', 11-15.
- Non-Fiction: 'Man the Life-Boat!' by 'Queenscliff', with illus. 'Diagram of a Lifeboat', 'The Queenscliff Life-Boat and Its Crew', 'Firing the Rocket : Fair-Weather Practice' and 'The Breeches Buoy', 2-5; 'Distress in Europe : Thanks to Children', a letter of thanks to the State Schools of Victoria, by A. Ruth Fry, General Secretary, Friends' Emergency and War Victims' Relief Committee, London, 16.
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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.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1922 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Pioneersi"We are the old-world people,", single work poetry (p. [1]-2)
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