AustLit

Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First page picture: 'George Essex Evans' (q.v.) accompanying poem 'The Women of the West', [81].
• Poetry: 'A Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul' extract from Cato by English poet Joseph Addison (1672-1719) with illustration: 'Joseph Addison', 86; 'Death' comprising two untitled poetry extracts, the first from Queen Mab by Percy B. Shelley (q.v.) and the second from Resignation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (q.v.) 91; 'Oh, Why Sould the Spirit of Mortal Be Proud?' extract by William Knox (q.v.) 92.
• Fiction: 'Ruth Pinch's Pudding' extract from Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens (q.v.) with (unattributed) illustration: '"He Returned to the Composition of the Top Crust"', 82-85.
• Drama: 'The Power of Music' extract fromThe Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (q.v.) with (unattributed) illustration: 'Jessica and Lorenzo', 95-96.
• Non-Fiction: 'Misdirected Work' (unattributed) essay on the destructive effects of clearing forested areas, 96.
• Prose: 'Plants and Flowers' by John Ruskin (q.v.) 86; 'The Vision of Mirza' extract from The Spectator by Joseph Addison (1672-1719) with three (unattributed) illustrations: 'A Mohammedan (Or Mahometan) Offering Up His Devotions', 'Scimitar' and 'Bagdad on the Tigris, Turkey in Asia', 87-91; 'Learning By Observing' extract from the preface of Madam How and Lady Why by Charles Kingsley (1819-1875) with illustration: 'Charles Kingsley (1819-75)' 92-94.