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Issue Details: First known date: 1924... no. 287 February 1924 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First Page Picture: 'A Scene on Brighton Beach, Melbourne, Victoria', [1].
    • Poetry: 'A Summer Holiday' (unattributed), [1]-2; 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' by English poet Thomas Gray (1716-1771), with illus. 'Stoke Poges (St. Giles's) Church, Buckinghamshire, England', and portrait of the author, 12-15.
    • Fiction: 'Shepherding in Victoria in 1852' from Peter Parley's Annual, with illus. 'On the Way to the Diggings', 'A Shepherd's Hut', and 'An Old-time Squatter', 2-6; 'With Brains, Sir' by Scottish author and essayist, Dr. John Brown (1810-1882), 15-16.
    • Prose: 'The Man Who Helped Others' (unattributed), 9;
    • Natural Science: 'Swat That Fly' (unattributed), with illus. 'Fly throwing back Liquid Food', 'Portion of a Fly's Leg, showing Pads, Claws, and Bristles', 'Bacteria on a Dish of Jelly, Due to a Fly's Walking on it', 10-11.

  • 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 1924 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Dedicationi"They are rhymes rudely strung with intent less", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 7-8)

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Literary material by Australian authors in this issue:
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