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Issue Details: First known date: 1925... no. 308 December 1925 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:

    • Poetry: 'While glory sighs' (untitled and unattributed), [161]; 'Home' (unattributed) [by Jelal-ed-din Rftivii (The Moolah), in trans. from The Rose Garden of Persia by French-English writer Louisa Stuart Costello (1799-1870), [161]; 'A Christmas Hymn' by English poet Alfred Domett (1811-1887), who spent thirty years in New Zealand and was a friend of Robert Browning (q.v.), with portrait of the author, 162-163; 'The Joy of Working' from The Seven Seas by British author Rudyard Kipling (q.v), 164; 'The Bells of New Year's Eve' from In Memorium by English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (q.v.), 167-168; 'Prayer' from The Passing of Arthur by English poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson (q.v.), 173; 'The End of the Play' by English novelist and poet William Makepeace Thackeray (q.v.), 174.
    • Prose: 'Keeping Christmas' by American author Henry van Dyke (1852-1933), 163-164; 'The Just Thing' by English author Thomas Carlyle (q.v), 171; 'Do All the Good You Can' by British clergyman John Wesley (1703-1791), 171; 'The Ugliness of the Litterer' from 'The Editor's Table' in The Children's Newspaper by Arthur Mee (q.v.), with illus. 'Part of the Children's Playground at Coburg', 172.
    • Notices: 'Street Traffic', containing road rules for pedestrians, (unattributed), 173.
    • Index: 'Contents - Grades VII. and VIII. (1925)', 175-176.
    • Supplement: 'Made in Australia : 20. Confectionery' by the Made in Australia Council, 312 Flinders Street, Melbourne, with unattributed illus. 'Automatic Chocolate-coating', 'Caramel Wrapping Machines', and 'The Final Touch', i-iv.
  • 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 1925 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Christmas in Australiai"Fair Austral Christmas, 'mid thy ferns an flowers", J. C. F. Johnson , single work extract (p. 164)
Christmas in the Early Days Christmas in the Bush, Edward S. Sorenson , single work essay (p. 165-167)
Note: With illus. 'Decorating for Christmas : An Old Country Scene', and 'On the Tramp', a sketch of Henry Lawson (q.v.) by Frank P. Mahony, which appeared as a frontispiece to Verses Popular and Serious by Lawson.
Christmas in the Never Never, Aeneas J. Gunn , extract novel (p. 168-171)
Note: With illus. 'Mrs. Aeneas Gunn', 'Cheon : "We of the Never-Never"', and 'The Homestead'.

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Notes:
Literary material by Australian authors in this issue:
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