AustLit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'The Scarlet-Flowering Gum (Eucalyptus Ficifolia)' [81]
• Poetry: 'A Song of Gardening' (unattributed) with illustration 'Planting Time', 82; 'The Unknown Garden' by P.R. from Child Education (Evans Brothers, London) with a photo of 'A Prize Garden, Melbourne' courtesy of the Melbourne Herald, 87-88; 'Crocuses' by George Cotterell, 91; 'An Arbor Day Thought Canada' (unattributed) 95.
• Fiction:'The Wolf and the Little Lamb' adapted from St. Nicholas, a high class magazine for children and young people, with five illustrations, 83-87; 'Johnny Crocus' (unattributed) from New Zealand School Journal, illustrated with a photo of a crocus, 90-91; 'The Lady's Room' adapted from a story by English writer Eleanor Farjeon (q.v.), and quoted from The New Zealand School Journal, illus., 92-94; 'The Three Golden Hairs' (continued) 94-95.
• Drama: 'The Glass Slipper' (unattributed), abridged from a play Cinderella in The Third Book of School Plays (Evans Bros.) 88-89;
• Song: 'Merrily, Merrily' (unattributed round for four voices) 96.
• Last Page Picture: 'Winter in the Gardens' (unattributed), scene in the Alexandra Gardens, Melbourne, 96.

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.