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Issue Details:
First known date:
1911...
no.
176
December
1911
of
The School Paper for Class III
est. 1896
The School Paper for Class III
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Notes
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Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.
Other material in this issue includes:
- First page picture: 'The Cherubs' from a picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds (q.v.), 161.
- Poetry: 'My Garden' by New Zealand poet Edith Howes (q.v.), 163; 'Piccola' by American author Celia Thaxter (q.v.), 171-172; 'The Father's Return' by English poet Mrs Alexander, 176.
- Fiction: 'The Crab' (unattributed) with illustrations: 'A Rocky Part of the Beach' (unattributed) photograph and 'A Crab' (unattributed) line drawing, 172-174; 'Lazy Jack' from A Box of Stories Packed for the Young by Horace Happyman, with illustration: 'Jack Was Passing With the Donkey on His Shoulders', 174-176.
- Prose: 'A Chat About the Months: December' (unattributed) with two lines of poetry by Henry Kendall (q.v.) (indexed below), and photograph: 'Harvesting' courtesy of the Lands Department, Victoria, 164-165.
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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, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1911 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- March of the Christmas Childreni"It's the march of the Christmas children -", single work poetry (p. 161-162)
- Bella's Christmas-Box, extract children's fiction (p. 162-163)
- [Untitled]i"Now, in the emerald home of flower and wing,", extract poetry (p. 164)
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Santa Claus and the Sentry
Santa Clausi"Halt! Who goes there? The sentry's call",
single work
poetry
(p. 165-166)
Note: With title: Santa Claus and the Sentry.
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The Christmas-Tree at Murray Home,
single work
extract
children's fiction
children's
(p. 166-168)
Note: With illustration: 'The Christmas-Tree' from The Youngsters of Murray Home.
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Christmas at Billabong,
extract
children's fiction
(p. 168-171)
Note: With illustration: 'Norah and Bobs' by J. Macfarlane (q.v.) from Mates at Billabong.
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