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Issue Details:
First known date:
1927...
no.
338
June
1927
of
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
est. 1912
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
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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: 'Our Welcome', photograph by C.J. Frazer, [65].
- Poetry: 'Why We Keep Arbor Day' (unattributed) 67-68; 'On Planting a Tree' (unattributed) 70; 'King Solomon and the Ants' by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), an American poet, with illustration: 'King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba' from the painting by Sir Edward Poynter, P.R.A. in the National Gallery, Sydney, 75-76.
- Prose: 'A Memorable Day' (unattributed) with photograph: 'Boys Physical Exercises', courtesy of The Argus, and 'Girls in Spanish Costume', photograph by the Herald and Sun News-Pictorial, 66-67.
- Fiction: 'The Plate of Gold' (unattributed) Hindu legend, 74-75.
- Drama: 'Maggie and the Gipsies', dramatized from The Mill On the Floss, a novel by George Eliot, pen-name of Mary Ann Evans (1819-1880), a noted English authoress, 71-73.
- Science and Nature: 'Tree Planting' by E. Wallis, Orchard Supervisor, 70.
- Song: 'O Canada!' by R. Stanley Weir and C. Lavallee (Arranged by Laurence Powell) 80.
- Notices: Spelling Tests (Victoria); Price of The School Paper, 70.
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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 1927 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Marching Childreni"The trumpet's pealing note, a throbbing drum,", single work poetry (p. [65]-66)
- The Bushi"Give us from dawn to dark", single work poetry (p. 71)
- In Exilei"Oh, the broom and the bracken and the honey scent of wattle,", single work poetry (p. 73-74)
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The Lie Imp,
single work
children's fiction
children's
(p. 76-78)
Note: From The School Magazine, New South Wales.
- The Lost Fairiesi"They come no more with the dancing feet,", single work poetry (p. 78-79)
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