AustLit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'On the Way to the Sugar-mill' [161]
• Fiction: 'Camping Out' retold from Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome, 162-164; 'Old Fezziwig's Christmas Ball' adapted from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, drawing by Dick Ovenden (q.v.), 167-168;
• Poetry: 'How's That?' by E. V. Knox, drawing by Dick Ovenden (q.v.), 164; 'If You Want To Be Happy Give Something Away' (unattributed), 174; 'Overheard On A Salt Marsh', by Harold Monro, drawing by Dick Ovenden (q.v.), 169.
• Drama: 'Handy Andy Runs An Errand' dramatised from Handy Andy by Samuel Lover, drawing by Dick Ovenden (q.v.), 165-166;
• Editor's Note: 'For Young Gardeners : Growing and Making Popcorn - continued', 168; 'News From the Schools', October raised 4,934 pounds for the War Relief Fund, 170; 'Contents - Grades V and VI (1940), 175.
• Prose:'Do You Know Your Country?' an exercise in matching illustrations and maps, 171; 'Notes For Bird Lovers' by the Gould League of Bird Lovers, 169-170; 'Australia at Work : No. 11 Sugar', 172-173; 'Sugar from Beet' notes supplied by a pupil of Grade V. School No.861, Maffra, 173-174.
• Song: 'Silent Night' by Franz Gruber, drawing by Gilda Gude, 176.