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Issue Details: First known date: 1913... no. 166 August 1913 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:

    • First Page Picture: 'Ruins of the Roman Forum', [113].
    • Poetry: 'Roman Girl's Song' by English poet Felicia Dorothea Hemans (q.v.), [113]-114; 'On Planting a Tree' by American poet James Russell Lowell (q.v.), 126.
    • Fiction: 'How a Dog Saved his Master', an extract from The Call of the Wild by American author Jack London (q.v.), with illus. 'They Veered to the Bank' by A. E. Davies, 114-117; 'Mending the Pump' by American humourist B. P. [Benjamin Penhallow] Shillaber (1814 - 1890), with diag., 'The Lift or Suction Pump',121-123; 'Master and Scholar', an extract from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens (q.v.), with illus. 'Stopping There to Make a Rustic Bow' by Charles Green, 123-126.
    • Prose: 'Some Effects of Alcohol', adapted from a lecture by [Dr.] W. H. Summons, from Kew, Victoria, orig. published in Una, 117-118; 'The New President of the United States' [Dr. Woodrow Wilson (q.v.)], (unattributed), 118.
    • Drama: 'Adversity', an extract from As You Like It, Act II, Sc. I, by William Shakespeare (q.v.), with illus. 'Footpath from the Forest of Arden to Stratford (The Birthplace of Shakespeare) on the Avon, England', 119-121.
    • Song: 'The Exile', words adapted from the French of Frederic Berat (1801-1855), 127-128.
  • 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 1913 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Dayi"The silence and the sunshine creep", George Essex Evans , extract poetry children's
Dawn is represented as a divine moment, a spiritual association of life and nature.
 (p. 127)
Nighti"The grey gums by the lonely creek", George Essex Evans , extract poetry children's
This extract describes the solitude and melancholy of an evening camp.
 (p. 127)
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