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Issue Details:
First known date:
1916...
no.
205
November
1916
of
The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII
est. 1896-1932
The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII
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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: 'Westminster Bridge, and the British Parliament Houses, Taken from the South (or Right) Bank of the Thames', [145].
- Poetry: 'Westminster Bridge (3rd September, 1802)' by English poet, William Wordsworth (q.v.), [145]-146; 'The Angel of Patience' by American poet, John Greenleaf Whittier (q.v.), with portrait of the author, 150-151.
- Prose: 'Are We Downhearted?' by Press Bureau, England, with illus. 'An Outgoing Train', 146-148; 'A Boy Hero in the Battle of Jutland', adapted from The Little Paper, with illus. 'John Travers Cornwell, V.C., The Boy Hero of the Battle of Jutland', 148-150; 'Notes on the Battle of Romani' (unattributed), with 'Map Showing the Routes of the Turkish Advances on the Suez Canal',151-154; 'Alcohol in War Time' from The School Journal, New Zealand, with illus. 'Buckingham Palace, London', 154-156; 'Testimony to the Judgment and Diligence of Australian Soldiers' (unattributed), 157-158; 'Progress of the War' (unattributed), 159-160.
- Song: 'The Japanese National Anthem' (unattributed), without music, with notes about translation, 158.
- Notices: 'War Relief' (unattributed), 160.
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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.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1916 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Thousands Morei"We are coming from the mountains, we are coming from the plain",
single work
poetry
war literature
children's
(p. 148)A poetic encouragement to enlist in the ongoing war - 'to do our duty as our fathers did of yore' - and to take courage from the 'souls of fallen Anzacs'.Note: Editor's note: 'reprint[ed] from The Great War, written for Young Australians, by H. D. McLelland, B.A., Deputy-Chief Inspector of Schools, Education Department, New South Wales, and issued under the authority of the Hon. Arthur Griffith, Minister for Education.'
- At the Base Hospitali"They are bringing in the dying, they are bearing out the dead", extract poetry (p. 157)
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