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Issue Details:
First known date:
1922...
no.
266
March
1922
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: 'The Taggerty River, in the Neighborhood of Marysville, Victoria' from the 'Rose' Series by Rose Stereographs, Armadale, Victoria, [17].
- Poetry: 'Life : A Sonnet' by American poet Dr. Henry van Dyke (1852-1933), 22; 'The Time of the Barmecides' by Irish poet James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849), with portrait of the author, 26-27.
- Prose: 'Cheery People' by H. H., from The Temple Girls' Readers (Dent & Co.), 18-19; 'Sir Ernest Shackleton's Call to Boys' by Sir Ernest Shackleton (q.v.), with portrait of the author and illus. 'The Shackleton Expedition in the Antarctic, 20-22; 'Letters of Recommendation' (unattributed), 32.
- Fiction: 'Sheep-Shearers : A Contrast : II. In Wessex', an extract from Far From the Madding Crowd by English novelist Thomas Hardy (q.v.), with illus. 'Shearing', 24-26; 'The Secret of David Copperfield's Success', an extract from David Copperfield by English novelist Charles Dickens (q.v.), 31-32.
- Non-Fiction: 'Cigarette Smoking' by President David Starr Jordan (1861-1964), Leland Stanford University, USA, 19; 'The Famine in Europe : I. Russian Children' by Australian activist Margaret Thorp (q.v.), with illus. 'Map of Russia to Illustrate the Famine Area', 28-29; 'The Famine in Europe : II. Lady Forster's Appeal to Australians' by Lady Forster, wife of the Australian (Commonwealth) Governor-General (1920-1925), 29-30.
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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 1922 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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After Many Yearsi"The song that once I dreamed about,",
single work
poetry
(p. [17]-18)
Note: With title: 'The Song that Once I Dreamed About'
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Sheep-Shearing : A Contrast : I. In Australia,
extract
prose
children's
(p. 23-24)
Note: With illus. 'Shearing the Rams' by Australian artist Tom Roberts (q.v.).
- A Riding Songi"I am dreaming to-night of a dark river eddying", single work poetry (p. 30-31)
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