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Issue Details:
First known date:
1908...
no.
109
July
1908
of
The School Paper for Classes V and VI
est. 1898
School Paper for Classes V and VI
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Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.
Other material in this issue includes:
- First page picture: 'Her Majesty Queen Alexandra' (unattributed) accompanying poem 'A Gracious Act' extract from The Argus by Oriel, [81].
- Poetry: 'The Maple Leaf For Ever (A Canadian National Anthem)' by Scottish born Canadian Alexander Muir (1830-1906) 91; 'Who His True Self Would Be' extract from the Westminster Review attributed to T. H., 96.
- Fiction: 'The Truants and the Tiger' (unattributed) extract from the New Zealand The School Journal with illustration: 'The Indian Tiger in the Zoo, Melbourne' photograph lent by The Weekly Times, 91-95.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1908 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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A Gracious Acti"Softly the nurses came and went",
single work
poetry
(p. [81])
Note: With photograph: 'Her Majesty Queen Alexandra' and explanation that a girl dying of consumption in St Luke's House in London was visited by Queen Alexandra fulfilling the girl's dying wish. First appeared in The Argus.
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How Wolfe and Saunders Took Quebec,
single work
prose
children's
(p. 82-90)
Note: With five (unattributed) portraits: 'William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1708-1778)', 'Major General Wolfe (1727-1759)', 'Admiral Saunders', 'General Montcalm (1712-1759)' and 'General Bougainville (1729-1814)' and two maps: 'Eastern America 1756' (unattributed) and 'Quebec: Showing the French and British Positions at the Time of the Battle of Quebec' from Stories in English History by William Gillies.
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Forgotteni"England! And echo cries England, and all the world stands to admire",
single work
poetry
(p. 96)This poem celebrates England's imperial conquests while reminiscing on the independence of Scotland.
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