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Notes
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Content indexing in process.
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Epigraph: Bright is the ring of words When the right man rings them (Stevenson).
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Epigraph: 'The Salt of the Earth' by Algernon Charles Swinburne (facing Contents page).
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Illustrated by Victorian artists Elsie Jean McKissock (Mrs. Timmings) and W. S. Wemyss (qq.v.).
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Engraving of the memorial to Hans Christian Andersen in Copenhagen, by Danish sculptor Kondrup, on opening page.
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Photographic image of the statue of Flinders which stands in the grounds of St. Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne (facing Acknowledgements page)
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Victoria Education Department
, 1930 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Riding Songi"Flippity-flop! Flippity-flop!", single work poetry (p. p.6)
- Spring-Songi"Sing out and be happy!", single work poetry (p. 1)
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Walking to Schooli"Now I am five, my father says",
single work
poetry
children's
(p. 9-12)
Note: Illustrated by W.S. Wemyss
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Mates,
single work
children's fiction
children's
A boy is given the chance of employment at a newspaper office for the night shift but he must find a pair of boots to wear. Overhearing his plight another young boy, working the day shift, offers his boots if he can have them ready each morning to exchange back until he earns enough to purchase his own.
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The Letter that Flew Away,
single work
children's fiction
children's
Ann's friends are too ill to come to her birthday party but the March wind takes her invitation across the fields to the delight of a group of goblins who attend instead.Note: Illustrated by W. S. Wemyss (q.v.)
- The Crow and the Crane: An Aboriginal Legend, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 51-52)
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How Dumb Animals Talk,
single work
prose
children's
Describes how animals can make themselves understood almost as well as if they had the gift of speech.
- The Fairy Mani"It was, it was a fairy man", single work poetry (p. 95-96)
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The Spider Orchid,
single work
children's fiction
children's
When a ground spider helps the Queen of the Fairies care for an injured moth, she grants him his wish to be beautiful by turning him into an orchid with her song.
- What the Sea-shell Saidi"A boy and a girl once found a shell", single work poetry children's (p. 114)
- Dot and the Kangaroo, single work extract drama children's (p. 116-120)
- Cradle Songi"Baby, O baby, fain you are for bed,", single work poetry (p. 134)
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:Victoria Education Department
, 1940 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Riding Songi"Flippity-flop! Flippity-flop!", single work poetry (p. 2)
-
Walking to Schooli"Now I am five, my father says",
single work
poetry
children's
(p. 23-25)
Note: Illustrated by W.S. Wemyss
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Lazy Tok : A Story from Borneo
Lazy Tok,
single work
children's fiction
children's
(p. 26-31)
Note: With title: Lazy Tok : A Story from Borneo.
- Cradle Songi"Oh! baby, baby, it's time to go to bed,", single work poetry (p. 42)
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The Letter that Flew Away,
single work
children's fiction
children's
Ann's friends are too ill to come to her birthday party but the March wind takes her invitation across the fields to the delight of a group of goblins who attend instead.
- The Crow and the Crane: An Aboriginal Legend, single work prose Indigenous story (p. 89-90)
- Dot and the Kangaroo, single work extract drama children's (p. 122-126)
- Spring-Songi"Sing out and be happy!", single work poetry (p. 138)
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