AustLit

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• First Page Picture: 'Spring-Time' after the painting by Arthur J. Elsley. A coloured reproduction, executed by Messrs. Osboldstone and Company, appeared a long time ago as a supplement to The Australasian, [113].
• Fiction: 'The Story of Persephone' from The School Magazine, N.S.W., with illustration 'The Return of Persephone', after the picture by English artist Lord Leighton P.R.A. (1830-1896) 114-117; 'The Brave Blackbird', from The True Annals of Fairyland, by William Canton, an English journalist and author, born in China in 1845, educated in France, illus., (to be continued) 123-124; 'Old Mother Frost' from Stories From Many Lands (Chambers Ltd.) (to be continued) 126.
• Natural History: 'Gould League Competitions' illustrated with a drawing of 13 different birds to be identified, 127.
• Song: 'Singing in the Rain' from Songs the Children Love to Sing (Allan and Co.) 128.
• Notices: Spelling Tests (Victoria); Price of The School Paper.

Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words contained therein, as well as notes about people and places mentioned, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.