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Issue Details:
First known date:
1927...
no.
339
July
1927
of
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
est. 1912
The School Paper : Grades V and VI
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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 Sower', from the famous picture by Jean Francois Millet (1814-1875), a French painter of peasant life, [81].
- Poetry: 'A Song of Thanks' by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892), an American poet, [81]-82; 'The Nights' by Barry Cornwall, pen-name of Bryan Waller Procter (1787-1874) an English lyric poet, 88; 'It Was the Lovely Moon' by John Freeman, an English poet, 93.
- Prose: 'The "Tom Thumb"', from Brooks's Australian Readers, Book III, 82-84.
- Fiction: 'The Noblest Deed of All' (unattributed), illus., 86-87; 'Those Old Folks' (unattributed) 92-93.
- Drama: 'The Brahman and the Tiger' (unattributed) 88-91.
- Quotations: 'Quotations From Shakespeare's Plays', 94.
- Song: 'There Was a Jolly Miller' (unattributed) 95-96.
- Notices: Spelling Tests (Victoria); Price of The School Paper, 96.
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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, and comments on the metre of poetry. There are also often 'General Notes' which ask the reader questions about the work.
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1927 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- The Ballad of the Droveri"Across the stony ridges, across the rolling plain,", single work poetry (p. 84-86)
- The Tale of an Old Gum-Treei"I've waited and watched for a hundred years,", single work poetry (p. 91-92)
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