AustLit

Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:

• Poetry: 'England and Her Colonies' by British poet William Watson (1858-1935) 147; 'The English Flag' extract from Barrack-room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling (q.v.) 149-150; 'What Constitutes a State?' by Welsh author Sir William Jones (1746-1794) 154; 'The Enchanted Shirt' by American author John Hay (1838-1905) 157-158.

• Fiction: 'Escape of Mary Queen of Scots From Lochleven Castle' continuation of extracts from The Abbot by Sir Walter Scott (q.v.) with (unattributed) photograph: 'Lochleven Castle at the Present Day' 155-157.

• Non-Fiction: 'Our King and Queen' (unattributed) account of the death of Queen Victoria and the succession of Edward VII to the throne with three (unattributed) photographs: 'The Crowned King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra in Coronation Robes', 'Balmoral Castle (Highlands of Scotland)–A Piper in the Foreground' and 'Their Majesties Edward VII and Queen Alexandra on Their Way to Westminster Abbey, 9th August 1902' [145]-147; 'The Grand Old Flag' (unattributed) history of the Union Flag with five (unattributed) illustrations: 'St. George's Cross', 'Union Flag 1606', 'St. Andrews Cross', 'St. Patrick's Cross' and 'The Union Jack 1801', 148-149; 'The Motions of Birds' extract from The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by British author the Reverend Gilbert White (1720-1793) 158-160.

• Prose: 'The British Empire' by American Preacher and writer Joseph Witherspoon Cook (1836-1902) with two photographs: 'The Rock and Town of Gibraltar, Spain from the West' stereograph by Underwood and Underwood and '(unattributed) 'Saluting Battery and Custom House, Malta' and (unattributed) map: 'Map Showing the British Possessions', 151-154; 'The King's Inkstand' extract from Mee's King and Emperor, 160.

• Notices: 'The Jane Duff Testimonial Fund' notice to hand in donations to fund raising effort, 160.