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y separately published work icon The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII periodical issue   children's  
Issue Details: First known date: 1929... no. 347 July 1929 of The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII est. 1896-1932 The School Paper : Grades VII and VIII
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First Page Picture: 'An American Patriot', from the statue of Lincoln at Westminster, London, [81].
    • Poetry: 'Santorin: A Legend of the Aegean' by English poet James Elroy Flecker (1884-1915) 82; 'A Dutch Picture' by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), with illustration: '"Half darkness and half light" : The Syndics, by Rembrandt', 85-87; 'The Thrush's Song' by William MacGillivray (1796-1852), with illustration of a thrush, 89;
    • Drama: 'Abraham Lincoln', extract from Abraham Lincoln by English writer John Drinkwater, with illustrations: 'Lincoln's Birthplace', and 'White House, Washington', 83-85
    • History: 'The Kellogg Pact', by William Harrision Moore, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Melbourne, with portrait: 'Mr F. B. Kellogg' 87-89; 'The Founding of Perth', extract from The History of Western Australia by J. S. Battye, with photographs: 'St. George's Terrace, Perth', and 'A Jarrah Forest, Western Australia', 90-92.
    • Prose: 'Seasonable Work for Little Gardeners: ' (unattributed gardening instructions) 96.
    • Industry: 'Made in Australia: Wool and Woollens', "a reprint of Supplement No. 3", prepared by the Made in Australia Council, Melbourne, and issued as a supplement to The School Paper under the authority of the Minister of Public Instruction, Victoria, illustrated, i-iv;
    • Notices: 'Notices', regarding 'Spelling Tests' and the 'Price of The School Paper', 82; '"I Serve"', advertisement for The Victorian Junior Red Cross magazine I Serve, 96.
  • 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 1929 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
From the Wrecki""Turn out boys" - "What's up with our super. to-night?", Adam Lindsay Gordon , single work poetry (p. 93-96)
Note: Illustration: '"She reeled on the rise"', from a drawing by Napier Waller (q.v.) in the Adam Lindsay Gordon Memorial Volume (1926).

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Notes:
Literary material by Australian authors in this issue:
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