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SCHOOL SUPPLEMENTARY READING BOOKS


THE CHILDREN'S TREASURY OF AUSTRALIAN VERSE.

Edited by Bertram Stevens and George Mackaness, M.A. (Syd.) With notes. Crown 8vo., cloth, 1s. 3d. (postage 1d.)

This volume contains all the best verse written in Australia and New Zealand, suitable for junior classes. It has been adopted by the N.S.W. Department of Public Instruction for supplementary reading in primary schools.


SELECTIONS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN POETS.

Edited by Bertram Stevens and George Mackaness, M.A. (Syd.) With notes. Crown 8vo., cloth, 1s. 6d. (postage 1d.)

The contents have been selected from the published work of Gordon, Kendall, Paterson, Lawson, Ogilvie, Daley, Essex Evans, Brunton Stephens, Mrs. Foott, Dorothea Mackellar, and many other well-known writers. In addition, the book contains a number of line poems not obtainable in any other volume, and it is easily the best, if not the only, collection of Australian verse entirely suitable for young readers. It is prescribed for use in the High and Secondary Schools of New South Wales.


TEENS: a Story of Australian Schoolgirls.

By Louise Mack. Illustrated by Frank P. Mahony. Crown 8vo., cloth, 1s. 6d. (postage 2d.)

Sydney Morning Herald: "Ought to be welcome to all who feel the responsibility of choosing the reading books of the young…its gaiety, impulsiveness and youthfulness will charm them."

GIRLS TOGETHER: a Story of Australian Schoolgirls.

By Louise Mack. Illustrated by George W. Lambert. Crown 8vo., cloth, 1s. 3d. (postage 2d.)

Queenslander: "A story told in a dainty style that makes it attractive to all. It is "fresh, bright, and cheery, and well worth a place on any Australian bookshelf."

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