Poems by Hubert Church 10 Poems by Bernard O'Dowd 9 Poems by William Gay 9 Poems of Henry C. Kendall 9 Poems by Jessie Mackay 9 Poetical Works of William Gay 10 Poetry Militant 7 Rosemary 6 Satyrs and Sunlight 10 Sea and Sky 10 Sea Spray and Smoke Drift 9 Seven Deadly Sins, The 7 Silent Land and Other Verses, The 7 Stranger's Friend, The 9 Spirit of the Child 3 Things Worth Thinking About 4 Told in the Dormitory 6 Woman's Work 11 * * * * * THE SPIRIT OF THE CHILD BY TULLIE WOLLASTON. _Pott 4th._ _224 pages._ _Price_, 5/-; _posted_, 5/4 _Every Home in Australia_ should possess a copy of "_The Spirit of the Child_"--and, in fact, _every teacher and child lover everywhere_. This is a distinctly original book, with quaint gleams of humour and a spiritual atmosphere, impossible to describe, but the very thing to rejoice the hearts of fathers and mothers who know how to give good gifts to their children. Also it is even more valuable for the parents themselves. A father, ordered abroad for his health, and realizing how precarious life is, feels impelled to gather up in some interesting way the vital points of his varied experience for the children he loves so well. He feels, as so many fathers do, the veil of shyness between parent and child, and recognizes how few are the opportunities, in the rough and tumble of life, for the fitly spoken word to confirm "what has been silently indrawn by contact of love." A passionate Nature lover himself, he takes for unique treasures of Australia--a flower, a bird, a tree, and a precious stone--and treats them in a way to quicken every earnest heart, and foster the child spirit of bright interest and loving humility. Two of these subjects are illustrated by six fine three-colour pictures--those of the _Black Opals_, probably being finer reproductions of _Gems of Colour_ than any ever previously made anywhere.