Historical information
Seventh part of series of Victorian Readers, Education Department of Victoria. It contains a selection of plays, newspaper articles, legends, diary excerpts, prose and poetry by Australian writers as well as from the classic works of Shakespeare, Scott, Byron and Tennyson. There are notes and comments related to each contribution
Significance
The significance lies in that it was in common use for a period of approximately 30 years by students in Victoria. It shows the breadth of reading material and the educational standard of that era.
Physical description
Red cloth, hard book cover, 242 Pages. Contents text is black with black and white drawings, interspersed with stories and poems
Inscriptions & markings
Barbara Sizeland, Form 1C WHS written in dark blue ink RH top corner.”Education Department of Victoria logo in black on front cover. “He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful friend or an effectual comforter.” is printed on title page.
Subjects
- warrnambool high school,
- victorian readers,
- seventh book,
- sizeland education of children,
- reading matter. authors: international england,
- us,
- australia,
- africa. sir walter scott,
- john masefield,
- john bunyan,
- henry kendall,
- rudyard kipling,
- lord byron,
- tennyson,
- abraham lincoln,
- a.b paterson,
- mark twain. illustrators john rowell,
- r c fricke,
- a.t bernaldo.
