Physical description

A dark blue fabric covered hardcover with the title Victorian Reader Sixth Book, printed in black lettering at the top of the front cover. Underneath is a black circle with Education Department Victoria surrounding a symbol. Second Edition is printed at the lower right on the front cover. All children in Victorian Primary Schools were given these readers to supplement their reading at home. The cover has broken away from the spine. There is a Contents, Acknowledgements and Notes and Comments at the back for teacher and student use.There are short stories, poems and black and white illustrations. On the left back end paper are eight titles of stories or poems within the book and a page number or each. 244 Pp.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

There are eight stories or poems listed on the back left side end paper handwritten in blue ink, eg. 'Clancy of the overflow (32 lines), page 108) and others, finishing with 'The Sea-Shell (18 lines) page 187)'.

Summary

The Victorian Readers were a series of school readers (eight in number) produced between 1928 and 1930 for school children in Victoria and used (with revisions) until the 1950's. This is a second edition of The Victorian Readers Sixth Book published by the Education Department of Victoria for use in Grade Six in Primary Schools in 1940.