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In recent years, the number of journals focusing on a single literary figure has increased substantially. No longer are only a few select authors the sole focus of a journal or newsletter. With the proliferation of single‐author periodicals, implications for their use in locating literary criticism increases the importance of identifying such publications and recommending them to users. The importance of the effective use of journals devoted to a single author is highlighted by the fact that many such titles are not indexed in MLA International Bibliography, long deemed the most complete of the traditional sources for locating literary criticism. Perhaps the greatest strength of the relatively recent American Humanities Index lies is its coverage of single‐author titles. Humanities Index and Abstracts for English Studies also provide access to such journals. Arts and Humanities Citation Index does include a number of the titles too, but it is relatively difficult to use because of its subject approach.

Of all the poets that I have known, Rudyard Kipling seemed to be the most full of human sympathies. If any great trouble had come my way, Kipling is the man to whom I should have taken it. And another thing about him was that laughter always seemed near to the brim of his blue eyes, as though welling up from some kindly joke. One joke I remember at his lovely house in the valley at Burwash was one made by his father, or by him and his father together; it was a cocoanut with a simple verse carved on it, to all appearances by a shipwrecked sailor, cast away for quite a long time, saying:—

The purpose of this paper is to examine an experimental neo-Herbartian and Frobelian curriculum Work in the kindergarten: An Australian programme based on the life and customs of the Australian Black published by Martha Simpson in 1909.

The paper uses both primary and secondary sources to understand the context of production and reception of the settler narratives advocated for use in the curriculum. Simpson's curriculum and other primary literary texts provide case study examples.

The research found that colonial and imperial literary texts provided a departure point for learning activities, enabling the positive construction of white Australian identity and the supplantation of Aboriginal people in a post-federation kindergarten setting.

By considering the role of imperial and colonial narratives in post-federation experimental curriculum, this paper offers insight into the role such narratives played in the formation of Australian national identity.

MR RONALD BENGE, distinguished penseur, tutor in philosophy both classical and homespun, self‐confessed ‘lapsed librarian’ and ‘detached insider’ has written a book about himself—a point which it is desirable to state because not all autobiographies are in truth about their subjects—and since more or less everyone within his peripatetic physical and spiritual ambits has heard rumours for some years that this oeuvre was in progress, there will be general relief that it has now appeared in published form (Confessions of a lapsed librarian, Scarecrow Press 1984, $16; UK, Bailey Bros), so that we can all look up our own names in the index and, perhaps, elsewhere. (I may say at once that the index itself is a predictable short masterpiece of oblique priorities. I have an entry all to myself, as does Rudyard Kipling, but luminaries such as Edward Dudley, Frank Hogg and Philip Sewell appear only under the entry ‘Colleagues’, while others like Sergeant Bruce Copp aren't indexed at all, which is frightfully irritating because one would love to try to learn more about Ronald's near half‐century friendship with that delightful man other than by wading—in vain—through every word of the text with such an end in view.)

This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies.

This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.

When Rudyard Kipling said East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet, he reckoned without the consequences of the unrelenting globalization of business. East and West meet on a daily basis as commerce – and culture – become increasingly interdependent. Business leaders and their followers the world over face similar challenges and rapid advances in communication allow us to focus on those similarities. That is not to say, however, that diversity can be sidelined or that a style of business leadership which works well in one part of the globe will necessarily work well elsewhere.

The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations.

The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to digest format.

Revisits Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If”, finding therein many ingredients of total quality management. Suggests that, once put into context, there is much for us all to learn from the past. As Shakespeare said: “Your ‘if’ is the only peacemaker, there is much virtue in ‘if’”. Rather than the longing for different circumstances, expressed in the oft‐used “if only”, we might find more currency in the positive “if”, showing us what needs to be achieved.