An advertisement for books for sale including works by Jane Austen, John Bunyan, John Milton, and William Shakespeare. The extensive list is printed over two columns of the newspaper.
Advertisement for: Performance on 17 February 1838 of: 'the Historical Drama, in two Acts, entitled Charles XIIth, or, The Siege of Stralsund’, [James Robinson Planche, 1828]; and ‘to conclude with (first time at half-price) the Melo Dramatic Romance, in 3 Acts, called Melmoth the Wanderer, and Walburg, the Victim'.
Plot outline and review of Melmoth the Wanderer; and, Walburg the Victim performed at the Theatre Royal, Sydney on 12 February 1838. Review of Charles XII performed at the same venue on 15 February 1838.
Advertisement for: '...just received from Ireland, ex Jessie, a large assortment of Religious Catholic Books ... also ... a variety of other entertaining Works [are] on hand, among which are the Dublin Penny Journal, in 4 volumes complete, Moore's Irish Melodies, Stories and Legends of Ireland, by [Samuel] Lover, School Books, etc, etc, etc.'
