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Issue Details: First known date: 1838... vol. 4 no. 242 17 February 1838 of Commercial Journal and Advertiser est. 1835 Commercial Journal and Advertiser
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1838 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Splendid Books, single work advertisement

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.

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Theatre Royal, Sydney : Charles XII &c., single work advertisement

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'.

 (p. 1)
The Theatre, single work review
— Review of Melmoth the Wanderer and Walburg the Victim 1823 single work drama ; Charles XII, or, The Siege of Stralsund James Robinson Planche , 1828 single work drama ;

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.

 (p. 2)
Advertisement : William Baker, single work advertisement

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.'

 (p. 2)
The Cows of the Sea : A Seaside Legend, single work short story (p. 4)
The Stage and Its Morals, single work column (p. 4)
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