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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5152 25 May 1868 of The Empire est. 1850 The Empire
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* Contents derived from the , 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Royal Victoria Theatre : Under the Gaslight, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Augustin Daly's Under the Gaslight and Samuel D. Johnson's Our Gal on 23 May 1868.

(p. 1)
1865-1866i"I stood on a tower in the wet", Alfred Tennyson , single work poetry (p. 3)
Note: In the Empire, the heading 'Tennyson's Latest "Poem'" appears above the title.
1867-1868i"I sat in a 'bus in the wet,", single work poetry humour

A parody of Alfred Tennyson's poem '1865-1866'.

The poem includes references to the English periodicals Good Words and Once a Week.

(p. 3)
Charles Dickens, single work column

A report, reproduced from an English newspaper, on Charles Dickens's tour of America. The report includes reference to Dickens's readings in Washington and Philadelphia - in the former, his net receipts for four readings amounted to $10,000; in the latter, eight readings netted $19,000.

The report also notes the publication in the Atlantic Monthly of two of Dickens's stories, and points out that Dickens, 'not being a citizen', has no copyright in the stories. 'Any person, therefore, may publish these stories in [either England or the United States] without risk or penalty. Their issue at a penny, say in London, would probably do more to hasten an international copyright than all the writing and talk that has been penned and said on the subject. Pirates to the rescue; now's your time!'

(p. 3)
To Printers and Newspaper Proprietors, single work advertisement

An advertisement, probably placed by Samuel Bennett (sole proprietor, printer and publisher of the Empire), for the sale of a single cylinder printing machine. The sale is being offered 'to make room for a new machine daily expected from England'.

(p. 4)
Phillip M'Carroll. Pitt Streeti"Since M'Carroll lowered the prices, to welcome winter in", single work poetry (p. 4)
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