Issue Details: First known date: 1838... vol. 36 no. 4025 31 May 1838 of The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser est. 1803 Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser
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* Contents derived from the 1838 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
To Pressmen, single work advertisement (p. 1)
Bookbinding, single work advertisement

Thomas Brennand advertises that he has 'just engaged a first rate workman (recently from London)' and that '[p]ublic and private Libraries re-bound to any pattern'.

(p. 1)
Valuable Books, Fancy Stationery, Drawing Materials, Cutlery, Splendid Paintings, single work advertisement

Auction for goods including '5 cases books, containing English, French, Latin, and Greek School Books. Also, the Works of the most approved English and French authors, viz. : Byron, Scott, ... [ Shakespeare], Bulwer, Moore, Marryatt, Spencer, Hemans, Edgeworth, Cooper, Cobbett, Voltaire, etc. etc.'

(p. 1)
The Theatre, William Kerr , single work column

The author, probably the Sydney Gazette's theatre critic William Kerr, complains about the Royal Victoria Theatre's actors' pronunciation of English taking 'the liberty of suggesting to the manager the propriety of keeping a copy of Walker's Pronouncing Dictionary within his reach during rehearsals ...'.

The author notes that 'Howard Payne's tragedy of Brutus is to be produced at the theatre on Monday next' and lists the characters and the actors who will play each role. The author also notes that 'Mr. Lazar ... has obtained a copy of Leman Rede's drama founded on .. Pickwick ... such a treat, if at all equal to the original from the pen of the inimitable Boz, will produce a bumper audience.'

(p. 2)
Royal Victoria Theatre : Charles the XII &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the performance of 'Planche's Historical Drama, entitled Charles the 12th'; and 'Buckstone's Comedy in 3 Acts, called Married Life' at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales, on 31 May 1838.

(p. 3)

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Notes:
Contains the 40th instalment of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, (p. 4)
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