This issue of The Illustrated Sydney News also includes:
This issue of The Illustrated Sydney News notes the following:
An advertisement for several of 'Partridge's Illustrated Publications', including Mary E. B. Howitt's Our Four-Footed Friends (1867) and the periodicals British Workman, Children's Friend, Band of Hope Review, The Infant's Magazine, The Friendly Visitor and The Servant's Magazine.
A biographical column about British actor Walter Montgomery focusing on his performances in Shakespearean roles including the part of Hamlet.
An advertisement for the London monthly The Young Ladies' Journal. The advertisement states that the magazine is 'particularly recommended to the ladies at home and abroad'. The magazine includes, among other things: 'illustrated tales', 'complete stories', 'Paris fashion plates', 'useful and fancy needlework' and 'court gossip'.
An advertisement for John Sands, Bookseller and Stationer, who 'having determined to relinquish the Retail portion of his business, has to inform his friends and the public that large reductions will be made in the prices' of various books and stationery items 'to ensure a substantial reduction in this portion of his stock prior to its passing into other hands'.
Sands also announces that his business will 'continue and increase the manufacturing portion of the trade in all its branches'.
An advertisement for William Maddock's circulating library, the eponymously named Maddock's Select Library. The advertisement announces the arrival of the 'latest publications' (via mail steamer). The library's opening hours and subscription rates are also noted.
An advertisement for the February 1868 issue of The Illustrated Sydney News.
An advertisement, possibly placed by the publisher, for the February 1868 issue of The Illustrated Sydney News.
An advertisement, possibly placed by the publisher, for the February 1868 issue of The Illustrated Sydney News.
An advertisement for the February 1868 issue of The Illustrated Sydney News.