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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... vol. 19 no. 1319 18 July 1868 of The Freeman's Journal est. 1850 The Freeman's Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Goulburn Catholic Literary Association, single work column

A detailed report on the 15 July 1868 meeting of the Goulburn Catholic Literary Association. The evening took the form of an entertainment to aid the association's library fund. The musical program was interspersed with recitations. The latter comprised an excerpt from William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar and the following poems: George Henry Boker's 'The Black Regiment', 'Hodge and the Vicar', Campbell's 'The Battle of Hohenlinden', Coates's 'The Gamber's Wife' and J. M. Knowles's 'Tell's Address to His Native Mountains'.

(p. 2)
Notes by Buggins : No. 10, Buggins , single work prose

Buggins begins his weekly article with a reflection on the 'reckless drivers and mad headed riders' travelling along Sydney's George Street each day and endangering the public. He also addresses the subjects of snakes and of suicide.

Buggins then reports on a speech given by Sir Alfred Stephen in support of the Sydney Female Refuge. At the conclusion of Stephen's speech, the Bishop of Sydney addressed the gathering. The bishop attributed the careers of 'young thieves' to the reading of tales about Jack Shepherd and Dick Turpin and the careers of 'young prostitutes' to reading the 'bigamous and adulterous novels that disgrace our modern literature'.

Buggins's final topic is the recent crop of theatre offerings in Sydney. He comments briefly on the Royal Victoria Theatre's production of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins's No Thoroughfare and on an amateur production of Dion Bouicault's Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen. Buggins notes that Walter Cooper, author of Colonial Experience, will 'take a benefit' at the Victoria in the coming week.

(p. 9-10)
T. D. M'Gee'S Last Poem : Requiem Aeternam! : Lawrence Devany, Died March 3, 1868i"St. Victor's Day, a day of woe,", T. D. M. (fl. 1868) , single work poetry (p. 11)
'Le Correspondant', single work criticism

A critical article discussing, predominantly, the merits of the French journal Le Correspondant.

(p. 12-13)
St Patrick's Christian Doctrine Literary Improvement Society, single work advertisement

An advertisement for St Patrick's Christian Doctrine Confraternity Literary Improvement Society's 'musical and literary entertainment' to be held at St Patrick's Hall, Sydney, 20 July 1868.

(p. 15)
Royal Victoria Theatre : No Thoroughfare, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins's No Thoroughfare and John Maddison Morton's The Two Buzzards; or, Whitebait at Greenwich on 18 July 1868.

Also advertised is Walter H. Cooper's 20 July 1868 benefit evening, featuring Thomas Morton's Sink or Swim and Cooper's own play Colonial Experience, and the productions of Dion Boucicault's Janet Pride and Samuel Beazley's The Lottery Ticket on 21 and 22 July 1868.

(p. 15)
'Freeman's Journal' General Printing Office, single work advertisement

An advertisement advising that the proprietors of the Freeman's Journal have entered into a 'job printing business' and 'are now prepared to execute orders'.

(p. 16)
Agents for the 'Freeman's Journal', single work column

A list of suburban, country and inter-colonial agents for the Freeman's Journal.

(p. 16)
The Freeman's Journal : Available Free of Charge at Holloway's, single work advertisement

An advertisement advising that Freeman's Journal 'is filed and may be seen, free of charge, at Holloway's, 533, Oxford-street, W. C., (late of 224, Strand) London, where advertisements and subscriptions may be received'.

(p. 16)
Greville and Company, Wholesale Stationers and Printers' Brokers, single work advertisement

An advertisement, for Greville and Company, for the sale of various types of paper, pens, pencils, slates, ledgers and other stationery items.

(p. 16)
Greville and Company, General Advertising Agents, single work advertisement

An advertisement advising that Greville and Company are the 'authorised Sydney agents of all the leading provincial journals of New South Wales' and are able 'to offer terms for the insertion of advertisements which can be done by none but a recognised agent'.

(p. 16)
Greville and Company : Agents for Messers. Harrild and Sons, London : Printing Presses, &c. for Sale, single work advertisement

An advertisement for Greville and Company, agents for Messers Harrild and Sons, London, advertising the sale of various items of printing machinery and equipment.

(p. 16)
Greville and Company, Agents for Messers. Stephenson, Blake and Co., Sheffield : Printing Types, Cases, &c. for Sale, single work advertisement (p. 16)
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