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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... vol. 19 no. 1342 26 December 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.
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. 2)
Royal Victoria Theatre : [Mistletoe Bough, &c.], single work column

A column noting that the Royal Victoria Theatre 'has been taken for a dramatic season and is to be opened on Boxing night, under the management of Mr. Lionel Harding, with Miss Rosa Cooper as directress ... The pieces billed for the opening night are: the spectacular drama the Misletoe Bough [sic] and an extravaganza, expressly localised for this theatre, entitled the Nymphs of the Botany Swamps.'

(p. 10)
The Island Far Awayi"We're gathered to night 'mid the forest depths,", J. L. (fl. 1868) , single work poetry (p. 11)
Cead Mille Failte, single work column

A column dealing with the origins of the love song 'Eileen a Roon'. The column addresses the dispute over the lyrics' origins - some suggest a Scottish origin (the song is usually sung to the Scottish air 'Robin Adair'), but the columnist makes the case for an Irish lyricist.

(Some parts of the text bear marked similarities to sections of an article titled 'Irish Songs', published in Bentley's Miscellany 14 (July 1843): 307-314.)

(p. 13)
Royal Victoria Theatre : Mistletoe Bough, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of C. A. Somerset's Mistletoe Bough and the (unnamed) burlesque Nymphs of the Botany Swamps on 26 December 1868.

(p. 15)
Clark's Varieties and People's Theatre : Harlequin, Little Bo Peep, single work advertisement

An advertisement for Clark's Varieties and People's Theatre production of Waif Wander and J. P. West's Harlequin Little Bo Peep and King Sing a Song of Sixpence ; Or, The Witch, the Giant, and the Good Little Fairy of the Golden Valley on 24 December 1868 (and continuing 'until further notice').

(p. 15)
Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt-Streeti"The humiliated Parkes – man of national devotion –", single work poetry (p. 15)
Cheap Book and Stationary [sic] Depot, single work advertisement

An advertisement for James Cole's cheap book and stationery depot where 'English magazines, newspapers, &c [are] received regularly by each monthly mail'.

(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)
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)
The Leader : Largest Newspaper in the Australian Colonies, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Leader stating that it is 'without exception, the largest paper in the Australian colonies' and that it has 'a guaranteed circulation of 21,000 copies'.

(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)
London Agency : Gordon and Gotch, single work advertisement

Gordon and Gotch announce that the Freeman's Journal 'may be read gratuitously at their new rooms at 121 Holborn Hill, London. Advertisements and subscriptions for the Freeman's~ may also be placed at this establishment.

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