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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... vol. 4 no. 100 (New Series) 29 February 1868 of The Australasian est. 1864 The Australasian
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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.
All New and Standard Books, single work advertisement

An advertisement for assorted English books for adults and children, including works by Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, available from 'Samuel Mullen, Bookseller, 55 Collins-street east'.

 (p. 258)
A New Monthly Magazine, Edited by Anthony Trollope, single work advertisement

An advertisement for St Paul's Magazine, 'a new monthly magazine of fiction, art and literature, edited by Anthony Trollope and illustrated by J. E. Millais.

 (p. 259)
The London Journal, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the London Journal.

 (p. 259)
Announcement: Read the Hamlet Controvery, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the published collection of newspaper correspondence, Was Hamlet Mad?: Being a Series of Critiques on the Acting of the Late Walter Montgomery, available from the publisher and bookseller H. T. Dwight.

 (p. 259)
Illustrated London News, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the 'Illustrated London News, London Punch, and other English periodicals', available from Samuel Mullen, Bookseller, 55 Collins-street east.

 (p. 259)
Now Ready : Narrative of the Visit of Prince Alfred to Victoria, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the newly published Narrative of the Visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to the Colony of Victoria.

 (p. 259)
The Australian Second Book by M. A. Pitt, single work advertisement

An advertisement for M. A. Pitt's children's reader, The Australian Second Book, published by George Robertson.

 (p. 259)
Lines by John Shillipott : A Fragment Written about the Time of James Ii"Like as the damask rose you see,", single work poetry (p. 263)
Steering and Sailing Rulesi"Meeting Steamers do not dread", Thomas Gray , single work poetry (p. 263)
The Life of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, single work review
— Review of The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Late M. P. for Finsbury Thomas H. Duncombe , 1868 single work biography ; (p. 264)
The Colonial Monthly : Enlarged, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the March 1868 issue of the Colonial Monthly containing the first instalment of Marcus Clarke's Long Odds.

 (p. 271)
The Peripatetic Philosopher : No. 13, Q. , single work prose

Q. muses, among other matters, on the English custom of 'consolation dinners' for defeated candidates in elections and on the fate of a convict named Garratt who continues his criminal ways.

 (p. 273)
Topics of the Week : Narrative of the Visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, single work review
— Review of Narrative of the Visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to the Colony of Victoria, Australia 1868 anthology prose column ; (p. 274)
The Theatres, &c., Jaques (fl. 1866-1868) , single work single work column

Jaques provides details of John Charles Lambert's decision to quit the Melbourne stage. The full text of Lambert's farewell speech is reproduced.

Jaques also reviews the Princess Theatre's production of Colin Henry Hazlewood's Poul a Dhoil and notes the productions of The Will and the Way and Simon Lee at the the Duke of Edinburgh (aka Haymarket) Theatre.

 (p. 274-275)
How 'We' Pic-nicked on the Racecourse, single work prose

An account of the annual picnic day provided by the proprietors of the Argus and Australasian newspapers for their printing, literary and editorial staff. Among those in attendance was 'that genial veteran of the Australian press, John Fairfax, of Sydney'.

 (p. 276)
Stillwell and Knight, Printers, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Melbourne printing firm, Stillwell and Knight.

 (p. 288)
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