This issue of the Australasian also includes:
An advertisement for 'new and standard works' appearing in Bentley's catalogue and available from George Robertson, 'sole agent for Melbourne'. Works advertised include Edward Bulwer Lytton's Miscellaneous Prose Works, four volumes of R. H. Barham's Ingoldsby Legends, and a range of English novels.
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.
An advertisement for the London Journal.
H. T. Dwight, Bookseller, 'near Parliament, solicits inspection of his stock'.
An advertisement for M. A. Pitt's children's reader, The Australian Second Book, published by George Robertson.
An advertisement for the April 1868 issue of the Colonial Monthly which will include, among other items, a further instalment of Marcus Clarke's serialised novel Long Odds.
An extensive review of Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands..., including extracts. The review concludes: It is by quotation that we can best give any idea of the character of a work the value of which is less in its intrinsic than its relative merit, as the simple record of the inner life of a Queen, who in such life was certainly not least queenly.'
After a few years' absence from Melbourne, 'Aquarius' renews 'an acquaintance of many years' standing with the sporting readers of Victoria'. His reflections on the Yarra River and its regattas include regular poetry quotations (e.g. from William Cowper's 'The Sofa' and William Shakespeare's The Tempest).
Among the subjects covered in 'Our Letter Home' is a round-up of recent entertainments. The Australasian notes that 'the burlesque of Acis and Galatea at both theatres [Theatre Royal and Princess's] has been the leading attraction during the month at our places of amusement'. Several other productions and entertainments are mentioned along with death of actor Robert Heir and the recovery from a fall of another actor, Walter Hill.
An advertisement to printers advising the availability of letterpress, types of all kinds, bookbinders' tools, etc from printer's broker, F. B. Franklyn.
