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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... vol. 4 no. 111 (New Series) 16 May 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.
A List of All the New Books : Gratis, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the April 1868 issue of George Robertson's 40-page Monthly Book Circular. The Circular listed all new books for sale.

(p. 610)
Biography, History and General Literature, single work advertisement

An advertisement for 'new works just received by George Robertson' including Charles Lamb: His Friends, His Haunts, and His Books (1866) and Memoir of the Life of David Stow, Founder of the Training System of Education (1868).

(p. 610)
Cheap Editions of Popular Works, single work advertisement

An advertisement for 'cheap editions of popular works, now landing by George Robertson', including Walter Scott's Waverley.

(p. 610)
Chandos Edition of the Poets, Just Received by George Robertson, single work advertisement

An advertisement for selected works of poetry by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Walter Scott, and an illustrated anthology of ballads.

(p. 610)
Dickens's Works at English Price, single work advertisement

An advertisement for 'Dickens's works at English price' available from George Robertson, Melbourne. Works advertised are: The Pickwick Papers, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey and Son, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, The Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, Christmas Books and Barnaby Rudge.

(p. 610)
Dore and La Fontaine, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the fables of La Fontaine, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra's Don Quixote and various works by Alfred Lord Tennyson, Baron Munchausen, Thomas Hood, Dante Alighieri and John Milton, etc , all illustrated by Gustave Doré, and available from George Robertson, 'importer of books, 69 Elizabeth-street, and 23 Collins-street east, Melbourne.

(p. 610)
Illustrated and Handsomely-Bound Volumes, Just Received by George Robertson, single work advertisement

An advertisement for various volumes of international literature, largely poetry. Poets include Alfred Lord Tennyson, Jean Ingelow and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

(p. 610)
Nimmo's Edition of the Poets, single work advertisement

An advertisement for 'Nimmo's Edition of the Poets', 'the cheapest, the most elegant, and the best adapted for presentation'. Poets include: Longfellow, Scott, Byron, Moore, Wordsworth, Cowper, Milton, Thomson, Goldsmith, Beattie, Pope, Burns, Chaucer and Shakespeare.

(p. 610)
Nimmo's Common-Place Books, single work advertisement

An advertisement for Nimmo's Common-place books', published in Edinburgh and available from George Robertson, Melbourne.

(p. 610)
Nimmo's Library Edition of Standard Works, single work advertisement

An advertisement for Nimmo's library edition of standard works including works by Shakespeare, Burns, Goldsmith, Josephus and the Arabian Nights. All are available from George Robertson, Melbourne.

(p. 610)
Nimmo's Pocket Treasures, single work advertisement

An advertisement for Nimmo's Pocket Treasures including Epigrams and Literary Follies, Treasury of Poetic Gems, Beauties of the British Dramatists and works by Samuel Johnson and Williams Shakespeare. All are available at George Robertson's, Melbourne.

(p. 610)
Shakespeare, First Folio, single work advertisement

An advertisement for a facsimile edition of Shakespeare's 1623 First Folio, 'produced under the superintendence of Howard Staunton', available from George Robertson, Melbourne.

(p. 610)
Popular Works, in Strong Library Bindings, single work advertisement

An advertisement for a range of international literary and religious works including those authored by Dickens, Goldsmith, Longfellow and Shakespeare. All are available from George Robertson, Melbourne.

(p. 610)
Serial Volumes, single work advertisement

An advertisement for 'serial volumes just received by George Robertson' including Chambers's Journal, Once a Week, The Ladies' Treasury and Bow Bells.

(p. 610)
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. 610)
Now Ready, the Colonial Monthly for May, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the May 1868 issue of the Colonial Monthly.

(p. 610)
The Young Ladies' Journal, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the London monthly The Young Ladies' Journal. The advertisement states that the magazine 'contains suitable reading for families, ... interesting to everybody at home and abroad'.

(p. 610)
Dwight, Bookseller, single work advertisement

H. T. Dwight, Bookseller, 'near Parliament, solicits inspection of his stock'.

(p. 610)
Nimmo's Crown Library, single work advertisement

An advertisement for Nimmo's Crown Library including works by Burns, Longfellow and Byron. All are available at George Robertson's, Melbourne.

(p. 610)
The Wilful Riveri"A wilful, headlong river,", Elizabeth D. Cross , single work poetry (p. 614)
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