The Peripatetic Philosopher single work   prose  
  • Author:agent Q.
Issue Details: First known date: 1868... 1868 The Peripatetic Philosopher
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Q. reflects on the the political situation in the Victorian colony before turning his attention once more to the subject of penny readings. (See also, 'The Peripatetic Philosopher', 16 May 1868).) On this occasion Q. writes that the 'penny reading platform has become a stage for the display of vanity and ignorance, and the pitiful ambition to shine for an hour as a local "star"'.

Notes

  • Epigraph: 'Quidquid agunt homines, votum timor ira voluptas,/ Gaudia discursus, nostri farrago libelli [est].' – Juvenal

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    y separately published work icon The Australasian vol. 4 no. 114 (New Series) 6 June 1868 Z1763787 1868 newspaper issue 1868 pg. 721
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