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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... vol. 5 no. 124 (New Series) 15 August 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 the Books Advertised by Charles Muskett, single work advertisement

An advertisement for bookseller Charles Muskett stating that all advertised books are sent post free 'on receipt of stamps'.

 (p. 194)
Dwight's Catalogue : 4,800 Lots, single work advertisement

An advertisement for Dwight's catalogue containing 4,800 lots 'forming the best miscellaneous collections, new and secondhand, hitherto published in Australia'.

 (p. 194)
Edgar Allan Poe's Poetical Works, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the 'complete colonial edition' of Edgar Allan Poe's poetical works, available from Charles Muskett, 78 Bourke-street east.

 (p. 194)
London Miscellany, single work advertisement

An advertisement for parts 4-8 of London Miscellany, available from Charles Muskett, bookseller.

 (p. 194)
A Nice Correspondenti"The glow and the glory are plighted", Frederick Locker , single work poetry (p. 198)
One Year Agoi"Last year, under the chestnut trees,", single work poetry (p. 198)
Literary Gossip, single work column

A round-up of international literary news including the copyright entitlements of 'foreign authors' who publish their work 'for the first time in London', and the appearance of a new Parisian journal, the Lantern, 'wholly written by Henri Rochefort (late of Figaro) and extending to fifty-six pages'.

 (p. 200)
The Late Earl of Cardigan, G. J. Whyte-Melville , single work obituary (p. 202-203)
The Melbourne Hounds, 'Actaeon' , single work correspondence

'Actaeon' provides an account of day's hunt in Melbourne's west.

 (p. 203)
The Melbourne Factory Girl as She Is, single work prose

Observations on the lives, incomes and working conditions of young women employed in Melbourne factories.

 (p. 207)
The Peripatetic Philosopher, Q. , single work prose

Q. notes his absence from writing his regular column in the previous two months (with some allusions to a term of imprisonment). He says he will keep 'the harrowing details' of his 'days of suffering for another opportunity'. (The Australian Dictionary of Biography states that Clarke was 'was seriously incapacitated by a fall from a horse' during the middle part of 1868, 'Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop').

Q. then turns his attention to political developments in Melbourne and to the manner of greeting friends and acquaintances in the street.

 (p. 209)
Our Letter Home, single work column

'Our Letter Home' includes information on a range of political and social matters. The writer for the Australasian comments that 'matters theatrical and musical' are not in a 'flourishing condition', but he still reports in some detail on productions at the Theatre Royal (the Nathan Juvenile Troupe and performances of His Last Legs and Leah) and notes that 'the fortunes of the other two houses [The Duke of Edinburgh Theatre and the Princess's Theatre] are uncertain'.

 (p. 210)
The Theatres, &c., Jaques (fl. 1866-1868) , single work review
— Review of The Rivals; or, A Trip to Bath Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan , 1775 single work drama ; The Corsican Brothers Dion Boucicault , 1852 single work drama ;

A review of the performances of Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan's The Rivals and Dion Boucicault's The Corsican Brothers at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, August 1868.

 (p. 210)
English and Californian Theatre Gossip, 'Call Boy' , single work column

A round-up of theatrical news from England and California, USA (noting connections with Australia).

 (p. 211)
Spurgeon's Sermons, single work advertisement

An advertisement for Charles Haddon Spurgeon's sermons 'in large quantities', available from Buzzard, Melbourne.

 (p. 220)
To Printers, single work advertisement

An advertisement to printers advising the availability of letterpress, types of all kinds, bookbinders' tools, etc from printer's broker, F. B. Franklyn.

 (p. 221)
Nicoll's Alphabeti"A stands for Artists of skill and repute,", single work poetry (p. 223)
Melbourne Trade Address Directory, single work advertisement

The Melbourne Trade Address Directory lists businesses alphabetically by type. The list, when first published (8 August 1868), included 'Booksellers & Stationers' (T. M. Buzzard, Charlwood & Son, Samuel Mullen, H. T. Dwight and G. Nichols) and 'Printers & Publishers' (Mason, Firth & Co., and Stillwell & Knight). On its subsequent appearances (15 August 1868 onwards), bookseller and stationer A. J. Smith was added to the list.

 (p. 224)
Note: The bookseller and stationer A. J. Smith is added to the original advertisement in this source.
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