Margaret Eytinge Margaret Eytinge i(A6892 works by)
Gender: Female
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1 The Tiny Mahogany Box Margaret Eytinge , 1920 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: School Paper : Grades V and VI , December no. 267 1920; (p. 163-164) School Paper : Grades V and VI , December no. 311 1924; (p. 166-168) A widow, full of grief that she has no money to buy her chidren gifts at Christmas, has a dream in which her mother reminds her of an inherited mahogany box which, when opened, has enough gold pieces to buy both presents and food.
1 A New Tableau i "A New Year's Eve - a cozy room", Margaret Eytinge , 1899 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 1 January vol. 34 no. 404 1899; (p. 32)
1 The Story of the Daisies Margaret Eytinge , 1895 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , January vol. 30 no. 356 1895; (p. 285) Some humble country daisies are at last taken to the city markets to be sold - to a poor paper boy for his invalid sister. She eventually paints them and thus finds her way to an independent living. Family life and sibling love.(PB)
1 They Didn't Fit : A Christmas Episode Told in Eight Paragraphs Margaret Eytinge , 1895 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , January vol. 30 no. 356 1895; (p. 269) Romance begun through the misdelivery of Christmas presents: a lady's cap and shoes to a gentleman; his cigars, driving gloves and pomade to the lady. (PB)
1 A Writer of Christmas Stories Margaret Eytinge , 1890 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , February vol. 25 no. 297 1890; (p. 342) On Christmas Eve a writer recalls her sad childhood and girlhood and thanks heaven that she has done what she could to bring joy to the world ... That night she dies and finds her first happiness in heaven. Pathos. (PB)
1 A Very Respectable Young Man Margaret Eytinge , 1890 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , January vol. 25 no. 296 1890; (p. 250) Humorous sketch of a grandmother's loss of her Christmas gifts to a most helpful young man at the crowded markets. (PB)
1 Don't You Think So? i "It's all very well to be jolly", Margaret Eytinge , 1886 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 6 March vol. 33 no. 843 1886; (p. 499)
1 No Knot in the End of the Thread i "Of all the vexations and worries -", Margaret Eytinge , 1885 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 19 December vol. 32 no. 832 1885; (p. 1272)
1 A Christmas Comedy Margaret Eytinge , 1884 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , December vol. 20 no. 235 1884; (p. 194-195) Rich Miss Eleanor Slinglander scorns the Christmas present sent to her by her swain and despatches it to her sewing girl - once wealthy but now fallen on hard times. It contains an offer of marriage which the girl - Ella - accepts and the suitor decides he has the best bargain after all. Light; unlikely. (PB)
1 Will Van Leaf's Watermelon Apology : A Story for Boys Margaret Eytinge , 1884 single work short story humour
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , February vol. 19 no. 225 1884; (p. 317) US boy's summer holiday tale told at school. A gang of boys on holiday on Staten Island steal a farmer's watermelon and through the ruse of a farmhand apologise for the theft. First of this 'Boys Own' style - school, nicknames, chums etc. (PB)
1 Mrs. Sweetapple's Christmas Pudding Margaret Eytinge , 1880 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , December vol. 16 no. 187 1880; (p. 195-199) Lively amusing tale of a small street of old time neighbours in a US city whose history is briefly given and quarrels described. All come together to provide a Christmas pudding for the newly-emigrated fatherless Sweetapple family from England. Neighbourly, suburban Christmas story. Unusual. (PB)
1 The Widow Winterpippin's Wonderful Dream Margaret Eytinge , 1880 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , January vol. 15 no. 176 1880; (p. 246-247) Christmas tale from the US of a supper for the inhabitants of an apartment building in the Widow Winterpippin's rooms, and the sharing of wealth and love she encourages between them. Light fantasy and romance. (PB)
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