Arthur James Ward Arthur James Ward i(A77329 works by)
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1 Pistols for Two Arthur James Ward , 1869 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 4 no. 49 1869; (p. 618-619)
Tale of a duel in Melbourne, and the narrator's salvation through the departure of his opponent for Sydney by steamship. (PB)
1 The Dwarf of the Book-Chest Arthur James Ward , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 8 August vol. 3 no. 154 1868; (p. 788-791)
In England in October 1839, a young clergyman is abducted and imprisoned and his fiancee is pursued by an old rich man who wants to marry her. He persuades her that her fiancee is unfaithful but on the eve of the wedding he escapes and returns to her - with the help of a dwarf! (PB)
1 The Iron Will Arthur James Ward , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 5 September vol. 4 no. 158 1868; (p. 28-30)
Fanny Crawford marries against her father's wishes and he disowns her. Her husband, Logan, falls into dissipation and deserts her and her child for Australia. She works herself almost to death but the intervention of a kind Quaker softens her father's heart ... (PB)
1 The Prediction Fulfilled : An Australian Tale Arthur James Ward , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 31 October vol. 4 no. 166 1868; (p. 153-155)
A merchant's anger alienates his wife and daughter, and causes him to fire his chief clerk. The clerk marries the daugther and becomes a partner and so fulfils his prediction. (PB)
1 The Two Wonders of Virginia Arthur James Ward , 1868 single work prose travel
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 18 January vol. 3 no. 125 1868; (p. 333-334)

'A visit to the Natural Bridge and Weir's Cave in Virginia in 1860, including the story of the perils of ambition and rock-climbing combined'. (PB)

1 The Knight of the Temple : A Tale of Eighteen Hundred Arthur James Ward , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 11 April vol. 3 no. 137 1868; (p. 521-524)

'Tale of two journeys to France and back to England in the service of the Knights of the Temple and against Buonaparte, in 1800.' (PB)

1 The Broken Home : A True Narrative Arthur James Ward , 1868 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 4 April vol. 3 no. 136 1868; (p. 510)

'Set in Scotland, the tale of Alice Thompson's death through lack of the lover her father forbade her to see.' (PB)

1 The Innocent Betrayer Arthur James Ward , 1867 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , 30 November vol. 3 no. 118 1867; (p. 241-246)
A daughter's gift of a ring is the innocent means of betraying her father's guilt of murder to the Turkish pasha who swiftly avenges it. (PB)
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