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Colonial Australian Popular Fiction Digital Archive
y separately published work icon Australian Life selected work   short story  
  • Author:agent Francis Adams http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/adams-francis
Issue Details: First known date: 1892... 1892 Australian Life
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Affiliation Notes

  • 19th-Century Australian Travel Writing

    Francis Adams (1862-1893)—poet, novelist, commentator and radical—immigrated to Melbourne in 1884 due to illness. In Australia Adams wrote for the Brisbane Courier, for William Lane's Boomerang, and for the Bulletin, and tutored on up-country stations. A prolific writer, Adams' works include Leicester: An Autobiography (1885), republished as A Child of the Age (1894); Australian Essays (1886); Poetical Works (1887); The Australians (1893); and Essays in Modernity (1899). He is best-known for his poetry collection Songs of the Army of the Night (1888). Australian Life chronicles Adams’ internal travels in the colonies and is divided geographically into two parts: reminiscences of coastal or interior journeys. Novelistic in tone, this conversational narrative describes Australia through love stories, reminiscences, and family anecdotes as well as describing the author's travels in Queensland and New South Wales. The Tasmanian State Library edition was owned by the literary critic A.G. Stephens.

Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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Chapman and Hall , 1892 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Red Snake, Francis Adams , single work short story (p. 3-24)
Dr Fletcher's Love Story, Francis Adams , single work short story (p. 50-81)
Dick Ward (Mr Short's Reminiscences), Francis Adams , single work short story (p. 82-91)
A Souvenir of Suakim, Francis Adams , single work short story (p. 94-102)
Lily Davenant : Will Jeckyll's Version, Francis Adams , single work short story humour (p. 103-111)
Miss Jackson, Frank Hawkesbury , single work short story (p. 112-121)
His Trip Home, Francis Adams , single work short story (p. 122-134)
Long Forster Tony Forster, Proteus , single work short story (p. 137-147)
The Last of the Bushrangers, Proteus , single work short story (p. 149-176)
The Hut by the Tanks Johnnie Holme, Francis Adams , single work short story
The narrator of this story is surprised to discover that Jonnie Holmes, an intelligent bush-bred young man, believes in ghosts. One evening, Jonnie tells him about the two kinds of ghosts he believes in and what happened when he saw one of them.
(p. 177-191)
Elsie Nowell A Bush Girl, Francis Adams , single work short story (p. 192-209)
Flowers for the Dead : An Up-Country Sketch, Francis Adams , single work short story (p. 210-217)
Aggy: A Christmas Tale of Thirty Years Ago, Francis Adams , single work short story (p. 218-237)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      Chapman and Hall ,
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      Colonial Australian Popular Fiction Digital Archive
      Extent: 237p.

      Holdings

      Held at: La Trobe University Bundoora campus, Borchardt Library
      Local Id: A821.1 A212au

      Holdings

      Held at: University of New South Wales Australian Defence Force Academy Australian Defence Force Academy Library
      Local Id: PR9619.2 .A319 A8 1892

      Holdings

      Held at: Adelaide University Barr Smith Library
      Local Id: 823A A212a

      Holdings

      Held at: Deakin University
      Local Id: 820.8 A2126 A23/A

      Holdings

      Held at: Flinders University of South Australia
      Local Id: A823 A212a

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Local Id: AUD 829.3

      Holdings

      Held at: Macquarie University Macquarie University Library
      Local Id: PR9596.A3 .A9

      Holdings

      Held at: Manning Clark House Library

      Holdings

      Held at: Monash University Monash University Library
      Local Id: A820.3 A212 A6/A

      Holdings

      Held at: National Library of Australia
      Local Id: NL A 823 ADA

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: SLT 819.93 AD175A

      Holdings

      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
      Local Id: DSM/A823/A212/5A1

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Queensland State Library of QLD
      Local Id: RBJ A823.081 ADA

Works about this Work

Untitled 1892 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 June 1892; (p. 13)

— Review of Australian Life Francis Adams , 1892 selected work short story
Untitled 1892 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 June 1892; (p. 13)

— Review of Australian Life Francis Adams , 1892 selected work short story
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