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Issue Details: First known date: 1885... vol. 21 no. 246 November 1885 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1885 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Lawyer and Parson, single work short story
A Philadelphia lawyer looks up his old classmate, recently appointed to an exclusive New York ministry. The minister hears the tale of the lawyer's ward who wishes to marry a man of character without money, while the lawyer wishes her to marry his son. The minister is interrupted to marry a young couple in the next room - the lawyer's ward and her fiancee. Pleasant tale: goodness versus slickness. (PB)
(p. 126-127)
Brockman's Folly, W. W. , single work short story crime (p. 128-132)
Brockman's Folly, W. W. , single work short story
A Melbourne house and land agent agrees to sit up with his employer to witness the arrival of family ghosts - his dead wife and son. With the assistance of Mark Sinclair he uncovers the murdress of the wife - the ugly old housekeeper, and the continued existence of the son who has returned from sea to uncover his mother's murderer. He suspects his father at first and thus feigns to be a ghost, but the father's innocenc is proven on his deathbed. Dreams are an intrguing feature of this story. (PB)
(p. 128-132)
A Modern Sermon, single work prose humour
A mock-sermon taken from 'Old Mother Hubbard'. Humour (clever of its kind). (PB)
(p. 132)
Mrs Allonby, single work short story romance
English romance and a young woman's coming of age. Alice Allonby leaves the home of her father, a village rector recently remarried, to earn her living and escape the supervision of her stepmother. As governess to two young girls she meets Walter Goulding and falls in love. Soon after she leaves her position and returns home - where a long awaited visit from Walter reveals that he is her step-mother's true love, separated by a misunderstanding over her inheritance. Alice's father dies soon after and Walter marries her stepmother - leaving Alice with the experience of love and loss she had left home to gain. A little tired and convoluted but competently written. Includes fleeting reference to the women's rights movement - a disclaimer of belonging to it. (PB)
(p. 134-137)
William's Story of David and Goliath, Bill Nye , single work prose humour
Modern retelling of David and Goliath. (PB)
(p. 138)
The Hands of Fate, Amer V. Varnell , single work short story
US tale of precognition. A sceptic has a strange vision one night of a railroad accident and his rescue of a young girl. When the vision comes true he is converted from scepticism. Slight. (PB)
(p. 139-140)
Water-Lilies, Helen M. Winslow , single work short story romance
Pleasant romance. Lillian Leighton, 17, is informed by her uncle that he wishes her to marry the son of a wealthy friend. Lillian wishes for love, and finds it with a young artist visiting the area. She is forbidden to see him again when their meetings are discovered - but fortunately discovers that he is the very man her uncle intends her to marry. Light; includes a happy little scene of Lillian covered in mud in search of some water-lilies. (PB)
(p. 140-143)
The Burned Beef-steak, Helen J. Thornton , single work short story
Domestic tale. A newly married couple's first fight helps them face the reality not the romance of life. Very thin; argument credible. (PB)
(p. 143-144)
The Freckle-Faced Girl : How She Entertained a Visitor While Ma Was Dressing, single work prose
A child's chatter with a visiting female agent of the Missionary Society creates ire in the visitor's breast. humour; study of social hypocrisy etc. (PB)
(p. 149)
A Curious Letter, single work short story
Humorous tale of the breach of a romance when the French doctor's fiancee discovers that he has not stolen the relic he gave her as a gift. The terms of his forgiveness are a genuine certified relic from the Pope - hence the letter to an Abbe. (PB)
(p. 150)
Lost, single work prose
In Louisiana a negro pursued by hounds is cornered in a bayou filled with alligators. He has revenge in death and carries them into the waters with him. Evocative. (PB)
(p. 151)
Pull Together, single work prose
Lessons learned for life from watching a team of horses work together. (PB)
(p. 151)
The Malay's Revenge, single work prose
A Dutch plantation owner's wife in Java has a Malay boy whipped on suspicion of stealing a bracelet, despite his father's pleas. He is found innocent and several months later the father takes a bloody revenge. Brief; strong impact. (PB)
(p. 158)
The Bud and Blossom, Mary Grace Halpine , single work short story romance
Light romance. An honest manly doctor and an elegant gentleman contest for the hand of a lovely widow at Lucerne - but it is her daughter who really settles the issue. (PB)
(p. 159-160)
Sound Advice, single work prose
A Jewish second-hand dealer advises a customer truthfully - and loses a sale. (PB)
(p. 160)
Exaggerated Language, single work prose
On the use of excessive exaggeration. (PB)
(p. 160)
A Long Half-Hour, Agnes James , single work short story
A couple, occupied with each other, bid goodnight and the young woman stumbles through the darkened house to her room only to find she is in the wrong house and in the room with two foreigners, a knife and a pistol. Her terror as she waits for them to fall asleep to make her escape makes it seem longer ... and her lover is faithful. Pleasant, slight. (PB)
(p. 161-163)
Missing, single work short story
Evocation of a steamer's steady engines, the closeness of the sea, and the unexplained disappearances of the ship. Mood piece. (PB)
(p. 163)
The Clergyman's Story, single work short story romance
Slight, tragic romance. The narrator, a young clergyman, falls in love with Mable Chisolm but her father insists she marry an older, richer preacher. She obeys but dies of a 'broken heart' before the wedding. Hackneyed. (PB)
(p. 164-165)
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