Cirrus@Austlit

A 'true' tale of a chance meeting in a solicitor's office in London which reveals the loyalty of a solicitor convicted of fraud and transported to Bermuda, to the doctor who saved his life and helped arranged his freedom. (PB)

On the unjust treatment of women at the hands of the 'men writers'. Protest against 'Colonial Lancet's' suggestions that Melbourne women can't cook a decent dinner etc; and against the stereotype of selfish extravagant 'girl of the period'. (PB)

On the failings of the present, and a 'reverie' on fame. (PB)

A bachelor proposes and is graciously rejected but remains a bachelor for life. [Probably a US tale.] (PB)

Romance of childhood love become adult devotion, and the attempted separation of the lovers through a cousin's machinations. (PB)

The narrator, in order to learn more of the identity of the deceased writer of the manuscript, and to satisfy his curiosity, seeks out Harasda in Aleppo. A night of Eastern exotic sensuality follows ... (PB)

I - The Matrimonial II - Long and Short Engagements

This tale is set in France near the Swiss border. A young embroideress is seduced by a French guardsman who refuses to marry her. Her honour is avenged by her erstwhile lover and together they meet their fate. (PB)

A proposal to reduce the number of bank frauds by paying clerks well and giving them hope of advancement. (PB)

Arthur Thwaits, for many years mate of Arthur Overell on the Australian goldfields, assumes the squire's identity after his death, determined to claim his property. A faithful servant's son and an obstinate sister are all that stand in the way on his return to England, together with Overell's daughter and her lover. (PB)

Denies claims on spritualism. (PB)

Set during the Civil War, the experiences of a chaplain who serves both as a soldier and a priest, and how he becomes major of an Indian regiment through a foiled duel. (PB)

On making a model shirt and its sad end. A domestic tale. (PB)