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Issue Details: First known date: 1870... vol. 5 no. 58 March 1870 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

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A Convict's Gratitude, single work short story
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)
 (p. 383-384)
Not So Black As We Are Painted, Ivey Armytage , single work prose
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)
 (p. 385-386)
The Present as Compared with Past Ages, T. T. , single work prose
On the failings of the present, and a 'reverie' on fame. (PB)
 (p. 386)
Cured, Storm Bradford , single work short story
A bachelor proposes and is graciously rejected but remains a bachelor for life. [Probably a US tale.] (PB)
 (p. 394-395)
You and I, Theresa Tasmania , single work short story
Romance of childhood love become adult devotion, and the attempted separation of the lovers through a cousin's machinations. (PB)
 (p. 395-398)
Kiama Revisitedi"We stood by the window and hearkened", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 399)
Harasda the Adept, Henry Lloyd , single work short story
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)
 (p. 399-401)
Marriages and Engagements, single work prose
I - The Matrimonial II - Long and Short Engagements
 (p. 401)
The Cataract of the Doubs, W. M. P. , single work short story
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)
 (p. 404-410)
Old Men and Their Uses, Dandolo , single work prose
A proposal to reduce the number of bank frauds by paying clerks well and giving them hope of advancement. (PB)
 (p. 410)
The Disputed Bequest, Waif Wander , single work short story
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)
 (p. 416-420)
On Spiritism, T. M. A. , single work prose
Denies claims on spritualism. (PB)
 (p. 421)
Courage and Cowardice, A Fighting Chaplain , single work short story war literature
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)
 (p. 422-423)
A Perfect Shirt : Re-fitted by Chick, Chick , single work short story
On making a model shirt and its sad end. A domestic tale. (PB)
 (p. 425)
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