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Issue Details: First known date: 1877... vol. 13 no. 149 October 1877 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1877 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Margaret's Pride, F. H. B. , single work short story
An American heiress is beloved by the gardener's son but will not marry him until he becomes her equal which he does through politics. (PB)
 (p. 64-65)
Flint's Mistake, M. K. D. , single work short story humour
A plain-speaking man refuses by letter to allow one neighbour to borrow a horse and consents to another marrying his niece - but mixes up the letters ... Home-spun humour. (PB).
 (p. 77-78)
Marjorie's Sacrifice, A. S. , single work short story
An orphan is reared lovingly by an unmarried woman - and on the eve of her own marriage restores her to the lover she refused many years before. Set in Australia - but Thanksgiving is celebrated so may be a US story transferred to Australia. No sense of locale, but the Cape of Good Hope is mentioned. (PB)
 (p. 78-80)
Anita, J. A. T. , single work short story romance
A doctor comes to love his poor beautiful patient but she is an artist's model and refuses to ruin his life by marrying him ... but at last dies in his arms in Rome, although he is by then married to his cousin. Exaggerated romance. (PB).
 (p. 80-82)
Falsely Accused, M. Y. T. , single work short story
Patchy tale of a Melbourne clerk ordered from his fiancee's house by her father for an assault he did not commit. Weak. (PB).
 (p. 82-83)
Jones's Baby, M. K. D. , single work short story
Humorous sketch relating how deaf Aunt Jobson accidentally abducted her infant grand-nephew in her clothes' hamper ... Thin. (PB).
 (p. 83-85)
Anecdote of Mlle. Rachel, S. C. Jnr , single work prose
The celebrated actress' nose is saved from being irredeemably frozen in St Petersburg by a stranger rubbing it with snow. (PB).
 (p. 85-86)
Byansbruck Tower, W. W. , single work short story
A recluse in a tiny Victorian country township proves to be the gaoler of her niece who she said had died three years before. The local policeman's curiosity results in the girl's murder and his conviction for her murder ... (PB)
 (p. 86-93)
A Surgeon's Courtship, single work prose
Account of the business-like courtship of John Abernethy, English surgeon. (PB).
 (p. 93)
The Wife's Secret, Mrs E. Thornton , single work short story
An orphan marries a man who values the name of her adoptive family more than any of her qualities - and when he discovers the truth he throws her off ... set in an unspecified colony. (PB).
 (p. 94-95)
My Mistake, single work short story
A set of amethysts hired for vanity cheat the narrator of a gift of a set from a rich uncle. (PB).
 (p. 96)
Cause and Effect, single work prose
Christian conversion only increases the battles between two brothers - farmers in Bethel, Maine USA (PB).
 (p. 119)
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