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Issue Details: First known date: 1880... vol. 15 no. 180 May 1880 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1880 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
My Wife's Bridal Tour, M. S. , single work prose
US narrative of a man's second wife, his tightfistedness and her strength of character. Humour. (PB)
 (p. 453)
Checkmate and Revenge, W. W. , single work short story
Sinclair travels to Dunedin on a case and visits a friend, a theatre manager. He becomes involved in an attempted jewellery swindle by an aspiring amateur actress and the manager's leading man; discovers the woman to be a rich squatter's runaway wife; and witnesses the revenge of the actor's wife escaped from a Victorian mental asylum. (PB)
 (p. 455-461)
Playing Tinker, single work prose
A country man decides to repair pots and pans himself - but hot solder changes his plans. (PB)
 (p. 473)
A Husband's Ordeal, Inez Irving , single work short story
An intellectual man returns from arranging the publication of his book to find the young wife he has neglected gone away with a feigning friend. He awaits her return, fearing he has lost her. Smoothly told. (PB)
 (p. 474-476)
Sneezle's Pork, single work prose humour
An apprentice pig farmer's antics in attempting to slaughter his bacon. Humour. (PB)
 (p. 476)
The Pirate's Lost Prize, Salt Spray , single work short story
A US naval ship rescues an Englishman and his daughter from pirates in the West Indies in 1820 - and romance follows. Slight, action-packed. (PB)
 (p. 477-478)
The Eleventh Commandment, S. C. Jnr , single work short story
Anecdote of hospitality shown to an Archbishop wrecked off the Welsh coast in 1640. (PB)
 (p. 478)
The Sleep-Walker, 'Nemo' (fl. 1875-1884) , single work short story
The disappearance of increasingly large sums of money from a Scots bank at Tollkirk cause great anxiety until the manager's sleep-walking is discovered. Cheerful with companionable tone. (PB)
 (p. 479-481)
The New Doctor, Anna Shields , single work short story
A crippled heiress comes to love her young doctor but discovers too late that he is already engaged. She becomes their close friend after mastering her emotions. (PB)
 (p. 483-484)
Magdalene's Mistake, J. C. , single work short story
Magdalene Faucit arrives in a Victorian goldrush town determined to avenge the death of her sister and nephew through Ralph Somerton's cruelty and desertion. She plays piano in the local theatre until she wins his love, then spurns and leaves him. He follows her to prove her mistake ... Pleasantly told, if improbable. (PB)
 (p. 484-487)
The Poor Man and the Dandy, single work prose
A dandy argues for a poor woodbearer he takes to court - by a clever device. (PB)
 (p. 492)
A Cure Diabolique, single work prose
A wealthy man is cured of lumbago when he mistakes a sweep falling down his chimney for an imp from hell. (PB)
 (p. 492)
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Notes:
Includes the first instalment of Major Alfred Rochefort's serial fiction, 'The Russian Spy; or, Vladimeer the Nihilist. A Story of the Russia of To-Day' pp. 443-452.
Notes:
Includes fourth instalment of Eliza A. Dpuy's serial fiction, 'The Unwilling Bride', pp. 463-472.
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