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Issue Details: First known date: 1881... vol. 16 no. 192 May 1881 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1881 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Bold Stroke of Damages, single work prose
A Nottingham couple scheme to extract damages from an English railway company for an accident they were involved in - spouse inflicted injury. (PB)
 (p. 465)
A Sample Village, single work prose
A visitor to a country village quickly learns of the gossiping hypocrisy of every inhabitant - from another of them. (PB)
 (p. 466)
The Story of Martha Hollis, W. W. , single work short story
Revenge by a Cornish maiden on the faithless lover who married another woman in Cornwall is played out on the Victorian goldfields. A kidnapped baby murdered by its old nurse, a boldly pretty rival, a worthy husband and father, and an injury in a mine, and death in a lunatic asylum are elements of this tale. (PB)
 (p. 467-471)
On the Eve, Marian C. L. Reeves , single work short story
A widow is about to marry again but on the eve of the wedding her dissipated husband returns from the dead. Brief tragic romance. (PB)
 (p. 472-473)
Summer Wanderings : No. 1, Wyrnombra , single work prose
Overland trip from Melbourne to Lorne. (PB)
 (p. 473)
On Board the Ripple, Grace Bell , single work short story
A yacht trip from Kingstown to Wales on the boat of a newly-married couple reunites the captain and the wife's schoolfriend - who had quarrelled two years before in Dublin. Over-stretched romance of misunderstandings and unexpressed feelings. (PB)
 (p. 474-478)
Mithy's Housekeeping, E. T. Corbett , single work short story
His sister's absence leaves Philip Fletcher to the care of his widowed cousin Miriam, summoned on such occasions. A sprained ankle causes her to send her daughter instead, and romance follows - much to his sister's disgust. Pleasant tale. (PB)
 (p. 479-481)
Cut Off, single work short story
An old trooper is surrounded by Indians and mercilessly tortured to death. US frontier. (PB)
 (p. 481)
Love or Pride, A. F. A. , single work short story romance
Slight romance; a girl's pride is changed into 'womanly love' by the three year loss of a suitor. Resolved in Paris. (Taming of the Shrew in thin milk.) (PB)
 (p. 482-483)
Too Good a Mimic, single work prose
A Munich actor is compelled to show his imitation of King Ludwig the First to the man himself. Anecdote. (PB)
 (p. 492)
A Lesson in Punctuality, single work short story
A newly-married bride's attempts to reform her husband's lateness bring about a change that she is only too glad to reverse. Light US domestic romance. (PB)
 (p. 492-494)
An Extraordinary Case of Somnambulism, L. L. P. , single work short story
Romance between an Oxbridge man and a young lady is terminated when he attempts to cut off a lock of her hair in his sleep. He strikes up an acquaintance with the lady's sister without luck until he tries to cut a lock again and is shot for his pains. Odd; narrated by the independently-minded sister. (PB)
 (p. 494-497)
One Foot in the Grave, G. H. E. , single work short story romance
A gentleman disguises himself as the peasant-driver of a jaunting-car in Killarney, Ireland, to do its drunken driver a favour. Thus he falls in love with the pretty Lotty but finds it difficult to reveal his identity ... Light romance. (PB)
 (p. 497-500)
How Romeo and Juliet was Performed, single work prose humour
Anecdote of an amateur theatrical company in San Jose and the advertising introduced by a travelling drug salesman. Humour. (PB)
 (p. 500)
Adam, Elizabeth Olmis , single work short story
An 'independent' woman's visit to her brother in the country involves a ride on a hay mound, a fall from an apple tree while escaping a fancied bull, and the acquaintance of a silent but loving man who shares the story of his love for his adopted sister. Tale of honest love; simple depth. (PB)
 (p. 500-504)
Watch and Watched, C. C. F. , single work prose
An Australian visitor to London tells of a friend who loses and recovers his watch at the 'King's Head', and is watched by a detective. (PB)
 (p. 504)
George Eliot, single work prose
Obituary from Public Opinion. (PB)
 (p. 505)
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