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Issue Details: First known date: 1885... vol. 21 no. 244 September 1885 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1885 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Not on the Square, Angelo J. Lewis , single work short story
An Englishman joins the Freemasons late in life, and after his initiation buys a symbol of the craft for his watchchain together with another charm in the jeweller's keeping. On a trip to Antwerp a stranger offers him hospitality and invites him to a meeting of the brotherhood - but too late he discovers it is not the Freemasons but an anarchist brotherhood he is meeting with ... Far-fetched; competent. (PB)
(p. 11-13)
Scotch Humour, single work prose
On the differences between English wit and Scottish humour, with an example. (PB)
(p. 13)
Mrs Gay's Hint, Louisa May Alcott , single work short story
Exemplary piece. A weeping wife is advised by her friend that the best way to keep a man away from the public bar is to make home and self welcoming and pleasant, and serve good food on his return from work (ugh!). And it works. (PB)
(p. 13-14)
The Tidal Train : En Route for London, single work short story detective
Lady Jones has her retrun trip to England from Paris made pleasant by two helpful Americans. They prove to be Fenians who have planted dynamite in her luggage to be smuggled into England, and a rude Englishman who irritates her reveals himself as a chief inspector from Scotland Yard. Light. (PB)
(p. 15-16)
Brown Eyes : Or, Rather Embarrassing, Robin Gray , single work short story romance
English country romance. Mr Shirley of Nether Hall shares a brougham with a beautiful unknown girl after a night spent waiting for the doctor's verdict on his friend injured while shooting. A subsequent case of mistaken identity delays his own romance and that of the doctor and his injured friend's sister. A railway accident resolves it all ... Pleasant. Interesting theme of 'ideal' girl versus actuality. (PB)
(p. 17-21)
My Night of Terror, Georgia Hopley , single work short story
A young girl worn out by her studies visits her uncle and cousins in the country. She meets an eccentric man one day, and hearing of an escaped lunatic spends a night in terror of the heavy breathing and burning eyes under her bed. They resolve into her uncle's Newfoundland dog ... Probably US. Slight. (PB)
(p. 22)
Too Young and Pretty, single work short story romance
A pretty twenty-year-old gains a position as housekeeper to a handsome widower and his children. It is only the arrival of his aunt and cousin which alerts them to the world's censure - and eventually to the state of their own hearts. Light. (PB)
(p. 23-25)
The Story of a Double, single work short story
Tale of the supernatural, set in London in 1879. A gentleman returning home from an evening with a friend in Albany is dogged by a mysterious double and is so concerned that he seeks out a friend to confide in and spends the night there. This action - and the double - save his life as a roof beam splits his bed in half during the night. Competent; attractive description of London streets by night. (PB)
(p. 26-27)
An Unwilling Accomplice, single work short story adventure
A young woman's solo journey from Leamington to London by train exposes her to a travelling companion who compels her to cut his hair and beard by threatening to kiss her. He changes from a hunter's guise to a priest's disguise and escapes the police who came to arrest him upon his arrival in London. Slight; interesting, with regards to her horror of touch; amusing in parts. (PB)
(p. 34-35)
Bill Nye on Life Insurance, single work prose
Humorous disquisition on life insurance's ability to prolong life and prevent injury. Probably US. (PB)
(p. 43)
Ghosts at Greyfriars, single work short story adventure
A young woman's quarrel with her rich grandmother over the man she wants to marry is forgotten when burglars invade the house and she braves the house's ghost to ring the great bell to summon help. Action well created. (PB)
(p. 43-44)
Trapped In Vain, J. H. P. , single work short story adventure
A solicitor's clerk is kidnapped and nearly murdered to obtain a will he is carrying to London which disinherits the leader of the kidnappers - also a counterfeiter. Narrow escape. Competent; reasonably interesting introduction in relation to the weak-willed man of wealth in fear of his step-son. (PB)
(p. 45-50)
He Swore Off, single work prose
A drinker reforms when he sees another man pawning his child's baby shoes. Sentimental moral sketch; brief. (PB)
(p. 50)
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