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Issue Details: First known date: 1874... vol. 10 no. 112 September 1874 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1874 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Nemesis, Dum , single work prose
On the inevitability of punishment for infractions of the moral and social code. Sketches the downward progress of the offender. (PB)
 (p. 10)
Identified, W. W. , single work short story
Tragedy strikes an English gentleman's household in Australia when first some money than his daughter's jewels are stolen, and she identifies the thief in court as her husband. (PB)
 (p. 11-15)
Theatrical Criticism, Observer (fl. 1874) , single work short story
On the model it should follow - with very brief reference to colonial criticism as partisan. (PB)
 (p. 15)
My First Invite, W. E. W. , single work prose
On the narrator's difficulties with tailor, hairdresser, shoemaker, perfumes etc in preparing for his first evening in Melbourne society. Humorous. (PB)
 (p. 16)
A Night in the Wilds of Gippsland, T. Y. A. , single work short story
Account of a night spent in driving rain, lost between Walhalla and Shamrock in gold rush days. May be reminiscence but very well narrated. (PB)
 (p. 22-26)
Contemplation, Myson , single work prose
On the lessons taught by trees, a stream and stones encountered on a Sunday walk. (PB)
 (p. 23)
Absence of Mind, C. (fl. 1874) , single work prose
Anecdote of the actor Henry J. Finn and a trick played upon a friend's credulous sister. (PB)
 (p. 32)
Aquation, single work prose
Proposes a third method of disposing of the dead - not in earth but in water. Satiric. (PB)
 (p. 33)
A Flash of Lightning, Mary Kyle Dallas , single work short story
Set in an Ohio village, a woman is saved from marrying her true love's killer by a dream ghost who directs her to a picture imaged on an oak tree by a lightning bolt. Evenly written. (PB)
 (p. 36-37)
Mrs Pipkin, Mrs Worthington , single work short story
Set in the US, the tale of a poor materfamilias who journeys to Saratoga, Montreal, Quebec, New York and Niagara all for $25 - by remorselessly 'visiting'. Satirical (PB)
 (p. 38-39)
A Life Lesson, C. (fl. 1874) , single work short story
A wealthy Parisian banker leaves money in his will for an annual banquet im his honour - but as the years pass his friends die and the material pleasures pass. Moral lesson. (PB)
 (p. 39)
Tina, single work short story
US romance. An orphaned nursery governess wins the love of a celebrated doctor through her tender care of her charge. (PB)
 (p. 40-43)
Signor Baranucci, single work short story
A young lawyer recuperating in a small village on the south coast of England stumbles upon the truth of an Italian visitor's apparent suicide. (PB)
 (p. 42-43)
The Brigand's Daughter, Etta Manning , single work short story
In Italy, a brigand's daughter assists an Englishman and his servant to escape in gratitude for nursing given her by the Englishman's wife in Rome. Sketchy. (PB)
 (p. 44-45)
A Humourous Scrap : From an Old Ship-Master's Log-Book, Sylvanus Cobb (Jnr) , single work short story humour
On the US ship Vixen plying cotton from Mobile to Liverpool in 1844, a huge negro teaches a big mischievous sailor a lesson. Yarn. (PB)
 (p. 45-46)
Reminiscences of Lord Lytton, single work prose
Memories of meetings with the British writer - his generosity and peculiarities. (PB)
 (p. 47)
Arnoul Is At Dinner, single work prose
On the origins of a French proverb in a prince's patience. (PB)
 (p. 47)
The Lorimer's Daughter : An Incident in the Bridal History of the Princess Margaret and King James IV, single work short story historical fiction
Historical romance set in Scotland in 1503 - the time of the marriage of Margaret and James IV - between the daughter of Edinburgh's chief armourer and a valiant trooper to the king. A mock rescue and the king's favour overcome the armourer's prejudice against the suitor. Well told. (PB).
 (p. 49-53)
The Right Way Upward, Sylvanus Cobb (Jnr) , single work prose
Anecdote of a young man's first job in New York in 1841 and his rise to success. Self-help moral. (PB)
 (p. 55)
An Extra Scene : Operatic, single work prose
An opera staged at Port Mahon in 1842 witnesses the reunion of the French prima donna and her husband, a French colonel, who had long believed each other dead. Narrated by a US naval officer. (PB)
 (p. 55)
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Notes:
Includes the fourth instalment of 'The Golden Idol: A South Sea Story', pp. 26-32. Supp. pp. 1-2 summarises the tale in Vol. 9 for readers of Vol. 10 only.
Notes:
Includes the first instalment of Marcus Clarke's novel, 'Chidiock Tichbourne; or, The Babington Conspiracy. An Historical Romance of the Days of Queen Elizabeth.', pp. 1-8.
Notes:
Includes the first instalment of David Blair's 'Romance of Current History', pp. 8-9.
Notes:
Includes ninth instalment of A Melbournite of '38's 'The Early History of Victoria. Being Reminiscences of Bygone Days', pp. 17-22.
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