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Issue Details: First known date: 1875... vol. 10 no. 120 May 1875 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1875 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Memoirs of a Thief : Or, Leaves from the Notebook of a Chevalier d'Industrie - 'The Locket', George Edwards , single work short story
Tale (from two narrators) revealing a ghost's protection of her earthly lover and his £1000 from the depredations of two Melbourne thieves. (PB)
 (p. 478-480)
The Language of Flowers, single work short story
Twelve years after their original Valentines Day misunderstanding (in the 1860s) Edith and Arthur meet again - with a little sisterly help. Moral - trust not to flowers and chance. (PB)
 (p. 482-483)
Misunderstandings, Essayez , single work short story
On the importance of seeking explanations ... (PB)
 (p. 484)
Won and Lost, W. W. , single work short story
Ellinor Ellenby, friendless and penniless, accepts a position as a housekeeper/companion at a country station. On arrival she finds her charge, Anna Rutherford, is engaged to Ellinor's own husband Walter ... tragedy ensues. (PB)
 (p. 485-492)
David Simpson's Plot, Acacia , single work short story romance
Simpson, a Melbourne bank clerk, gambles by night and teaches at Sunday school where he meets pretty Fanny Ray, another teacher. She becomes more interested in her English cousin, John Dawkins, and a jealous David Simpson plots to separate them ... Increasingly complex storyline, set in and around Melbourne. Competent. (PB)
 (p. 493-497)
Mercy, Essayez , single work short story
On the necessity of self-denial and forgiveness to human community. (PB)
 (p. 498)
My Friend D'Arcy, Patrick Shanahan , single work short story
How the narrator meets the 'wild' bachelor D'Arcy in Easyville, becoming friends; and how he is rejected by four of the local belles before he dyes his red hair black. (PB)
 (p. 498-500)
The College Ghost, Penn Polytail , single work short story
A collection of ghostly anecdotes told by students at a boy's college - concludes with the capture of a rat ... Patchy. (PB)
 (p. 501-504)
A Painful Duty, An Old Contributor , single work short story

Busybodies determine to do their duty by informing a wife of her husband's infideltiy - but all is not as it appears. Usual mysoginist social sketch. (PB)

 (p. 506-507)
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