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Issue Details: First known date: 1886... vol. 21 no. 251 April 1886 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 1886 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Beyond the Veil, single work prose
A grandfather's death comforted by sun, moon and stars. (PB)
(p. 414)
To be Left Till Called For, single work short story mystery
A package left unopened in a freight room begins to smell, and a body is discovered inside, despatched from Grenoble. The murderer at last appears to claim the body - of a bear. Murder mystery and humour. (PB)
(p. 415-416)
Our Boys, single work prose
Pithy advice on the best way of rearing sons and choosing their profession. Humour. (PB)
(p. 416)
O Lor Hit 'Im Again, single work short story humour
A Scottish Methodist raises his contributions for repairs when he is hit by falling plaster. Exemplary sketch. (PB)
(p. 417)
A Brilliant Idea, single work short story romance
Four incorrigible female pupil teachers at a Victorian state school write an April Fool's proposal from the headmaster to a fellow pupil, only to discover it is truly answered. Light girls school humour and romance. (PB)
(p. 417)
From the Jaws of Death, An English Ex-Detective , single work short story detective
English detective story. A commercial traveller for a London firm of jewellers is believed to have absconded but doubts are raised because of his own savings and the small fortune of his fiancee who has been abandoned ... A coincidental encounter with a counterfeiter several months later leads the detective to the missing man - and the exposure of a jealous rival. Detailed 'realist' narrative; stiff. (PB)
(p. 418)
A Dressmaker's First of April, single work short story
Two schoolgirls play an April Fool's joke on the village dressmaker and actually arrange a wedding. Slight. (PB)
(p. 420-421)
A Russian Prison, single work prose
Description of the terrible conditions suffered by prisoners in the prison fortress of St Peter and Paul, Russia. (PB)
(p. 421)
My Mysterious Master, W. W. , single work short story
A retired bachelor decides to leave his idle life and return to his work as man-servant in Melbourne. He is hired by a mysterious baron along with happy-go-lucky Ned Calico to go into the Victorian countryside and hire a house for him. They find themselves involved in family secrets, murders, a ghostly house and a skeleton ... (PB)
(p. 422-430)
A Royal Salute, single work prose
Anecdote of a court presentation to Queen Adelaide and William IV. Hearty. (PB)
(p. 430)
The First Cloud, single work short story
A first quarrel in a marriage - resolved by the husband's dream of his young wife trapped in a house fire. Slight. (PB)
(p. 430-431)
The Witch's Ring, single work short story
The narrator hears in 1880 the English tale of Barbara Conwail (1670-1730) executed for witchcraft during a plague epidemic. He determines to try out the legend of the witch's favour and goes to the graveyard at midnight where he feels the touch of her hand and receives a ring. Good fortune then smiles on him but only two years later when he meets the woman he loves does he discover she was a human witch. Interestingly written. (PB)
(p. 433-434)
A Modern Fatima, H. P. , single work short story romance
English romance of marital misunderstanding. Audrey Rogers begins to doubt her new husband and her fears seem proven when she discovers his daily visits to a child left nearby in the care of a nurse. She resolves to leave him but on his insisting that she explain why the mystery is solved - the boy is his nephew. Light good pace and tension; a woman's spying described. (PB)
(p. 435-437)
My Mad Engineer : Story of a Western Railway Conductor, single work short story
US railway tale. An engine driver in a fit of delirium tremens races a train towards certain destruction until bravely quelled by the narrator, the company representative. Action-packed well-paced tale. (PB)
(p. 445-446)
A Child's Gratitude, single work prose
A German girl collects a bag of hickory nuts to thank the doctor for saving her brother's life - but the deed costs her own. Pathos. (PB)
(p. 446)
Faithful ; Or, For Her Dear Sake, Marian Guild Walport , single work short story romance
Margaret Fordyce is left half her uncle's estate and her distant cousin Sir William Drummond, the title and money. The uncle's intention was that they should marry - but Margaret is already engaged to a young artist ... She meets Sir William however and the true state of her heart is revealed when he almost dies in a skating accident. The artist gives her up but at the cost of his life. Pleasant not fully realised construction of change of heart, etc. (PB)
(p. 447-450)
A Narrow Escape, single work short story
English college youth's tale. An English medical student is summoned to visit his uncle in Paris to account for his extravagant college bills. He determines while there to revenge himself by playing a practical joke on his uncle but the old man's kindness changes his mind. When he arrives back in England he receives news that his uncle has just died - and from a similar cause to that which the joke would have made the old man fear ... Straightforward narrative. (PB)
(p. 451-452)
Death of a Young Wife, M. L. (Mrs) Rayne , single work prose
Anguish of the final separation between a husband and wife after only twelve months. Restrained feeling, Christian comfort are extolled. (PB)
(p. 453)
A Brakeman Up in Aristotle, single work short story humour
A railway brakeman settles with logic a dispute between two drummers over the possession of a cigar. (PB)
(p. 453)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Includes the second instalment of Mrs Harriet Lewis' serial fiction, 'The Buried Legacy', pp. 467-414.
Notes:
Includes third instalment of Sylvanus Cobb Jr's serial fiction, 'The Mornington Mystery', pp. 437-444.
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