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Issue Details: First known date: 1891... vol. 27 no. 317 October 1891 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1891 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Bad Life, single work short story
Light narrative of the auction of a church advowson on a sussex refectory. The incumbent rector, angry at the sale and prediction of his own short life, retreats for a month and raises the price given at the sale by appearing to be ill. A parishoner with High Church tendencies buys it for his wife but is justly disappointed ... (PB)
 (p. 66-68)
Mother Boudille's Dream, E. Branfill Harrison , single work short story
French mother's disillusion and love for her son. A French peasant woman toils that her son might be a gentleman. An idle youth he joins the army and is promoted to sergeant but his dissipated ways result in theft. His mother sells all her possessions to save him from prosecution ... Simple tale. (PB)
 (p. 68-69)
A Western Duel, single work prose
A fatal duel in a Montana gambling den. Slight. (PB)
 (p. 69)
A Burglar's Love, single work short story romance
A country girl who learns to love a youth met at a railway station, and only much later discovers he is a burglar. She covers up for him but they never meet again. Slight. (PB)
 (p. 70-71)
The House in the Suburb, Lionel Sparrow , single work short story horror
Horror tale of accidental fratricide. A brother's plot to murder their blackmailing uncle goes wrong when wine leads the narrator to murder the wrong man - his own brother - and terrible dreams torment him. Over-contrived. (PB)
 (p. 71-72)
Only a Farmer, Will (fl. 1891) , single work short story romance
Light summer romance. A pretty city girl is piqued when a handsome farmer fails to respond to her charms. Her fall into a ditch and his accident while riding overcome their prejudices. (PB)
 (p. 72-74)
The Dying Soldier's Request, single work prose war literature
A soldier's death. An English soldier serving in the French Foreign Legion during the Franco-Prussian war lends his pistol to a dying French officer to shoot himself. (PB)
 (p. 74)
Madame Merti's Apprentice, Amy Randolph , single work short story
Exemplary tale of working girls and society whims. A fashionable milliner's apprentice is dismissed for a mistake not her fault and dies ultimately of starvation when unable to find other work. The woman responsible for her dismissal visits her deathbed as a charitable sister and sees 'what she hath wrought'. Competent but thinly realised. (PB)
 (p. 81-82)
Mr John Coodle, Junior, V. S. M. , single work short story satire
Lightly satirical account of a naive country youth's first visit to Melbourne and his narrow escape from the matrimonial intentions of Miss Maria Bouncer. Only his prior engagement and some friendly counsel save him. (PB)
 (p. 82-86)
The Lieutenant Lost His Beer, single work prose humour
Naval tall tales. An old naval officer reveals that he never tells remarkable tales since his account of a gigantic sea serpent cost him his beer ration. (PB)
 (p. 86)
Caught, D. Darc , single work short story
Domestic escapade in France. A husband escapes to a masked ball despite his mother-in-law's suspicions. He dances with an enchanting Moorish woman who he steals away with to a garden - only to discover she is his very mother-in-law. Humour (with sexual overtones, undercurrents.) (PB)
 (p. 90-91)
My Uncle's Bulldog, W. W. , single work short story

Holidays in Hobart introduce Sinclair and an old detective friend to the mystery of Mr Conyer's vanished fortune. A greedy vulgar daughter-in-law, a widow, claims it for her son but a faithful old man-servant and a friend proves her son illegitimate as she was already married to a Melbourne criminal when she married the son ... The sailor revives and claims his inheritance. (PB)

 (p. 91-98)
A Girl's Caprice, E. J. Brocklebank , single work short story romance
Romance set near Glasgow. A lovers' quarrel is repaired after many months when the petulant woman saves a baby from a runaway farm-cart and communication is restored. Light. (PB)
 (p. 99-101)
The Boy Who Became Famous, single work short story
Historically based tale of the rise from a woollen draper's apprentice to premier statesman of France by Jean Colbert in the 17th Century. (PB)
 (p. 102-103)
A Woman's Pocket, single work prose
Domestic scene as a husband searches unsuccessfully for the pocket in his wife's dress. (PB)
 (p. 103)
But Yet a Mother, single work prose
A mother's love brings her from the brink of death to bid her daughter farewell. Brief. (PB)
 (p. 103)
How the 'Little Church around the Corner' Received Its Name, Joseph Jefferson , single work prose
Name received when a funeral for the actor George Holland is refused by an established minister at the main church. Historically based narrative, reminiscence. (PB)
 (p. 109)
Saved by a Baby, single work prose
A lawyer learns that two innocent clients did not kill a bank night watchman because he was carrying his baby in his arms. (PB)
 (p. 113)
A Derby Sweep, single work short story
Tale of the English turf and gambling. A city businessman from London is inveigled into a false bet, accepting counterfeit notes, and has his pockets picked all in one afternoon. (PB)
 (p. 123-124)
His Violin, J. E. B. , single work short story
An elderly woman knitting in England recalls her beautiful son and his passion for music, his career, sudden ill-health and emigration to Australia where he died. Pathos; soul's grasp too great for the body ... (PB)
 (p. 125-126)
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