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Issue Details: First known date: 1891... vol. 27 no. 319 December 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.
The Worm Who Turned, single work short story
Christmas tale of tradesman's vengeance. A London businessman takes a miser's advice and decides not to give Christmas boxes to tradespeople etc. outside his house. There is a noisy and expensive price to pay ... Humour. (PB)
(p. 181-182)
The Spirit of the Time, single work prose
Seasonal reflections on Christmas and the true Christmas spirit. (PB)
(p. 182)
A Christmas Eve Tragedy, Gustave Tondonge , single work short story
The tale of a merchant's murder of an old friend to inherit his wealth and his clever assignment of blame to a poacher who is exceuted for the crime. One year later he is deserted by friends and his own wife is dead. His relief is intense when he awakens to find his friends awaiting him for a Christmas dinner and the murder a dream. Heavy atmosphere. (PB)
(p. 183-188)
Meat for Man-Eaters, single work prose
Reminiscence of an excursion in Fiji by two ship's officers and their fears of consumption by the local cannibals. (PB)
(p. 188)
Dot : A Christmas Story, Anna Shields , single work short story
Dot, abused and neglected by her alcoholic parents, is rescued from the street outside a brewey by a Sunday school teacher and given the warmth and comfort of a Christmas party before she dies amidst her joy. Piety and philanthropic sentiment mixed in this slight tale. Christian woman's nurturing mother role stressed. (PB)
(p. 197-198)
Old Christmas Again, single work prose
Brief outlines of secret family preparations, children's expectant faces etc. Warm. (PB)
(p. 198)
The Fabric of a Vision, single work short story romance
Romance and tale of dream visions. An Australian woman marries a rich but sickly Englishman visiting Australia for his health. They are recalled to England from Adelaide when his father dies. During a stay in an English village she is troubled by recurring dreams of her husband drowning a young woman - eventually the solution is discovered in her husband's twin brother ... Slight but well-sustained. Brother's secret existence a weak link. (PB)
(p. 199-202)
The Minister's Turkey, single work prose
A minister in Fifeshire twice returns a turkey to the market to be sold but accepts it on the third Christmas presentation. (PB)
(p. 202)
Between Two Stools, single work short story romance
A beautiful calculating woman's plans to win her friend's fiancee seem successful - until she learns that in winning him he has lost his property. The jilted friend eventually marries her cousin - spurned also by the beauty who is forced to become a drudging governess. Light; sense of family loyalty vs. scheming outsiders. Loyal middle-class lawyers' family more worthy than unreliable nobility. (PB)
(p. 202-205)
Giving Him the Ould Goose, single work prose
A simple-minded Irish farmer tries to take advantage of his German neighbour's lack of English. (PB)
(p. 206)
Too Late : Or Auld Robin Gray, A. J. W. , single work short story romance
English roamnce of a girl persuaded to marry her father's rich and kindly and gentlemanly creditor when she hears that her lover has drowned on his journey to Australia. Too late she discovers he is still alive and the rest of the tale centres around her broken-hearted commitment to faithful love. Slight; emotionally heavily-laden; interwoven with verses from the ballad of Robin Gray. (PB)
(p. 213-218)
Tearing Away the Clouds, single work prose
Slight narrative from double perspectives of a lunatic who climbs to an attic apartment to part the clouds and sees his beloved's face - and the lunatic living there who assists him. Interesting, in a description of what drugs do to the soul. (PB)
(p. 218)
Little Puggins, The Peddlar, W. W. , single work short story
Set in a large Australian town, not in Victoria, the tale of a lodging-house murder. A detective in the guise of a peddler, a hard-pressed landlady, a short-tempered printer and a nervous ageing colonel are the main characters. A mysterious house across the road, and a pair of family connections complete the picture. Drugged alcohol and a suicide at an inquest follows. (PB)
(p. 219-225)
Greta's Artist, single work prose
In a Dutch village near Leyden a promising painter gains his drunken father's permission to study the art - with the help of a neighbour and his sister ... Rembrandt. (PB)
(p. 225)
Crossin' the Divide, single work prose western
Western USA. Death of an old gold miner with his friend of 30 years. Sentimental. (PB)
(p. 225)
Father and Daughter, single work prose
Domestic. On the slavery of fathers to their daughters, from 6 months old. Slight. (PB)
(p. 229)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Includes thirteenth instalment of Eve Smith's serialised novel, 'A Woman's Battle With the World. A Story of Hospital Life', pp. 207-213.
Notes:
Includes the first instalment of Mrs Harriet Lewis' serial fiction, 'Edda's Birthright; Or, The Heir of Charlewick', pp. 189-196.
Notes:
Includes eighth instalment of Annie S. Swan's 'The Ayres of Studleigh : A Tale of Love and War', pp. 175-181.
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