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Issue Details: First known date: 1892... vol. 27 no. 323 April 1892 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 1892 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A May Meeting, single work short story travel
Light-hearted. Encounter on an English train between a muscular curate and a gang of toughs, a young lady and a bishop being the only witness. Slight. (PB)
(p. 413-414)
At Her Chariot-Wheels, single work short story romance
Society romance. A married woman allows an unsophisticated bachelor to devote himself to her and is surprised when he falls seriously in love. Fortunately for her he renounces her selflessly - neither she nor society understanding the true man. Slight. (PB)
(p. 414-416)
Coffee and Cakes : Or the Reporter's Story, single work short story romance
The Harvard-educated son of a failed banker in Massachusetts sets out to make his fortune as a reporter in New York. He solves a murder and restores an English coffee-shop waitress to her inheritance before marrying her and making his fortune as a publisher. Light. (PB)
(p. 416-418)
In Deadly Peril, single work short story travel
English travellers in Austria are forced to spend a night in an isolated inn and narrowly escape with their lives. The usual honest serving girl - this time speechless - assists them. Competent. (PB)
(p. 418-420)
Mrs Wingfield's Diamonds, single work short story
English society tale of theft. The daughter of a noble family is suspected of the theft and sale of a neighbour's diamond tiara until a maid-servant's written testimony clears her. Only the girl's fiancee and her gambling creditors knew the confession was bought ... Amusing with wry twist. (PB)
(p. 425-426)
Mr Jasher's Friend, Tom Townshend , single work short story romance
A train trip from New York to Chicago is sufficient to break down a confined bachelor's misogyny - but it is only during a theatre fire in Chicago that he discovers his companion is unmarried and indeed his childhood sweetheart. Light. (PB)
(p. 427-429)
Louise, single work short story romance
Romance of a British titled family. The younger son returns from many years in the USA to claim the title and estate when his older brother dies. He does all in his power to make his niece Louise happy - for he had loved her mother and left England in order not to betray his brother. But he finally comes to realise that Louise loves him and he lays the past aside to marry her ... Pleasantly predictable. (PB)
(p. 430-436)
Her Brother Entertained Him, single work prose
Domestic. A little brother effectively stems the affections of his sister's suitor. Humour. (PB)
(p. 445)
A Balanced Account, single work short story
Kleptomania by the wife of a respectable citizen is efficiently checked by an astute shopkeeper. (PB)
(p. 446)
The White Morning-Glory Vine, single work prose
Nature and piety. The fates of two different morning glory vines - one outside a house in the sunshine, the other inside bringing joy to a baby ... (PB)
(p. 447)
His Own Accuser, single work short story crime
A successful society artist confesses to his double-life as a thief and finally a murderer in his final portrait of the woman he has long loved. He had hoped to reform but she refused his love, and it was her fiancee he unknowingly murdered. The background to the painting betrayed him ... Competent; the manner of the confession is interesting. (PB)
(p. 448-450)
The Sad Downward Career of Mr John Smith, Luke Sharp , single work short story humour
Sad tale of a London clerk who succumbs to the addiction of photography - loses job, self-respect, etc. (PB)
(p. 450-452)
His Poem Did Not Read Aright, single work prose
Poet confronts editor blaming compositor for not reading his illegible manuscript clearly. Humour (newspaper editor variety.) (PB)
(p. 452)
A Government House Romance, W. W. , single work short story
Vice-regal setting in early colonial days. Inspector Dunn disguised as the nephew of a friend of the Governor investigates thefts from the Governor's office. He discovers a pleasure-loving son and a repressed daughter closely watched by a dragon of a chaperone. The daughter's love for a groom and her engagement to an old man explain much. Many references to class and status. (PB)
(p. 453-458)

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Notes:
Includes final instalment of Eve Smith's serialised novel, 'A Woman's Battle With the World. A Story of Hospital Life', pp. 421-424.
Notes:
Includes the fifth instalment of Mrs Harriet Lewis' serial fiction, 'Edda's Birthright; Or, The Heir of Charlewick', pp. 437-445.
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