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Issue Details: First known date: 1892... vol. 28 no. 328 September 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.
Making the West, single work prose western
Scouts riding well with an army column discover the staked body of a settler tortured by Indians. (PB)
 (p. 6)
A Day at the Academy, Luke Sharp , single work prose
Occasional piece. Description of the annual opening and private viewing day at London's Royal Academy. Society more important than paintings. Glimpses of Mr Balfour and Mr Gladstone. (PB)
 (p. 7)
Mrs Sevrance's Trip, single work short story humour
Comic domestic romance as a wife of two years alternates between leaving her husband for a six months trip to Europe or staying at home. Marital histrionics and manly patience ... (PB)
 (p. 8-10)
The Gentleman Emigrant, single work short story satire
Satirical tale of an English gentleman's naivety and misadventures in trying to establish a ranch in Texas. After being swindled over cattle he decides an English rectory is more inviting. (PB)
 (p. 10-11)
The Smuggler's Son, single work short story
Sentimental tale of the reformation achieved by a smuggler's son born of a delicate wife who dies at his birth. He comes to learn of his father's dishonest profession - and by saving him and his crew from a rock fall and a troop of revenue offices they promise to become honest men. (PB)
 (p. 12-13)
An Agreeable Surprise, single work short story
A surprise visit to an old friend results in an attack by dogs and a freezing night in a stable. Self complacency and romantic prospects are dashed. (PB)
 (p. 14)
Toujours Gai, single work short story
An aspiring writer leaves his wife and their sick baby to attend the opening night of his play which proves a great success. He returns home drunk to learn of his son's death - and though success remains his life reforms. (PB)
 (p. 22)
His Wild Rose : Or, The Old Red Brick House, A. J. W. , single work short story romance
Romance between an army officer, Captain Hilliers, and sweet Nora Despard. Their engagement is broken for a time when he mistakes Nora for her sister Nelly - who secretly marries her own officer, Lieutenant Hamilton on the eve of his departure for India. A chance encounter reveals the misconception. Family life well developed. (PB)
 (p. 23-28)
An Unregistered Patent, single work short story crime
A confidence trick played by a Canadian grass-widow on a rich confiding young English nobleman. Snaring him with her beauty she succeeds in entrusting her jewels to him on a trip to Switzerland - and then he loses the cleverly designed collapsing casket ... (PB)
 (p. 28-30)
A Phantom at Chess, W. H. French , single work short story
An English war correspondent cum government agent in Bombay is visited by a phantom who plays a game of chess with him, the stakes a favour to be done. The Englishman loses but in carrying out his promise - to save a woman from assault - achieves his aim of discovering a counterfeiter. (PB)
 (p. 39-42)
A Legal Yarn, single work prose
Trick and counter-trick played upon each other by the English lawyers Coke and Blackstone. (PB)
 (p. 42)
The Mad Marksman, single work short story crime
A visitor to a French lunatic asylum learns the history of a patient, a former marksman, who finally killed his beautiful show assistant on stage in a fit of jealousy. (PB)
 (p. 43)
The Bank-Clerk's Journey, single work short story
A London bank-clerk ruins his chances of inheriting a fortune by telling a friend of his hopes in a railway carriage and treating an old man, the other occupant, rudely. (PB)
 (p. 44)
The Ring and The Rose, W. W. , single work short story romance
A mounted policeman McIntyre is killed by his rival for the hand of pretty Emma Moysey - a local criminal Nick Petit. Emma regrets giving Harry back his ring as soon as it is done - tempted by Nick's false diamonds. But her regret lasts a lifetime as Harry and her own brother die - and can not be returned evenby Nick's death. (PB)
 (p. 45-52)
A Trying Time, single work prose humour
The trials of sharing a house with a courting couple. (PB)
 (p. 52)
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