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Issue Details: First known date: 1881... vol. 17 no. 197 October 1881 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 1881 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Adventures of an Amateur Actor, single work prose
An offended company of actors revenge themselves on the playwright and lead actor by punishing him during the play. He hires a prize-fighter to replace himself the next night and revenge is returned. (PB)
(p. 73)
The Test; Or, How Ralph Irwin Knew His Betrothed, single work short story romance
A youth blind from birth has his sight restored by an operation and is able to tell his fiancee by her breathing when all else fails. Romance; competently told, sentimental but unusual subject. (PB)
(p. 82-84)
Brudder Gardner on Religious Affairs, single work prose
Negro commentary on the Christianity that sends thousands of dollars for overseas conversions and acts not at home. (PB)
(p. 84)
A Burglar in the House, B. Broadaxe , single work prose humour
Domestic sketch of a husband's difficulties in confronting a burglar - who turns out to be a cat! (PB)
(p. 84-85)
Writing for Life, single work short story
A doctor in England is invited to accompany his friend on a railway trip to Exeter. Once the train has departed he discovers his friend - who has been seriously overworking - is insane and wishes to kill them both. Only quick thinking can save him ... Competent tale of insanity; tension good. (PB)
(p. 85-86)
A Pearl from the English Crown, single work prose
Anecdote of the appearance of a pearl from the English crown in the possession of a pawn-shopkeeper in Pesth and Vienna. (PB)
(p. 86)
The Coquette's Fate, single work short story
A cold selfish widow forsakes a worthy suitor for a richer one, and he commits suicide on the day she marries. The marriage is full of cruelty and she is disfigured and abandoned when her wealth is gone. Most interesting in that the sentimentality of repentance is not included here - she dies as she lived. (PB)
(p. 87-88)
A Terrible Fright, single work short story
Of a near tragedy when a child takes a loaded hunting gun, points it at his two sisters and pulls the trigger. Suspenseful description. (PB)
(p. 88-89)
Ropes to Splice Well, single work prose
A sailor seeks to reconcile conflicting statements by a preacher about the devil. Humorous anecdote. (PB)
(p. 89)
The Husband's Secret, S. C. , single work short story
Tale counselling wives to trust their husbands when they have secrets they will not share - e.g: on business matters that they would not understand! (PB)
(p. 89-90)
Plainly at Fault, single work prose humour
A porter settles an argument between students at Harvard. Anecdote. (PB)
(p. 90)
Her Money-Jars, single work short story
Indian tale of a poor widow robbed of her life savings buried beneath the floor of her house by her nephew. (PB)
(p. 90)
The Mystery of Miss Dormer's Will, Marion Severn , single work short story romance
Horace Tremaine, holidaying in Scotland's Western Hebrides, hears he has inherited an aunt's fortune by default - the will she had made being lost. He refuses to take the legacy from the niece to whom she would have left it; they fall in love; and he discovers the secret of the will's disappearance and a domestic ghost in his betrothed's somnabulism. Pleasant romance. (PB)
(p. 91-95)
Charlie Fairfax, Percy Sutton , single work short story
Practical little romance with realist touches. A soft-goods merchant is financially ruined and his son Charlie Fairfax must make his own way in the world - which he does by working his way up in another firm, despite the ill-wishes of the manager. Charlie then falls in love with Alsa Lee who lives in a pretty villa on his way to work - but they are separated when her father, Charlie's manager, discovers their meetings. Eventually Charlie is sent to Fiji where he makes good, but is recalled when Alsa's father commits suicide after being detected in a forgery. Charlie's father is at first opposed to Charlie and Alsa's marriage - revealing the secret of his own lost love stolen by Alsa's father years before ... (PB)
(p. 95-97)
A Good Joke, single work prose
A practical joke played by a group of young men waiting for a city bus elicits a very different reaction the second time it is tried on the same victim. (PB)
(p. 97)
The Wood Violet : A Story for Little People, Mrs Harrison Lee , single work short story
Exemplary tale; a little girl's good deed in gathering flowers saves a man's soul and life by his repentance for his crimes, transportation etc. (PB)
(p. 101)
A Matter-of-Fact Man, single work prose
An Englishman receives no help from a Scot til he asks. Brief anecdote. (PB)
(p. 101)
The Biggest Man of All, single work prose
Anecdote of three royal visitors to Windsor Castle and their encounter with a gardener. (PB)
(p. 102)
Goldendale : A State School Teacher's Trip Up Country, single work short story
A jaded Melbourne teacher swaps schools with a country Victorian teacher and after a pretty journey finds herself in an unromantic mining town. But the house where she is to stay is a 'home' with a welcoming family. Interesting sketch/narrative combination. (PB)
(p. 102-103)
A Sad Taking Aback, single work prose
Anecdote of the US Vice-President Hamlin in 1864, mistaken in his gardening clothes for his own servant by a bumptious messenger. (PB)
(p. 103)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Includes the final instalment of W. W.'s 'The Five-Acre Paddock', pp. 159-162.
Notes:
Includes third instalment of Major Alfred Rochefort's serial fiction 'A Strange Case; Or, Beaten With His Own Weapons', pp. 74-81.
Notes:
Includes the second instalment of Marcus Clarke's serial fiction, 'His Natural Life', pp. 59-72.
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