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Issue Details: First known date: 1882... vol. 17 no. 206 July 1882 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 1882 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Circumstances after Cases, single work prose
A Scots officer changes his low opinion of his ex-brother-officer's acting career when he learns how much he earns. (PB)
 (p. 588)
An Awkward Predicament, single work short story
An English businessman in France during the Paris Commune assists a French Colonel of Infantry disguised as a woman to escape in his new railway carriage. Tight. (PB)
 (p. 590)
Bell's Confession, Margharita , single work short story romance
Romance set it Wales, Ireland and London. True lovers, Hugh Lloyd, master of Frewellyn, and his mother's ward, Madge Otterburn, are separated by the jealous schemings of his cousin Bell Verschoyle. After three years of suffering separation, Bell's fiancée dies and in her grief she confesses her plot. They are reunited and she dies, remorseful and contrite. Slight, competently written. (PB)
 (p. 591-596)
After All, Camilla Dorsey , single work short story romance
Pleasant English romance of a young spirited country gentlewoman who spars with her handsome supercilious neighbour until a kiss and his near death when thrown from his horse reveal her deeper feelings. Pleasant, slight. (PB)
 (p. 602-603)
The Belle of Newtown, Charles I Gordon , single work short story
Slight village romance, unclear whether in England or the US. Rose Danglar, the Belle of Newtown, is broken-hearted when the local doctor jilts her for a richer woman but is consoled some time later by another neighbouring doctor. And her first suitor, disappointed in his wife's wealth, becomes a dissipated drunkard. (PB)
 (p. 606-607)
Jack Brandt's Doom, Erskine Bell , single work short story
A condemned man's narrative of the jealousy which caused him to kill his brother-in-law and his wife; told to a prison chaplain. Some rough power. Sentimental. (PB)
 (p. 608)
Catching a Tartar, R. J. G. , single work short story
Tenuous tale of an English gentleman lawyer chased through London and Manchester by the mad brother of the woman he loves. Poorly realised in general. (PB)
 (p. 609-613)
A French Detective, single work prose detective
A detective in Paris wins a bet by disguising himself so effectively that his companion does not know him. (PB)
 (p. 613)
A Broken Heart, Harriet B. McKeever , single work short story
Study of a sensitive girl reared on family affection who is killed by marrying a rich but unaffectionate man. Sentimental plaintive tale (not Australian.) (PB)
 (p. 621-624)
The Duke's Protege, single work prose
The Duke of Newcastle's rash promise to a sturdy yeoman voter in an election at Lewes is eventually and humorously fulfilled. (PB)
 (p. 624-625)
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Notes:
Includes final instalment of W. W.'s short story, 'The Dark Splitter', pp. 596-602.
Notes:
Includes fifth instalment of Nathan D. Urner's serial fiction, 'The Missing Ship; Or, The Secret of the Deep', pp. 614-620.
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Includes the eleventh instalment of Marcus Clarke's serial fiction, 'His Natural Life', pp. 575-587.
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