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Issue Details: First known date: 1872... vol. 7 no. 86 July 1872 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1872 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Catch at Cricket: Or, a Matched Ended in a Match [1], Craven , single work short story
The daughter of an officer is transported to Tasmania for killing her brother's quasi-murderer in a duel, falls for a handsome Victorian cricketer. She first sees him when he catches a bumptious English cricketer. Their match proceeds quickly from there ... (PB)
 (p. 593-598)
One Species of Insanity, Fanny Fern , single work prose
On the house-keeping obsession. (PB)
 (p. 601)
The Dumb Lover, single work prose
The love of a handsome French chevalier, Beauregard, for an Italian noblewoman and the vow he carries out to win her. Set in the time of Francis I of France. (PB)
 (p. 604)
Decided by Fate, J. G. Laroe , single work short story
A chance meeting in the country unites handsome Will Mortimer and the beautiful poet, Miss Livonia alias Milly Merton. (PB)
 (p. 605)
Queen Versus Knave, Souriz , single work short story
A handsome French lawyer wins his wife through discovering a fateful loss at cards and responding with a knave of his own ... Romance set in a French city. (PB)
 (p. 606-607)
The Narrowvale Tragedies, W. W. , single work short story
A fellow trooper of Mark Sinclair is lured to a country station with promise of a partnership. His disappearance exposes a series of murders. (PB)
 (p. 613-618)
The Woman Who Couldn't Be Jealous, M. W. S. G. , single work short story
On a young married woman's first encounter with jealousy - and the 'lesson' she learned. (PB)
 (p. 622-623)
Advice to Young Literary Aspirants, Mark Twain , single work prose
On what is required to succeed viz hard work, perseverance, talent, etc. (PB)
 (p. 636)
Cheating the Hangman, single work short story
On the discrimination suffered by Jews, and how a mother persuades her conscienceless murdering son to take poison in his cell before publicly disgracing his people in a trial. Very heavy-handed; sententiously legal. Mother as killer is compared to Rizpah in the bible. (PB)
 (p. 638-640)
Swallowing a Man, single work prose humour
How John Thomas wins a bet with Tom Staples - undertaking to swallow the man but not his clothes. (PB)
 (p. 640)
[Untitled], single work prose
Reflections on the advantages of the poor in non-ownership - freedom from cares. (PB)
 (p. 640)
Death and the Highwayman, M. K. D. , single work short story
A highwayman in Olde England is converted to a monk by an encounter with Death on horseback. Over fifteen years later he discovers it was a strolling players trick and leaves the monastery - this time for a real encounter ... Basic tale. (PB)
 (p. 648)
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Includes the second instalment of 'Faithful to the End : A Colonial Tale, in Three Books', pp. 630-633.
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Includes the first instalment of 'African Travels of an English Lady', pp. 600-601.
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Includes the first instalment of 'Louiza Morley's New Year's Day', pp. 644-645.
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Includes the first instalment of 'To-day at Endor : Being Some Account of the Séances at Silver Bend', pp. 609-612.
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Includes the first instalment of 'To Walhalla and Mount Baw-Baw : A Midsummer Trip', pp. 602-604.
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