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Issue Details: First known date: 1873... vol. 9 no. 102 November 1873 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1873 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Tethers, Myson , single work prose
On the restrictions of ecclesiastical, legal and conventional tethers - inspired by a tethered goat. (PB)
 (p. 126)
The Queen of Diamonds, W. W. , single work short story
A 'new chum' the son of a Birmingham iron manufacturing firm selling rolling stock to thr railway tells the story of his engagement to Charlotte West, his Melbourne's landlady's 'daughter' - and his discovery of her infamous past including a murder in Sydney.
 (p. 127-132)
Confession of a Crown Prosecutor, A Valetudinarian , single work short story
A zealous Crown Prosecutor succeeds in obtaining a murder conviction but is convinced by his wife that the prisoner is innocent. How he circumvents the execution in the subject of the confession ... (PB)
 (p. 140-141)
A Woman's Revenge, James Lockhart , single work short story
Two gold-diggers, mates for six years, part on Christmas Day - one to try his luck one last time on the diggings and one to seek employment on a station. The latter finds a station where the owner's wife turns out to be his own wife who had deserted him five years before. A murder and a suicide follow ... Interesting in parts. Lockhart is improving slowly. (PB)
 (p. 142-145)
Our Blue Stocking Friend, A. B. F. , single work short story
Description of an aspiring writer's efforts to prevent her literary endeavours from leading to eccentricity in behaviour or dress, or from intefering with her attention to the everyday duties which her marriage to Charlie Bright would entail. A little over-placating but lightly amusing too. (PB)
 (p. 145-146)
The Widow McBride, single work short story
A pretty young widow determines to make an old farming widower fall in love with her - and then must decide whether or not to marry him. Set in a small town - probably USA. (PB)
 (p. 147-149)
A New View of Robespierre, single work prose
Character study of Maximilian Robespierre and the French Revolution. (PB)
 (p. 150-151)
The Death Waggon - A Story of Fact, C. C. F. , single work prose
On a holiday on an English farm on the Mendip hills in the narrator's youth, a terrible storm and a strange dream, and a chance encounter years later in South Australia. (PB)
 (p. 151)
A Bitter Cure, M. R. Crowell , single work short story
A mother's impatience is cured through the death of her baby and illness of her older daughter. (PB)
 (p. 152)
Florence : The Doomed Bride, a Story for Spiritists, single work short story
Set in Manheim [Germany], tale of psychic manifestations, and the death of the narrator on the eve of her wedding as predicted by her sister ... (PB)
 (p. 153-157)
Only a Fly, single work prose
On the annoyance caused by a fly. (PB)
 (p. 157)
Mary's Lesson, Bart Neilson , single work short story
Set in a township on the Goulburn River, young love is tested by doubt and proved by a rock in the river. (PB)
 (p. 158-160)
An Old Man's Darling, Anna Maria Shields , single work short story
Set in an English coastal township, an encounter by the sea prompts a tale of the love match between a man of 70 and his wife of 23. (PB)
 (p. 160-161)
The Swallow-Tail Coat, Frances Henshaw Baden , single work short story
Three young ladies choose an escort to a ball on the basis of his evening clothes - and live to regret it. (PB)
 (p. 162-163)
The Art of Slighting, single work prose
On the difficulty of responding to slights - and the wounds they cause. (PB)
 (p. 166)
The Trapper Trapped, J. E. Clarke , single work short story
An aspiring writer in an Australian city (Melbourne or Sydney?) discovers a bank robber attempting to dupe him, collects the rewards and setles down to the pork business. Light. (PB)
 (p. 167)
Henry Ward Beecher on 'Squandering Time', Henry Ward Beecher , single work short story
On time-wasting in useless ease. (PB)
 (p. 179)
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