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Issue Details: First known date: 1874... vol. 9 no. 106 March 1874 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1874 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Tattooed Cross, W. W. , single work short story
A swagman's tattoed wrist saves the narrator from hanging for a murder he did not commit. A tale of a Christmas spent in gaol, told at a bush Christmas driving cattle from Denliquin, remembered around Christmas on this railway building work ... (PB)
 (p. 359-361)
A Native's Thoughts on Hard Lines, single work prose
On the burden of genteel poverty and the strength of character it can create. (PB)
 (p. 361)
An Australian Girl's Critique, single work prose
Notices Bulwer's 'Kenelm Chillingly' unfavourably, and recounts her love and first acquaintance with his earlier works. Though a review in essence, the style and content is far more personal and imaginative. (PB)
 (p. 362)
Stuff : A Satire, A. D. Smythe , single work prose
First person character of a conscienceless man about town who borrows money through ladies, flirts with maids and married women etc. (PB)
 (p. 362-363)
The Legend of Weymouth, single work short story
Legend of the Romeo and Juliet variety concerning a quarrel over harbour rights between Melcome Regis and Weymouth. Colourful but not deeply realised. Basic narrative. (PB)
 (p. 363)
Kings - Queens - Knights, single work short story poetry
Following an extract from A. L. Gordon's 'The Rhyme of Joyous Guard' (from Bush Ballads) is a German legend of a guardsman who kissed his queen and lived. In verse form. (PB)
 (p. 364)
The Anonymous Letter, An Old Contributor , single work short story
A rejected lover tries to sow discord between a loving husband and wife by means of anonymous letters. (PB)
 (p. 365-366)
A Sharp Temptation, J. Clark , single work short story
James Watson finds a wallet in the street and is about to use the money to feed his starving family when his wife restrains him. His honesty win him his fortune ... Moral tale. (PB)
 (p. 366)
Wit and Wisdom of Adelaide Smith, G. N. T. , single work prose
List of phonetic adages; folk humour. (PB)
 (p. 381)
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, on Heavy Shoes, Henry Ward Beecher , single work prose
On the disturbance to relaxation and sleep by footsteps etc. (PB)
 (p. 382)
Joseph Arch, the Labourer's Champion, A Victorian in England , single work prose
On the formation of a farm labourer's union in England under Joseph Arch. Dramatised in part. (PB)
 (p. 383)
A Few Wild Oats, Will , single work short story
The seduction of a beautiful Church of England clergyman's daughter in a Gippsland township during her father's absence at a Church Assembly in Melbourne; her desertion by her rich handsome seducer in Sandhurst, and her death in childbirth. Well written with some interesting asides on the various denominations, but a disappointing conclusion in moral teaching. (PB)
 (p. 386-390)
Uncle John's Old Pencil Case, Anna Shields , single work short story
Jennie Wilcox's uncle leaves her only £100 of his fortune - but gives her a pencil-case full of diamonds on her wedding day - and the day of his death. Love and gentle faithfulness rewarded. (PB)
 (p. 397-398)
Love, Myson , single work prose
On the varieties of love. (PB)
 (p. 398-399)
Wrong : A Scottish Tale of All-Hallow-Een, single work short story
A sailor is accused of stealing a snuff box on All-Hallow-Eve in Scotland and it is ten long years before Jennie sees him again - on another All-Hallow-Een. Well told; includes some Scots customs. (PB)
 (p. 400-401)
Suspicion, single work prose
On the insidiousness of suspicion. (PB)
 (p. 401)
Married for Spite, M. K. D. , single work short story
Two jilted lovers marry each other and are unhappy until an illness brings them together. (PB)
 (p. 402-403)
Our Faces, single work prose
On the ability to improve our beauty through harmony of thought and temper. (PB)
 (p. 403)
Over Done, M. R. Crowell , single work short story
A jealous woman's attempts to stain her rival's reputation rebound on her. Drawing-room tale of romance. (PB)
 (p. 404-405)
My Knife, E. (fl.1874) , single work prose
On the impossibility of losing a knife despite every effort to do so. (PB)
 (p. 405-406)
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Notes:
Includes the seventh instalment of 'Royal Armstead : An Extraordinary History and Mystery', pp. 248-255.
Notes:
Includes the third instalment of 'Yangarilla : A Colonial Story', pp. 392-396.
Notes:
Includes third instalment of A Melbournite of '38's 'The Early History of Victoria. Being Reminiscences of Bygone Days', pp. 375-380.
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