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Issue Details: First known date: 1874... vol. 9 no. 107 April 1874 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1874 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Squatter's Escape, W. W. , single work short story
A well-born Englishman tramping the Gippsland track in search of work in February when he finds a station owner's will. He returns it and is given a job - and uncovers the owner's wife plot to murder her husband slowly with poison ... (PB)
 (p. 417-424)
Household Pets, single work prose
On the varieties of household pets over the centuries from snakes to canaries, and the love they give and receive. (PB)
 (p. 424-425)
Jim Barclay's Adventure, Patrick Shanahan , single work prose
An attempted robbery of three men sleeping around their campfire in the Australian bush near Avenel. (PB)
 (p. 425)
Aunt Mary, M. E. N. , single work short story
On the origin of a happy marriage in true mutual regard, and how it was nearly missed by reading French novels and trusting false friends. Youthful romance and the triumph of faithful love. (PB)
 (p. 438-439)
The Drudgery of Journalism, single work prose
Drudgery of routine work does not and need not destroy literary ability and achievement. Uses English writers as examples. (PB)
 (p. 439)
Execution of an Opium Smoker, Frank Leslie , single work prose
Eye-witness account of the strangulation of an opium smuggler in China. (PB)
 (p. 440)
Faithful unto Death, single work short story
The engagement of a young couple in the small bush settlement of Dartmouth ends in tragedy when his gambling fever flares on the eve of their wedding. (PB)
 (p. 441-445)
The Shepherd's Grave, Henry Knapp , single work short story
Aborigines murder a Scots shepherd near Ballarat in 1849, and his brother organises a retaliating raid against the tribe. Retold by a miner who went to diggings west of Ballarat a few years later. Perhaps factually based.
 (p. 445-446)
Byron - As Man and Animal; Angel and Devil, Myson , single work prose biography
On Lord Byron. (PB)
 (p. 446-447)
A Left-Handed Job, Duelo , single work short story
Tale of a duel fought in New Orleans between a French swordsman and ambidextrous Englishman - for a beauty's 'honour' which the latter held in contempt. (PB)
 (p. 455-457)
A Sensation Drama of Real Life, Justin McCarthy , single work short story
A writer seeking real-life inspiration lodges in Swordblade Alley in the guise of a Frenchman. There he meets his love and nearly his death. Light. (PB)
 (p. 458-461)
His Reward, H. V. Dumont , single work short story
Set in the US, a quest for his dying friend's deserted sister takes Charlie Sandals to the Eastern Cities where he falls in love and finds the sister - only she is engaged to another. (PB)
 (p. 461-4[6]3)
The Cabman's Story, Harper , single work prose
Story of an English country lad's rise to a hansome cab driver's position in London, and how his wife returned from the dead. Colloquial. (PB)
 (p. 464)
The Lovers of Tangle Island, A Law Clerk , single work short story
A misanthropist is restored to human relationships through the trespass of an invalid boy and his artist sister on the misanthropist's island in an English river. Romance in beauty and the beast tradition. (PB)
 (p. 465-468)
False Pride, M. K. D. , single work prose
On the pride which makes people ashamed to be seen to live within their means. (PB)
 (p. 472)
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