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A doctor reunites a British husband and wife separated by jealousy and mutual pride. Society tale; Australia really a backdrop providing only a wounded parrot as a symbol of wounded love. (PB)
Society romance : English class concerns transported to Collins Street and St Kilda, Melbourne where colonial snobbery is exposed and gentility rewarded. Slight. (PB)
Humorous sketch of an old scientific gentleman who marries unwilling Lavinia Velours, having first disposed of his rival, and later of his mother-in-law, with approved scientific method. (PB)
Women's architecture is in fashion designing; comments on increasing complexity due to invention of sewing machine and need to keep dress-makers in business. Also that every labour saving device ultimately creates more labour. (PB)
On the Spanish island of Mahon, a merchant's son is buried prematurely after catching fever in Valencia. Only his fiancee's determination to keep a vow reveals that he is still alive. Story told to the narrator by a friar from a Capuchin convent between Villa Nueva and Port Mahon.
Set in the Waikato district of NZ during the Maori wars, the story of a Maori chief, Tamiti Waka, who saves a surgeon's life in return for his own. Factually based; includes an account of a military attack. (PB)