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Issue Details: First known date: 1877... vol. 12 no. 144 May 1877 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1877 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Maniac's Story, M. W. S. G. , single work short story
A lady visits Bedlam and hears there of a beautiful inmate's idolatrous love for a man who looked like her beloved painting of St Francis - and of the separation they had to bear for honour's sake. (PB)
 (p. 441-442)
The Stolen Ring, C. J. , single work short story
A proud heiress loses her lover to a shopgirl who she unjustly accuses of stealing her ring and has thrown into gaol. (PB)
 (p. 443-444)
Music Hath Charms, Wild Oats , single work prose
Humorous sketch of a Victorian farmer who trials the effect of music on his crops and chickens. (PB)
 (p. 451-452)
A Narrow Escape, E. B. , single work short story
A hawker's tale of his escape from a murderous plot in a rough isolated bush hut many years before. (PB)
 (p. 451-452)
A Reminiscence of Power the Bushranger, Patrick Shanahan , single work short story
A trooper becomes lost in the Victorian bush near Mansfield, searching for the bushranger Harry Power - and is rescued by Power himself. Odd parallel tale of the history of the trooper's horse - the two parts not quite fitting together. Possibly autobiographically based. (PB)
 (p. 453-455)
The Island of Scattery, M. Walsh , single work prose
The relics, history and a romance of this island in Ireland's Shannon River. (PB)
 (p. 455-456)
After Many Years, S. S. , single work short story
Tale of a twenty year romance. A merchant's daughter, rejected by her father and valued only as she is able to care for her infant brother, dutifully attends first her brother and then her father until - released by their deaths - she marries her faithful lover. Tedious goodness. (PB)
 (p. 456-458)
The Cadogan Tragedy, W. W. , single work short story
A sojourn at a Victorian country police station reveals an old man murdered and partially buried in his child's coffin by his younger wife and his accomplice. (PB)
 (p. 458-465)
Small Debts, single work prose
On the injustice of allowing debts to build up with poor small business people who can least afford it. Includes Mrs Montgomery-Grabbles and her bills. (PB)
 (p. 467)
Gabrielle, S. A. F. , single work short story
Set on Sydney's North Shore, young millionaire's love for a French governess is frustrated when the jealous daughter of the house arranges for her to join a touring opera company leaving for England. This perfidy is revealed when the company returns to Sydney and the sadly wasted ex-governess sings for the last time ... Well-written in parts but degenerates into conventional sentimentality. (PB)
 (p. 467-470)
The Artist's Love, S. A. F. , single work short story
A poor artist's daughter left penniless in Bohemian Sydney is rescued to England by her repentant grandfather, but after three years is claimed by the poor artist she loved - who is by then established in Europe. (PB)
 (p. 471-472)
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