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Issue Details: First known date: 1877... vol. 12 no. 147 August 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 Little Cherub, Sam , single work prose
A bachelor's attempts to amuse a baby for a short time. Wordy humour. (PB)
 (p. 614-615)
A Valuable Domestic, Annie , single work short story
Cheery tale of two happily unmarried sisters and the advent of a perfect housekeeper - who threatens to leave them for the German postman once she is sure her husband is dead ... Very pleasantly and well-written. (PB)
 (p. 618-620)
Too Late, M. S. , single work short story
Tale of excessive bad luck - the heroine is too late for her mother's deathbed; misses her lover's proposal, her father's, son's and husband's deathbeds, and a friend at reconciliation with her faithful lover! Silly. (PB)
 (p. 620-621)
Poor Madge, M. S. W. , single work short story
A young girl finds she does love her rejected 45 year-old suitor when she sees him with another beautiful woman at Queenscliff. (PB)
 (p. 624-625)
John Fowler's Sin, W. W. , single work short story
In the bush of Victoria a father is tragically repaid for saving his son from prison by falsely accusing his friend of the crime. Romance and murder follow when the two youths arrive at his station ... Includes an ex-convict and an honest woman. (PB)
 (p. 626-634)
An Apology for a Mother-in-Law, single work prose
A defence of this much-maligned order of women. (PB)
 (p. 637)
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