An advertisement for Clarson, Massina, & Co's Weather Almanac and General Guide and Handbook for Victoria for 1868.
'A plot whereby the Victorian miners, in the district of Loafingdon, who support Mr Bribewell's candidature, delay some of the squatters supporting Mr Fleecem with the ruse of a - false - gold rush. Satiric.' (PB)
Two ships - one old and ungainly and one new - travel to 'Austral's golden shore'. The new ship founders en route. The author draws a parallel between this occurrence and 'Youth and Age'; the younger often sinks, while the older survives.
'Set on the Victorian diggings in 1861, an attempt by an escaped prisoner to tunnel into a bank ends with the collapse of the bank floor onto his chest. Police detective genre.' (PB)
'Satiric tale, in outline, of the sad fate of a wife and mother who dyes her hair.' (PB)
