This issue of the Australian Journal also includes:
'Returning from a whaling trip in 1856, the narrator, a sea captain, sees a spirit who guides the captain to an open boat where a man (whose spirit had appeared to the captain) lies almost dead, having been cast adrift following a mutiny.' (PB)
'A sailor of shabby appearance is about to be thrown out of a Melbourne bank when he reveals that he has good title to the land on which it is built. He departs £30,000 richer.' (PB)
'A rainy day plunges the narrator into depression.me, To pass the time, he reads a Sydney directory.' (PB)
'Set in New Jersey, USA, an undignified first meeting brought about by a train accident, ruined clothes, and a mistaken room.' (PB)
'Sketch of a simple, hardworking Dutch clock-maker, his kindness to a romantic young lady, and his slow recovery from his burnt-out business.' (PB)
'Reflections on the gloom of Melbourne Gaol and hope for the day when Knowledge shall render it unnecessary.' (PB)
