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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... vol. 4 no. 166 31 October 1868 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Prediction Fulfilled : An Australian Tale, Arthur James Ward , single work short story
A merchant's anger alienates his wife and daughter, and causes him to fire his chief clerk. The clerk marries the daugther and becomes a partner and so fulfils his prediction. (PB)
(p. 153-155)
A Miraculous Escape, Bero , single work prose
On narrow escapes from death and destruction, particularly a carriage acccident near Brickfield Hill, Sydney. (PB)
(p. 155-156)
What Spoiled My Taste for Fishing, Bundarrania , single work short story
Set on a station near Muswell Brook on Christmas Eve 1848, the narrator is nearly killed while on a night fishing expedition. His wound leads him to the lady he eventually marries - one of his nurses. (PB)
(p. 156-157)
The Ogre : A German Fairy Tale, single work short story
Legend of a castle turned to stone and a woman abducted from her husband by the ogre - and how all is rectified. (PB)
(p. 158)
The Butcher and Calf, single work short story
How a clever shoemaker steals a butcher's calf three times. (PB)
(p. 158-159)

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Notes:
Includes the tenth instalment of Miles Swanquill's 'The Merchant's Secret', pp. 149-151.
Notes:
Includes the third instalment of Nemo's 'Isabella of England : A Tale of the Olden Time', pp. 145-151.
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