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Issue Details: First known date: 1869... vol. 4 no. 48 May 1869 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1869 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Michael McKeown's Drame, Waif Wander , single work short story
How Michael's intended, Katherine, goes to England and thence to Australia where she is ruined. And how Michael dreams three times of finding gold in Australia and follows his dreams to the Victorian diggings. (PB)
 (p. 523-526)
The Jew of Wilna, single work short story
Short anecdote of a gallant French soldier who saves a Jew's daughter from Russian soldiers, and of his reward. (PB)
 (p. 526)
The Mystic, single work short story
A bereaved husband meets an old acquaintance in an unspecified city. The acquaintance is a Rosicrucian who takes him through an ordeal with spirits and demons that he may see his wife again. The husband is determined to learn more but dies on the voyage. Supposedly a manuscript found on the unidentified body of a gentleman passenger died on the SS Tyre between Alexandria and Smyrna. Found by Henry Lloyd, M. D. (PB)
 (p. 527-528)
The Finishing Touch, S. E. N. G. A. , single work short story
A wife supplies the missing idea needed to complete her chemist husband's invention. Includes a moral on the intellectual equality of women. (PB)
 (p. 542-543)
The Ruby Ring, W. W. , single work short story
A theft in a St Kilda household reveals secrets of Mrs Latham and an attempt to blacken her governess' reputation. (PB)
 (p. 546-549)
She Would Be An Actress, Footlight , single work short story
On the discomforts and vulgarities of stage life for a respectable but poor vain and untalented young woman. Set in an Australian city, the moral tales refers briefly to the advice columns of the Journal. (PB)
 (p. 549-550)
Newman Noggs on Early Closing, single work prose
Short humorous address in negro diction on the advantages of early closing. (PB)
 (p. 551)
Amenities of Boarding-House Life, F. E. S. , single work short story
On the 'companionship' offered by fellow boarders. Character sketches mainly. (PB)
 (p. 551-552)
Jack the Reefer : Abridged from Snowed Up, B. L. Farjeon , extract novel romance
Set on the Victorian diggings, a romance of gold-seeking, a young girl's rescue from a shaft, reverses in fortune; and a marriage. (PB)
 (p. 554-558)
Fine Ladies for Wives, A. R. , single work short story
An educated wife retrieves herself from her mother-in-law's contempt when she is able to support the family through selling her paintings. (PB)
 (p. 559)
Fortune, Folly, or Fate?, single work short story
Moral tale on the decline of an unloving wife through her husband's absence, her visit to a fortune teller, her search for a new husband and subsequent desertion. (PB)
 (p. 562-563)
My Advertisement, M. H. F. , single work short story
Humorous tale of the results of advertising for housework or teaching in return for lodgings, by a lady. Several references to the Australian Journal are included. Lively. (PB)
 (p. 563-565)
Sphinxes, F. E. S. , single work prose
On the difficulty of ever coming to know some people. (PB)
 (p. 565)
A Bachelor's Experience With a Baby, Ajax [fl. 1869] , single work short story
Humorous account of a bachelor's attempts to soothe and feed his sister's baby, and the public humiliation he suffered. (PB)
 (p. 566)
Mistakes, Lilly Lee , single work short story
George refuses to acknowledge or assist his sister Agnes Cleal who married against his wishes years before and is paying a harsh price for the deed.
 (p. 570)
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Notes:
Includes the fifth instalment of Ruth Hall's 'The Bee', pp. 538-540.
Notes:
Includes the twentieth instalment of Nemo's 'Isabella of England : A Tale of the Olden Time', pp. 529-537.
Notes:
Includes the first instalment of M. M. Boru's 'The Fortunes of a Stewardess, Ashore and Afloat', pp. 537-538.
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Includes the second instlament of Charles de Boos' illustrated fiction, 'Fifty Years Ago : An Australian Tale', pp. 513-522.
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