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Tale of 3 diggers - possibly ex-convicts - who discover a gold reef in Australia's Tanga Ranges but murder each other before they can enjoy the gold or pass on the secret of its location. Explorations of the area afterwards have been fruitless. (PB)
An ex-convict shepherd and his wife die of fever in their isolated bush-hut. 'Tiny', their six-year old daughter survives their death and a dingo attack only to die as rescue is at hand. (PB)
Childhood love between a village maiden and a young baronet grows into adulthood in a western county of England. He gives up his family and fortune to marry her - supported only by his childhood friend, the woman his parents had arranged for him to marry. She becomes a nurse and dies while the married couple recover his family's lost fortunes. (PB)
Set in Connemara, Ireland, an account of a night in a rural hut witnessing the minders of an informer and of an argumentative fellow Irish 'patriot'. A typical incident of the Irish agrarian revolt, told from the Irish landlord's position. (PB)
A fortune-hunter transfers his marriage proposal from niece to aunt when he learns of certain business losses suffered - only to find himself worse off. (PB)
Cynical reserved uncle and thoughtful idealistic step-niece at last come to understand their respective orbits through the death of his divorced wife. Almost grapples with the woman question. (PB)
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Includes the fifth instalment of 'Faithful to the End : A Colonial Tale, in Three Books', pp. 93-95.
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Includes the fourth instalment of 'To-day at Endor : Being Some Account of the Séances at Silver Bend', pp. 73-77.
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Includes the first instalment of 'Mark Heber; or, a Young Maiden's Perils', pp. 63-72.
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Includes the first instalment of J. B. Mummery's 'Life and Travel in the Australian Bush', pp. 81-82. (Later instalments titled 'Adventures in the Australian Bush.'