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Set on the small U. T. (Ultima Thule) diggings, an account of the advent and habits of the Mad Miner - revealed after his death in truer colouring. Interesting tale of nobility lost.(PB)
Set on a near-deserted diggings. Charlie Hearne, a worthy young man determined to marry the common daughter of a drunkard mother, disappears one night. And it is his beloved's mother who seems most deeply involved in his disappearance. (PB)
During a Christmas party an old housekeeper tells the story of an attempted robbery in the noble house where she was working in 1819 - and of the terrible death the robber endured. (PB)
Wild romance of a stormy night on the Scottish moors. A serving maid abducts her mistress' child, the price of her false lover's promise to marry her. Finding the baby dead she has a change of heart ... is it too late? (PB)
Suggests that servants be employed to look after the house and the mistress freed to look after the children. Points out the heavy burden of a woman's duties. (PB)
On the Irish actor John Dunn (John O'Donohue) and particularly his colonial career e. g. in Bendigo and Melbourne. More a personal than professional commentary. (PB)