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Issue Details: First known date: 1889... vol. 24 no. 284 January 1889 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1889 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Considerate Master, single work prose
Anecdotes of the Prussian king's kindness. (PB)
 (p. 239)
Elsie's Gift, single work prose
A burglar encounters a child on Christmas Eve and she reforms him - and later asks her father for work. (PB)
 (p. 239-240)
Done, single work prose
Practical joke played by Sothern on his friend Toole while they dined in a restaurant. (PB)
 (p. 240)
The Treasure of Rockymount, single work short story romance
A vacation traveller makes a trip to Rockymount, site of a mythical buried treasure of Captain Kidd. But the treasure he finds he decides to marry. (PB)
 (p. 240-242)
Daisy Meadow, A. St. J. Kelsall , single work short story
Family tale set in the countryside on the Mitchell River near Lake King. A struggling squatter finds new pasture for his cattle one dry January through his daughter's belief in fairies and her hunt for them. (PB)
 (p. 246-247)
The Aftermath, single work prose
A man pays for his wife's Christmas gifts to him. (PB)
 (p. 247)
Checkmated by Fate, single work short story
A Philadelphia orphan takes a position as governess at a large country house to improve her health after two years school teaching. She quickly warms to her loving but deformed charge, and the child's widowed father is attracted to her. The schemes of his mother-in-law and sister-in-law to marry him to their own family again involve them dismissing the governess - but true love triumphs. (PB)
 (p. 248-255)
Turning a New Leaf, single work prose
On the value of making New Year's resolutions even if they are all broken. (PB)
 (p. 255)
The Season of Benevolence, single work prose
On helping others at Christmas. Possibly directed at women, eg. hospital visits. (PB)
 (p. 261)
My Cupboard Skeleton, single work short story
Humorous narrative of a husband's unwillingness to offend his wife when she bought him cheap cigars early in their marriage - and how he has been reduced to various stratagems to deal with them ever since. (PB)
 (p. 262)
The Robin in an English Church, single work prose
A robin finds shelter in a church at Christmas and provides an illustration for a sermon on the Father's care for his creatures. (PB)
 (p. 262)
The Strange Disappearance of Corporal Robertson, George A. Walstab , single work short story
Tale of the Victorian mounted police in 1853, recalled in England in 1888. The disappearance of a gentlemanly corporal reveals publicly the coarse drunkenness of his wife and his love for a refined and beautiful governess on a nearby station. Narrated by the then young officer in charge of the troop in the Victorian country town. Involves descriptions of local social life, detective work, and references to the local Chinese camp. (PB)
 (p. 263-270)
Their Christmas-Box, single work short story
A Christmas reunion in the US for an aged couple and their spoiled daughter who had run away years before with a German tutor and who the father had disowned. A baby in a Christmas box initiates the reconciliation. (PB)
 (p. 271)
Miss Polly's Christmas, single work short story
Romance of mature years. An affectionate old maid is the preferred choice of a vicar's children for a new mother - and he follows their advice. (PB)
 (p. 278)
The Captain's Last Grip, W. W. , single work short story
Tale set in the days before becoming a mounted trooper. Returning from droving cattle to Melbourne the narrator comes across a bush inn run by an old sea captain, his bosun now turning to drink, and a rough young man. He becomes very fond of the captain and returns at Christmas to find he has disappeared. With the help of the young man and a ghost he discovers the old man murdered by the bosun while drunk ... (PB)
 (p. 279-284)
A Matrimonial Catechism, single work prose
A suitor's questioning of his prospective bride's domestic abilities provoke a spirited response. (PB)
 (p. 285)
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