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Issue Details: First known date: 1879... vol. 14 no. 167 April 1879 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1879 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Shot, Robert Criteur , single work short story
A tale of the Victorian gold diggings, 1857-62. A woman is shot by her drunken lover but reunited with the English husband she had never loved on her deathbed. He pursues her murderer finding and killing him on a diggings near Bendigo five years later. Narrated by a mate of the wronged husband; includes a reminiscence of the couple's courting days and early married life in an English village. (PB)
(p. 387-391)
The Happy Expression, single work short story
An artist wins his rich, ugly sitter's commendation for his portrait only when he beautifies it unreasonably. In doing so he unwittingly and unwillingly ensures his success with similar portrait requests. (PB)
(p. 392-393)
Little Lina's Way to Heaven, single work short story
Pathetic tale of an orphaned child seeking the way to heaven and her mother in climbing a church steeple, and finding it when the bell-ringer sounds the bell. (PB)
(p. 393)
The Loan of a Lover, Kate Crosby , single work short story
Tale of trust abused when the narrator's friend borrows her fiancee for a masquerade ball - only to be detected by her exchanging a passionate kiss in the conservatory. All is not lost as another man proves his worth ... (PB)
(p. 394-395)
All For Love, King Cole , single work short story
Set in Scarborough, Yorkshire and the Queensland outback. Lovers parted by a rival's plot are reunited through his rescue and recovery from an Aboriginal spearing. (PB)
(p. 396-397)
Four French Brothers, James Parton , single work short story
Historical narrative of the rise to success of the able Paris brothers through supplying the French army with provisions, and later through banking etc. Set around 1690s - 1720s. (PB)
(p. 398)
One Glass More, M. K. D. , single work short story
A begging drunkard tells a kindly man the story of his life as a doctor and digger on the Australian goldfields, and the extra glass that led to the murder of his wife and the theft of the gold they had been saving to return to England. (PB)
(p. 399)
Somdebody's Mistake, E. Campbell , single work short story
A little girl's mischief sends a Valentine to her father's business friend and begins a romance that leads to her sister's marriage. (PB)
(p. 400-401)
The Eagle's Nest Rock, W. W. , single work short story
An Englishwoman and her son arrive in Australia to join her ex-convict husband innocent of the crime for which he was transported. On the way to his hut near Phillip Island she finds him much changed and through her son's exploring hears from another escaped convict that the man is not her husband but his murderer ... (PB)
(p. 401-407)
Proposing by Proxy, single work short story
An incongruous engagement is begun through a misunderstanding and an old lady's deafness, but happily resolved once the elderly suitor discovers it is indeed his nephew the lady loves. (PB)
(p. 407-408)
Dr Grey's Word, C. B. , single work short story
Romance between a 40ish guardian and his young ward. Love finally triumphs over their mutual self-renunciation when his illness and temporary blindness recall her from 2 years overseas travel. (PB)
(p. 409-410)
A Christmas Present, single work prose
A bookseller's mistake ruins a poor man's romance by substituting a book on 'False Hair' for the book of poems actually purchased. (PB)
(p. 410)
Aunt Lottie's Guests, M. E. M. , single work short story
A father's objections to his son's romance are overcome when the girl comes to stay the summer as a companion to her cousin - and finally reveals herself. (PB)
(p. 411-412)
A New Heart, single work prose
A clergyman's prayer for a new heart for a dying sailor is corrected by the latter who declares it is a new liver he needs. (PB)
(p. 412)
The Story-Teller - A Type of Human Life, George Farquhar , single work prose
On the types of story-tellers - boring and entrancing; including a brief account of a particularly tedious example. [Includes passing reference to Chinaman as victims akin to lamp-posts for such boors.] (PB)
(p. 413)
Modern Geography, single work prose
Universal ignorance prevails on the true identity of 'Herr Zegovinian'. (PB)
(p. 414)
Adventure under an Umbrella, single work prose
A Sydney club fellow boasts of his skill in sharing a stranger's umbrella during a sudden downpour - until he discovers the theft of his watch purse. (PB)
(p. 414)
The Perils of an Alpine Ascent, single work prose travel
Extract from John Tyndall's Hours of Exercise in the Alps recounting his survival of an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. Exciting. (PB)
(p. 418)
The Admirals Story about Ducks, single work prose
Anecdote from a retired admiral about the wooden decoy duck served to him as dinner in a previous lodging house. (PB)
(p. 423)
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