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Issue Details: First known date: 1876... vol. 11 no. 131 April 1876 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1876 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
La Petite Blonde, Patrick Shanahan , single work short story
A Melbourne law student falls in love with the niece of a French actress visiting Melboune. 'La Petite Blonde' promises to marry him in two years but by then is a famous opera singer and has a married a London novelist ... (PB)
 (p. 413-415)
Self-Imprisoned : Or, The Squire's Curse, single work short story
Story of a proud beautiful Midlands squire whose heartless punishment of a small boy is punished by the slow and terrible decay of his beauty. Sad tale. (PB)
 (p. 415-417)
The Broken Pitcher, From the German of Zchokke Mariette, Zchokke , single work short story
Courtship of a young couple in La Napoule, Cannes, through the present of a pitcher and gifts of flowers. A scheming old judge and an ambitious mother delay the revelation of the truth ... (PB)
 (p. 418-421)
A Fatal Furniture Sale, De Quincey , single work short story
Set at Easdale near Grasmere, Westmoreland. The tale of children orphaned when their parents died in the mountains returning from a furniture sale. Wordsworth is briefly mentioned. (PB)
 (p. 422-423)
Breach-of-Promise Reeves : A Parlour Story, Patrick Shanahan , single work short story
The life and death of B.O.P Reeves, artist - wooing women in Scandalville and forced to flee to Paris. (PB)
 (p. 423-424)
The Gambler of the Day, Florian May , single work prose
On the fashionable, well-dressed society gambler and the preferable old-fashioned easily recognisable gambler. (PB)
 (p. 425)
Don Joaquin, single work short story
Don Joaquin promenades restlessly each evening, broken-hearted at the loss of Senorita Luisa. He makes friends with the Englishman Simpson, and builds a house to distract himself. But his fate awaits him in the house across the street. Amusing phonetic rendition of English in a Spanish accent. (PB)
 (p. 425-430)
Her Imperial Guest : A Mayfair Mystery, single work short story
Humorous tale of Mrs Patterini's ball for the Shah of Persia, the coup with which she hoped to gain social standing in London society. And of Cyril Clarke who - in ensuing that the Shah attended - won Myra Patterini's hand. (PB)
 (p. 431-436)
Who Set the First Fashions?, Grace Le Breton , single work prose
Advocates sensible, simple dress for women - suggests origins of fashions in the past. (PB)
 (p. 436)
A Ghostly Visitation, single work short story
A rainy day during a house-party prompts Katherine Leniton to tell of her experiences in a haunted house - when visiting ghosts revealed their Quakerish origins. (PB)
 (p. 436-439)
A Dish of Tea, single work prose
On the literary connections of tea (and Dr Johnson), its reputation as a scandal accompaniment, and its soothing tendencies. (PB)
 (p. 439)
Mardyn's Revenge, W. W. , single work short story
A jilted suitor, now rich, visits the station where his former lover lives with her aunt and uncle. He recaptures her love but his motive is deadly revenge, with the help of an unscrupulous sundowner. Vivid. (PB)
 (p. 440-445)
Assurance, Essayez , single work prose
On the necessary balance betwen assurance and impertinence. (PB)
 (p. 446)
A Spelling Bee, single work prose
A romance begins at a country spelling competition. (PB)
 (p. 447-448)
Mrs Grundy's Mission, single work prose
On Mrs Grundy's role as keeper of respectability among those who have no conscience. (PB)
 (p. 448-449)
Only One Fault : A Domestic Sketch, single work prose
Moral exemplar - a husband persuades his reluctant wife to improve her intellect by lowering a piano note one half-tone and so creating a discord in its harmony. (PB)
 (p. 449-450)
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