y separately published work icon Queer Fish : Character Sketches selected work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1883... 1883 Queer Fish : Character Sketches
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Contents

* Contents derived from the London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,:Dean and Son , 1906 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Me and Bill, Robert Overton , single work children's fiction children's (p. 11-19)
Two Scars : A Cocoanut-Man's Story, Robert Overton , single work short story (p. 20-29)
Our Pardner : A Gold-Digger's Story, Robert Overton , single work short story
Four miners, three Englishmen and a negro from Virginia - an escaped slave - finally strike gold on an Australian goldfield (probably South Australian.) They leave for home aboard an English ship but Juberlo Tom never arrives as he dies saving the captain's young daughter from an attack by Islanders. Odd mixture of incident, character etc. (PB)
 (p. 30-43)
Rummy Fares : A Cabman's Story, Robert Overton , single work short story (p. 44-50)
The Three Parsons : A Deacon's Story, Robert Overton , single work short story humour
A storm at sea and the parsons' various reactions to a shipwreck decide who will be the minister at an English church faster than the various sermons preached. Humorous and sentimental. (PB)
 (p. 51-59)
Peter Adair : A Curate's Story, Robert Overton , single work short story (p. 60-69)
Turning the Points : A Railway Porter's Story Told to his Vicar, Robert Overton , single work short story
A one-legged parishioner tells his vicar the story of his life as the son of a drunkard, working hard on the streets of London and then on the railway where he saves a train of people after coming back from his first religious meeting. Pithy, humorous and with an eye for the injustice of a Christian company overworking its employees. (PB)
 (p. 70-76)
Dweadful : A Masher's Story, Don't You Know, Robert Overton , single work short story
Humorous tale of two fashionable fops who propose a meeting to two beauties on the stage - and are taught a lesson by their Grenadier Guardmen brothers. Light. (PB)
 (p. 77-83)
'One More' : An Old Skipper's Story, Robert Overton , single work short story (p. 84-94)
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