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Issue Details: First known date: 1865... 1865 Adventures Ashore and Afloat
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Notes

  • Contents indexed selectively. Only those stories with Australian content or setting have been included.
  • Prefatory Note: 'The papers composing this book hace appeared in various volumes of the Leisure Hour and Sunday at Home. With a few exceptions, the sources of which are indicated, the "Adventures" were communicated as true incidents by correspondents known to the editor.' (1887 edition)
  • Note that when the serial 'The Black Troopers' appeared in the Leisure Hour in 1870, each instalment carried the accompanying line 'By the author of "Adventures Ashore and Afloat" '.

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,:Religious Tract Society , 1887 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Margaret Wharncliffe : A Recollection of a Convict Transport Ship, single work short story (p. 373-383)
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* Contents derived from the London,
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England,
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c
United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,:Religious Tract Society , 1900 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
In the Reed-Beds, single work short story (p. 21-44)
Henry Marsh : An Incident of the Penal Settlements, single work short story (p. 45-60)
Lost on Board Ship, single work short story
Story about an incident that occurred on a sea voyage from England to Australia.
 (p. 61-78)
A Moral Wreck, single work short story
Story about an incident that occurred during a sea voyage from Sydney to London.
 (p. 79-97)
A Storm at the Diggings, single work short story (p. 117-136)
A Ride through the Mallee, single work short story (p. 154-183)
Escape from a Pirate, single work short story adventure
Story about an adventure that occurs at sea, on a journey from Sydney to England.
 (p. 212-227)
Against an Iceberg, single work short story adventure
Story about a sea voyage south from Melbourne.
 (p. 301-312)
Help In Need : An Incident of the Lonely Bush, single work short story adventure (p. 313-323)
An Adventure in the Stony Rises, single work short story adventure (p. 324-333)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 1865
Serialised by: The Leisure Hour : An Illustrated Magazine for Home Reading 1852 periodical (4 issues)
Notes:

Many of these stories appeared as an illustrated series in the Leisure Hour between 6 May - 24 June, 1865. 'Storm at the Diggings' appeared in the Leisure Hour on 28 November 1863.

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