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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.
Includes all the stories listed in the 1900 edition, and additional stories - 'A Typhoon in China', 'A Siberian Shipwreck', and 'Adventure in a Flood' - including one with Australian content: 'Margaret Wharncliffe: A Recollection of a Convict Transport Ship'.
In addition to those stories with Australian content, this edition includes: 'A Mysterious Wreck', 'At Bahia', 'A Mysterious Collision at Sea', 'The Green Blind', 'The Maori's Present', 'Chinese Pirates', 'The Wild Islander', 'Captain Armstrong's Legacy', 'On Board a Pilgrim Ship', 'Jacky Barbour's Story'.
