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'We start off for Australia in this grand opening yarn of a new adventure series.' (Cover note)
Contains the first parts of two serialised stories about the schoolmaster-detective, Nelson Lee.
Notes
This story is not set in Australia but marks the beginning of the cricket tour by St Frank's, which culminates in Australia. The volume also includes an article on the cricket test matches between England and Australia, and a letter from the author to his readers.
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The Nelson Lee Library series of books was established in 1915, featuring Nelson Lee the detective, and his young assistant Nipper. Edwy Searles Brooks submitted his first story to the series in September 1915, and by 1917 was writing all of the stories in the series. In July 1917, Brooks was commissioned to write a spin-off series, The Nelson Lee School Story Library, for which he created the fictional English school St. Frank's.
Numbers 140-150 (published weekly from 29 January, 1929) in this latter series are set in Australia, and follow the adventures of the school cricket team who have traveled there to compete. Although it is not set in Australia, number 140 is about the team's setting out for Australia. Number 141 is about the stop-over in South Africa and the need to find alternative transport to Adelaide.
