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Issue Details: First known date: 1896... vol. 1 no. 13 16 July 1896 of The Free-Lance est. 1896 The Free-Lance
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1896 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Popular Penwomen : [No.I] : Louise Mack, single work biography (p. 3)
A Shocki"Beneath a spreading gum tree's shade,", Peter Dunning , single work poetry (p. 3)
Untitledi"You fill us up with joy,", single work poetry (p. 4)
Faith, single work short story (p. 6)
Desertedi"The big clock boomed, whilst far around", H. P. Galardia , single work poetry (p. 6)
His Selfishness, H. A. Conant , single work short story (p. 6)
The Flesh and the Devili"The Devil looked over a garden wall,", Papurge , single work poetry (p. 10)
Note: Illustrated by Lionel Lindsay.
Untitledi"The cycle girl may skite all night,", single work poetry (p. 12)
At the Chinese Opera, John Steele Robertson , single work column (p. 13)
Note: Written as J. Steele Robertson
The Wine and the Girlsi"Oh! the hours with the lasses are jolly,", J. S. R. , single work poetry
The writer exhorts his companions to drink to the health of women.
 (p. 13)
Our Local Correspondent, Toby Twist , single work column humour (p. 14)
Sydney, O'Possum , single work prose travel
A Melburnian visits Sydney and offers his views on that city.
 (p. 14)
The Mighty Atomi"Is there, oh! is there a God to drag aside", The Agnostic , single work poetry (p. 14)
Untitled, single work review
— Review of A Bride's Experiment : A Story of Australian Bush Life Charles J. Mansford , John A. Inglebright , 1896 single work novel ; (p. 14)
Scribblers and Screed, Tit Willow , single work column

A column canvassing current literary news including announcements of upcoming publications of Australian writers and reports on sales figures. Those mentioned include J. D. Hennessey, Marcus Clarke, A. B. Paterson, Henry Lawson and Fergus Hume.

The Free-Lance re-states the information that Henry Lawson 'will shortly published a novel, The Hero of Red Clay'. (The title of this book was mis-printed in the Free-Lance of 2 July as The Hero of Ridelay.)

 (p. 15)
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