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Issue Details: First known date: 1896... vol. 1 no. 17 15 August 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 Pressmen : 'Joe' Melvin, single work biography (p. 3)
Note: port. ('Joe' Melvin)
Scribblers and Screed, single work column
A column canvassing current literary news including information on the publication of two pages of poetry by John Sandes in the English journal In Town. The column also notes the 26 June issue of Literary World which 'devotes considerable space to notices of books, more or less Australian'. Mention is also made of a Douglas Sladen review of Robbery under Arms; the columnist describes Sladen as 'insufferable' and, satirically, as 'modest'.
 (p. 6)
Untitled, Randolph Bedford , single work correspondence
Randolph Bedford commends Simpson Newland's Paving the Way: A Romance of the Australian Bush as 'a book every Australian should know'.
 (p. 6)
Fatei"A Poet made with strings of brass and gold,", Atma , single work poetry (p. 7)
Untitled, single work column
The Free-Lance re-tells an anecdote about Marcus Clarke and a newspaper colleague. The story deals with Clarke's purchase of a coffee stall on Exhibition Street, Melbourne and his subsequent relinquishment of the stall to its original owner.
 (p. 10)
Untitledi"'He denounced you", single work poetry (p. 10)
Note: Illustrated by Lionel Lindsay.
His Talisman, E. F. Squires , single work short story (p. 14)
Wrecker's Lightsi"Love lit his watchfires in her eyes", J. H. Greene , single work poetry (p. 16)
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