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Issue Details: First known date: 1896... vol. 1 no. 22 19 September 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.
Untitledi"Gentle Public, we've been thinking", single work poetry (p. 3)
Eureka!i"Half-bricks and stones were falling fast", Werry Holey Stretchit , single work poetry satire (p. 6)
Deed 4 : Eureka Stockade, Werry Holey Stretchit , single work prose satire (p. 6-7)
Untitledi"Isle of Robinson Crusoe,", single work poetry (p. 7)
Before the Baby Camei"There was a time when my discourse", single work poetry (p. 10)
In Those Dear Olden Daysi"In those dear olden days when Love was young,", S. G. (fl. 1896) , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Exorcism of Briggs, Soak , single work short story (p. 15)
Scribblers and Screed, single work column
A column canvassing current literary news including information on the publication of a volume of poems by Barcroft Boake. The column also notes the names of people supposed to be the basis for Marcus Clarke's characters in His Natural Life; the names include Rev. Meakin (for Maurice Frere) and the Rev. James Rogers (for Mr North). The columnist claims that Clarke 'copied whole chapters, hardly altering even words' from Rogers's diary.
 (p. 15)
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