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Issue Details: First known date: 1896... vol. 1 no. 23 26 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"In Austral gums the winds are sighing;", Bard , single work poetry (p. 3)
5 : The Norman Conquest, Werry Holey Stretchit , single work prose satire (p. 6)
Trioleti"Who has'ent tried to colour a clay", Cicada , single work poetry (p. 7)
Note: Illustrated by Norman Lindsay.
Purely Personal, single work column
A column reporting snippets of personal information on Victorian identities. This column mentions Louis Becke's living arrangements in London in 1896 and also relates a scam whereby hotel patrons posed as poets - in this instance, Victor Daley and A. B. Paterson.
 (p. 10)
A Ring, A Pretty Girl and a Parson's Fee, Hugh McCrae , single work short story
'Three men loved Minette: one (the dead man), a luckless spendthrift; the other two, George Jeffrey's (now with bloody hands) and Halem Boom, the police sergeant.' (Author's abstract)
 (p. 11)
Keep Believin'i"Keep believin'! Tho' yer stoney; tho' yeh don't know where t'face", E. F. Squires , single work poetry (p. 11)
Afterwards, Java , single work short story mystery (p. 14)
Jack's Wife, Tit Willow , single work short story (p. 15)
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