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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... vol. 4 no. 114 (New Series) 6 June 1868 of The Australasian est. 1864 The Australasian
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Notes

  • This issue of the Australasian also includes:

    • an advertisement for Hanover Square: A Magazine of New and Copyright Pianoforte and Vocal Music, the Belle Brandon songbook, volumes 1-3, and various books on medicine, cookery, cattle breeding and Judaism (p. 706)
    • the text of a sermon preached by the Rev'd C. H. Spurgeon at Exeter Hall, The Strand, London (pp. 708, 733)
    • miscellaneous pars (p. 711)
  • 'The printers and bookbinders of Philadelphia have sent a remonstrance to Congress against the passage of an International Copyright law.' (p. 712)

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Dickens's Works at English Price, single work advertisement

An advertisement for 'Dickens's works at English price' available from George Robertson, Melbourne. Works advertised are: The Pickwick Papers, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey and Son, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, The Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, Christmas Books and Barnaby Rudge.

(p. 706)
The Colonial Monthly, June 1868, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the June 1868 issue of the Colonial Monthly.

(p. 706)
Dwight, Bookseller, single work advertisement

H. T. Dwight, Bookseller, 'near Parliament, solicits inspection of his stock'.

(p. 706)
Australasian : The First Three Volumes, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the first three volumes of the Australasian, available from Samuel Mullen, bookseller, Melbourne and Ballarat, Victoria.

(p. 706)
Song : Sitting By the Fire Songi"Ah! the solace in the sitting,", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 711)
David Garrick, single work review
— Review of The Life of David Garrick : From Original Family Papers, and Numerous Published and Unpublished Sources Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald , 1868 single work biography ;
(p. 712)
The Colonial Monthly [June 1868], single work review
— Review of Colonial Monthly : An Australian Magazine no. June 1868 periodical issue ;
(p. 712)
An Aboriginal Fishing Excursion on the Lower Murray, single work prose travel

The unnamed author provides an account of a day's fishing in the company Aboriginal men, women and children, all of whom are guided by the instructions of Indigenous leader 'King Jacob'.

(p. 712)
The Peripatetic Philosopher, Q. , single work prose

Q. reflects on the the political situation in the Victorian colony before turning his attention once more to the subject of penny readings. (See also, 'The Peripatetic Philosopher', 16 May 1868).) On this occasion Q. writes that the 'penny reading platform has become a stage for the display of vanity and ignorance, and the pitiful ambition to shine for an hour as a local "star"'.

(p. 721)
The Theatres, &c., Jaques (fl. 1866-1868) , single work single work column

Jaques provides a detailed report on Walter Montgomery's benefit appearances, particularly his recitals, declaring that Montgomery's rendition of Charles Dickens's 'The Bloomsbury Christening' 'offers one of the most wonderful instances I have seen of facial expression, and the rapidity of the change is no less remarkable than the perfect appropriateness'.

Jaques notes Melbourne's recent theatrical offerings (in less detail than his usual reviews), paying some attention to the production of Dion Boucicault's The Willow Copse at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre.

(p. 722-723)
Spurgeon's Sermons, single work advertisement

An advertisement for Charles Haddon Spurgeon's sermons 'in large quantities', available from Buzzard, Melbourne.

(p. 733)

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