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Issue Details: First known date: 1868... no. 5061 8 February 1868 of The Empire est. 1850 The Empire
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Contents

* Contents derived from the , 1868 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Prince of Wales Opera House : Othello, &c., single work advertisement

An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of William Shakespeare's Othello and John Maddison Morton's A Thumping Legacy on 8 February 1868.

The advertisement also notes the upcoming production, on 10 February 1868, of A New Way to Pay Old Debts.

 (p. 1)
Masonic Hall This Afternoon : Miss Aitken and Mr T. P. Hill, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the 8 February 1868 recital by Miss Aitken and Mr. T. P. Hill, 'for schools and young people', to be held at the Masonic Hall.

 (p. 1)
Under the Patronage of H. R. H., Prince Alfred : Miss Aitken and Mr T. P. Hill, single work advertisement

An advertisement for the 8 February 1868 recital by Miss Aitken and Mr T. P. Hill, to be held at the Masonic Hall.

 (p. 1)
Charles Dickens, single work column

A summary of a report published in Harper's Weekly on 7 December 1867 detailing Charles Dickens's tour of the USA.

 (p. 2)
Miss Aitken and Mr. T. P. Hill, single work column

A column noting the recital, by Miss Aitken and Mr. T. P. Hill, for the entertainment of schools and young people which should excite 'a taste for the study and practice of elocution'.

 (p. 4)
The Colonial Monthly, single work review
— Review of Colonial Monthly : An Australian Magazine no. February 1868 periodical issue ; (p. 4)
The Flaneur in Sydney, 'The Flaneur in Sydney' , single work prose satire

'The Flaneur of Sydney' compares the self-righteous attitude of 'the leading organ' of Sydney 'public opinion' [The Sydney Morning Herald] with the compassionate view of English poet Thomas Hood on the subject of suicide. (The original Sydney Morning Herald article can be found here.)

'The Flaneur' goes on to ridicule The Sydney Morning Herald's report on the Pavilion Ball, held in honour of H. R. H. Prince Alfred. In doing so, he quotes from British authors Thomas Carlyle and Jonathan Swift, and references the Roman figures Livy, Tacitus and Suetonius.

Because the English papers 'have a good deal to say about Dickens just now, and his trip to America', 'The Flaneur's' piece concludes with Thomas Hood's poem, 'To Charles Dickens, On His Departure for America, Jan. 4, 1842', written on the occasion of Dickens's first visit to the USA.

 (p. 5)
Mr. Montgomery's Hamlet, single work review
— Review of Hamlet William Shakespeare , 1600 single work drama ;

A review of the 7 February 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. In praising Walter Montgomery's performance, the reviewer says, 'we esteem him to be the best illustrator of Hamlet we have ever seen'.

 (p. 5)
Max Muller on the Languages of the Australian Aborigines, Max Müller , single work correspondence

A letter from Professor Max Müller to Captain Mayne on the receipt of 'two works on the languages of the aborigines of Australia'. (The letter was supplied to The Empire by Terence Aubrey Murray.)

 (p. 5)
A Marvellous Story, single work short story mystery crime (p. 6)
Note: Reproduced from the Colonial Monthly.
Phillip M'Carroll, Pitt Streeti"The 'Prince's Pavilion' is nearly complete,", single work poetry (p. 8)
An Essay on the Times; or, The Morning and the Evening Are the Sixth Day by J. Godfrey, single work advertisement

An advertisement for An Essay on the Times; or, The Morning and the Evening Are the Sixth Day by J. Godfrey, published by Henry Thomas.

 (p. 8)
John Sands, Bookseller and Stationer, single work advertisement (p. 8)
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