An advertisement for the Royal Victoria Theatre production of George Henry Lewes' The Game of Speculation and Charles Zachary Barnett's Six Degrees of Crime on 13 June 1868.
An advertisement for Old Boomerang's Australian Tales and Sketches from Real Life.
An advertisement, possibly placed by the printer G. R. Addison, for the latest issue of the Australian Protestant Banner.
The 'Flaneur' muses on Sydney's recent political and social occurrences, including the discharge of effluence into Port Jackson and on Sydney's streets. The 'Flaneur' then turns his attention to Walter M. Adams's poem 'Adieu Australia' written when the English visitor took his leave of Sydney. The 'Flaneur' is dismissive of Adams's poetic talent.
The Empire provides a summary of the contents of British journals for December 1867. The journals referenced are: Fortnightly Review, Britsh Quarterly Review, Contemporary Review, Pall Mall Gazette, Cornhill, Macmillan's Magazine, St Paul's Magazine, Blackwood's Magazine, Bentley's Miscellany, Dublin University, Temple Bar, Argosy, Chambers's Journal, Good Words, Once a Week, All the Year Round, London Society, St James's Magazine and Belgravia.
A detailed review of the 12 June 1868 Prince of Wales Opera House production of John G. Marwick's Anniversary Day.
An advertisement, probably placed by Samuel Bennett (sole proprietor, printer and publisher of the Empire), for the sale of a single cylinder printing machine. The sale is being offered 'to make room for a new machine daily expected from England'.
An advertisement for Bradley, Newton and Lamb's sale by auction of 'valuable books', together with a range of household items.
An advertisement for Bradley, Newton and Lamb's sale, on Saturday, 13 June, of the 'library of valuable works', together with 'surgical instruments' and 'scientific apparatus', belonging to the 'late Dr. Handford of Goulburn'.
