Literary material in this issue outside AustLit scope:
Serial
Serialisation of: The Steam Excursion
Author: Unattributed [Charles Dickens]
Instalment number: 1
Pagination: 4
Web resource: http://www.nla.gov.au/ferguson/14401894/18380120/e0040233/5-5.pdf
Note: Editor's note: Sketches by Boz
Advertisement for: Performance on 20 January 1838 of: 'the Musical Farce, called The Married Bachelor, or, The Master and Man', [P. P. O'Callaghan,1821] ; last performance of: 'the Grand Drama in 3 Acts, called The Jewess, or, The Council of Constance', and 'In Act second, "The Maid of Judah" [performed] by Mrs Clarke'. The latter is possibly a song or songs from The Maid of Judah, music by Rossini adapted by Michael Rophino Lacy,182-?.
An advertisement for various books by English writers for sale. The list includes novels, magazines and newspapers, works of biography and non-fiction.
Review and plot outline of the drama Victorine performed at the Theatre Royal, Sydney on 15 January 1838 and reviews of The Actress of All Work and Therese, both performed at the same theatre on 18 January 1838.
Advertisement for: 'A variety of books, by the most popular authors'.