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This issue of the Australasian also includes:
- advertisements for the following publications: a new weekly British art journal, Chromolithograph, valentines, various books on the cure of nervous debilities, cookery, cordial making, school committee establishment and elections; sheet music; 'Whitehead's new map of Victoria'; and the official post office Directory of Victoria (all on p. 34)
- miscellaneous pars (p. 38)
- an extensive report on the departure from Melbourne of H. R. H. Prince Alfred (p. 53)
Contents
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The Young Ladies' Journal,
single work
advertisement
(p. 34)
An advertisement for the London monthly The Young Ladies' Journal. The advertisement states that the magazine 'contains suitable reading for families, ... interesting to everybody at home and abroad'.
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A Complete Guide to All the New Books : George Robertson's Monthly Book Circular,
single work
advertisement
(p. 34)
An advertisement for George Robertson's Monthly Book Circular 82 (December 1867). The circular is a 'complete guide to all the New Books published in the Australian Colonies, or imported from Great Britain and America'.
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Burns's Poetical Works,
single work
advertisement
(p. 34)
An advertisement for a volume of Robert Burns's poetical works, available from George Robertson, 69 Elizabeth Street Melbourne.
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A New Monthly Magazine, Edited by Anthony Trollope,
single work
advertisement
(p. 34)
An advertisement for St Paul's Magazine, 'a new monthly magazine of fiction, art and literature, edited by Anthony Trollope and illustrated by J. E. Millais.
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The London Journal,
single work
advertisement
(p. 34)
An advertisement for the London Journal.
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Now Ready ... : The Written Word, and Other Essays,
single work
advertisement
(p. 34)
An advertisement for J. Oswald Dykes's collection of essays, The Written Word, and Other Essays, published in Melbourne by Samuel Mullen in 1868.
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A Bird in a Golden Cage : Colonial Story for Christmas Time,
single work
advertisement
(p. 34)
An advertisement for J. E. Neild's novella A Bird in a Golden Cage.
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Shakespeare, Burns, &c.,
single work
advertisement
(p. 34)
An advertisement for unspecified volumes of works by William Shakespeare, Robert Burns, Lord Byron and Henry Longfellow, available from Charles Muskett, 78 Bourke Street, Melbourne.
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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,
single work
advertisement
(p. 34)
An advertisement for Mark Twain's The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and Other Stories, available from Charles Muskett, 28 Bourke-street east.
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Announcement: Read the Hamlet Controvery,
single work
advertisement
(p. 34)
An advertisement for the published collection of newspaper correspondence, Was Hamlet Mad?: Being a Series of Critiques on the Acting of the Late Walter Montgomery, available from the publisher and bookseller H. T. Dwight.
- Evenings at Homei"Shutters are barred; the wintry wind without", single work poetry (p. 38)
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Sporting in the Southern States,
single work
review
— Review of Carolina Sports by Land and Water Including Devil-Fishing, Wild-Cat, Deer and Bear Hunting, &c. 1867 selected work prose ; (p. 40) -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of Colonial Monthly : An Australian Magazine no. January 1868 periodical issue ; (p. 40) -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of The Written Word and Other Essays 1868 selected work essay ; (p. 40) -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of The 'FireFlash', Four Oars and a Coxswain : Where They Went, How They Went, and Why They Went, and the Stories They Told Last Christmas Eve 1867 selected work short story ; (p. 40) -
Untitled,
single work
review
— Review of A Bird in a Golden Cage 1860 single work novella ; (p. 40) - A Real Good Thing, single work prose (p. 42-43)
- Shooting in England : A Bright October, single work prose (p. 43)
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The Ethics of Journalism,
single work
column
(p. 48)
A column enunciating the esprit de corps that exists, or is encouraged, among the journalists and their respective newspapers in Victoria.
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The Peripatetic Philosopher : No. 8,
single work
prose
(p. 49)
After discussing some political issues and noting the departure from Victoria of H. R. H. Prince Alfred, 'Q' comments on the opinion of the prince's equerry, Mr Eliot Yorke, on the subject of poor English pronunciation in Australia. 'Q' also questions the whereabouts of funds raised for a 'Dramatic College' and for a 'Shakespeare memorial'.
