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Notes
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This issue of the Australasian also includes:
- 'Whitehead's new map of Victoria'; a British art journal, Chromolithograph; the official post office Directory of Victoria; a reprinting of a pamphlet by Manasseh ben Israel titled To His Highnesse the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland : The Humble Addresses of Menasseh Ben Israel, a Divine, and Doctor of Physic, in Behalfe of the Jewish Nation; a range of annuals, almanacs and dictionaries; valentines; guides and manuals relating to the cultivation of fruit trees, cordial making and Fremasonry; and The Australian Cookery Book (all on p.162)
Contents
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Burns's Poetical Works,
single work
advertisement
(p. 162)
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. 162)
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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In a Few Days. Prince Alfred in Victoria. Narrative of the Visit of H. R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh to the Colony of Victoria,
single work
advertisement
(p. 162)
An advertisement for the soon-to-be published Narrative of the Visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to the Colony of Victoria, Australia by J. G. Knight.
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The Young Ladies' Journal,
single work
advertisement
(p. 162)
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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The London Journal,
single work
advertisement
(p. 162)
An advertisement for the London Journal.
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Announcement: Read the Hamlet Controvery,
single work
advertisement
(p. 162)
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.
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Baby Prayingi"Kneeling lowly, saying slowly",
single work
poetry
(p. 167)
Note: No author attributed in this source.
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Sportascrapiana,
single work
review
— Review of Sportascrapiana. Cricket and Shooting. Pedestrian, Equestrian, Rifle and Pistol Doings. Lion Hunting and Deer Stalking by Celebrated Sportsmen : With Hitherto Unpublished Anecdotes of the Nineteenth Century, from George IV to the Sweep 1867 anthology prose ; (p. 168) -
The Latest Literary Forgery,
single work
column
(p. 168)
A column commenting on the attempted forgery of some of Newton's scientific discoveries. The forger's imitated manuscripts 'are said to be perfection'.
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Cardinal Wolsey and the Press,
single work
column
(p. 168)
A column relating Cardinal Wolsey's efforts to close the printing press of the monastery of St Alban's (whose abbot Wolsey was).
- Editors, single work column (p. 168)
- London Press News : Female Compositors, single work column (p. 168)
- Employing Women As Compositors, single work column (p. 168)
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Royal Princess's Theatre : The Woman in Mauve, &c.,
single work
advertisement
(p. 176)
An advertisement for the Royal Princess's Theatre production of Watts Phillips's The Woman in Mauve and F. C. Burnand's Black-Eyed Susan; or, The Little Bill That Was Taken Up on 8 February 1868.
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The Theatres, &c.,
single work
single work
review
— Review of Nobody's Child 1867 single work drama ; The Pascha of Pimlico 1861 single work musical theatre ;(p. 177-178)A review of the production of Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera at the Duke of Edinburgh is followed by a detailed commentary on the Princess Theatre's productions of Watts Phillips's Nobody's Child and John Maddison Morton's The Pasha of Pimlico.
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The Peripatetic Philosopher : No. 10,
single work
prose
(p. 178)
'Q' ruminates on the role of the philosopher before going on to comment on various political, legal and social issues affecting Melbourne and the Victorian colony.
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Public Speaking and Reading,
single work
correspondence
(p. 187)
E. A. Samson expresses his gratitude to 'Tumulus' for the latter's support on matters relating to public speaking and reading. Samson then details his views on a range of mis-pronounciations evident in the speech of 'lads and young men born in the colony'.
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Theatrical Nuisances,
single work
correspondence
(p. 187)
Pike expresses his annoyance at disruptions at the theatre on two counts: the noises made babies and the intrusions of boys selling fruit and ginger beer.
