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This issue of the Australasian also includes:
- advertisements for 'Whitehead's new map of Victoria'; a British art journal, Chromolithograph; the official post office Directory of Victoria; Bradshaw’s Guide (to postal arrangements, rail timetables, etc); guides and manuals relating to various horticultural pursuits; and The Australian Cookery Book (p. 291)
- the complete text of a sermon preached by Charles Haddon Spurgeon. The reproduced sermon serves as an advertisement for a volume of Spurgeon's sermons available at Buzzard's, Collins St, Melbourne (p. 292, 316 )
- a brief anecdote on the 'Peculiarities of Authors' (p. 296)
Contents
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A New Monthly Magazine, Edited by Anthony Trollope,
single work
advertisement
(p. 291)
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 Colonial Monthly ... Prospectus of Enlarged and Illustrated Series,
single work
advertisement
(p. 291)
An advertisement for the 'enlarged and illustrated' Colonial Monthly. The 'present management ... will not restrict themselves entirely to colonial productions' and intend, from time to time, 'to offer to their readers specially-made translations of the most noteworthy articles in current French and German literature'. The proprietors further commit themselves to presenting 'a worthy representative of the literary talent of the Australian colonies.'.
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The London Journal,
single work
advertisement
(p. 291)
An advertisement for the London Journal.
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The Young Ladies' Journal,
single work
advertisement
(p. 291)
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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Announcement: Read the Hamlet Controvery,
single work
advertisement
(p. 291)
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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Illustrated London News,
single work
advertisement
(p. 291)
An advertisement for the 'Illustrated London News, London Punch, and other English periodicals', available from Samuel Mullen, Bookseller, 55 Collins-street east.
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Overlanding in Australia : Written by a Bushman,
single work
advertisement
(p. 291)
An advertisement for C. Wade Browne's Overlanding in Australia, available from George Robertson, Elizabeth-street, Melbourne.
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The Australian Second Book by M. A. Pitt,
single work
advertisement
(p. 291)
An advertisement for M. A. Pitt's children's reader, The Australian Second Book, published by George Robertson.
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The Colonial Monthly : Enlarged,
single work
advertisement
(p. 291)
An advertisement for the March 1868 issue of the Colonial Monthly containing the first instalment of Marcus Clarke's Long Odds.
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The Slave Songs of the Sunny South,
single work
prose
(p. 295)
The writer of 'The Slave Songs of the Sunny South' characterises 'negro' culture, especially music, prior to the Civil War.
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Lord Sinclair and the Men of Guldbrand Dalei"Lord Sinclair sailed o'er the deep salt sea,",
Unknown
(translator),
single work
poetry
(p. 295)
Note: A slightly abridged introductory note appears in this source.
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The Colonial Monthly : [March 1868],
single work
review
— Review of Colonial Monthly : An Australian Magazine no. March 1868 periodical issue ;(p. 296)The Australasian's review of the March 1868 issue of the Colonial Monthly concludes: 'the Colonial Monthly is undeniably the best thing of the kind that the colonies have seen yet, and marvellously cheap at a shilling. The proprietors deserve success, and we hope that they will get it.'
- How I Was Victimised, single work prose (p. 299)
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Angling on the Gellibrand,
single work
correspondence
travel
(p. 299-300)
An account of an expedition from Colac to the Gellibrand River for a day's flying fishing.
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The Peripatetic Philosopher : No. 14,
single work
prose
(p. 305)
Q. reflects on a rift between George Seth Coppin and Walter Montgomery, and also comments on some recent political and social events.
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The Theatres, &c.,
single work
review
— Review of The Lady of Lyons; or, Love and Pride 1838 single work drama ; Wreck of the Rapid; Or, The Bride of the Desert 1868 single work drama ;(p. 305)In addition to the two reviews, Jaques also reports on the serious stage accident at the Duke of Edinburgh (aka Haymarket) Theatre befalling the actor Mr Hill.
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Stillwell and Knight, Printers,
single work
advertisement
(p. 317)
An advertisement for the Melbourne printing firm, Stillwell and Knight.
