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This issue of the Australasian also contains:
- advertisements for 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; and a dictionary(p. 355)
- the complete text of a sermon preached by Charles Haddon Spurgeon at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington, London. The reproduced sermon serves as an advertisement for a volume of Spurgeon's sermons available at Buzzard's, Collins St, Melbourne (pp. 356, 379)
- miscellaneous pars (p. 358)
- a substantial review of A Contribution to the Flora of Australia by William Woolls (p. 359)
- short historical notes on Mary Queen of Scots, Taleyrand, and Cobbet (p. 359)
- a reproduction of an article from the Sydney Morning Herald titled 'The Late Murderous Attack on the Duke of Edinburgh' (p. 371)
- a religious tract, extracted from the English journal the Sword and the Trowel, providing account of a meeting between 'The Curate and Cottager' in 'the extreme North-west Riding of Yorkshire' (p. 380)
Contents
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A New Monthly Magazine, Edited by Anthony Trollope,
single work
advertisement
(p. 355)
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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Illustrated London News,
single work
advertisement
(p. 355)
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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The London Journal,
single work
advertisement
(p. 355)
An advertisement for the London Journal.
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The Young Ladies' Journal,
single work
advertisement
(p. 355)
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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Dwight, Bookseller,
single work
advertisement
(p. 355)
H. T. Dwight, Bookseller, 'near Parliament, solicits inspection of his stock'.
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The Australian Second Book by M. A. Pitt,
single work
advertisement
(p. 355)
An advertisement for M. A. Pitt's children's reader, The Australian Second Book, published by George Robertson.
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Dwight, Bookseller,
single work
advertisement
(p. 355)
H. T. Dwight, Bookseller, 'near Parliament, solicits inspection of his stock'.
- Happiest Daysi"The clouds in many a winding rack", single work poetry (p. 358)
- Friends Turned Foes, single work prose (p. 358)
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Review : [The Second Volume of the Duke of Wellington's Papers],
single work
review
— Review of Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington 1867 selected work correspondence prose autobiography ;(p. 359)A review of volume two of Despatches, Correspondence, and Memoranda of Field Marshal Arthur, Duke of Wellington.
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Home Letters : Our London Letter,
single work
correspondence
(p. 360)
An overview of news from England including a paragraph on 'the publishers' list' to see 'what we have had in the way of new books during the past month'. As regards 'literary gossip there is but little, except that Tennyson has taken to writing some very inferior verses for Once a Week and Good Words'.
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The Peripatetic Philosopher : No. 16,
single work
prose
(p. 369)
Q. begins his column with the bold assertion: 'I am not a Fenian' before going on to 'say a few words regarding Fenians' in general (written in the light of Irishman Henry James O'Farrell's assassination attempt on H. R. H. Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh).
In the latter part of the column, Q. reflects on his 'recent accession to the ranks of authorship'. He is probably referring to the publication of his serialised novel Long Odds: A Novel, the first instalment of which appeared in the March 1868 issue of the Colonial Monthly.
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The Theatres, &c.,
single work
review
— Review of Colleen Bawn; or, The Brides of Garryowen 1860 single work drama ; The Red Island; Or, Life on the Mississippi 1868 single work drama ; Acis and Galatea ; Or, The Nimble Nymph and the Terrible Troglodyte 1863 single work musical theatre ;(p. 370)A review of the March 1868 production of Dion Boucicault's Collen Bawn at the Theatre Royal and W. B. Gill's Red Island at the Princess's Theatre. Francis Cowley Burnand's Acis and Galatea is also mentioned; it was being produced simultaneously at the Theatre Royal and at the Princess's Theatre.
Jaques also notes other theatrical happenings in Melbourne and records news of the death of English actor Charles Kean who had performed on the Melbourne stage in 1863.
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Arrival of the Mail : Notes of the Month,
single work
column
(p. 374)
In addition to many political matters, 'Notes of the Month' includes a section on the latest literary offerings in England. Among the books referred to are Queen Victoria's Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands ... and Algernon Swinburne's essay on William Blake. Mention is also made of Alfred Tennyson's poetry contributions to English journals.
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To Printers,
single work
advertisement
(p. 380)
An advertisement to printers advising the availability of letterpress, types of all kinds, bookbinders' tools, etc from printer's broker, F. B. Franklyn.
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Stillwell and Knight, Printers,
single work
advertisement
(p. 384)
An advertisement for the Melbourne printing firm, Stillwell and Knight.
