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This issue of the Australasian also includes:
- advertisements for books on engineering, architecture, farming, 'travel, sport and adventure' (for boys), art, games, sport, history, law, medicine and the Irish. Also included are advertisements for 'popular and standard' reference works (p. 450)
- advertisement for books on science, natural history, travel, topography, adventure and 'topics of the day' (p. 451)
- advertisements for Hanover Square: A Magazine of New and Copyright Pianoforte and Vocal Music; 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 various other pamphlets and publications on matters of law, freemasonry, horseracing and politics (p. 451)
- a sample of a religious tract, about the Old Testament prophet Elijah, available from the Religious Tract Society (pp. 452, 475)
- a short notice, reproduced from the London Review, on Henry Green's Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers (1868) [note: most sources give an 1870 publication date for this book]
- miscellaneous pars (p. 455)
- a review of Goldwin Smith's Three English Statesmen: A Course of Lectures on the Political History of England (1867) (p. 456)
- a column of English 'Literary Gossip' (p. 456)
- a detailed account, abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald, of the trial of H. J. O'Farrell, accused of attempting to assassinate H. R. H. Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh (pp. 469-470)
Contents
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A List of All the New Books : Gratis,
single work
advertisement
(p. 450)
An advertisement for the March 1868 issue of George Robertson's 40-page Monthly Book Circular. The Circular listed all new books for sale.
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Australia and New Zealand,
single work
advertisement
(p. 450)
An advertisement for 'New Works and Stories of Life in Australia, just received by George Robertson'. The Australian and New Zealand books advertised include Susan Nugent Wood's Bush Flowers from Australia, John Morison's Australia As It Is, Maud Jeanne Franc's Emily's Choice and Isabel Massary's Our Cousins in Australia.
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Cheap Editions of Popular Novels,
single work
advertisement
(p. 450)
An advertisement for 'popular novels, just received by George Robertson'. English, Irish and American titles listed include novels by Anthony Trollope, Mrs Edmund Jenings, Letitia Mary Martin Bell and Henry Cockton.
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Choice Editions of Valuable Works,
single work
advertisement
(p. 450)
An advertisement for 'Choice Collections of Valuable Works, just received by George Robertson'. Authors of the works listed include Henry Longfellow, William Shakespeare, Edmund Spenser and Edward William Lane.
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Books for the Million,
single work
advertisement
(p. 450)
An advertisement for 'Popular Works just received by George Robertson'. Authors whose works are listed include Walter Scott, James Fenimore Cooper, Robert Burns, Lord Byron and William Shakespeare.
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Ireland, Tales and Stories,
single work
advertisement
(p. 450)
An advertisement for a range of Irish fiction, 'just received by George Robertson', including novels, legends and folk tales.
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Poetry and Fiction : New Works,
single work
advertisement
(p. 450)
An advertisement for poetry and fiction, 'just received by George Robertson', including Australian and British titles.
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Poetry and the Drama,
single work
advertisement
(p. 450)
An advertisement for 'New and Popular Editions of the Poets and Dramatists, just received by George Robertson'. Poets include Henry Longfellow, Walter Scott, Alfred Tennyson, William Wordsworth, John Milton and Felicia Hemans. The 'dramas' referred to include Thomas Moore's long poem Lalla Rookh and a translation of Cervantes' novel Galatea.
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Popular Compendiums of English Literature,
single work
advertisement
(p. 450)
An advertisement for 'Popular Compendiums of English Literature, &c, now landing for George Robertson'.
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Popular Editions of Recent Novels,
single work
advertisement
(p. 450)
An advertisement for 'Popular Editions of Recent Novels, just received by George Robertson'. Authors whose works are listed include: Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Edmund Yates, Charles Lever, Thomas Hardy and Elizabeth Gaskell.
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Serial Volumes for 1867,
single work
advertisement
(p. 450)
An advertisement for imported journals and magazines for 1867. Titles include: Good Words, Leisure Hour, Sunday at Home, Cornhill Magazine, The Young Englishwoman, Once a Week, Temple Bar, Chambers' Journal, British Workman, British Workwoman and Sword and Trowel.
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Scott's Works and Life,
single work
advertisement
(p. 451)
An advertisement for various works by and about Walter Scott, just received by George Robertson.
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Thackeray's Works, Illustrated,
single work
advertisement
(p. 451)
An advertisement for 'about 20 [illustrated] volumes' of William Makepeace Thackeray's works, available from George Robertson, book importer.
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A New Monthly Magazine, Edited by Anthony Trollope,
single work
advertisement
(p. 451)
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. 451)
An advertisement for the London Journal.
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Dwight, Bookseller,
single work
advertisement
(p. 451)
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. 451)
An advertisement for M. A. Pitt's children's reader, The Australian Second Book, published by George Robertson.
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Stillwell and Knight, Printers,
single work
advertisement
(p. 451)
An advertisement for the Melbourne printing firm, Stillwell and Knight.
- Irish Echoesi"The genius of Erin sat pensively musing", single work poetry (p. 455)
- The Silent Prayeri"She prayed; I watched her nightly", single work poetry (p. 455)
