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This issue of the Australasian also includes
- advertisements for a range of classical and popular sheet music; publications on French language and pronunciation, agriculture in New Zealand, geology, medicine, public speaking, eitquette, domestic science, cordial and wine making and sport; and Whitehead's new map of Victoria (p. 194)
- the text of a sermon preached by the Rev'd C. H. Spurgeon at New Park-street Chapel, Southwark (pp. 196, 220)
- miscellaneous pars (p. 199)
- a review of Richard Stephen Charnock's Ludus Patronymicus: Or the Etymology of Curious Surnames (1868) (p. 200)
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The 'Lady's Column' on 'The Parisian Fashions', reproduced from Queen magazine, 20 June 1868, ends with a Ben Jonson poem, 'addressed to pretty girls' (p. 199). [The quoted poem is the almost complete text of Jonson's 'Still To Be Neat' (c. 1616).]
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Two short stanzas from the New York Tribune contrast the farming conditions of 1776 with those of 1868 (p. 199)
Contents
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All the Books Advertised by Charles Muskett,
single work
advertisement
(p. 194)
An advertisement for bookseller Charles Muskett stating that all advertised books are sent post free 'on receipt of stamps'.
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Dwight's Catalogue : 4,800 Lots,
single work
advertisement
(p. 194)
An advertisement for Dwight's catalogue containing 4,800 lots 'forming the best miscellaneous collections, new and secondhand, hitherto published in Australia'.
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Edgar Allan Poe's Poetical Works,
single work
advertisement
(p. 194)
An advertisement for the 'complete colonial edition' of Edgar Allan Poe's poetical works, available from Charles Muskett, 78 Bourke-street east.
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London Miscellany,
single work
advertisement
(p. 194)
An advertisement for parts 4-8 of London Miscellany, available from Charles Muskett, bookseller.
- A Nice Correspondenti"The glow and the glory are plighted", single work poetry (p. 198)
- One Year Agoi"Last year, under the chestnut trees,", single work poetry (p. 198)
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Literary Gossip,
single work
column
(p. 200)
A round-up of international literary news including the copyright entitlements of 'foreign authors' who publish their work 'for the first time in London', and the appearance of a new Parisian journal, the Lantern, 'wholly written by Henri Rochefort (late of Figaro) and extending to fifty-six pages'.
- The Late Earl of Cardigan, single work obituary (p. 202-203)
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The Melbourne Hounds,
single work
correspondence
(p. 203)
'Actaeon' provides an account of day's hunt in Melbourne's west.
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The Melbourne Factory Girl as She Is,
single work
prose
(p. 207)
Observations on the lives, incomes and working conditions of young women employed in Melbourne factories.
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The Peripatetic Philosopher,
single work
prose
(p. 209)
Q. notes his absence from writing his regular column in the previous two months (with some allusions to a term of imprisonment). He says he will keep 'the harrowing details' of his 'days of suffering for another opportunity'. (The Australian Dictionary of Biography states that Clarke was 'was seriously incapacitated by a fall from a horse' during the middle part of 1868, 'Clarke, Marcus Andrew Hislop').
Q. then turns his attention to political developments in Melbourne and to the manner of greeting friends and acquaintances in the street.
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Our Letter Home,
single work
column
(p. 210)
'Our Letter Home' includes information on a range of political and social matters. The writer for the Australasian comments that 'matters theatrical and musical' are not in a 'flourishing condition', but he still reports in some detail on productions at the Theatre Royal (the Nathan Juvenile Troupe and performances of His Last Legs and Leah) and notes that 'the fortunes of the other two houses [The Duke of Edinburgh Theatre and the Princess's Theatre] are uncertain'.
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The Theatres, &c.,
single work
review
— Review of The Rivals; or, A Trip to Bath 1775 single work drama ; The Corsican Brothers 1852 single work drama ;(p. 210)A review of the performances of Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan's The Rivals and Dion Boucicault's The Corsican Brothers at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, August 1868.
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English and Californian Theatre Gossip,
single work
column
(p. 211)
A round-up of theatrical news from England and California, USA (noting connections with Australia).
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Spurgeon's Sermons,
single work
advertisement
(p. 220)
An advertisement for Charles Haddon Spurgeon's sermons 'in large quantities', available from Buzzard, Melbourne.
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To Printers,
single work
advertisement
(p. 221)
An advertisement to printers advising the availability of letterpress, types of all kinds, bookbinders' tools, etc from printer's broker, F. B. Franklyn.
- Nicoll's Alphabeti"A stands for Artists of skill and repute,", single work poetry (p. 223)
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Melbourne Trade Address Directory,
single work
advertisement
(p. 224)
The Melbourne Trade Address Directory lists businesses alphabetically by type. The list, when first published (8 August 1868), included 'Booksellers & Stationers' (T. M. Buzzard, Charlwood & Son, Samuel Mullen, H. T. Dwight and G. Nichols) and 'Printers & Publishers' (Mason, Firth & Co., and Stillwell & Knight). On its subsequent appearances (15 August 1868 onwards), bookseller and stationer A. J. Smith was added to the list.
Note: The bookseller and stationer A. J. Smith is added to the original advertisement in this source.
