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This issue of the Australasian also includes
- advertisements for a range of classical and popular sheet music; publications on Christianity, democracy, economics, education, wine and cordial making, French language and pronunciation, agriculture, medicine and dreams; and Whitehead's new map of Victoria (p. 226)
- the text of a sermon preached by the Rev'd C. H. Spurgeon at New Park-street Chapel, Southwark (pp. 228, 252)
- a review of Perry James's The Cape Route Question and Australasian Nationality: A Letter to the Legislators and Ruling Classes of Australasia and James C. Cox's A Monograph of Australian Land Shells (p. 232)
Contents
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All the New Books, and New Editions of Popular and Standard Books,
single work
advertisement
An advertisement for new books and new editions of popular and standard books, available from George Robertson, 'importer of books and stationery'. The list of new arrivals includes Old Boomerang's Australian Tales and Sketches from Real Life, published in London.
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Cheap Editions of Popular Novels,
single work
advertisement
An advertisement for cheap editions of popular novels, available from George Robertson, 'importer of books and stationery'. Titles advertised include works by Anthony Trollope and Watts Phillips.
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Popular Editions of Noted Novels,
single work
advertisement
An advertisement for popular editions of noted novels, available from George Robertson, 'importer of books and stationery'. Titles advertised include works by Charles Dickens and Henry Fielding.
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English Novelists : Popular Editions of Their Works,
single work
advertisement
An advertisement for popular editions of English novels, available from George Robertson, 'importer of books and stationery'. Authors whose works are advertised include Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, Bulwer Lytton, Charles Lever, Captain Marryat, Benjamin Disraeli and the Bronte sisters. (Although the advertisement states 'English novels', the list of advertised titles includes American James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales. Also, Sir Walter Scott is Scottish, not English.)
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Serial Volumes,
single work
advertisement
An advertisement for English periodicals, available from George Robertson, 'importer of books and stationery'. Titles advertised include Household Words, the Argosy, Macmillan's Magazine, St Paul's and Temple Bar.
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The Young Ladies' Journal,
single work
advertisement
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's Catalogue : 4,800 Lots,
single work
advertisement
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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Poe's Poetical Works, Australian Edition,
single work
advertisement
An advertisement for an 'Australian edition' of Edgar Allan Poe's poetical works, 'just published' and available from George Robertson.
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Charles Muskett, Bookseller and Stationer,
single work
advertisement
An advertisement for the Melbourne bookseller and stationer, Charles Muskett.
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The Australasian, Old and New Series,
single work
advertisement
An advertisement for the complete run of the Australasian from its commencement until 1 August 1868, cost £4.
- Soft and Lowi"Soft and low angels keep", single work poetry (p. 231)
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To a Caged Canaryi"What subtle pulse is in thy blood,",
single work
poetry
(p. 231)
Note: Author unattributed in this source.
- An Amalgamated Sage Unioni"A scientific hand", single work poetry humour (p. 231)
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The Old City of Goa,
single work
prose
travel
A travel narrative about a trip to Goa, India.
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Edgar Allan Poe,
single work
review
— Review of The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe 1852 selected work poetry ;The Australasian's review of the Australian edition of The Poetical Works of Edgar Allan Poe begins: 'The fact that a Melbourne publisher has thought it worth his while to publish a special Australian edition of the poetical works of Edger Allan Poe may legitimately be taken as proof of the popularity of that writer here to an extent wider than is covered by the ordinary trade supply of his productions. This interest of the public in these works will fairly justify us in devoting some little space to a few general considerations respecting the man and the author.'
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The Melbourne Hounds,
single work
correspondence
'Actaeon' provides an account of day's hunt in Melbourne's north.
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The Hounds Again,
single work
correspondence
Market Harborough's account of a day's hunting in Melbourne's north begins with a poem and contains further literary quotations.
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The Peripatetic Philosopher,
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prose
Q. reflects on several political matters including a train trip to Ballarat with several 'Ministerial supporters'. He also notes the work of the Baptist minister, the Rev'd James Taylor, who has purchased a building to be used as a school room and library.
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Topics of the Week,
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column
Among the 'Topics of the Week', the Australasian reflects on the 'general philanthropy and benevolence' of the Rev'd James Taylor in raising funds to purchase an 'unprepossessing chapel' lying between Bourke and Little Bourke Streets. The Australasian states that Taylor proposes to establish 'a reading -room well supplied with newspapers and periodicals, open free, every evening; a library of good and instructive books; and classes for the instruction of the young'.
Note: The item about James Taylor appears on the second page of 'Topics of the Week'. -
The Theatres, &c.,
single work
review
— Review of Willy O'Meara; or, The Days of '98 1868 single work drama ; Stage Struck 1835 single work drama ; East Lynne 1866 single work drama ; Much Ado About Nothing 1598 single work drama ; Paris the Prince and Helen the Fair ; Or, The Giant Horse and the Siege of Troy 1868 single work musical theatre ;A review of the performances of H. J. D'Ebden's 'Willy O'Meara', William Dimond's Stage Struck and John Oxenford's East Lynne at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, and of William Shakespeare's Much Ado about Nothing and W. M. Akhurst's Siege of Troy at the Theatre Royal, Melbourne, August 1868.