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2 y separately published work icon King's Messenger J. M. Walsh , London : Collins , 1933 Z1513671 1933 single work novel adventure thriller
1 y separately published work icon Spies in Pursuit J. M. Walsh , London : Collins , 1934 Z1305523 1934 single work novel adventure thriller
2 2 y separately published work icon The Secret Service Girl J. M. Walsh , London : Collins , 1933 Z1297002 1933 single work novel thriller
3 1 y separately published work icon Spies Are Abroad J. M. Walsh , London : Collins , 1933 Z1294217 1933 single work novel thriller
2 9 y separately published work icon Sea Spray and Smoke Drift Adam Lindsay Gordon , Melbourne : George Robertson , 1867 Z239834 1867 selected work poetry
— Appears in: Poems of the Late Adam Lindsay Gordon 1888; (p. 2-120) Poems of the Late Adam Lindsay Gordon 1893; (p. 11-99)
1 y separately published work icon A Holiday Book : Stories For The Young Richard Rowe , London Edinburgh : W. P. Nimmo , 1877 Z1436616 1877 selected work children's fiction children's A collection of unrelated short stories and sketches.
1 y separately published work icon The Tower on the Tor : A Tale for Boys Richard Rowe , London Edinburgh : W. P. Nimmo , 1876 Z1436654 1876 single work children's fiction children's This work is 'the story of a little boy who lives with his grandfather in a ruined old tower on the South-West Coast [of England]. As he grows up to man's estate he goes through many strange adventures by sea and land, eventually becomes a rich man and marries the love of his early youth, as, of course, he was in duty bound.' 'Christmas Books', The Times (25 December 1876): 8.
1 y separately published work icon A Child's Corner Book : Stories for Boys and Girls Richard Rowe , London Edinburgh : W. P. Nimmo , 1876 Z1436646 1876 selected work children's fiction children's

The author introduces this book as a collection of 'a few of the papers I have contributed to various magazines for youngsters and grown-up people'. He goes on to say that '[c]hildren are the best judges of books for children ; and, therefore, when I write for them, I am very glad if I can get a child's criticism on what I have written before I print it' (from preface: 'To My Young Readers').

One of the adventures in this volume concerns Rowe's visit to Australia in the 1850s.
1 y separately published work icon The Lucky Bag : Stories For the Young Richard Rowe , Edinburgh London : W. P. Nimmo , 1876 Z1436626 1876 selected work children's fiction

A collection of short stories, of which three – 'The Wedge-tailed Eagles', 'The Iguana's eyes', and 'Good for Evil' – are Australian in content.
1 y separately published work icon Christian Osborne's Friends Harriet Miller Davidson , Edinburgh : W. P. Nimmo , 1870 Z808836 1870 single work children's fiction children's Christian Osborne returns home after ten years' absence to his family's country estate near the village of Inverurquhuart, where his sister, her husband and their two children are living. On his way he meets an old acquaintance, Robbie McIntosh, and is introduced to two young women at the house, Ailie and Mercy, who are all devout Christians. Christian's acquaintance with Mercy develops and he asks her to marry him; however, she refuses calling him a fineant. Taking that to heart, he heads to the Crimea as a correspondent. In the Crimea he meets Captain George Desmond who is also a preacher in the British Army and after much time spent together, Christian further wrestles with his religious faith and his lack of commitment to it. Mercy's and George Desmond's words, in combination with the horrors of war, make him question his lack of commitment to religious conviction. During this time, Ailie's relationship with Robbie strengthens, though she is heartbroken when he is feared drowned at sea. She descends into ill health and only recovers when Robbie miraculously returns, having been rescued by a Dutch vessel. Her father still disapproves of the relationship, but after Robbie saves his life and proves his business acumen to him, he begins to change his opinion of the sailor. He becomes captain of a merchant ship and marries Allie. They eventually have a child who survives infancy and Allie turns her energies to writing poetry. Christian is injured in the Crimean war and spends a considerable time ill before he returns home. Mercy has re-evaluated her opinion of him and they are married and move to his estate where they start a family and continue to work to bring change to the poor.
1 y separately published work icon Earnest, and the Pilgrim Poet, Etc. Etc. A. Gordon Middleton , Edinburgh London Melbourne : W. P. Nimmo Simpkin, Marshall George Robertson , 1867 Z286077 1867 selected work poetry 'Earnest' is a poetical study in religious philosophy; 'Pilgrim Poet', a narrative of travel through Australia and elsewhere (E. Morris Miller).
1 1 y separately published work icon Our Cousins in Australia, or, Reminiscences of Sarah Norris Isabel Massary , Edinburgh London : W. P. Nimmo Simpkin , 1867 Z273302 1867 single work novel The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature ed. William H. Wilde (1994): 638 observes that the novel deals 'with urban middle-class families attempting to overcome the stigma of convict antecedents...In Our Cousins in Australia the Philipson family leads cousin Mark and Christina Dare into immoral behaviour and, eventually, financial ruin. In this case the Philipsons, whose parents are both former convicts, are irrevocably degenerate and carry the additional burden of Jewishness.'
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