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y separately published work icon The Rival Physicians selected work   short story   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1909... 1909 The Rival Physicians
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Notes

  • Described by Miller as 'amusing sketches of two quacks and other "practitioners" in a N.S.W. country town'; includes 'some political references'. (Source: Miller, Australian Literature from its Beginnings to 1935, 1940)

  • Miller states that the original version of this work was printed in the Australian Magazine in 1908.

  • Dedication: To You.
    To you, who love the lighter vein,
    Who scan the joke with laughter free.
    By whom the sad-faced Care is slain
    With mirth thrusts from Life's comedy;

    To you, the gods have blest to view
    This drear old world with hat awry,
    Who see a-grin with humour true,
    The clown on Life's stage whirling by;

    To you, I launch this book, and pray
    The spring from whence your humour flows
    May find a field whereon to spray
    The dews that quench Life's kindling woes.
    'Paul Cupid'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

New Books 1909 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 28 July vol. 79 no. 2060 1909; (p. 55)

— Review of The Rival Physicians Paul Cupid , 1909 selected work short story
Australasian 1909 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 August vol. 30 no. 1538 1909; (p. 2)

— Review of The Rival Physicians Paul Cupid , 1909 selected work short story
Australasian 1909 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 5 August vol. 30 no. 1538 1909; (p. 2)

— Review of The Rival Physicians Paul Cupid , 1909 selected work short story
New Books 1909 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 28 July vol. 79 no. 2060 1909; (p. 55)

— Review of The Rival Physicians Paul Cupid , 1909 selected work short story
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  • Australian Outback, Central Australia,
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