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Issue Details: First known date: 1910... 1910 The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories
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Notes

  • Author's note: 'These stories were first printed in the Red Funnel, Adelaide Observer, The Sydney Mail, The Bulletin, The Sydney Sunday Times, Freeman's Journal, Sydney Worker, Steele Rudd's Magazine, Australian Country Life. The Fantasies appeared, the first in The Sydney Mail ; the second on Page 21 of the Sydney Worker. The third has not hitherto been printed.'

Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:S. D. Townsend , 1910 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Tragedy Behind the Curtain, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story (p. 9-25)
Document Found in a Mirror, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story mystery (p. 26-48)
Dr. Grahame's Great Experiments, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story (p. 49-74)
Benson's Flutter for a Fortune, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story (p. 75-88)
Thirst!, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story (p. 89-94)
The Triumph of Faith, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story (p. 95-102)
Jennie, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story (p. 103-120)
Ned's Return, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story (p. 121-131)
An Experience of Old Yorkie's, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story (p. 132-141)
Little Paul, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story (p. 142-156)
Waiting, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story (p. 157-166)
A Pawn of Fate's, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story (p. 167-177)
Note: This version omitted several paragraphs from the original which appeared in Steele Rudd's Magazine in 1904.
A Study in White and Yellow, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story (p. 178-187)
His Invisible Enemy, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story (p. 188-197)
The Romance of a Moth, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story fantasy (p. 198-202)
The Poet's Vision, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story fantasy (p. 203-205)
The Philosopher's Dream, Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work short story fantasy (p. 206-209)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

More Miscellaneous Graham Stone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 163-168)

— Review of Jacob Shumate, or The People's March: A Voice from the Ranks Henry Wrixon , 1903 single work novel ; The Girdle of Kaf Cora Minnett , 1912 single work novel ; The Living Mummy Ambrose Pratt , 1910 single work novel ; The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories Arthur A. D. Bayldon , 1910 selected work short story ; Holiday Dulcie Deamer , 1940 single work novel ; The Devil's Saint Dulcie Deamer , 1924 single work novel ; In the Beginning : Six Studies of the Stone Age and Other Stories Including A Daughter of the Incas A Short Novel of the Conquest of Peru Dulcie Deamer , 1909 selected work short story novel ; The Rescue of Victoria, the Beautiful Nihilist T. P. Deegan , 1909 single work novel ; 'So Long' : An Original Book for Everyone to Read. Instructive, Entertaining and Amusing. A Glimpse of the Past, Present and Inferentially of the Future Charles C. Cowdroy , 1908 selected work short story prose ; The Super-Barbarians Carlton Dawe , 1915 single work novel ; A Journalist and Two Bears James Edmond , 1913 selected work short story essay poetry ; The Flying Argosy Arthur J. Rees , 1934 single work novel ; The Threshold of Fear : A Sober Fantasy Arthur J. Rees , 1925 single work novel ; The Moon Rock Arthur J. Rees , 1922 single work novel ; The Case Books of X37 A. J. Dawson , 1930 selected work short story ; The Dawn of a New Civilization William Hardy Wilson , 1929 single work novel ; Burning Air John Armour , 1928 single work novel ; Tzane : A Novel J. L. Ranken , 1926 single work novel ; The Fall of a Dictator Arthur Gask , 1938 single work novel ; The Red Paste Murders Arthur Gask , 1923 single work novel ; Sariska Benori Barbara Dale Smith , 1922 single work novel ; Mutiny in the Air James M. Downie , 1943 single work children's fiction ; Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year Max Afford , 1937 single work novel ; Whirlaway : A Story of the Ages H. C. F. Morant , 1937 single work children's fiction
More Miscellaneous Graham Stone , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Notes on Australian Science Fiction 2001; (p. 163-168)

— Review of Jacob Shumate, or The People's March: A Voice from the Ranks Henry Wrixon , 1903 single work novel ; The Girdle of Kaf Cora Minnett , 1912 single work novel ; The Living Mummy Ambrose Pratt , 1910 single work novel ; The Tragedy Behind the Curtain and Other Stories Arthur A. D. Bayldon , 1910 selected work short story ; Holiday Dulcie Deamer , 1940 single work novel ; The Devil's Saint Dulcie Deamer , 1924 single work novel ; In the Beginning : Six Studies of the Stone Age and Other Stories Including A Daughter of the Incas A Short Novel of the Conquest of Peru Dulcie Deamer , 1909 selected work short story novel ; The Rescue of Victoria, the Beautiful Nihilist T. P. Deegan , 1909 single work novel ; 'So Long' : An Original Book for Everyone to Read. Instructive, Entertaining and Amusing. A Glimpse of the Past, Present and Inferentially of the Future Charles C. Cowdroy , 1908 selected work short story prose ; The Super-Barbarians Carlton Dawe , 1915 single work novel ; A Journalist and Two Bears James Edmond , 1913 selected work short story essay poetry ; The Flying Argosy Arthur J. Rees , 1934 single work novel ; The Threshold of Fear : A Sober Fantasy Arthur J. Rees , 1925 single work novel ; The Moon Rock Arthur J. Rees , 1922 single work novel ; The Case Books of X37 A. J. Dawson , 1930 selected work short story ; The Dawn of a New Civilization William Hardy Wilson , 1929 single work novel ; Burning Air John Armour , 1928 single work novel ; Tzane : A Novel J. L. Ranken , 1926 single work novel ; The Fall of a Dictator Arthur Gask , 1938 single work novel ; The Red Paste Murders Arthur Gask , 1923 single work novel ; Sariska Benori Barbara Dale Smith , 1922 single work novel ; Mutiny in the Air James M. Downie , 1943 single work children's fiction ; Death's Mannikins : Being a Sober Account of Certain Diabolical Happenings Not Untinged with the Odour of Brimstone Which Befell a Respectable Family Living at Exmoor in This Present Year Max Afford , 1937 single work novel ; Whirlaway : A Story of the Ages H. C. F. Morant , 1937 single work children's fiction
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