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Issue Details:
First known date:
1882...
vol.
18
no.
208
September
1882
of
The Australian Journal
est. 1865
The Australian Journal
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Contents
* Contents derived from the 1882 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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A Life's Vision,
single work
prose
Ponderous sketch of a journey to scenes of illness and death with a mysterious night-time guide. Vague. (PB)
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A Competent Customer,
single work
prose
A young woman receives some very strange fashion advice from a journal's managing editor. Humour. (PB)
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At The Ranges,
single work
short story
A weak-willed youth gains his aunt's approval of his purchase of a country station - but she revokes it when she hears of his plans to marry and hears a ghost in the wine cellar ... A vineyard, a proposed murder, an escaped convict turned manager, a repentance and a humorous marriage proposal are all part of this tale. (PB)
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An Unconditional Surrender,
single work
short story
Romance at a summer (August) house party grows from a battle between a renowned flirt and an unconquerable foe. He saves her from a fall from a bluff but it is she who finally surrenders. Pleasant with a lively tone. (PB)
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Mollie's Match-Making,
single work
short story
Match-making plans go awry when Mollie's sister arrives while her hosts are away, and she mistakes Tom for a burglar. All comes right after some teasing ... Pleasant suburban romance of two sisters and two brothers. (PB)
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Brother Gardner on Drunkenness,
single work
prose
Condemnation of drunkenness, and the resulting expulsion from the club. (PB)
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Always Douglas,
single work
short story
The faithful love of youthful cousins is disturbed when Douglas takes an appointment in India. After three years his letters cease and Carry Sherwood agrees to marry Lord Sudley. Only after the engagement does she truly know her betrayal, and when Douglas returns she falls ill and he is thrown from his horse and killed. Competent introspective romance. (PB)
- Arrival in Melbourne, single work autobiography (p. 33-37)
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The Old North Room,
single work
short story
A fatherless youth is left money by his uncle but the box in which it was secured is not to be found. It is eventually traced through its attempted robbery by a servant. Unadorned tale. (PB)
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Margie's Rival,
single work
short story
US romance narrated by a maiden aunt. A summer holiday suffices to transfer Royal Sterne's affections from his fiancee, Margie, to the flirtatious Blanche Herreshoff; breaking Margie's heart. The party breaks up when Margie is injured in a fall from her horse, and she eventually visits England to recover her health and spirit. Whilst there she learns of Blanche's jilting of Royal and he returns to beg Margie's forgiveness ... Competently written. (PB)
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Taken by Storm,
single work
short story
Romance of the Franco-Prussian war. A spirited patriotic Frenchwoman is saved by a Prussian officer from assault in the streets; she in turn nurses him back to health; and love blossoms. Brief tale of the attraction between enemies. (PB)
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The Man with the Flail,
single work
prose
US. The sight of a farmer with a flail evokes pleasant memories in passers-by until they try their hand again. (PB)
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A Misunderstanding,
single work
short story
Romance blooms again when a doctor discovers the woman he thought had been false to him years before had only been meeting her brother. Slight. (PB)
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Why No Scotchmen Go to Heaven,
single work
prose
Humorous anecdote of old Scotland and a King's challenge peaceably deflected. (PB)
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