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Issue Details: First known date: 1883... vol. 18 no. 215 April 1883 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 1883 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Tale of Royalty, single work prose humour
Humorous anecdote of King Humbert of Italy paid by a peasant to kill a fox. (PB)
 (p. 417)
A Breach of Discipline, single work short story romance
A military officer forsakes his guard duty for a ball where he proposes to his beloved. He is seen by his colonel and narrowly beats him back to his post by hitching a ride secretly on the colonel's carriage. Light romance. (PB)
 (p. 418-420)
The Secret of the Keys, W. W. , single work short story

On a station on Victoria's coast, a dying man tells his son of a lost casket containing a fortune in diamonds from the USA. A false Baron; a son bent on avenging his dying father; and ambitious beauty; scheming servants and a jilted bride are included. (PB)

 (p. 421-430)
In a Ball Room, single work short story romance
An English hunt ball in the 1860s introduces Florrie Danley to a handsome young officer who six months later is in love with another. He goes to India but 18 years later returns to find Florrie still happy and content and his earlier lover unhappily but richly married. Hope revives. Light romance. (PB)
 (p. 431-433)
Successful Plotters, single work short story romance
A book-keeper elopes with his employer's daughter at the employer's unwitting instigation and with his assistance. Light romance with a touch of humour; set in England, refers to business connections with Hong Kong. (PB)
 (p. 437-438)
Joining the Lodge, single work short story humour
Humorous account of Sam Wherret's practical joke on his neighbour Nadab Kildershew, pretending to initiate him into membership of a secret lodge. Slight; probably US. (PB)
 (p. 438-439)
Turning the Joke, single work prose humour
Lively account of humorous interaction between Frederic II of Prussia and Mendelssohn - dinner repartee etc. (PB)
 (p. 439)
When the Ship Came In, Miss Hood , single work short story romance
A ship-board romance ends when the steamer from Ireland docks in New York and the second officer's proposal is refused. A storm at sea, however, teaches Marguerite the true state of her heart and a handkerchief reunites them. Light romance; includes brotherly affection between ship's officers. (PB)
 (p. 440-441)
Tom Gordon's Reformation, Alex Montgomery , single work short story humour
A British ex-prizefighter and temperance reformer knocks down Tom Gordon in a fight in a Victorian gold township to secure Tom's promise to abstain if beaten. He then reveals he is Tom's prospective father-in-law. Temperance tale with character, rawly competent. (PB)
 (p. 442-443)
A Tale of Buttons, single work short story
Domestic tale of a clergyman's wife compelled to point out to her husband the harshness of his temper over little household matters, and its damaging effect on their relationship. All is reconciled. Light exemplary tale of marital harmony and Christian love! (PB)
 (p. 444-445)
Inkerman, W. W. , single work autobiography (p. 445-448)
Note: Part 1
Agnes Bernauer, single work prose
Account of Agnes, a commoner who married a nobleman and was drowned as a witch by his ambitious father. German narrative based on fact. (PB)
 (p. 448)
Mr Farquhar's Niece, single work short story
Pleasant little tale of mistaken identity in Paris and Geneva. In Paris an elderly man meets the niece he has not seen for many years and they become better acquainted - until she recognises another elderly gentleman in the hotel dining room - and leaves with him for Geneva. (PB)
 (p. 449-450)
A Humorist on the Finny Tribe, single work prose humour
On the design and habits of fish, boys and fishing. (PB)
 (p. 450)
Beating the Brigands, single work short story adventure
Lively account of the English narrator's capture by brigands in Greece and his escape with the assistance of his guide and two brawny English seamen. Has the immediacy of real life experience, may be reminiscence with dialogue. (PB)
 (p. 451-452)
Under the Shadow, A Quille Penne , single work short story romance

Romantic tale of 1860s England prompted by a gravestone in a Hampshire graveyard. Rich, handsome Frank Stafforde finally persuades the beautiful talented and mysterious village organist to marry him. They journey abroad and have a child only to be disturbed by her true husband on their return ... Intense romance laced with bigamy and illegitimacy against the peaceful clerical backdrop of a Hampshire village. (PB)

 (p. 453-458)
Girard's Adventure, single work short story
An adventuress posing as Lady Elmore tries to involve an eminent doctor in her scheme to rob a jeweller. The plan seems to work until Dr Girard reveals that he recognises her as his wife. She is arrested and he declares her mad. Brief, neatly executed tale. (PB)
 (p. 469-470)
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Notes:
Includes the third instalment of Mrs. Harriet Lewis' 'The Double Life; or, The Hampton Mystery', pp. 407-417.
Notes:
Includes the fifth instalment of Sylvanus Cobb Jr.'s 'Ruric Nevel. A Tale of the Russian Empire Under Peter the Great', pp. 433-436.
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