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Issue Details: First known date: 1896... vol. 1 no. 25 10 October 1896 of The Free-Lance est. 1896 The Free-Lance
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Notes

  • This issue promotes the availability of a 'special poster ... designed and drawn by Australian artists, printed in three colours by Australian printers for the use of Australian agents'. At the foot of the advertisement, a further paragraph states that the Free-Lance has the 'largest circulation of any satirical illustrated weekly in Australasia, bar the Bulletin'.
  • Contents indexed selectively.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1896 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Untitledi"This life is but a lethargic response;", R. C. B. , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Play, single work column
A column canvassing current stage productions in Sydney and Melbourne. Included in the overview of is a review of Alfred Dampier's Robbery under Arms.
 (p. 4)
No. 7 : The Gun Powder Plot, Werry Holey Stretchit , single work prose satire (p. 6)
In Summertimei"In summer-time when blazing heat", Cicada , single work poetry (p. 10)
Note: Illustrated by N. L. [Norman Lindsay].
Taking a Benefit, Scorpion , single work short story (p. 11)
In a Gardeni"She and I in a garden met -", Atma , single work poetry (p. 11)
The Joy of Lifei"A golden vision of the night", Fred Warne , single work poetry (p. 11)
Two Letters, E. S. Emerson , single work short story (p. 12)
Brother Annear's Attire : A Tale of Amateur Anarchy, No. 1 , single work short story (p. 13)
The Jumbuck Mani"With his boots full of slush, and cursing the rain,", Bullocky Bob , single work poetry (p. 14)
Eucred, Hermes (fl. 1896) , single work short story (p. 15)
Scribblers and Screed, single work column
A column canvassing current literary news including an opinion on Henry Parkes's soon-to-be published An Emigrant's Home Letters.
 (p. 15)
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