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Notes
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As well as the works indexed below, this volume contains two sections, 'Light and Wholesome' (p.17), and 'Wise and Otherwise' (p.33), consisting of unattributed short puns, anecdotes and cartoons.
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Note that E. Morris Miller's Australian Literature From its Beginnings to 1935 (1940) attributes this work to Harriet Patchett Martin (q.v.). However, Miller and Macartney's Australian Literature : A Bibliography (1956) does not include this as one of Martin's works, and instead lists it separately. Some doubt exists as to whether Martin was in fact connected with this work, either as editor, compiler, or contributor. Notably,
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Melbourne,
Victoria,:W. H. Williams
, 1890 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Santa Clausi"Santa Claus is a wonderful fellow;", single work poetry (p. iii)
- Volcanic Gold, single work short story adventure (p. 1-7)
- The Song of the Absentee's Daughteri"O take me back to my own loved land,", single work poetry (p. 8)
- 'Done' : A Detective's Story, single work short story detective (p. 9-15)
- The Last 'Cup', single work short story humour (p. 18-22)
- My Ladyi"Five feet three my lady stood; weighed, perhaps, eight stone - not more;", single work poetry humour (p. 22-23)
- Edward Russell : A Bitter Domestic Story, single work short story (p. 25-31)
- Some Notes on Victorian Blacks, single work prose (p. 34-36)
- The Undertaker's Courtship, single work short story humour (p. 38-40)
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