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An advertisement for the Prince of Wales Opera House production of Henry Thornton Craven's Bowled Out and an adaptation of the French drama Don Caesar de Bazan on 12 February 1868.

An advertisement for the sale by William Maddock of the English journals 'Leisure Hour and Sunday at Home, volumes for 1867'.

A report on the 'gala and reunion' of the Surry Hills Young Men's Mutual Improvement Society, held on 11 February 1868 at the Botany Street Wesleyan Schoolroom. Among other items, the evening featured recitals of '[the traditional Irish poem] "Caoch the Piper", the dialogue of Pertius and Marcus from Addison's Cato, Pollock's "Byron" and Hood's "Faithless Nelly Grey".'

'The Flaneur of Sydney' congratulates the 'Chefs de Bourgeoisie' of Sydney for preventing any beggars from coming to the attention of H. R. H. Prince Alfred during the prince's visit to New South Wales. The 'Flaneur' quotes from Thomas Hood's 'Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg: A Golden Legend' to support his tongue-in-cheek praise.

The 'Flaneur' goes on to take aim at the remuneration provisions for civil servants and the snobbishness of using French terms in preference to acceptable English equivalents.

An advertisement placed by the Singleton book and stationery business, J. Hill. The business was for sale at a net cost of £1,400.