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This issue of the Australasian also includes:
- advertisements for the following publications: a new weekly British art journal, Chromolithograph; various books on religion, gardening, horticulture, medicine cordial making, school committee establishment and cookery; 'Whitehead's new map of Victoria'; and the official post office Directory of Victoria (all on p. 2)
- miscellaneous pars (p. 7)
- a report on the 'Presentation of the Address of the Old Victorian Colonists' to H. R. H. Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh. The report includes 'the signatures of nearly 600 gentlemen, whose colonial residence dates back, in accordance with the limit prescribed, not less than twenty-five years' (p. 20) [Note: in the column 'Our Letter Home', Australasian, 1 February 1868: 145, it is reported that 'some old lady colonists, without male representatives, desired that their names should also be inscribed upon a document that was seen to be a kind of authoritative muster-roll of the founders of the colony...']
Contents
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A Complete Guide to All the New Books : George Robertson's Monthly Book Circular,
single work
advertisement
(p. 2)
An advertisement for George Robertson's Monthly Book Circular 82 (December 1867). The circular is a 'complete guide to all the New Books published in the Australian Colonies, or imported from Great Britain and America'.
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Burns's Poetical Works,
single work
advertisement
(p. 2)
An advertisement for a volume of Robert Burns's poetical works, available from George Robertson, 69 Elizabeth Street Melbourne.
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Children's Nursery, Toy, and Alphabet Books,
single work
advertisement
(p. 2)
An advertisement for various children's books, available from George Robertson, 69 Elizabeth Street and 23 Collins St East, Melbourne.
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Scott's Waverley Novels,
single work
advertisement
(p. 2)
An advertisement for 'a cheap library edition' of Walter Scott's Waverley novels, available from George Robertson, 69 Elizabeth Street and 23 Collins Street East, Melbourne.
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The Queen's Book,
single work
advertisement
(p. 2)
An advertisement for The Early Years of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, 'compiled under the direction of Her Majesty the Queen', available from George Robertson, 69 Elizabeth Street Melbourne.
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A New Monthly Magazine, Edited by Anthony Trollope,
single work
advertisement
(p. 2)
An advertisement for St Paul's Magazine, 'a new monthly magazine of fiction, art and literature, edited by Anthony Trollope and illustrated by J. E. Millais.
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The London Journal,
single work
advertisement
(p. 2)
An advertisement for the London Journal.
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Now Ready ... : The Written Word, and Other Essays,
single work
advertisement
(p. 2)
An advertisement for J. Oswald Dykes's collection of essays, The Written Word, and Other Essays, published in Melbourne by Samuel Mullen in 1868.
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A Bird in a Golden Cage : Colonial Story for Christmas Time,
single work
advertisement
(p. 2)
An advertisement for J. E. Neild's novella A Bird in a Golden Cage.
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Shakespeare, Burns, &c.,
single work
advertisement
(p. 2)
An advertisement for unspecified volumes of works by William Shakespeare, Robert Burns, Lord Byron and Henry Longfellow, available from Charles Muskett, 78 Bourke Street, Melbourne.
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Announcement: Read the Hamlet Controvery,
single work
advertisement
(p. 2)
An advertisement for the published collection of newspaper correspondence, Was Hamlet Mad?: Being a Series of Critiques on the Acting of the Late Walter Montgomery, available from the publisher and bookseller H. T. Dwight.
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Donec Virenti Canities Abest
Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems Empedocles on Etna. Act II : Evening. The Summit of Etnai"And yet what days were those Parmenides!",
extract
poetry
(p. 7)
Note: Alternative title, 'Donec Virenti Canities Abest', appears in the Australasian.
- A Ball Incidenti"Pres du foyer, Constance s'admirait.", single work poetry (p. 7)
- A Ball Incidenti"By the fireside she stood", single work poetry (p. 7)
- First Impressions of America, extract prose travel (p. 7)
- A Trip across the Australian Alps, single work prose travel (p. 8)
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Literature : Circe,
single work
criticism
(p. 8)
A critical article about the serialised novel Circe by Mary Elizabeth Braddon. The novel, published under the pseudonym Babington White, appeared in the pages of Braddon's journal Belgravia: A London Magazine between March and September 1867.
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The Peripatetic Philosopher : No. 7,
single work
prose
(p. 17)
Among other topics, 'Q' responds 'a gentleman who signs himself "Autolycus", and who writes the theatrical reports for a weekly journal' who took exception to 'Q's' 'humble comments upon Mr. Hollingshead's remarks about dramatic critics'.
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The Theatres, &c.,
single work
single work
review
— Review of Tom Tom the Piper's Son, and Mary Mary Quite Contrary ; Or, Harlequin Piggy Wiggy, and the Good Child's History of England 1867 single work musical theatre ;(p. 18)Jacques reflects on 'the rapid growth and development of burlesque', the notion of 'combining burlesque and pantomime', and the degeneration of the harlequinade into 'a rough bear-play'. His thoughts on this theme form the prelude to his review of the Theatre Royal's Christmas pantomime, W. M. Akhurst's Tom Tom the Piper's Son, and Mary Mary Quite Contrary; or, Harlequin Piggy Wiggy, and the Good Child's History of England.
Jaques also notes the Japanese acrobatic troupe performing at the Princess Theatre and Van Bree's St Cecilia's Day being performed at the Prahran Town Hall. Grace Egerton's 'amusing evenings' are mentioned briefly.
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General Miscellany : [Copyright],
single work
column
(p. 19)
An extract from the Typographic Advertiser on the subject of 'copyrights or "remuneration to authors"'. The extract provides examples of monies paid to publishers and authors, noting specifically the case of Walter Scott.
