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This issue of the Australasian also includes:
- advertisements for: Hanover Square: A Magazine of New and Copyright Pianoforte and Vocal Music; 'Whitehead's new map of Victoria'; a British art journal, Chromolithograph; the official post office Directory of Victoria; an electors handbook; a range of annuals, almanacs and dictionaries; Cobbett’s History of the Protestant Reformation; a 'handbook for the guidance of common schools'; valentines; guides and manuals relating to the cultivation of fruit trees, cordial making and Fremasonry; and The Australian Cookery Book (all on p.130)
- miscellaneous anecdotes (p. 135)
- a report on a lecture delivered by 'Lieutenant-General Latham of the United State army, late member of Congress and now United States consul in Melbourne' at St George's Hall on the subject of the American Civil War. 'An audience of about 1,800 ladies and gentlemen assembled' to listen. (p. 147)
Contents
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The London Journal,
single work
advertisement
(p. 130)
An advertisement for the London Journal.
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New Books and New Editions,
single work
advertisement
(p. 130)
An advertisement for assorted new books and new editions, including English and American literature, and translations of German (Goethe) and French (M. Guyard de Berville) literature, available from 'Samuel Mullen, Bookseller, 55 Collins-street east'.
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Burns's Poetical Works,
single work
advertisement
(p. 130)
An advertisement for a volume of Robert Burns's poetical works, available from George Robertson, 69 Elizabeth Street Melbourne.
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A New Monthly Magazine, Edited by Anthony Trollope,
single work
advertisement
(p. 130)
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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Announcement: Read the Hamlet Controvery,
single work
advertisement
(p. 130)
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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Rome's Last Pageant, November 1867
Rome's Last Pageanti"Open thy gates, O Rome, let those that come,",
single work
poetry
(p. 135)
Note: Published in the Australasian with the title: Rome's Last Pageant, November 1867.
- "O 'tis eggs are a treat" Untitledi"Quam pulchra sunt ova,", single work poetry (p. 135)
- Love in the Abstract, single work essay (p. 135)
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The Guardian Angel,
single work
review
— Review of The Guardian Angel 1867 single work novel ;(p. 136)The Australasian's review of The Guardian Angel concludes: 'With all its faults of construction, the Guardian Angel must be pronounced the best of all its author's productions, and we can heartily recommend it to our readers as a genuine book – one of those which the judicious selector buys as well as reads.'
- A Day's Fishing in Gipps Land, single work prose (p. 141)
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Royal Princess Theatre : The Pasha of Pimlico, &c.,
single work
advertisement
(p. 144)
An advertisement for the Royal Princess Theatre production of John Maddison Morton's The Pasha of Pimlico and Watts Phillips's Nobody's Child on 1 February 1868.
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Our Letter Home,
single work
column
(p. 145-146)
Among the subjects covered in 'Our Letter Home' is a round-up of recent entertainments. The Australasian considers the 'two principal successes during the month [of January] in the way of amusements have been the readings of Mr. Montgomery at St. George's-hall, and the Japanese performances at the Princess's'. The 'pecuniary results' of the former are said to be 'utterly beyond anything of the kind that ever occurred before in this colony'. In Ballarat, for instance, Montgomery gave three readings and received £200.
The column also notes performances and management arrangements at the Royal Victoria Theatre and the Duke of Edinburgh (previously the Haymarket) Theatre.
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The Theatres, &c.,
single work
single work
review
— Review of Macbeth 1606 single work drama ;(p. 146)An extensive review of the production of Verdi's Ballo in Maschera at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, followed by a detailed commentary on the entertainments at the Theatre Royal. Jaques focuses his attention on the production of William Shakespeare's Macbeth and commends the actors – in particular James R. Anderson – for their performances.
