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This issue of the Australasian also includes:
- advertisements for books on medicine, Judaism, horse racing and cattle breeding (p. 674)
- the text of a sermon preached by the Rev'd C. H. Spurgeon in a field, King Edward's Road, London (pp. 676, 701)
- miscellaneous pars (p. 679)
- a review of William Hepworth Dixon's Spiritual Wives (1868), a treatise on free love (p. 680)
Contents
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Dickens's Works at English Price,
single work
advertisement
(p. 674)
An advertisement for 'Dickens's works at English price' available from George Robertson, Melbourne. Works advertised are: The Pickwick Papers, Martin Chuzzlewit, Dombey and Son, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, The Old Curiosity Shop, Oliver Twist, Christmas Books and Barnaby Rudge.
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The Young Ladies' Journal,
single work
advertisement
(p. 674)
An advertisement for the London monthly The Young Ladies' Journal. The advertisement states that the magazine 'contains suitable reading for families, ... interesting to everybody at home and abroad'.
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Dwight, Bookseller,
single work
advertisement
(p. 674)
H. T. Dwight, Bookseller, 'near Parliament, solicits inspection of his stock'.
- Une Marquisei"As you sit there at your ease,", single work poetry (p. 679)
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Ladies' Talk,
single work
prose
(p. 679)
The London Review reflects on a series of articles, assumed to be from 'the pen of Charles James Lever, on the subject of 'Talkers and Talking'.
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The New Machine at 'The Times' Office,
single work
column
(p. 680)
The Australasian reports on the 'new printing wonder at The Times office' – 'it throws off about 23,000 perfect copies per hour ... makes very little waste, keeps perfect register, and altogether bids fair to prove an excellent machine'.
- The Dirge of the Defaulter : A Fragmentary Parodyi"Comrades, leave me here a little, while as yet the place is still;", single work poetry (p. 682)
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The Peripatetic Philosopher,
single work
prose
(p. 689)
Q. reflects on civility and on the celebrations for the Queen's Birthday holiday. He did not attend the latter as Cleland's had no suits left for hire when Q. went to obtain one. Instead, he bought 'a twopenny pie at Hosie's, and ate it calmly on a door-step, and then devoted a pint of twos silently to the health of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, whom God preserve.'
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Topics of the Week : The Law of Libel,
single work
column
(p. 690)
The Australasian reflects on two cases of libel – one in New Zealand and one in South Australia. It believes that in the former case, a newspaper simply reported on 'the public proceedings of a public body' and subsequently suffered 'heavy damages' and 'still heavier law costs'. In the case of the latter, the Australasian believes the penalty – 'one year's imprisonment with hard labour' – was justified as the proprietor of the South Australian Satirist had perpetrated a 'gross falsehood ... apparently, without the slightest foundation'.
Note: The item about the law of libel appears on page two 'Topics of the Week'. -
The Theatre, &c.,
single work
review
— Review of Not a Bad Judge 1848 single work drama ; The Iron Chest 1796 single work drama ; Paris the Prince and Helen the Fair ; Or, The Giant Horse and the Siege of Troy 1868 single work musical theatre ; Asmodeus, the Little Demon; Or, The Devil's Share 1843 single work drama ; The Creole; Or, Love's Letters 1847 single work drama ;(p. 690)A review of the performances of James Robinson Planche's Not a Bad Judge, George Colman's The Iron Chest and W. M. Akhurst's The Siege of Troy at the Theatre Royal Melbourne, and of Thomas Archer's Asmodeus and Shirley Brooks's The Creole at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre, May 1868
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A Rambling Chapter on Mules,
single work
correspondence
travel
(p. 697)
A lengthy reflection on the author's travels and his encounters with mules and muleteers in a range of outback locations.
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Spurgeon's Sermons,
single work
advertisement
(p. 701)
An advertisement for Charles Haddon Spurgeon's sermons 'in large quantities', available from Buzzard, Melbourne.
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Stillwell and Knight, Printers,
single work
advertisement
(p. 703)
An advertisement for the Melbourne printing firm, Stillwell and Knight.
