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This poem had been published in Macmillan's Magazine in May 1868, and so found its way to the colony rapidly, appearing in The Empire in July.

This instalment of the regular column includes a review of Tennyson's 'Lucretius'.

In The Empire, this poem was headlined 'Tennyson's Latest Poem'. It had also appeared in The Australasian.

By an anonymous author, this poem parodied Tennyson's '1965-1866'–and appeared in the same issue of The Empire, directly beneath its victim.

23 January 1868: A detailed account of Dickens's farewell dinner before he departed for America.

1 February 1868: An early instalment in a succession of reports on Dickens's tour of America.

8 February 1868: This article on Dickens's tour of America was reprinted from Harper's Weekly.

18 February 1868: A detailed report of a reading given by Dickens in Boston.

13 May 1868: A short column on a cordial meeting between Dickens and President Andrew Jackson.

25 May 1868: This newspaper article recounting Dickens's tour of America was reprinted from an English newspaper.

16 July 1868: A report of Dickens's farewell dinner with 'gentlemen of the press' in New York.

15 August 1868: A report on Dickens's return to England after a four-month tour of America.

21 November 1868: A plea for Dickens to produce an account of his life, and an assurance that many Australians are desperate to read it.

No Thoroughfare was published in serialised form in The Empire in seven weekly instalments, on 8, 15, and 22 February, and 7, 14, 21, and 28 March 1868. (No instalment published on 29 February.)

The dramatic version of the work was first produced at The Adelphi Theatre, The Strand, London, 26 December 1867. In Australia, it was performed at the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney, July 1868.

This advertisement appeared regularly in The Empire throughout July 1868.

16 July 1868: A review of No Thoroughfare.

17 July 1868: The reviewer notes the scant support for the production of No Thoroughfare.

20 July 1868: The reviewer comments on the continuing poor box offices for No Thoroughfare.

23 May 1868: An extract from Sala's report on sensationalism, originally published in Belgravia.

A poem by Canadian writer Martin Farquhar Tupper.

A review, including extracts, of Memoir of Baron Bunsen, Late Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary of His Majesty Frederic William IV at the Court of St. James, Drawn Chiefly from Family Papers.

A review of Beecher's novel Norwood; or, Village Life in New England.

A review of a work called Coming Wonders Expected between 1867 and 1875, which explained 'the future literal fulfilment of the seals, trumpets, vials and other prophecies of revelation'.

A discussion of actors, the English and Australian stages, and Shakespeare.

An article discussing saucy or irreligious novels by women writers.

A poem by an Irish writer, appealing to Irishmen in London to show their loyalty.

A satirical short story both by and about Mark Twain, originally published in the New York Tribune.

A column reproduced from The Daily Alta.

A correspondent for the New York Times writes home.

A humorous report on columns appearing in English newspapers in which women have the opportunity to barter items in their possession for wanted items, originally published in Once A Week.

A reflection on the appropriateness of women proposing marriage, originally published in the New York Home Journal.

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Correspondence from David Livingstone, originally published in The Times of India.

An article originally published in the Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art.

A report on the proposed colonial Treason Felony Act, originally published in The Spectator.

An Irish newspaper responds to the proposed colonial Treason Felony Act.

A report praising the Australian people for their loyalty to the Crown.