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1 y separately published work icon Lul-lullaby Eva Best , F. Wynne Jones (composer), 1898 Melbourne : W. H. Glen and Co. , 1898 7871376 1898 single work lyric/song
1 The Lost Child i "She had to take a journey once with all her children - eight,", Eva Best , 1895 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 2 March vol. 50 no. 1308 1895; (p. 36)
1 The Mysterious Message : A New Year's Story Eva Best , 1892 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , January vol. 27 no. 320 1892; (p. 255-256) US tale of an out-of-work telegraph operator who saves a train from disaster through a message relayed from a spirit. He is rewarded by some rich passengers. Set in a small town in the midst of winter. Slight; narrated five years later when the operator has become a successful businessman. (PB)
1 Her Husband's Mother Eva Best , 1890 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 25 no. 299 1890; (p. 498-500)

US domestic tale. A mother-in-law's visit to her newly-married son's house around Thanksgiving leads to attacks on his wife that finally achieve the matador-mother's intention of rousing his ego-encrusted love for his wife. Cheery tale of women's covert alliance.
1 Mother-In-Law's Valentine Eva Best , 1889 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , February vol. 24 no. 285 1889; (p. 331-333) Romance is restored to a marriage when mother-in-law comes to stay and during her son-in-law's absence on business redeems her daughter from her slovenly ways. A Valentine cariacature is instrumental in the process. (PB)
1 How I Didn't See the Mikado Eva Best , 1888 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , March vol. 23 no. 274 1888; (p. 358-359) How the milliner's art prevents the narrator from seeing the G & S operetta - obscuring his view. Humour; includes parodies of the G & S songs relating to bonnets. (PB)
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