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Writing name for: Charles Bertrand Lewis
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1 A Daylight Tragedy M. Quad , 1896 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 31 no. 377 1896; (p. 723) US frontier tale. A party of officers commissioned to cross enemy territory are discovered - slaughtered by their comrades several days later. Male solidarity, courage etc - doesn't include Indians. (PB)
1 Charging a Gun M. Quad , 1892 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , August vol. 27 no. 327 1892; (p. 676) Battle scene. A company charges and takes a gun position. (PB)
1 A Victim of Circumstance M. Quad , 1889 single work short story crime
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 24 no. 290 1889; (p. 628) A stranger in a farming area of southern USA is nearly hung for stealing mules on a boy's evidence. Only swift talking and a witness save him. (PB)
1 Two Christmas Eves M. Quad , 1889 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , December vol. 25 no. 295 1889; (p. 187) Tale in two sections; first the reluctant adoption of a child from the streets of Alexandria, Virginia, by a soldier on his way to the front; the second the child's accidental death in the war. Tale of brotherly affection and pathos. (PB)
1 Down in the Valley M. Quad , 1888 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , February vol. 23 no. 273 1888; (p. 316-317) White men watch a courageous wounded Apache as a mountain Puma tracks and kills him. Unable to intervene because he or they would attract others of his implacable tribe. Descriptive. Courage admired. (PB)
1 The Last of his Race M. Quad , 1887 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 22 no. 265 1887; (p. 543) Destruction of the last American buffalo. Pathos and man's indifference. (PB)
1 A Lake Michigan Mystery M. Quad , 1886 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , November vol. 22 no. 258 1886; (p. 172) A rough crossing of Lake Michigan leaves passengers topsy turvy and seasick. Humour. (PB)
1 In the Clutch M. Quad , 1886 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , September vol. 22 no. 256 1886; (p. 41) A traveller freezes to death with his horse in a blizzard on the prairies of Western USA. (PB)
1 That's All M. Quad , 1886 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 21 no. 253 1886; (p. 547) Scenes from his life fighting in the Civil War visit a veteran soldier dying in a poor-house. Impressionistic. (PB)
1 Nine! M. Quad , 1886 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , February vol. 21 no. 249 1886; (p. 316) A picket counts sentinels on the battlefield and finds one corpse too many, thus sealing his own and the regiment's fate. Impressionistic. (PB)
1 So With the World M. Quad , 1884 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , November vol. 20 no. 234 1884; (p. 141) A man's life from the cradle through success to poverty and death in old age - all accompanied by a mother's love. (PB)
1 The Shadow on the Sands M. Quad , 1884 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , August vol. 19 no. 231 1884; (p. 649) A man dying of thirst on the US's Great Plains is tormented by a hallucinatory shadow until he dies. (PB)
1 Training up a Boy M. Quad , 1879 single work prose
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , November vol. 15 no. 174 1879; (p. 132) Suggestions for bringing up a boy by thrashings and denial. Humour, irony. (PB)
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