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1 A Quiet House An Old Contributor , 1875 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , August vol. 10 no. 123 1875; (p. 655-656) The cost to children's health is always keeping them quiet, obedient and studious. (PB)
1 A Painful Duty An Old Contributor , 1875 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 10 no. 120 1875; (p. 506-507)

Busybodies determine to do their duty by informing a wife of her husband's infideltiy - but all is not as it appears. Usual mysoginist social sketch. (PB)
1 The Love Test An Old Contributor , 1874 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 9 no. 110 1874; (p. 624) A maiden aunt's pretended loss of fortune saves her niece from a fortune-hunter and exposes the true lover. (PB)
1 My Maid Fenella An Old Contributor , 1874 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 9 no. 110 1874; (p. 640-641) An American girl meets her fiancée in Italy, and discovers that her temporary maid Fenella has married a nobleman. Five years later the American couple return to the villa to find that Fenella is dead ... but her ghost returns. (PB)
1 The Anonymous Letter An Old Contributor , 1874 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , March vol. 9 no. 106 1874; (p. 365-366) A rejected lover tries to sow discord between a loving husband and wife by means of anonymous letters. (PB)
1 The Funny Wedding Gift An Old Contributor , 1873 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , October vol. 9 no. 101 1873; (p. 105) A despised rag carpet, wedding gift from a recently deceased aunt, turns out to be a treasure. Slight. (PB)
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