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Issue Details:
First known date:
1880...
vol.
15
no.
179
April
1880
of
The Australian Journal
est. 1865
The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1880 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Not A Musical Voice,
single work
short story
(p. 399)A lawyer's excuse for not singing at a party - his voice was so bad his father mistook it for a saw. Humorous. (PB)
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Broken English,
single work
prose
(p. 400)A Frenchman's difficulty in understanding English prepositions. Dialogue. (PB)
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Rain from Heaven: A Story for Children,
single work
short story
(p. 401)A little Yorkshire girl works and saves for a year until she is able to donate £1 to a visiting clergyman's appeal for his home for poor children in Western America. Simple tale. (PB)
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Mable Templeton's Choice,
single work
short story
(p. 402-407)A friendship quickly turns to love in a Victorian country town but the lovers elope to St Kilda when her father refuses his consent. Time changes his mind and all is eventually forgiven. Little substance though form competent. (PB)
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All in His Eye,
single work
prose
(p. 407)A man's staring at a lady in a railway carriage is explained when he reveals he has a glass eye. (PB)
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A Seller Sold,
single work
prose
(p. 408)Anecdote of a practical joke returned by a Paris watchmaker on August Romieu, a writer on Le Figaro. (PB)
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A Bunch of Lillies,
single work
short story
(p. 409-411)Romance follows when an aspiring artist meets his unknown model and discovers her to be his guardian's daughter. Pleasant (proably English). (PB)
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A Mutual Mistake,
single work
short story
(p. 411)A humorous stage coach encounter in Ireland between a dusty returning traveller and a dandy. (PB)
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The Murder at the Creek,
single work
short story
(p. 415-420)A Melbourne merchant persuades a clerk working on a country station to murder his romantic rival. The clerk has plans of his own to recover a forged note from the merchant's keeping - and the murder is in appearance only. (PB)
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An April Fool,
single work
prose
(p. 420)An Irishman in Philadelphia is fooled by his wife's cousin into believing he has fathered a black baby. (PB)
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A New Dodge,
single work
prose
(p. 421)A rejected suitor retains his fiancee by pretending he is glad their engagement is over and declaring his desire to marry another. (PB)
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A Soulless Corporation,
single work
prose
(p. 423)Humorous account of a mining company employee's trip into space by gunpowder and the pay he was docked for being off duty. (PB)
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We Tragedians: A Supercilious Way of Looking at Dramatic Things,
single work
prose
(p. 423)Slang disquisition on the drama. Humour. (PB)
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Ingratitude,
single work
short story
(p. 424-427)Slow tale of a Melbourne clerk and the daughter of a bankrupt Sandhurst businessman swindled by his clerk who meet on a Victorian train one frosty winter's morning. (PB)
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The Grand Duke and The Jew,
single work
prose
(p. 428)Grand Duke Nicholas of Poland outwits a Jewish merchant and has an Englishman's jewels returned to him. Tale set in Warsaw in 1826. (PB)
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The Detective's Nephew,
single work
short story
(p. 428-429)A detective sends his unemployed nephew to watch over a criminal until they are ready to arrest him. The nephew identifies the wrong man but establishes an acquaintance with a tall lady also staying at the hotel - who reveals her true identity and gender in time for her arrest. Humour, naivete. (PB).
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