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Issue Details: First known date: 1880... vol. 15 no. 182 July 1880 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 1880 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Courting By Telegraph, Dot , single work short story
Patchy slight tale of romance begun over the wire between two telegraphists, and a dream of tragedy that confirms their love after a few years of marriage. Confusing. (PB)
(p. 565-566)
A Victory: A Story in Four Chapters, Ronald Margrave , single work short story
In Florence, an English noblewoman persuades the beautiful Italian girl her son has asked to marry, to leave him. He refuses to marry anyone else and years later, she widowed and he a bachelor still, they are reunited after a London opera gala. Well-written titled romance. (PB)
(p. 578-582)
True Second Light : A Friends's Story, Sylvanus Cobb (Jnr) , single work short story
A promise to his friend's wife and an apparition on the battlefield guide the officer/narrator to the woods where his friend is lying injured. US Civil War tale. (PB)
(p. 583-585)
Tom Doyle's Dream, W. W. , single work short story
A constable's dream of a murder in a sly-grog shanty near Avoca in the mid-1850s is revealed to have been real. The shanty keeper, his wife and the victim's mate murdered him for his money - and their deed is discovered by an enterprising policeman, the wife's madness and the victim's daughter who determined to avenge him and marries his killer. (PB)
(p. 585-591)
A Peckham Polly, single work prose
A parrot reveals a cook's male visitor. (PB)
(p. 591)
A 'Personal' and What Came of It, single work short story
A pair of Chicago friends decide to write to a newspaper advertising for a wife to see how many answers they will receive. The married friend decides to continue a friendly correspondence with a spirited girl but before long finds himself the object of romance, and after he ceases writing, the target of her brother's revenge ... Humorous tale of practical jokes. (PB)
(p. 592-594)
In Country and Town, X. Y. Z. (fl. 1868-1880) , single work short story
A storm during a return train trip to Melbourne introduces the political journalist/narrator to a beautiful country girl curious to learn about the city. Three years later he sees her giving evidence at an inquest - now a barmaid. Slow. (PB)
(p. 595-599)
After-Dinner Reporting, single work prose
Brief anecdote of a journalist's mistakes in reporting a speech heard after dinner. (PB)
(p. 599)
The Ugly Waiter, Mary Kyle Dallas , single work short story
A groom has a nightmare on the morning of his wedding of an ugly negro waiter at his hotel entrapping him to prevent his marriage. Slight. (PB)
(p. 599-600)
A Conblunderum, single work prose
Humorous anecdote of a man who could not remember jokes. (PB)
(p. 620)
Fannie Reid, D. A. (fl.1880) , single work short story
Weak tale of an engaged couple in Melbourne separated by his naval career which takes him to New Zealand, and during a pleasure ride in Dunedin he is killed. Fannie receives the news in St Kilda and soon dies too. (PB)
(p. 621-622)
In the Snow, Charlotte M. Stanley , single work short story
A governess rescues a man trapped in the snow, nurses him briefly at a neighbouring farmer's and they fall in love. She is dismissed from her position but he rescues her, marries her, and reveals himself as true heir to the property. Thin. US or English. (PB)
(p. 623-624)
The Adventures of My Friend, S. T. Stevens , single work short story
Tale told in Carlton, Melbourne, of a young man's adventures in the Victorian bush while collecting debts for his employees: an encounter in an isolated house with two bushrangers and a woman. He narrowly escapes with her help but she is murdered. A little slow but generally well written; accustomed tale of attempted drugging. (PB)
(p. 625-629)
The Death-Charm, Prentiss (Colonel) Ingraham , single work short story
An heiress in Maryland USA saves a gypsy boy from being beaten to death and is repaid two years later when the gypsy chief reveals that the ornament given to her by her governess contains a poison that is slowly killing her. Romance, competent though unlikely. (PB)
(p. 629-631)
Rose Story : Or, the Prayer of Martin Gray, Dora Russell , single work short story
Rose Story, a fisherman's daughter in Northumbria falls in love with the handsome Captain Lee, an artist soldier who paints her portrait. Her erstwhile suitor Jim Hartley threatens to kill her and when the captain is found dead he is charged with the crime ... English romance. (PB)
(p. 631-638)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Includes the third instalment of Major Alfred Rochefort's serial fiction, 'The Russian Spy; or, Vladimeer the Nihilist. A Story of the Russia of To-Day' pp. 555-564.
Notes:
Includes sixth instalment of Eliza A. Dpuy's serial fiction, 'The Unwilling Bride', pp. 567-577.
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