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Issue Details: First known date: 1880... vol. 15 no. 183 August 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.
The Fatal Cliff, W. W. , single work short story
A professor's second wife, banished for forgery years before, returns unrecognised to take her revenge on the professor's daughter by his first marriage and convince her she is mad. Only a clever doctor and a loyal Irishman prevent her death. (PB)
 (p. 643-649)
A Fish 'Sell', single work prose
Humorous anecdote on the finding of valuables inside fish ... US group in Birmingham. (PB)
 (p. 649)
Left on the Field, single work short story
A soldier's suffering as he lies wounded on the field of glory - the horror and pointlessness are stressed. Vivid if overdrawn in parts. (PB)
 (p. 650)
Opossum Hunting, Veno , single work prose
Description of the narrator's first night possum hunting in Victoria's Western district. (PB)
 (p. 650)
Melodrama, single work prose
Humorous depiction of a night's melodrama performance at a third-rate New York theatre, 'Doesticks'. (PB)
 (p. 651)
One of Gough's Stories, single work short story humour
Anecdote of a speaker's ruse at a political meeting. Humorous. (PB)
 (p. 651)
Lanjirang, Janet Carroll , single work short story
A country schoolteacher in Victoria is loved by a newly-arrived young squatter. He wins her heart and the tale of her constant sadness - a brother's theft and their mother's sorrow and sad death with a cruel aunt in Australia. Interesting for its glimpses of a teacher's life, the entrance exam etc. (PB)
 (p. 652-654)
How the Major Became Lame, Barry Croton , single work short story
A theatre scene-painter's tale of the accident in his youth which made him lame - the result of a rival's plot to kill him by sawing through the scaffolding around a church steeple. (PB)
 (p. 655-656)
Experiences of My Life, Bessie Lee , single work short story
A doctor recalls a patient of 20 years before, so mad with love for his wife that each time he saw her he wanted to kill her. (PB)
 (p. 656)
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Notes:
Includes the fourth instalment of Major Alfred Rochefort's serial fiction, 'The Russian Spy; or, Vladimeer the Nihilist. A Story of the Russia of To-Day' pp. 611-620.
Notes:
Includes the final instalment of Eliza A. Dpuy's serial fiction, 'The Unwilling Bride', pp. 639-642.
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