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Issue Details: First known date: 1886... vol. 22 no. 258 November 1886 of The Australian Journal est. 1865 The Australian Journal
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Contents

* Contents derived from the 1886 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Story of Annette Jarbeau, Mary Kyle Dallas , single work short story
Set in Paris, the story of a woman abandoned by the father of her child who gives the baby to the foundling hospital. Thirty years later, after living lower each year, she returns to the hospital to discover what happened to her - and dies in the arms of the nun she became. Plain tale; mother is not condemned despite her 'weaknesses'. (PB)
(p. 134-135)
Mad Archer, H. O. A. , single work short story romance
Romance of country Victoria. A city visitor to the house Clara Rankine and her Scottish mother is suspected of being mad - so Clara's loathed fiancee and another man are asked to stay for protection. Occasional irony eg. Clara's greater refinement than her crude Scottish relations due to her years at a Melbourne boarding school, her lover's repulsiveness etc. Also broader humour as when all but Clara are convinced the visitor is mad and attempt to remove her from the room ... One engagement is broken that evening ... Entertainingly well written; light. (PB)
(p. 135-138)
A Lesson for Two, C. G. , single work short story
A young married couple's quarrel stems from a misunderstanding - but all is eventually cleared up through an old maid's gossiping intervention. Slight. (PB)
(p. 138-139)
His Mother, Jack, (Cptn.) Crawford , single work prose
A dying mother's wish for her son never to drink saves Crawford from intemperance. Sentimental and pious. (PB)
(p. 139)
A Deed of Gift, single work short story
Story of a Jewish father and son and their attempts to retain control of the old man's fortune bequeathed to his son on what he believed was his deathbed. The older man's sagacity proves to be greater. Slight. (PB)
(p. 140-142)
The Pretty Baby, single work prose
A mother's love for her short-lived baby lasts all her life, even through the birth of other children. Pathos. (PB)
(p. 150)
Mr Smith's Cake, single work short story
Domestic. Mr Smith undertakes he can bake a cake better than his wife, and like his mother. His ruse to exchange it for a baker's cake is exposed. Humour. (PB)
(p. 151)
Big Jim, single work prose
A US frontier is eager to kill Big Jim when he kills his third man, but an Indian attack on a traveller's camp proves he is neither bully nor coward. Slight. (PB)
(p. 151)
Olinda Sparvin, The Poisoner, W. W. , single work short story
An English doctor agrees to replace a friend in his Victorian practice for 6 months. On the ship out he notices a reticent fellow passenger and finds her living with her son not far from his destination. Another neighbour has been associated with the brutal poisoning of a beautiful actress he loved by another actress and rival, and the English doctor becomes his confidante. In agreeing to sell a ring secretly in Melbourne he finds himself also associated with the poisoning - and the son becomes a daughter ... (PB)
(p. 159-166)
A Lake Michigan Mystery, M. Quad , single work prose
A rough crossing of Lake Michigan leaves passengers topsy turvy and seasick. Humour. (PB)
(p. 172)
The Case of a Bad One, single work prose
Description of a thief's punishment by a band of hooded horsemen. (Reminiscent of Ku Klux Klan. Is this text modelled on events in the US south? Tone of sketch is almost approving.) (PB)
(p. 172)

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Notes:
Includes the ninth instalment of Mrs Harriet Lewis' serial fiction, 'The Buried Legacy', pp. 142-150.
Notes:
Includes the third instalment of Marcus Clarke's serial fiction, 'His Natural Life', pp. 117-133.
Notes:
Includes fifth instalment of Karuna's 'Wild Craven's Daughter: An Australian Novel', pp. 152-158.
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