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Issue Details: First known date: 1875... 1875 Investing Uncle Ben's Legacy : A Tale of Mining and Matrimonial Speculations
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The story of Martin M'Tailing, a failed businessman who begins investing in mining shares after he receives a legacy from his uncle. Martin is successful for a time, and he marries his landlady, the widow Mrs. Carney. Fluctuations in the mining sharemarket cause failure again; although Martin himself is honest, unscrupulous businessmen contribute to his ruin. Despite this failure, domestic happiness ultimately prevails.

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Alternative title: Investing Uncle Ben's Legacy, or, Mr M'Tailing's Mining and Matrimonial Speculations. A Tale of the Mining Era
First known date: 1875
Serialised by: The Sydney Mail 1860-1938 newspaper (2466 issues)
Notes:
Serialised in the Sydney Mail in twelve weekly instalments, from 2 October - 18 December 1875.
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: George Robertson , 1876 .
      Extent: viii, 226p.p.
      Note/s:
      • 'Reprinted from the Sydney Mail'.
      • Dedication: To the Hon. John Fairfax, M.L.C., Sydney, a kind and steadfast helper to the pioneers of Australian literature, and a true friend to every good cause, this volume is respectfully inscribed, by the author.
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Subjects:
  • 1866-1875
Settings:
  • Redfern, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
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