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Issue Details:
First known date:
1866...
vol.
2
no.
54
8 September
1866
of
The Australian Journal
est. 1865
The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1866 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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The Desolate Homestead,
single work
short story
romance
(p. 21-24)Romantic tragedy. A young Englishman establishes a house for his youthful bride only to discover that she has been seduced on the ship out and has fled with her lover. The husband watches over her and when she is cast off provides her with the home he has prepared but he leaves. She dies of sorrow, and, several years after, having returned to England to prevent the marriage of her seducer, he dies too. Well told. (PB)
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The Merchant's Lesson,
single work
short story
(p. 29-30)A lesson taught to a merchant for sharp dealing. (PB)
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Busy People,
single work
prose
(p. 30-31)On the discomfort occassioned to the contemplative by the busy. (PB)
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