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Issue Details:
First known date:
1869...
vol.
4
no.
49
June
1869
of
The Australian Journal
est. 1865
The Australian Journal
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* Contents derived from the 1869 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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My Tiger Experiences,
single work
prose
(p. 591-592)Tiger attacks suffered in India, the second through an overdose of laudanum. (PB)
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The Key of the Street,
single work
short story
(p. 592-594)Strange adventures of a young man seeking to change his lodgings in Melbourne. Strong ale, the theatre and a midnight chase intervene before he is restored to his proper place. (PB)
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A Visit to Sandy Bay with an Ideal Companion,
single work
prose
(p. 594-597)Largely geological, biological and botanical account of a trip around Sandy Bay, Tasmania. (PB)
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Josephine's Aunt,
single work
short story
(p. 598)A young man's trial at a city railway station before he is rewarded with a promise of marriage. (PB)
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Death's Messages,
single work
short story
(p. 598)Brief retelling of a legend by the Brothers Grimm about the approach of death. (PB)
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Three Years of a Naval Officer's Life,
single work
short story
(p. 602-605)Narrative of a British sailor's adventures in hunting smugglers, seeking employment, assisting in a duel, sailing on the African coast and falling in love. Told in a tone of mixed high romance and matter-of-fact reminiscence. (PB)
- A Widow's Lament Over Her Dead Idiot Boyi"Since God hath pleased himself to take away His own,", single work poetry (p. 606)
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Paul du Chaillu on Snakes,
single work
prose
(p. 606)A French journalist's adventures in Africa with snakes. (PB)
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Five Foot Ten,
single work
prose
(p. 607)On the ideal height of a man and the consequences thereof. (PB)
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A Night of Suspense,
single work
short story
(p. 607)A wife's troubled night searching fruitlessly for the husband she believes drowned. (PB)
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Dead Man's Beat,
single work
short story
(p. 614-616)Occurred when Mark Sinclair was in the Tasmanian police force (before he joined Victoria's force) - in HobartTown. A ghost haunting 21 Cooke Street leads to a husband murdered by his wife and mouldering in the cellar. (PB)
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Pistols for Two,
single work
short story
(p. 618-619)Tale of a duel in Melbourne, and the narrator's salvation through the departure of his opponent for Sydney by steamship. (PB)
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Terragon Lodge,
single work
short story
(p. 622-627)Romance of young Lucy Shipton and the mature Professor Stafford. Interrupted for a time by the attendance of a young doctor, the Professor's sister quickly provides her own remedy. (PB)
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Woman - Mark Twain's Opinion,
single work
prose
(p. 627)Speech by Twain in response to a toast to Woman at the annual banquet of the Washington Correspondent's Club on 12 January 1869. Humorous. (PB)
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The Soldier's Mother (A Tale of the First French Empire),
single work
short story
war literature
(p. 628-629)In 1809, on the eve of departing for battle in Austria, a brave French soldier deserts. Several months later on the eve of his execution he admits it was for love of his mother, and Napoleon revokes his sentence of death, bidding him to be as faithful to his mother France. (PB)
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The Pork Supper,
single work
short story
(p. 629)Eating pork leads to a dream of pigs and the end of an Australian friendship of the road. (PB)
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