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Issue Details:
First known date:
1869...
vol.
4
no.
47
April
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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The Last Shot,
single work
short story
The story of a duel long delayed between army officers. (PB)
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The Story of Abdulla,
single work
short story
An honest and charitable peasant gives his small wealth to the poor and he and his family are rewarded with riches. (PB)
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Beware!,
single work
short story
An attempted and a successful seduction of young women by a libertine.
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The Dog Days,
single work
prose
The narrator observes mistreatment of dogs all over Melbourne for a period, and finally explains it by discovering a dog registration tax of five shillings. (PB)
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A Chapter on Boys,
single work
prose
On the revivifying effects of boyish spirits. (PB)
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Two Scenes in One Life : Written from an Invalid's Sofa,
single work
short story
A young woman glimpsed in all her beauty and pride at Ems, Germany; and years later raving in the pain of unceasing neuralgia at her home in England. (PB)
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The Literary Wife,
single work
short story
Two male friends marry, Kirke Selwyn warning Henry Milward against a literary wife, but one year later it is her house that is best kept. (PB)
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On Precious Stones and Metals,
single work
prose
Faintly humorous description of the chief precious stones and metals. (PB)
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Elegant Eighteen and Sober Sixty,
single work
short story
Only after financial ruin and their separation does Lawrence Severn truly trust his young wife's love for him. (PB)
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How I Got to the Ball,
single work
short story
How a poor writer in Adelaide attends his brother-in-law's ball in disguise, and what he learns. (PB)
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Fire,
single work
short story
The destruction of a prize vineyard and the murder of the master of the house - a murder designed to be hidden by a fire - are linked to the deformed nephew of the victim. (PB)
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Deserted Not Neglected : A Melbourne Sketch,
single work
prose
Deserted children of the Melbourne streets and their treatment by the state. Fictional accident provides the structure. (PB)
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Warren Ball : A Campaign Sketch Taken During the American War,
single work
short story
The narrator is a member of the Pennsylvania volunteers on the march to Bull Run. On the way he stumbles across a lunatic inmate of a poorhouse and learns of the tragedy of romance and murder that placed him there. [Contains references to the Yarra River, Melbourne, in passing.] (PB)
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Notes of a Reader : A Long Story,
single work
short story
Anecdote concerning an Italian conteur or fable narrator employed to put a nobleman to sleep each night. Somewhat humorous. (PB)
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