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With illustration on frontispiece
Contents
* Contents derived from the
London,
c
England,c
c
United Kingdom (UK),c
Western Europe,
Europe,:Ward, Lock
, 1897 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.-
Lady Belverton's Secret,
single work
short story
(p. 1-14)A scheming wife persuades her politician husband to further his career through questionable means so they can move up the social ladder.
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By Right of Conquest,
single work
short story
(p. 14-30)An ambitious mother tries to marry off her youngest daughter to an Admiral in the Navy (a man much older than the daughter). But all is not plain sailing.Note: With illustration
- Through Toil and Tribulation, single work short story (p. 31-44)
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With Three Phantoms,
single work
short story
(p. 45-66)An explorer arrives in Darwin to look for traces of Leichhardt's expedition. His party are found dead months later on the edge of the Simpson Desert. Four years later the explorer is discovered and tells of an improbable story about ghost horsemen.
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David and Jonathan,
single work
short story
(p. 67-81)A railway is being constructed and a labourer and his frail mate come looking for employment. The labourer enjoys fighting but heeded his mate to stop every time. His mate gets sick, the labourer fetches the doctor. The ending is totally unexpected.
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Promotion,
single work
short story
(p. 81-95)Two telegraph operators man an isolated outpost in central Australia. One of them is promoted but contracts typhoid. His partner nurses him back to health but contracts typhoid himself. While sick he is also promoted but dies before he can enjoy it.
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'Dog' Kellarey's Lucky Penny,
single work
short story
(p. 97-109)A grizzled prospector takes guardianship of a young girl after her father, his mate, dies. She brings him good luck on his claim and he gives her all his money. She is adopted by a lawyer but years later the prospector attends her marriage to a count.
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One of the Cloth,
single work
short story
crime
(p. 110-121)A police inspector, pursuing a bushranger, believes he has cornered him and is all set to make an arrest him when a reverend rides up to say he was robbed by the bushranger. However, all is not as it appears.
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No. 29,
single work
short story
(p. 122-139)
Note:
With epigraph: 'In the gathering of night-gloom o'erhead, in/The still silent change,/All fire-flush'd when forest trees redden/On slopes of the range./When the gnarl'd, knotted trucks eucalyptian/Seem carved like weird columns Egyptian,/With curious device, quaint inscription,/And hieroglyph strange.' Adam Lindsay Gordon
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A Private Arrangement,
single work
short story
(p. 157-170)The tale of a young man who has come to Australia looking to marry an heiress. He secures a position as a private secretary to the governor and it is the governor's wife who sets him up with a grazier's daughter. However, a few problems are encountered before a mutually satisfactory conclusion is reached.Note:
With epigraph: 'True love is at home on a carpet,/And mightily likes his ease;/And true love has an eye for a dinner,/And starves beneath shady trees./His wing is the fan of a lady,/His foot's an invisible thing,/And his arrow is tipped with a jewel,/And shot from a silver string.' Love in a Cottage.
Also contains a full page illustration.
- The Curious Story of an Aide-de-Camp, single work short story (p. 171-189)
- The New Hero and Leander, single work short story (p. 190-204)
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His Better Half,
single work
short story
(p. 204-218)
Note:
With epigraph
Also contains two full-page illustrations.
- Till Death Us Do Part, single work short story (p. 219-236)
- The Great Dives Elopement, single work short story (p. 237-251)
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The Reformation of the Jackeroo,
single work
short story
(p. 252-269)
Note:
With epigraph
Also contains a full-page illustration.
- For Official Recognition, single work short story (p. 270-280)
- Heads and Tails at Bundilla, single work short story (p. 281-293)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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New Books and New Editions
1897
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 11 December vol. 55 no. 1453 1897; (p. 42)
— Review of Bushigrams 1897 selected work short story drama
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New Books and New Editions
1897
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 11 December vol. 55 no. 1453 1897; (p. 42)
— Review of Bushigrams 1897 selected work short story drama
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