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Fred Leicester, or, The Southern Cross and Charles's Wain, and Other Stories
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Fred Leicester, or, The Southern Cross and Charles's Wain, and Other Stories
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Includes two stories with no Australian themes or settings: 'John Bulb, the Barber' and '"Dark Dennis" and his Grandson'. The first story,'Fred Leicester; or, The Southern Cross and Charles Wain' is described as follows: 'Fred, a young Englishman, acquires 'colonial experience', finds a fortune on the diggings, and returns with it to England to marry 'his Helen'. (The Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature ed. Stella Lees and Pam Macintyre (1993): 371).
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Contents indexed selectively.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Edinburgh,
c
Scotland,c
c
United Kingdom (UK),c
Western Europe,
Europe,:Nimmo, Hay and Mitchell
, 1889 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.-
Fred Leicester, or, The Southern Cross and Charles's Wain,
single work
children's fiction
children's
The first story,'Fred Leicester; or, The Southern Cross and Charles Wain' is described as follows: 'Fred, a young Englishman, acquires 'colonial experience', finds a fortune on the diggings, and returns with it to England to marry 'his Helen'. (The Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature ed. Stella Lees and Pam Macintyre (1993): 371).
* Contents derived from the
London,
c
England,c
c
United Kingdom (UK),c
Western Europe,
Europe,:Sampson Low, Marston
, 1925 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.-
Fred Leicester, or, The Southern Cross and Charles's Wain,
single work
children's fiction
children's
The first story,'Fred Leicester; or, The Southern Cross and Charles Wain' is described as follows: 'Fred, a young Englishman, acquires 'colonial experience', finds a fortune on the diggings, and returns with it to England to marry 'his Helen'. (The Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature ed. Stella Lees and Pam Macintyre (1993): 371).
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single work
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