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Contains the eighth instalment of G. K. Soward's The Mirthful Mutineer, p. 4
Contents
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Carey's Chair,
single work
short story
(p. 6, 50 - 51)Carey is surprised when shop owner Mr Solomon offers her a highly paid job. A young man, Jerry, begins to visit the shop regularly and they soon fall in love. When her employer is murdered, she suspects Jerry is involved, but a chair makes everything clear.
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Mrs Fowler's Ordeal,
single work
short story
(p. 7, 52 - 53)Mrs Fowler is trying to marry off her fifth daughter, May, and has the new doctor in her sights. However, May has her own ideas about whom she will marry.
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Henry Handel Richardson : Her Reputation,
single work
column
(p. 11, 30)
Nettie Palmer hails Henry Handel Richardson as a gifted and important writer. She discusses The Getting of Wisdom at some length, pointing out that it was Richardson's understanding of female psychology that revealed that the writer was in fact a woman.
Palmer describes Ultima Thule as a 'work of genius' and comments on an article in a London paper entitled 'Melbourne Woman's Leap to Fame' – Palmer points out that the leap took twenty years.
Palmer also notes that the first two novels in Richardson's eventual trilogy The Fortunes of Richard Mahony : Comprising Australia Felix, The Way Home, Ultima Thule are now hard to obtain, especially the first, Australia Felix, as it was published during the war. She expresses the hope that Heinemann will produce an omnibus of the trilogy.
- Song in Exile, single work poetry (p. 14)
- The Spinsteri"Her hands are strong and white;", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Unfailingi"'Brother,' the wise gypsy said,", single work poetry (p. 16)
